2002 AFL Season: Western Bulldogs

Season Team Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Team: Western Bulldogs
Home Ground: Colonial Stadium (Docklands Stadium)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 9-1-12, P%: 104.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Luke Darcy (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Nathan Brown (57)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Brad Johnson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Chris Grant

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alvey, Mark #31 22 R01-R22 18 2
Bandy, Daniel #11 22 R01-R22 30 3
Bartlett, Trent #18 6 R01-R02, R04-R07 1 0
Birss, Shane #40 18 R02-R14, R16-R19, R21 7 0
Bowden, Patrick #20 4 R03-R04, R20, R22 1 0
Brown, Nathan #17 22 R01-R22 57 13
Croft, Matthew #16 19 R01-R17, R21-R22 2 1
Cross, Daniel #38 4 R10-R11, R14-R15 1 0
Darcy, Luke #14 22 R01-R22 23 16
Dimattina, Paul #28 19 R01-R02, R04-R07, R09-R13, R15-R22 10 0
Eagleton, Nathan #10 12 R05-R14, R21-R22 6 0
Garlick, Simon #4 22 R01-R22 16 2
Giansiracusa, Daniel #13 22 R01-R22 25 0
Gilbee, Lindsay #9 16 R03-R13, R18-R22 7 0
Grant, Chris #3 21 R01-R17, R19-R22 17 2
Hahn, Mitch #8 10 R02-R04, R16-R22 2 3
Hargrave, Ryan #33 19 R01-R03, R06, R08-R22 4 0
Harrison, Ben #22 20 R01-R18, R20, R22 2 0
Hunter, Kingsley #25 19 R01-R05, R07-R20 4 0
James, Aaron #26 1 R01 0 0
Johnson, Brad #6 22 R01-R22 44 4
Kretiuk, Steven #35 18 R01, R03-R09, R11-R15, R17-R21 1 0
Lake, Brian #36 1 R21 0 0
Liberatore, Tony #39 16 R01-R13, R15-R17 0 0
McGuinness, Kieran #29 4 R14-R15, R19, R22 4 0
McMahon, Jordan #23 15 R01-R05, R08, R14-R22 10 2
Murphy, Bob #2 19 R04-R22 5 8
Penny, Luke #27 6 R01-R02, R18-R21 2 0
Power, Sam #15 6 R17-R22 3 0
Robbins, Matthew #30 6 R01-R03, R15-R16, R18 3 1
Saunders, Nathan #12 10 R06-R14, R16 11 0
Smith, Rohan #5 22 R01-R22 18 3
West, Scott #7 18 R01-R03, R05-R10, R12-R20 8 8
Wiggins, Patrick #21 1 R22 0 0

Team Line-Up

Back:


Half-Back:


Centre:


Half-Forward:


Forward:


Follower:


Interchange:





This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Wallace, Terry 21 8 -1- 12 R01-R21
Rohde, Peter 1 1 -0- 0 R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
31/03/2002 Round 1 Adelaide HOME LOSS ADE by 19 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
06/04/2002 Round 2 Kangaroos AWAY LOSS KAN by 13 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
14/04/2002 Round 3 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 32 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
20/04/2002 Round 4 Brisbane Lions HOME LOSS BRI by 16 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
26/04/2002 Round 5 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 23 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
04/05/2002 Round 6 Carlton AWAY WIN BUL by 28 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
12/05/2002 Round 7 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 10 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
19/05/2002 Round 8 Sydney HOME WIN BUL by 69 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
25/05/2002 Round 9 Geelong AWAY WIN BUL by 12 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
01/06/2002 Round 10 Richmond AWAY WIN BUL by 19 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
09/06/2002 Round 11 Fremantle HOME WIN BUL by 65 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
21/06/2002 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN BUL by 47 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
29/06/2002 Round 13 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS POR by 46 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
06/07/2002 Round 14 Essendon HOME DRAW drawn Terry Wallace Chris Grant
12/07/2002 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 23 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
21/07/2002 Round 16 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 43 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
28/07/2002 Round 17 Kangaroos HOME WIN BUL by 34 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
04/08/2002 Round 18 West Coast HOME WIN BUL by 51 Terry Wallace unknown
10/08/2002 Round 19 Brisbane Lions AWAY LOSS BRI by 38 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
18/08/2002 Round 20 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 12 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
24/08/2002 Round 21 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 2 Terry Wallace Chris Grant
31/08/2002 Round 22 Collingwood AWAY WIN BUL by 41 Peter Rohde Chris Grant