Western Bulldogs

Tuesday , April 1 2025

The Western Bulldogs (formerly the Footscray Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport’s premier competition. Founded in 1877 in Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, the club won nine premierships in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before gaining entry to the Victorian Football League (since renamed the AFL) in 1925. The club has won two VFL/AFL premierships, in 1954 and 2016, and was runner up in 1961. It has also claimed one premiership in the AFL Women’s competition, in 2018, having been a foundation member of the league the previous year.

Essendon, Bulldogs, Sydney and GWS fans anxious ahead of AFL finals

28 August 2021 AFL, Essendon Bombers, Launceston, Sports, Sydney, Western Bulldogs 0

The four participating teams have different sizes of supporter bases in Launceston. Could it be an omen for the weekend?

AFL TEAM | Elimination Final

27 August 2021 Adelaide, AFL, Port Adelaide Power, Sports, Western Bulldogs 0

The Western Bulldogs are backing in the team that fell two points short to Port Adelaide, opting for an unchanged side for their elimination final.

Lunch shopping costs Hind AFL final spot

27 August 2021 AFL, Essendon Bombers, Sports, Tasmania, Western Bulldogs 0

A trip to the supermarket for a takeaway lunch has cost Essendon defender Nick Hind the chance to play in Sunday's AFL elimination final against the Western Bulldogs in Tasmania. Hind visited a supermarket at the Altona Gate Shopping Centre last Saturday.

Essendon’s Nick Hind denied entry to Tasmania after visiting COVID exposure site ahead of Western Bulldogs final

27 August 2021 Sports, Tasmania, Western Bulldogs 0

Essendon will head into their do-or-die elimination final against the Western Bulldogs without Nick Hind after the defender was denied permission to enter Tasmania.

“It might come down to the big boy”: How the Bulldogs can bite back through English

27 August 2021 Sports, Western Bulldogs 0

Tim English could be the most pivotal player on the ground in Sunday’s Elimination Final between the Western Bulldogs and Essendon. Dogs coach Luke Beveridge is stretched for tall personnel, sweating on first-choice ruckman Stefan Martin’s fitness and having lost leading goalkicker Josh Bruce to a knee injury.

Triple treat: Bontempelli, Macrae, Dale earn AA honours

27 August 2021 Australia, Sports, Western Bulldogs 0

The Western Bulldogs are celebrating a triple treat of All-Australian selections, with, Jack Macrae and Bailey Dale all named in the team of 22. It is a fourth selection for Bontempelli (2016, 2019,

AFL SQUAD | Elimination Final

26 August 2021 AFL, Essendon Bombers, Launceston, Sports, Western Bulldogs 0

The Western Bulldogs have named their 26-player squad for Sunday’s elimination final against Essendon at UTAS Stadium in Launceston.

'His scans are OK and he trained OK': Hinkley reveals Georgiades decision

26 August 2021 Adelaide, AFL, Geelong, Geelong Cats, Port Adelaide Power, Sports, Western Bulldogs 0

PORT Adelaide goalsneak Orazio Fantasia will replace injured teammate Mitch Georgiades for Friday night's AFL qualifying final against Geelong. Georgiades was substituted out of last week's win over the Western Bulldogs because of hamstring soreness.

‘We had a laugh about that’: The text message Hunter sent to Stringer

26 August 2021 Sports, Western Bulldogs 0

Amid the pressure of heading into an elimination final on the back of three straight losses, Lachie Hunter had the levity to joke about how the Western Bulldogs could handle his good mate – and match-winning Bomber – Jake Stringer come Sunday’s clash …