2007 AFL Round 18: Western Bulldogs v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 2007 between Western Bulldogs and St Kilda during round 18 of the 2007 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted St Kilda at Telstra Dome. Brad Johnson captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

Western Bulldogs
Back: S. Power, B. Lake, D. Morris
Half-back: A. Everitt, T. Williams, R. Hargrave
Centre: F. Ray, S. West, N. Eagleton
Half-forward: S. Tiller, B. Johnson (capt.), B. Murphy
Forward: S. Higgins, C. Grant, J. Akermanis
Follower: L. Darcy, A. Cooney, M. Boyd
Int.: D. Cross, D. Giansiracusa, J. McMahon, W. Skipper

St Kilda
Back: S. Gilbert, M. Hudghton, M. Maguire
Half-back: J. Gram, S. Fisher, J. Attard
Centre: C. Jones, L. Hayes, L. Montagna
Half-forward: X. Clarke, N. Riewoldt, J. Blake
Forward: S. Milne, F. Gehrig, A. Fiora
Follower: J. Koschitzke, N. Dal Santo, S. Baker
Int.: S. Birss, M. Clarke, L. Fisher, R. Harvey

Western Bulldogs (12.13.85) drew with St Kilda (12.13.85).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: D. Giansiracusa (4), W. Skipper (2), J. Akermanis, M. Boyd, A. Cooney, A. Everitt, C. Grant, B. Johnson
St Kilda: N. Riewoldt (3), J. Gram (2), J. Koschitzke (2), J. Blake, X. Clarke, A. Fiora, S. Milne, L. Montagna

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs remained 10th on the ladder and St Kilda remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Western Bulldogs v St Kilda
Date: Friday 3 August 2007
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 33,600

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs drew with St Kilda
Score: 12.13.85 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 4 . 5 6 . 9 7 . 11 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
St Kilda 3 . 3 8 . 4 10 . 10 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin WBUL by 8 STKL by 7 STKL by 17 level drawn
Duration 28:51 29:47 26:48 30:01 1:55:27

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Western Bulldogs), Ross Lyon (St Kilda)
Captains: Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs), unknown (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), B. Rosebury (#8), M. Vozzo (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nick Riewoldt STKL 12 3
Bob Murphy WBUL 2 2
Matthew Boyd WBUL 5 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Nick Riewoldt STKL 12 10 2 0 0 0 0
Scott West WBUL 7 8 0 2 0 0 0
Bob Murphy WBUL 2 6 0 0 2 0 0
Brian Lake WBUL 36 3 0 0 0 1 1
Max Hudghton STKL 8 2 0 0 0 1 0
Sam Gilbert STKL 19 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Akermanis, Jason FPR 86% 1 2 15 11 4 7 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 4
5 Boyd, Matthew RO 95% 1 0 26 17 9 11 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3
17 Cooney, Adam RR 97% 1 1 23 17 6 9 0 2 4 3 2 1 2 2
4 Cross, Daniel INT 57% 0 0 12 4 8 5 2 5 1 2 1 2 1 1
14 Darcy, Luke RU 66% 0 0 8 7 1 7 6 2 0 2 1 1 1 0
10 Eagleton, Nathan WR 89% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1
29 Everitt, Andrejs HBFL 71% 1 0 12 7 5 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel INT 92% 4 0 12 8 4 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
3 Grant, Chris FF 74% 1 0 18 13 5 10 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 0
25 Hargrave, Ryan HBFR 100% 0 1 24 18 6 5 0 1 2 5 2 2 3 5
19 Higgins, Shaun FPL 79% 0 1 14 8 6 5 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 2
6 Johnson, Brad (c) CHF 84% 1 2 16 12 4 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
36 Lake, Brian FB 100% 0 0 15 12 3 10 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1
23 McMahon, Jordan INT 92% 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3
38 Morris, Dale BPR 96% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0
2 Murphy, Bob HFFR 95% 0 1 25 23 2 10 0 0 2 2 1 0 4 6
15 Power, Sam BPL 84% 0 0 20 12 8 7 0 3 1 3 1 3 4 3
1 Ray, Farren WL 81% 0 0 15 6 9 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
34 Skipper, Wayde INT 49% 2 0 14 11 3 9 10 2 0 4 0 2 2 2
35 Tiller, Stephen HFFL 54% 0 0 8 6 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
7 West, Scott C 84% 0 0 30 9 21 4 0 3 6 3 3 1 0 0
12 Williams, Tom CHB 75% 0 0 18 12 6 12 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 2
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 12 13 362 234 128 155 21 36 22 44 21 18 35 41

