Western Bulldogs V Port Adelaide R8, Saturday 3/5/25 at Mars Stadium, Ballarat at 1:20pm

[Eastdog]

Margin: Bulldogs by 26 points
Our first goal: Rhylee West
Our top goalscorer: Aaron Naughton (3 goals)
Our best on ground: Marcus Bontempelli

[SquirrelGrip]

Margin: Bulldogs by 47 points
Our first goal: Richards
Our top goalscorer: Bont (4 goals)
Our best on ground: Dale

[Bornadog]

Margin: Bulldogs by 22 points
Our first goal: Harmes
Our top goalscorer: Aaron Naughton (5 goals)
Our best on ground: Marcus Bontempelli

[JackCJohnston2000]

Margin: Bulldogs by 39 points
Our first goal: Vandermeer
Our top goalkicker: West (4 goals)
Our best on ground: Richards

[azabob]

Massive danger game.

Port love taking our midfield to the cleaners.

Dogs by 7 points
Naughton first goal
Dale best on ground

[FrediKanoute]

Margin: Bulldogs by 10 points
Our first goal: Kennedy
Our top goalkicker: Naughton (2 goals)
Our best on ground: The Bont

[Bornadog]

Some tickets available for this game.

A limited release of tickets for our match at Mars Stadium v Port Adelaide this weekend will be made available at 10am (AEST), Thursday, May 1 via Ticketmaster. Tickets are expected to sell out fast so members and fans are encouraged to get in quick.

[my plums]

This game will make or break my confidence for the season. Port has been cooking us of late. Would love to get the win!

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Margin: Bulldogs by 22 points
Our first goal: Treloar
Our top goalscorer: McNiel
Our best on ground: Bont in a canter

[doggies ftw]

Port has almost exclusively cooked us in the middle and especially with their spread from the midfield with quick midfielders, has been our cryptonite over the years. Not this year though, with Richards, Freijah & Kennedy (not quick but good defensively) changing things up in there hopefully it’s not as big an issue.

Sweet embarrassed English last time too, absolutely cooked him in the middle - but I suspect with English’s new found intent to take front position and actually contest in the ruck, I think he’ll get one back over Sweet this time around. I wouldn’t be surprised if English got a rocket a few weeks ago and was told he wasn’t far off being dropped etc because the shift in his mindset has been quite obvious

[Garbs_7]

I always feel more confident with us being the underdogs, have been prone to let downs in the past in games like this when favourite...

[Hotdog60]

Adam Treloar will play his first game of the 2025 Toyota AFL season against Port Adelaide at Mars Stadium this Saturday afternoon.

The 32-year-old will be keen to jump straight back into the action after an injury-interrupted pre-season, having cleared his final fitness test on Thursday to become available for selection.

Lachie McNeil will also return after missing the last two games with a hamstring complaint.

The duo come in at the expense of first-year Dogs Josh Dolan (managed) and Cooper Hynes (omitted).

Last week’s debutant Jedd Busslinger has held his spot in the side, while Jason Johannisen will notch up his 200^th career game.

Johannisen was initially drafted as a rookie in 2010 with Pick 39, and has since forged a reputation as a hard-working, speedy and reliable player.

[Bumper Bulldogs]

Dogs by 17 points.
BOG Libba
1st Goal Naughts

[Pleather Sole]

Margin: Dogs by 2 goals

Our first goal: Sanders

Our top goalkicker: 2 each spread from fwds, 1 each from mids.
Northerly/NNWest gusts and winds strengthening at Ballarat across open ground. Toss a big factor scoring qtr to qtr.

Our best on ground: Tough to split but Richards, Davidson, Freijah likely up in the votes.

[dukedog]

Margin: Dogs by 2 goals

Our first goal: Sanders

Our top goalkicker: 2 each spread from fwds, 1 each from mids.
Northerly/NNWest gusts and winds strengthening at Ballarat across open ground. Toss a big factor scoring qtr to qtr.

Our best on ground: Tough to split but Richards, Davidson, Freijah likely up in the votes.

please give indication of the median temperature of the hotdogs on the day, after a 2 minute walk back to seat from the kiosk