The side has played pre-season practice matches in Ballarat in previous seasons, however will play for premiership points for the first time in 2022.

The men's side will continue to play two games per season at the venue, until 2024.

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The AFLW fixture is yet to released, so the Bulldogs will wait to see who and when they play at Mars Stadium.

2018 premiership player Bonnie Toogood told The Courier the side is looking forward to playing for points in Ballarat.

"To be here in Ballarat with the Doggies faithful here it's going to be really exciting and to show off our women's brand of footy," she said.

Toogood has great memories of Ballarat, a place she played her first senior game in for the club.

"I do remember Mars Stadium was packed and it was my first senior game of football, I know it was still a practice match but it was pretty remarkable to have that many fans here just to see a practice match," she said.

The men's side has enjoyed a lot of success in its games in Ballarat over the past few seasons, something Toogood and the women's side want to continue.

"We say that about Whitten Oval, that it's our fortress and that we don't like losing there and Mars is now our home away from home," she said.

"So we'll want exactly the same thing, make sure we get those four points on the board when we come here, really important."

The growth of women's football, especially in Ballarat, has been significant over the past five years, highlighted by the Rebels girls' success on field and on draft night.

Toogood and the Bulldogs want to continue to be role models for the next generation of players.

"That's on your mind nearly every time you play ... it's so important to kind of remember that you are a role model and you are inspiring the next generation of athletes," Toogood said.

"Especially female footballers that are going through the ranks at the moment that will come into this league as fully-fledged footballers because a lot of us didn't have that pathway, or only minimal (players in) the league at the moment did.

"So to make sure that we're out here bringing the game to them and saying that this is a possibility, it's really exciting, it puts much higher importance on it."

Toogood said the side is hitting its stride at pre-season training, with a particular focus on ball movement and pressure.

"We've had a little look back at how we want to move the ball ... and the speed at which we want to play the game has been our number one focus for us," she said.

"We've been doing a lot of tackle technique and a lot of pressure work.

"We want to be one of those teams that people are scared to play against in the sense that we provide so much pressure on the field which we were known for last year but we want to keep building on that."

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