Western Bulldogs
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AFL 2024
Injury cloud hovers over premiership Pies; score reviews plummet as umpires back their judgment
A pair of star Collingwood midfielders are in doubt for their blockbuster against Carlton; while goal umpires have been reassured that silent reviews of scores will be made when goals are awarded.
- by Peter Ryan and Russell Bennett
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Analysis
AFL 2024
Cats surprise, again, and the competition’s breakout key forward: Key takeouts from round seven
In key takeouts this week: the “frighteningly efficient” Cats, there’s still fight in some of the competition’s old dogs and clubs in need of a key forward will surely be keeping an eye on this Eagle.
- by Marc McGowan
The Danger of rushing a star: Cats won’t hurry their skipper back despite a tough month ahead
With a challenging month of football to come, the unbeaten Cats will meet this week to determine the best course of action for Patrick Dangerfield after his second hamstring injury for the year.
- by Peter Ryan
Cats’ seventh heaven before 87,775 at the MCG; Danger does hammy; Dockers dump Dogs
Geelong are sweating on further assessment of Patrick Dangerfield’s latest hamstring injury after the veteran went down during a pulsating 13-point win over fellow heavyweights Carlton.
- by Jon Pierik
AFL round six teams and tips: Kangas leave out young gun Wardlaw
Our experts have entered their tips for the eight games of round six. See which way they’re predicting each match will turn out as the season kicks into gear.
‘We are challenging everyone’: Bulldogs’ big statement after week of intense pressure
After being made the sub a week earlier Bailey Dale led the Bulldogs to an emphatic win over St Kilda to give credence to the notion he needed a circuit breaker to find form.
- by Peter Ryan
Ten-goal thumping: Second-heaviest defeat for Lyon the Saint; Beveridge wants to consolidate
Aaron Naughton kicked an equal career-best bag of six goals as the Western Bulldogs eased some of the considerable pressure on coach Luke Beveridge with a 60-point thumping of St Kilda.
- by Scott Spits
Opinion
AFL 2024
Why Beveridge has to go – and the man who should replace him
Pressure is building on Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge, and despite public denials from both the club and coach, it is clear the relationship is strained and change is needed.
- by Kane Cornes
‘Rebuilding is a myth’: Talk of Bulldogs rift ‘a total fiction’, says Beveridge
Luke Beveridge has dismissed the idea of a rift with players as “total fiction” despite controversial team selections this year, saying rebuilding is a myth and a line had not been put through any senior players.
- by Michael Gleeson and Jon Pierik
Opinion
AFL 2024
Four Points: Reality bites as Hawks sink to 54-year low; Bevo’s Bulldogs out of tune
The Hawks haven’t started a season this badly since 1970, and if they lose to the Kangaroos this week, the heat will turn right up, while at the Bulldogs, Luke Beveridge is experimenting with new material, but diehard fans are not convinced.
- by Peter Ryan
Analysis
AFL 2024
Bulldogs put Liberatore into concussion protocols after ‘concerning’ collapse
While Tom Liberatore passed a head injury assessment and reported no symptoms, he will now miss Thursday night’s clash against St Kilda, after the worrying vision of his collapse.
- by Greg Baum and Peter Ryan