2007 AFL Round 1: Western Bulldogs v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 1 April 2007 between Western Bulldogs and Geelong during round 1 of the 2007 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Geelong at Telstra Dome. Brad Johnson captained the hosts. Tom Harley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Mark Thompson.

Western Bulldogs
Back: J. McMahon, R. Hargrave, D. Morris
Half-back: L. Gilbee, C. Wight, R. Griffen
Centre: N. Eagleton, S. West, S. Higgins
Half-forward: D. Giansiracusa, A. McDougall, J. Akermanis
Forward: B. Murphy, S. Power, B. Johnson (capt.)
Follower: W. Minson, D. Cross, A. Cooney
Int.: M. Boyd, L. Darcy, B. Montgomery, F. Ray

Geelong
Back: T. Harley (capt.), M. Scarlett, C. Enright
Half-back: D. Johnson, M. Egan, D. Milburn
Centre: D. Wojcinski, J. Bartel, A. Mackie
Half-forward: P. Chapman, C. Mooney, J. Selwood
Forward: C. Gardiner, B. Ottens, G. Ablett
Follower: M. Blake, J. Corey, C. Ling
Int.: N. Ablett, J. Hunt, B. Prismall, K. Tenace

Western Bulldogs (17.11.113) defeated Geelong (13.15.93).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: B. Johnson (8), A. Cooney (2), D. Giansiracusa (2), J. Akermanis, L. Darcy, L. Gilbee, R. Hargrave, B. Murphy
Geelong: N. Ablett (3), C. Mooney (3), D. Wojcinski (2), G. Ablett, J. Bartel, P. Chapman, C. Gardiner, A. Mackie

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 4th on the ladder and Geelong were then 13th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Geelong
Date: Sunday 1 April 2007
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 42,626

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Geelong
Score: 17.11.113 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 4 . 5 11 . 7 15 . 8 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Geelong 5 . 3 7 . 9 8 . 13 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin GEEL by 4 WBUL by 22 WBUL by 37 WBUL by 20 WBUL by 20
Duration 31:09 33:22 30:23 29:49 2:04:43

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Western Bulldogs), Mark Thompson (Geelong)
Captains: Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs), Tom Harley (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), D. Margetts (#6), S. McInerney (#30)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brad Johnson WBUL 6 3
Adam Cooney WBUL 17 2
Daniel Cross WBUL 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Brad Johnson WBUL 6 10 2 0 0 0 0
Lindsay Gilbee WBUL 9 7 0 1 1 0 0
Daniel Cross WBUL 4 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Corey Enright GEEL 44 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Jordan McMahon WBUL 23 4 0 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Akermanis, Jason HFFR 78% 1 0 13 8 5 5 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3
5 Boyd, Matthew INT 78% 0 1 28 11 17 5 0 2 4 3 0 2 2 3
17 Cooney, Adam RO 78% 2 2 29 15 14 6 0 1 6 4 2 0 2 4
4 Cross, Daniel RR 93% 0 0 37 12 25 8 1 6 3 3 5 1 6 2
14 Darcy, Luke INT 80% 1 0 13 8 5 4 2 0 2 3 1 2 3 2
10 Eagleton, Nathan WL 67% 0 1 20 13 7 6 0 7 0 3 1 2 2 7
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel HFFL 80% 2 0 19 10 9 7 0 4 1 4 2 2 4 1
9 Gilbee, Lindsay HBFL 95% 1 0 31 22 9 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 4
16 Griffen, Ryan HBFR 73% 0 1 20 16 4 2 0 2 4 4 1 4 0 6
25 Hargrave, Ryan FB 100% 1 0 16 10 6 7 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 2
19 Higgins, Shaun WR 82% 0 1 9 5 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
6 Johnson, Brad (c) FPR 100% 8 1 24 18 6 7 0 3 2 2 4 2 0 4
32 McDougall, Andrew CHF 74% 0 1 10 3 7 4 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 2
23 McMahon, Jordan BPL 93% 0 0 30 16 14 4 0 2 2 3 0 2 6 1
27 Minson, Will RU 75% 0 0 14 7 7 0 16 4 1 1 2 1 1 1
43 Montgomery, Brett INT 32% 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 1
38 Morris, Dale BPR 97% 0 0 12 7 5 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 3 1
2 Murphy, Bob FPL 68% 1 0 11 10 1 7 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1
15 Power, Sam FF 97% 0 0 26 12 14 10 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2
1 Ray, Farren INT 84% 0 1 19 12 7 4 0 2 1 4 4 1 0 5
7 West, Scott C 84% 0 0 29 6 23 3 1 5 4 5 1 3 1 1
37 Wight, Cameron CHB 91% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 17 11 419 225 194 106 22 64 33 49 30 28 41 53

