Adam Treloar, Stefan Martin, Anthony Scott and Lachlan McNeil will all play their first game for the Bulldogs in Friday night's clash against Collingwood.
The Bulldogs on Wednesday afternoon confirmed all four players would be unleashed, with coach Luke Beveridge announcing the news to the players.
Treloar faces his old side six months after his messy departure from the Holden Centre, Martin comes in to provide ruck support to Tim English and Scott and McNeil will make his AFL debuts.
Heโs in ๐@jdunks5 presents our first ๐ถ debutant. pic.twitter.com/4NPb4JyV3D
— Western Bulldogs (@westernbulldogs) March 17, 2021
Having played for the Bulldogs VFL side, Scott, 25, was recently signed by the club via the AFLโs pre-season supplemental selection period.
โItโs pretty overwhelming, but itโs what Iโve always wanted to do and what Iโve worked so hard to do, so itโs pretty gratifying now to know that an opportunity is now there for me,โ Scott said after his elevation to the AFL list in late February, per westernbulldogs.com.au.
โBecause Iโve been working for so long for this chance, I definitely wonโt take it for granted.โ
Years of hard work has led to this very moment โค๏ธ
Here's @baileydale31 to introduce debutant #3. pic.twitter.com/utiqjc0hfB
— Western Bulldogs (@westernbulldogs) March 17, 2021
McNeil, 20, was picked up by the Bulldogs out of South Australia with Pick 11 in the 2020 Rookie Draft.
โItโs probably the best midfield in the competition right now, so itโs pretty exciting,โ McNeil said, after he was drafted, per the club website.
โThereโs so many people you could shape your game on, but Iโm probably most excited to get to watch a bit of Adam Treloar.
โThatโs the type of midfielder Iโd love to be, that midfielder who runs all day and uses his speed.
โBut thereโll be bits and pieces I take from each player, like Dunksโ inside mid stuff and Bontโs exquisite foot skills.โ
Collingwood and the Bulldogs meet at the MCG on Friday night at 7.50pm AEDT.
From rookie list to the big time ๐
Baz gets up to make our final first gamer announcement. pic.twitter.com/WZZiagFfEd
— Western Bulldogs (@westernbulldogs) March 17, 2021