2008 AFL Season: Western Bulldogs

Season Team Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Team: Western Bulldogs
Home Ground: Telstra Dome (Docklands Stadium)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 15-1-6, P%: 118.7%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Geelong (Preliminary Final)
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Adam Cooney (24)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Brad Johnson (47)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Daniel Cross

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Brad Johnson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Addison, Dylan #22 17 R01-R17 2 0
Akermanis, Jason #21 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 49 5
Boyd, Matthew #5 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 5 12
Callan, Tim #33 15 R02-R07, R09-R10, R19-R22, QF, SF, PF 1 0
Cooney, Adam #17 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 23 24
Cross, Daniel #4 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 5 12
Eagleton, Nathan #10 23 R01, R04-R22, QF, SF, PF 18 2
Everitt, Andrejs #3 9 R11-R18, R21 0 0
Giansiracusa, Daniel #13 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 33 3
Gilbee, Lindsay #9 24 R01-R20, R22, QF, SF, PF 14 2
Griffen, Ryan #16 24 R01-R14, R16-R22, QF, SF, PF 18 10
Hahn, Mitch #8 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 34 3
Harbrow, Jarrod #40 14 R03-R05, R15-R22, QF, SF, PF 16 0
Hargrave, Ryan #25 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 2 0
Higgins, Shaun #19 7 R01-R02, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF 4 0
Hill, Josh #20 18 R01-R08, R14-R15, R17-R18, R20-R22, QF, SF, PF 16 0
Hudson, Ben #15 23 R01-R18, R20-R21, QF, SF, PF 2 0
Johnson, Brad #6 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 50 0
Lake, Brian #36 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 4 2
Minson, Will #27 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 19 0
Morris, Dale #38 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 0 1
Murphy, Bob #2 24 R01-R10, R12-R22, QF, SF, PF 34 4
Ray, Farren #1 13 R09-R20, QF 4 0
Reid, Sam #26 1 R22 0 0
Skipper, Wayde #34 1 R22 0 0
Street, Peter #11 1 R19 0 0
Tiller, Stephen #35 11 R07-R08, R10-R11, R14-R16, R18-R19, SF, PF 2 0
Ward, Callan #14 6 R11-R13, R19-R21 2 0
Welsh, Scott #28 24 R01-R14, R16-R22, QF, SF, PF 43 0
West, Scott #7 4 R01-R03, R06 0 3
Wight, Cameron #37 10 R01-R09, R15 4 0
Williams, Tom #12 6 R08-R13 1 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Dale Morris Brian Lake Tim Callan
Half-Back: Ryan Hargrave Cameron Wight Lindsay Gilbee
Centre: Farren Ray Matthew Boyd Daniel Cross
Half-Forward: Brad Johnson Mitch Hahn Bob Murphy
Forward: Jason Akermanis Will Minson Scott Welsh
Follower: Ben Hudson Ryan Griffen Adam Cooney
Interchange: Dylan Addison Nathan Eagleton Daniel Giansiracusa
Josh Hill

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)
Eade, Rodney 25 16 -1- 8 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/03/2008 Round 1 Adelaide HOME WIN BUL by 3 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
29/03/2008 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY WIN BUL by 95 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
04/04/2008 Round 3 St Kilda HOME WIN BUL by 38 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
11/04/2008 Round 4 Essendon AWAY WIN BUL by 30 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
20/04/2008 Round 5 Richmond HOME DRAW drawn Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
26/04/2008 Round 6 West Coast HOME WIN BUL by 60 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
04/05/2008 Round 7 Sydney AWAY WIN BUL by 18 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
18/05/2008 Round 8 Fremantle AWAY WIN BUL by 3 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
25/05/2008 Round 9 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 3 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
31/05/2008 Round 10 Hawthorn AWAY WIN BUL by 32 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
08/06/2008 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY WIN BUL by 27 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
14/06/2008 Round 12 Brisbane Lions HOME WIN BUL by 63 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
22/06/2008 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY WIN BUL by 10 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
28/06/2008 Round 14 Port Adelaide HOME WIN BUL by 54 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
13/07/2008 Round 15 Melbourne HOME WIN BUL by 31 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
19/07/2008 Round 16 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 61 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
27/07/2008 Round 17 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 28 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
03/08/2008 Round 18 Sydney HOME WIN BUL by 16 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
10/08/2008 Round 19 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 20 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
16/08/2008 Round 20 Brisbane Lions AWAY LOSS BRI by 11 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
22/08/2008 Round 21 Essendon HOME WIN BUL by 46 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
30/08/2008 Round 22 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 9 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
05/09/2008 Qualifying Final Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 51 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
12/09/2008 Semi Final Sydney HOME WIN BUL by 37 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
19/09/2008 Preliminary Final Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 29 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson