Sam Edmund - Herald Sun - 7 April

A VIRUS is likely to keep Western Bulldogs skipper Brad Johnson out of the Dogs' showdown with Hawthorn on Sunday.

Johnson was a late withdrawal from the Bulldogs' team against Richmond last Sunday with the virus, which has caused vomiting and a fever.

Dogs coach Rodney Eade said today the illness was of "Dale Morris proportions" - a reference to a bug that laid several Bulldogs players low before Round 1 and forced defender Morris out of the season-opener.

"He (Johnson) has been crook for a couple of days," Eade said this morning.

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