Western Bulldogs tagger Nick Lower on a high as he prepares for 50th game Western Bulldogs tagger Nick Lower will play his 50th match on the weekend. NICK Lower's growing reputation as a tagger will be put to the ultimate test when he meets Gary Ablett on Saturday. Lower had a Western Bulldogs record of 15 tackles against North Melbourne on Saturday, holding Roos captain Andrew Swallow to 18 touches. His season average is 27. Lower, who joined the Bulldogs this year after starting at Port Adelaide, followed by two seasons at Fremantle, plays his 50th game this weekend. He has done stopping jobs on Joel Selwood, David Mundy and Trent Cotchin and could match up on Ablett when the Bulldogs play Gold Coast up north. "It's a big learning curve, it's new to me," Lower said of tagging. Mac (coach Brendan McCartney) has been really good to me. I owe a lot to the club for the third chance. They don't roll around too often. Week by week I speak with Mac and Steven King, our midfield coach, and just talk about the best way to combat these roles. Lower said he had spoken to players including stopper Ryan Crowley, his former teammate at the Dockers, about tagging. "There's a lot of fantastic taggers currently playing and in the past as well," he said. They've been kind enough to share some of their knowledge. On the prospect of facing Ablett, Lower said: "They've got plenty of great midfielders."