Sydney Swans midfielder Sofia Hurley headlines the inclusions to the extended bench, ahead of Sydney's home Elimination Final against the Western Bulldogs.

Hurley, who faces a fitness test ahead of final team selection at 5pm on Friday, has been sidelined for since breaking her ankle in Round 5 in the Sydney Derby.

Joining Hurley on the extended bench is Jas Grierson, Sarah Grunden, Amelia Martin, Paris McCarthy, Molly Thomas, Indiana Williams and Emma Juneja.

The sixth placed Swans host seventh placed Bulldogs at Henson Park on Sunday at 1.05pm.

The last time the two teams met, the Bulldogs handed the Swans their first loss of the season in round four, winning by 27 points at Mission Whitten Oval, but forward Chloe Molloy believes her side’s late-season momentum has transformed their football since that meeting.

Sydney kicked four consecutive goals to close the gap before the Bulldogs responded with six straight to win 9.6 (60) to 5.3 (33).

Speaking to media on Wednesday, Molloy said the Swans had found greater consistency since that defeat, despite still searching for a complete four-quarter performance.

"AFLW is a longer season now, and it's a journey of finding momentum and form. There's quite an art to the way you handle a season," she said.

"The mindset is very different now.  (Colin O'Riordan) actually touched on it this morning, comparing the team we are now versus the team we were back then. AFLW seasons are short, but it feels so long ago now since we played them. They know the recipe to beat us, so every week you have to handle a different situation.

"Round four was months ago now and we've really shifted into a flow state of playing more consistent Swans football. I would say we still start a little bit slow and haven't put together a full four-quarter effort yet. The key difference now is that we have real momentum."

Sydney Swans v Western Bulldogs 
Sunday, November 8, 1:05pm 
Gates Open: 11:0am
Henson Park 

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