2009 AFL Season: Western Bulldogs

Season Team Details

Season: 2009 AFL Season
Team: Western Bulldogs
Home Ground: Etihad Stadium (Docklands Stadium)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 15-0-7, P%: 122.6%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by St Kilda (Preliminary Final)
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Matthew Boyd (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jason Akermanis (39)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Matthew Boyd

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Brad Johnson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Addison, Dylan #22 12 R01-R06, R08, R17-R21 4 1
Akermanis, Jason #21 24 R01-R04, R06-R22, QF, SF, PF 43 10
Boyd, Matthew #5 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 15 14
Callan, Tim #33 3 R09, SF, PF 0 0
Cooney, Adam #17 23 R01-R03, R06-R22, QF, SF, PF 14 3
Cross, Daniel #4 23 R01-R19, R22, QF, SF, PF 5 8
Eagleton, Nathan #10 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 18 2
Everitt, Andrejs #3 7 R01, R06-R08, R18-R19, R22 1 0
Giansiracusa, Daniel #13 18 R01-R13, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF 21 5
Gilbee, Lindsay #9 24 R01-R16, R18-R22, QF, SF, PF 24 2
Grant, Jarrad #1 1 R05 0 0
Griffen, Ryan #16 22 R01-R19, QF, SF, PF 17 4
Hahn, Mitch #8 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 38 4
Harbrow, Jarrod #40 23 R02, R04-R22, QF, SF, PF 1 3
Hargrave, Ryan #25 23 R01-R07, R10-R22, QF, SF, PF 1 1
Higgins, Shaun #7 20 R01-R06, R09-R17, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF 32 11
Hill, Josh #20 23 R01-R22, QF 33 1
Hudson, Ben #15 24 R01-R21, QF, SF, PF 2 0
Johnson, Brad #6 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 37 1
Lake, Brian #36 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 2 7
Minson, Will #27 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 16 0
Morris, Dale #38 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 1 0
Murphy, Bob #2 16 R05-R08, R12-R17, R20-R22, QF, SF, PF 10 1
Picken, Liam #42 23 R02-R18, R20-R22, QF, SF, PF 8 0
Reid, Sam #11 4 R14, R20-R22 1 0
Stack, Brennan #18 3 R11, R18-R19 4 0
Tiller, Stephen #35 5 R01, R03-R04, R10-R11 0 0
Ward, Callan #14 22 R01-R05, R09-R22, QF, SF, PF 18 0
Welsh, Scott #28 16 R07-R10, R12-R17, R20-R22, QF, SF, PF 20 0
Williams, Tom #12 14 R01-R05, R07-R09, R15-R20 0 0
Wood, Easton #29 2 R19-R20 0 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Jarrod Harbrow Brian Lake Ryan Hargrave
Half-Back: Liam Picken Dale Morris Lindsay Gilbee
Centre: Nathan Eagleton Matthew Boyd Daniel Cross
Half-Forward: Brad Johnson Mitch Hahn Bob Murphy
Forward: Jason Akermanis Will Minson Scott Welsh
Follower: Ben Hudson Adam Cooney Ryan Griffen
Interchange: Daniel Giansiracusa Shaun Higgins Josh Hill
Callan Ward

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 -0- 9 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
29/03/2009 Round 1 Fremantle AWAY WIN BUL by 63 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
05/04/2009 Round 2 North Melbourne HOME WIN BUL by 15 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
13/04/2009 Round 3 Richmond HOME WIN BUL by 47 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
19/04/2009 Round 4 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 33 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
26/04/2009 Round 5 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 43 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
03/05/2009 Round 6 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 28 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
10/05/2009 Round 7 Adelaide AWAY WIN BUL by 32 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
16/05/2009 Round 8 Melbourne AWAY WIN BUL by 7 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
22/05/2009 Round 9 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 2 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
30/05/2009 Round 10 Sydney HOME WIN BUL by 40 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
05/06/2009 Round 11 Richmond AWAY WIN BUL by 68 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
13/06/2009 Round 12 Port Adelaide HOME WIN BUL by 93 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
28/06/2009 Round 13 North Melbourne AWAY WIN BUL by 22 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
04/07/2009 Round 14 Hawthorn HOME WIN BUL by 88 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
10/07/2009 Round 15 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 1 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
17/07/2009 Round 16 Essendon AWAY WIN BUL by 33 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
25/07/2009 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 45 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
01/08/2009 Round 18 Fremantle HOME WIN BUL by 31 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
08/08/2009 Round 19 West Coast HOME LOSS WCE by 5 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
15/08/2009 Round 20 Brisbane Lions AWAY WIN BUL by 18 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
21/08/2009 Round 21 Geelong HOME WIN BUL by 14 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
30/08/2009 Round 22 Collingwood AWAY WIN BUL by 24 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
05/09/2009 Qualifying Final Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 14 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
11/09/2009 Semi Final Brisbane Lions HOME WIN BUL by 51 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson
18/09/2009 Preliminary Final St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 7 Rodney Eade Brad Johnson