Josh Schache celebrates during the round two win over Hawthorn.Credit:AAP
Tory Dickson and Josh Schache are both in the mix to join new draftee Ryan Gardner in the Western Bulldogs' side that will face West Coast at Optus Stadium on Sunday.
The Dogs have been forced to make two changes this week with Mitch Wallis (ankle) and Hayden Crozier (toe) both ruled out, but Beveridge didn't rule out more omissions following their disappointing loss to North Melbourne last week.
Wallis is set for an extended stint on the sidelines after suffering a bone stress injury against the Kangaroos and isn't likely to be seen in the senior side again until later in the season.
"[Dickson is] pretty close, he's under consideration this week and he'll come to Perth with us and he may be in the 22," Beveridge said at Whitten Oval on Thursday.
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"We'll be conservative with Mitch, the good news is it's not on the side that he broke [in 2016], so if that happened that would be a major concern.
"At the moment we'll make sure we can reintroduce him at the back end of the year."
Beveridge described Gardner's recruitment from their VFL team as "romantic" and the former Cat's ability to play in a variety of positions appealed to the Doggies coach.
However, he denied Gardner leapfrogging the likes of other key position players such as Schache and Lewis Young straight into the senior team was causing disharmony.
"I talk to those lads every week and they've seen what Ryan's capable of at VFL level and over the last couple of weeks Ryan has played different roles for us and some lockdown roles," Beveridge said.
"His early form forward was terrific and Lewy Young is going to be a very, very good player for us, he's maturing all the time, he's only 20 years old, and Josh likewise – he played pretty well last week and so he's under consideration to come back in anyway."
In a boost for the Bulldogs, their very own bionic man Dale Morris is a chance to return to the field of play after the bye after overcoming yet another serious knee injury at the ripe old age of 36.
"He trained on Tuesday, did most of the ball work and every time he jumps a hurdle like that we're all surprised and he had some Cybex testing [which primarily tests joint movement] and he came through with flying colours so it's really promising.
"We'll definitely bring him back throughRead More – Source
Josh Schache celebrates during the round two win over Hawthorn.Credit:AAP
Tory Dickson and Josh Schache are both in the mix to join new draftee Ryan Gardner in the Western Bulldogs' side that will face West Coast at Optus Stadium on Sunday.
The Dogs have been forced to make two changes this week with Mitch Wallis (ankle) and Hayden Crozier (toe) both ruled out, but Beveridge didn't rule out more omissions following their disappointing loss to North Melbourne last week.
Wallis is set for an extended stint on the sidelines after suffering a bone stress injury against the Kangaroos and isn't likely to be seen in the senior side again until later in the season.
"[Dickson is] pretty close, he's under consideration this week and he'll come to Perth with us and he may be in the 22," Beveridge said at Whitten Oval on Thursday.
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"We'll be conservative with Mitch, the good news is it's not on the side that he broke [in 2016], so if that happened that would be a major concern.
"At the moment we'll make sure we can reintroduce him at the back end of the year."
Beveridge described Gardner's recruitment from their VFL team as "romantic" and the former Cat's ability to play in a variety of positions appealed to the Doggies coach.
However, he denied Gardner leapfrogging the likes of other key position players such as Schache and Lewis Young straight into the senior team was causing disharmony.
"I talk to those lads every week and they've seen what Ryan's capable of at VFL level and over the last couple of weeks Ryan has played different roles for us and some lockdown roles," Beveridge said.
"His early form forward was terrific and Lewy Young is going to be a very, very good player for us, he's maturing all the time, he's only 20 years old, and Josh likewise – he played pretty well last week and so he's under consideration to come back in anyway."
In a boost for the Bulldogs, their very own bionic man Dale Morris is a chance to return to the field of play after the bye after overcoming yet another serious knee injury at the ripe old age of 36.
"He trained on Tuesday, did most of the ball work and every time he jumps a hurdle like that we're all surprised and he had some Cybex testing [which primarily tests joint movement] and he came through with flying colours so it's really promising.
"We'll definitely bring him back throughRead More – Source
