All the latest news and rumours from around the league for the Western Bulldogs. You can also find the latest player signings, as well as player movements for the upcoming season.

Liam Picken will spend remainder of the season on the sidelines

Captain Johannisen ready to step up

Jordan Roughead considering rival offers

Bontempelli sidelined following appendix injury

Team Details

Established	1883
Home Ground	Etihad Stadium
Coach	Luke Beveridge
Premierships	2 (1954, 2016)
Wooden Spoons	4 (1959, 1967, 1982, 2003)
Brownlow Medals	Allan Hopkins (tied 1930), Norman Ware (1941), Peter Box (1956), John Schultz (1960), Gary Dempsey (1975), Kelvin Templeton (1980), Brad Hardie (1985), Tony Liberatore (1990), Scott Wynd (1992), Adam Cooney (2008)
Norm Smith Medals	Jason Johannisen (2016)
Coleman Medals	Jack Collins (1957), Kelvin Templeton (1978, 1979), Simon Beasley (1985)
Twitter	westernbulldogs
Instagram	westernbulldogs

2018 Player Movements

2018 Gains Hayden Crozier (Fremantle Dockers, 2020), Billy Gowers (2018), Aaron Naughton (2019), Callum Porter (2019), Ed Richards (2021), Josh Schache (Brisbane Lions, 2019), Jackson Trengove (Port Adelaide Power, 2020)
2018 Losses Matthew Boyd (Retired), Travis Cloke (retired), Stewart Crameri (Geelong Cats), Declan Hamilton (delisted), Bob Murphy (retired), Josh Prudden (delisted), Jake Stringer (Essendon Bombers), Tristan Tweedie (delisted)
Re-Signed Marcus Adams (2020), Kieran Collins (2018), Bailey Dale (2019), Caleb Daniel (2019), Josh Dunkley (2019), Timothy English (2020), Mitch Honeychurch (2018), Jason Johannisen (2022), Brad Lynch (2018), Dale Morris (2018), Nathan Mullenger-McHugh (2018), Liam Picken (2019), Jack Redpath (2019), Fletcher Roberts (2019), Clay Smith (2018), Lukas Webb (2019), Bailey Williams (2019), Easton Wood (2020), Lewis Young (2019)
Off Contract 2018 Shane Biggs, Tom Campbell, Kieran Collins, Zaine Cordy, Luke Dahlhaus, Tory Dickson, Billy Gowers, Fergus Greene, Mitch Honeychurch, Lin Jong, Tom Liberatore, Brad Lynch, Dale Morris, Nathan Mullenger-McHugh, Jordan Roughead, Clay Smith, Roarke Smith, Matthew Suckling, Mitch Wallis

2018 Playing Squad

Player	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
ADAMS, Marcus	✔	✔	✔
BIGGS, Shane	✔
BONTEMPELLI, Marcus	✔	✔
BOYD, Tom	✔	✔	✔	✔
CAMPBELL, Tom	✔
COLLINS, Kieran	✔
CORDY, Zaine	✔
CROZIER, Hayden	✔	✔	✔
DAHLHAUS, Luke	✔
DALE, Bailey	✔	✔
DANIEL, Caleb	✔	✔
DICKSON, Tory	✔
DUNKLEY, Josh	✔	✔
ENGLISH, Timothy	✔	✔	✔
GOWERS, Billy	✔
GREENE, Fergus	✔
HONEYCHURCH, Mitch	✔
HUNTER, Lachie	✔	✔
JOHANNISEN, Jason	$650K	$650K	$650K	$650K	$650K
JONG, Lin	✔
LIBERATORE, Tom	✔
LIPINSKI, Patrick	✔	✔
LYNCH, Brad	✔
MACRAE, Jackson	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
MCLEAN, Toby	✔	✔
MORRIS, Dale	✔
MULLENGER-MCHUGH, Nathan	✔
NAUGHTON, Aaron	✔	✔
PICKEN, Liam	✔	✔
PORTER, Callum	✔	✔
REDPATH, Jack	✔	✔
RICHARDS, Ed	✔	✔	✔	✔
ROBERTS, Fletcher	✔	✔
ROUGHEAD, Jordan	✔
SCHACHE, Josh	✔	✔
SMITH, Clay	✔
SMITH, Roarke	✔
SUCKLING, Matthew	✔
TRENGOVE, Jackson	✔	✔	✔
WALLIS, Mitch	✔
WEBB, Lukas	✔	✔
WILLIAMS, Bailey	✔	✔
WOOD, Easton	✔	✔	✔
YOUNG, Lewis	✔	✔