Marcus Bontempelli’s knee scare has left the Western Bulldogs facing a potential captaincy conundrum ahead of their preliminary final against Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval next Saturday night --- via The Age Real Footy
as the league’s most valuable player – be a huge loss from a pure playing perspective, it would also leave the Dogs with a leadership void.
However, Wallis is in the frame for a recall, given small forward Cody Weightman is set to miss the match against the Power after a head knock in the first half against the Lions.That means Wallis could conceivably captain his side in a preliminary final – and maybe even a grand final – despite not playing an AFL game since round 17.
The absence of Bontempelli would be an unfamiliar problem for the Dogs. Since making his AFL debut in round five, 2014, the big-bodied midfielder has played 169 of a possible 176 matches, including 70 in a row up to Saturday night. “I’m not sure. I’ll have to catch up with [the club’s chief medical officer] Greg Clugston and see what’s happening. I’d say it’s likely that he won’t be available.”
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