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Daniel Cherny

Daniel is an Age sports reporter.

Tom Liberatore of the Bulldogs.

Dogs, Tigers reach for the axe, Pies regain Treloar

Tom Liberatore has been dropped while Travis Cloke, Bob Murphy and Mitch Wallis are all back as the Western Bulldogs have elected for wholesale change in their bid to beat Geelong for the first time since 2009.

Bulldog Josh Dunkley

Finals wildcard weekend woos club bosses

A wildcard round before the finals proper looks increasingly likely to appear in the 2018 fixture with AFL chief Gillon McLachlan saying he was surprised by the level of support for the concept at a meeting of club chief executives on Thursday.