REPLAY: Follow our live coverage as the Western Bulldogs host the Brisbane Lions Adam Cooney finds space against the Bombers. He's a certain starter today. 4.38pm - Dogs 127 - 59 Lions THE Western Bulldogs put Brisbane away by 68 points in a commanding display at Etihad Stadium. Ryan Griffen was the star with 27 disposals in the rout which began with the Dogs kicking the first six goals of the match. Bulldogs young gun Luke Dahlhaus (corky) was helped off the ground late in the final quarter after copping a knock to the back. LIVE HQ: SuperCoach scores, stats, commentary and more Meanwhile, mature-aged recruit Brett Goodes looked at ease in his AFL debut dominating across half-back. Brisbane had no answers for the Dogs four-quarter onslaught with Pearce Hanley's report and an injury to Matt McGuire adding salt to the Lions' wounds. 4.03pm - Dogs 111 - 56 Lions BULLDOGS Ryan Griffen and Shaun Higgins snapped a three-goal Brisbane run to hammer the Lions into submission at Etihad Stadium. The Lions looked to add a bit of respectability on the scoreboard early in the final term but any inroads were quickly erased when Griffen and Higgins snapped back-to-back majors. It's the Bulldogs first home-and-away win since Round 12 last year when the prevailed against Port Adelaide 95-57. 3.40pm - Dogs 105 - 42 Lions IT'S a slaughter. The Western Bulldogs are charging towards the top of the AFL table with a commanding 11-goal lead nearing three-quarter time. The Dogs outscored the hapless Lions six goals to one in a blitz under the roof at Etihad Stadium. And it only got worse for the Lions when veteran defender Matt McGuire was subbed off with a lower leg injury. McGuire, plagued by leg problems in recent years, hobbled off the ground during the third quarter. He was substituted out of the hammering shortly after with Claye Beams taking his place on the field. Tom Liberatore, Brett Goodes and stand-in captain Robert Murphy have been the pick of the Dogs. Tom Rockliff has played a lone-hand for the Lions with 25 disposals. The Lions were cruelled a goal late in the term when the third umpire deemed Jack Redden's dribbler in the goalsquare touched by a Bulldogs defender. The goal umpire signalled a goal but it was overturned upstairs despite sketchy footage. Bulldogs mature-aged recruit Brett Goodes clears from defence against Brisbane at the Etihad Stadium. 3.22pm Dogs 85 - 36 THE Bulldogs have exploded in the third term kicking three goals to set up a 49-point lead over Brisbane. Stand-in captain Robert Murphy sparked the surge threading a goal from deep in the forward pocket. Daniel Giansiracusa made matters worse for the Lions converting a set shot from the goal square after being felled late in a marking contest by Pearce Hanley. Hanley was reported for the late charge driving his knee into the back of the Dogs veteran. Liam Jones capped off the dominant 10-minute burst kicking truly from 39m out on a slight angle to crush the Lions. Lions recruit Stefan Martin cut the margin to 49 points with his first goal in maroon and yellow strips. 2.50pm Dogs 65 - 28 Lions YOUNG Ayce Cordy has given the Dogs a 37-point buffer at half-time outmarking Lions defender Daniel Merrett in the shadows of the main break. Cordy (two goals) clunked the strong contested mark at the top of the goal square to set up the buffer with the shell-shocked Lions reeling under the roof at Etihad Stadium. Daniel Rich (four disposals, one goal) has been completely shut down by Dogs tagger Nick Lower while veterans Tory Dickson (two goals), Daniel Giansiracusa (two goals) and boom recruit Brett Goodes run amok forward of centre. Goodes leads the Dogs with 13 disposals. Tom Rockliff is the pick of the Lions with 19 disposals including four inside 50s. 2.32pm Dogs 47 - 21 Lions HIGGINS, Murphy, Giansiracusa... goal! The veteran Dogs combine and moments latter Higgins adds the icing with one of his own. They lead the Lions by a whopping 38 points nearing halftime at Etihad Stadium. Tom Rockliff aside, the Lions are yet to fire a shot. 2.15pm Dogs 37 - 6 Lions DANIEL Rich had to wait until the final minute for his first disposal - and it was a behind. A quarter of total domination has the Western Bulldogs five goals up on NAB Cup premier Brisbane Lions. Luke Dahlhaus (42) Tory Dickson (42) Daniel Giansiracusa (39) Ryan Griffen (38) Adam Cooney (32) It started inside the first minute, when Tory Dickson marked and goaled, and peaked when Adam Cooney wound back the clock to load up a magnificent set-shot from the pocket. That was the Dogs sixth as they continued to smash a flat Lions outfit in the midfield. The Dogs manufactured just five more forward entries but were deadly efficient in attack. 2.08pm Dogs 37 - 5 Lions THE Dogs kicked five goals from their first seven entries to fully punish the Lions with their midfield dominance. Have the Lions come to play? The tackling pressure has been ferocious, and when Brownlow Medallist Adam Cooney drilled the Dogs' sixth they led by 33 points. Nick Lower has kept Daniel Rich to zero disposals late in the first quarter. 1.55pm Dogs 24 - 4 Lions GOALS to Tory Dickson, Ayce Cordy, Luke Dahlhaus and Danial Giansiracusa have the Bulldogs firing early in their battle with the Lions. Dickson ignited the Dogs when he took a clever mark before being awarded a 50m penalty, while the other three majors were all snagged on the run. Daniel Rich has suffered a quiet start, with shutdown king Nick Lower tagging the high draft pick. The efficient Dogs jagged four goals from their first six forward 50m entries. PRE-GAME: BROWNLOW Medallist Adam Cooney will line up for the Western Bulldogs today with first-round draft pick Clay Smith set to start as the substitute at Etihad Stadium. Cooney was hospitalised last week with a knee infection but trained strongly this week, with the Dogs and Brisbane Lions making no late changes. Ball magnet Claye Beams will start in Brisbane's green vest, with the NAB Cup premiers the heavily-backed favourites. Today marks All-Australian defender Dale Morris's first game in 595 days after snapping his leg in 2011. Dogs coach Brendan McCartney said both clubs play a similar brand of football and his side had full respect for the Lions. "It'll be who can do it the longest and the hardest," he said.