The Western Bulldogs’ finals hopes continue to hang by a thread, up against a Melbourne outfit who enter a new era without coach of nine years Simon Goodwin.
The Demons (7-13, 95%) will be led by interim coach Troy Chaplin for the final three games of the 2025 season, looking to build on the quirky record of teams who win the weekend after they part ways with a head coach.
Meanwhile, the Bulldogs (12-8, 137.3%) still look likely to need to win all three remaining matches for a September berth this season — 15 wins still the magic number for them to qualify.
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MATCH CENTRE: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs live scores, stats and updates
Melbourne strung one change, replacing Harry Sharp with debutant Jed Adams in his third year on an AFL list. Luke Beveridge’s Bulldogs go in unchanged.
The first bounce hit the MCG turf at 3:15pm local time in Geelong, with Blake Howes (Demons) and Riley Garcia (Bulldogs) the starting substitutes. There were no late changes.
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