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ablett, Gary FPR 83% 1 0 24 9 15 2 0 3 5 1 2 0 2 4
23 Ablett, Nathan INT 80% 3 3 13 9 4 6 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 3
3 Bartel, Jimmy C 91% 1 1 24 15 9 5 0 3 4 3 1 0 2 5
24 Blake, Mark RU 64% 0 1 5 1 4 1 23 3 0 3 0 3 0 0
35 Chapman, Paul HFFL 97% 1 0 27 19 8 4 0 5 3 0 2 0 1 7
11 Corey, Joel RR 84% 0 0 16 7 9 3 1 3 5 3 2 2 2 1
19 Egan, Matthew CHB 87% 0 0 14 5 9 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 1
44 Enright, Corey BPR 95% 0 0 30 15 15 5 1 1 7 3 2 3 3 5
16 Gardiner, Charlie FPL 78% 1 0 11 6 5 7 0 1 0 4 1 3 0 4
2 Harley, Tom (c) BPL 94% 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 1
8 Hunt, Josh INT 70% 0 0 16 8 8 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 0
28 Johnson, David HBFL 72% 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 2 1 4 0 3 0 0
45 Ling, Cameron RO 83% 0 0 24 8 16 7 0 7 3 0 1 0 0 3
4 Mackie, Andrew WR 86% 1 2 17 10 7 4 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 4
39 Milburn, Darren HBFR 90% 0 0 22 10 12 4 1 2 0 2 1 2 4 2
21 Mooney, Cam CHF 95% 3 0 11 7 4 6 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1
6 Ottens, Brad FF 81% 0 0 8 3 5 3 14 4 2 1 2 1 2 1
32 Prismall, Brent INT 68% 0 2 18 12 6 2 0 3 3 3 3 1 1 6
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 78% 0 1 12 5 7 1 0 2 1 5 0 2 2 0
14 Selwood, Joel HFFR 67% 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 1 4 1 3 1 2
10 Tenace, Kane INT 70% 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 4
40 Wojcinski, David WL 87% 2 1 15 9 6 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 2
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 13 15 345 183 162 77 42 47 40 52 28 30 33 56

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Western Bulldogs Coach: Rodney Eade
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
2 T. Harley (c) 30 M. Scarlett 44 C. Enright 27 W. Minson 5 M. Boyd
6 B. Johnson (c) 15 S. Power 2 B. Murphy 4 D. Cross 14 L. Darcy
FORWARD 17 A. Cooney 43 B. Montgomery
HALF-BACK

1 F. Ray
28 D. Johnson 19 M. Egan 39 D. Milburn



21 J. Akermanis 32 A. McDougall 13 D. Giansiracusa



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



40 D. Wojcinski 3 J. Bartel 4 A. Mackie



19 S. Higgins 7 S. West 10 N. Eagleton FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 M. Blake 23 N. Ablett
HALF-FORWARD 11 J. Corey 8 J. Hunt
35 P. Chapman 21 C. Mooney 14 J. Selwood 45 C. Ling 32 B. Prismall
16 R. Griffen 37 C. Wight 9 L. Gilbee

10 K. Tenace
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



16 C. Gardiner 6 B. Ottens 29 G. Ablett



38 D. Morris 25 R. Hargrave 23 J. McMahon



BACK



Geelong Coach: Mark Thompson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Jimmy Bartel behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:27
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 03:34
GEEL Charlie Gardiner goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 05:07
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 07:23
WBUL Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 10:03
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 10:39
GEEL David Wojcinski goal 2.1.13 - 3.1.19 12:26
WBUL Adam Cooney behind 2.2.14 - 3.1.19 17:13
GEEL Andrew Mackie behind 2.2.14 - 3.2.20 18:17
WBUL Ryan Griffen behind 2.3.15 - 3.2.20 19:06
GEEL Nathan Ablett behind 2.3.15 - 3.3.21 19:32
WBUL Lindsay Gilbee goal 3.3.21 - 3.3.21 21:04
WBUL Nathan Eagleton behind 3.4.22 - 3.3.21 22:31
GEEL Nathan Ablett goal 3.4.22 - 4.3.27 25:13
WBUL Matthew Boyd behind 3.5.23 - 4.3.27 26:45
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 3.5.23 - 5.3.33 27:39
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 4.5.29 - 5.3.33 29:59
Q2 WBUL Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 5.3.33 00:21
WBUL Shaun Higgins behind 4.7.31 - 5.3.33 02:10
WBUL Bob Murphy goal 5.7.37 - 5.3.33 02:55
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 6.7.43 - 5.3.33 06:53
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 7.7.49 - 5.3.33 08:08
GEEL David Wojcinski behind 7.7.49 - 5.4.34 10:21
GEEL Matthew Scarlett behind 7.7.49 - 5.5.35 11:49
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 8.7.55 - 5.5.35 13:02
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 9.7.61 - 5.5.35 14:48
GEEL Brent Prismall behind 9.7.61 - 5.6.36 17:08
GEEL Nathan Ablett behind 9.7.61 - 5.7.37 17:57
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 10.7.67 - 5.7.37 20:31
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 11.7.73 - 5.7.37 22:15
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 11.7.73 - 6.7.43 24:39
GEEL Brent Prismall behind 11.7.73 - 6.8.44 30:32
GEEL David Wojcinski goal 11.7.73 - 7.8.50 31:13
GEEL Rushed behind 11.7.73 - 7.9.51 33:21
Q3 WBUL Luke Darcy goal 12.7.79 - 7.9.51 03:34
WBUL Andrew McDougall behind 12.8.80 - 7.9.51 08:18
GEEL Nathan Ablett goal 12.8.80 - 8.9.57 11:03
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 13.8.86 - 8.9.57 15:50
GEEL Mark Blake behind 13.8.86 - 8.10.58 17:05
GEEL Nathan Ablett behind 13.8.86 - 8.11.59 20:19
GEEL Rushed behind 13.8.86 - 8.12.60 20:54
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 14.8.92 - 8.12.60 23:26
GEEL Andrew Mackie behind 14.8.92 - 8.13.61 25:03
WBUL Ryan Hargrave goal 15.8.98 - 8.13.61 26:50
Q4 GEEL Nathan Ablett goal 15.8.98 - 9.13.67 02:14
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 16.8.104 - 9.13.67 06:11
WBUL Adam Cooney behind 16.9.105 - 9.13.67 07:58
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 16.9.105 - 10.13.73 10:28
WBUL Farren Ray behind 16.10.106 - 10.13.73 12:12
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 17.10.112 - 10.13.73 13:11
GEEL Andrew Mackie goal 17.10.112 - 11.13.79 14:39
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 17.10.112 - 12.13.85 15:53
GEEL Rushed behind 17.10.112 - 12.14.86 21:29
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 17.11.113 - 12.14.86 24:53
GEEL Rushed behind 17.11.113 - 12.15.87 25:36
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 17.11.113 - 13.15.93 27:12