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
43 Attard, Jayden HBFR 60% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
10 Baker, Steven RO 77% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 Birss, Shane INT 69% 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2
27 Blake, Jason HFFR 95% 1 1 13 5 8 5 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 3
28 Clarke, Matthew INT 40% 0 0 5 4 1 1 8 2 2 2 3 0 1 1
3 Clarke, Xavier HFFL 78% 1 1 14 8 6 7 0 5 1 2 2 2 1 3
26 Dal Santo, Nick RR 84% 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 4 0
17 Fiora, Aaron FPR 88% 1 0 16 11 5 6 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 5
6 Fisher, Leigh INT 91% 0 1 20 12 8 10 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 3
25 Fisher, Sam CHB 100% 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 2
9 Gehrig, Fraser FF 89% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
19 Gilbert, Sam BPL 97% 0 0 23 15 8 9 0 2 1 4 0 3 1 6
1 Gram, Jason HBFL 100% 2 0 17 13 4 5 0 2 1 5 0 3 4 5
35 Harvey, Robert INT 85% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 2 4 4 2 1 1 2
7 Hayes, Lenny C 86% 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 4 2 3 3 2 2 4
8 Hudghton, Max FB 90% 0 0 9 2 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Jones, Clint WL 76% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0
23 Koschitzke, Justin RU 83% 2 1 12 6 6 5 12 2 1 1 1 1 0 1
31 Maguire, Matt BPR 43% 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 2
44 Milne, Stephen FPL 82% 1 1 5 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 1
11 Montagna, Leigh WR 87% 1 0 19 14 5 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 3
12 Riewoldt, Nick CHF 100% 3 2 20 14 6 13 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 5
Rushed 6
Total (22 players) 12 13 280 167 113 95 21 37 21 45 19 21 27 48

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
19 S. Gilbert 8 M. Hudghton 31 M. Maguire 14 L. Darcy 4 D. Cross
21 J. Akermanis 3 C. Grant 19 S. Higgins 17 A. Cooney 13 D. Giansiracusa
FORWARD 5 M. Boyd 23 J. McMahon
HALF-BACK

34 W. Skipper
1 J. Gram 25 S. Fisher 43 J. Attard



2 B. Murphy 6 B. Johnson (c) 35 S. Tiller



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



38 C. Jones 7 L. Hayes 11 L. Montagna



10 N. Eagleton 7 S. West 1 F. Ray FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 J. Koschitzke 22 S. Birss
HALF-FORWARD 26 N. Dal Santo 28 M. Clarke
3 X. Clarke 12 N. Riewoldt 27 J. Blake 10 S. Baker 6 L. Fisher
25 R. Hargrave 12 T. Williams 29 A. Everitt

35 R. Harvey
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



44 S. Milne 9 F. Gehrig 17 A. Fiora



38 D. Morris 36 B. Lake 15 S. Power



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Brad Johnson behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:55
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:38
STKL Jason Gram goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 05:16
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 07:13
WBUL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 08:32
STKL Xavier Clarke goal 1.2.8 - 3.0.18 09:51
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 2.2.14 - 3.0.18 11:00
WBUL Jason Akermanis behind 2.3.15 - 3.0.18 13:26
WBUL Wayde Skipper goal 3.3.21 - 3.0.18 15:12
WBUL Adam Cooney behind 3.4.22 - 3.0.18 17:04
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 4.4.28 - 3.0.18 22:30
STKL Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 3.1.19 23:51
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 4.5.29 - 3.1.19 26:22
STKL Nick Riewoldt behind 4.5.29 - 3.2.20 27:22
STKL Rushed behind 4.5.29 - 3.3.21 27:50
Q2 STKL Jason Gram goal 4.5.29 - 4.3.27 02:50
WBUL Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 4.3.27 04:29
STKL Justin Koschitzke goal 4.6.30 - 5.3.33 06:36
WBUL Chris Grant goal 5.6.36 - 5.3.33 13:18
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 5.6.36 - 6.3.39 14:31
WBUL Shaun Higgins behind 5.7.37 - 6.3.39 18:22
STKL Jason Blake goal 5.7.37 - 7.3.45 20:57
STKL Nick Riewoldt behind 5.7.37 - 7.4.46 22:38
WBUL Ryan Hargrave behind 5.8.38 - 7.4.46 24:05
WBUL Bob Murphy behind 5.9.39 - 7.4.46 26:23
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 6.9.45 - 7.4.46 27:16
STKL Leigh Montagna goal 6.9.45 - 8.4.52 28:52
Q3 STKL Jason Blake behind 6.9.45 - 8.5.53 00:51
STKL Xavier Clarke behind 6.9.45 - 8.6.54 01:59
STKL Stephen Milne goal 6.9.45 - 9.6.60 03:09
STKL Rushed behind 6.9.45 - 9.7.61 09:01
WBUL Rushed behind 6.10.46 - 9.7.61 10:23
WBUL Rushed behind 6.11.47 - 9.7.61 12:07
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 7.11.53 - 9.7.61 13:48
STKL Rushed behind 7.11.53 - 9.8.62 18:42
STKL Stephen Milne behind 7.11.53 - 9.9.63 19:44
STKL Justin Koschitzke goal 7.11.53 - 10.9.69 22:58
STKL Leigh Fisher behind 7.11.53 - 10.10.70 24:07
Q4 STKL Aaron Fiora goal 7.11.53 - 11.10.76 01:12
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 8.11.59 - 11.10.76 05:51
WBUL Rushed behind 8.12.60 - 11.10.76 07:58
STKL Rushed behind 8.12.60 - 11.11.77 09:20
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 8.12.60 - 12.11.83 10:31
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 9.12.66 - 12.11.83 12:17
WBUL Jason Akermanis behind 9.13.67 - 12.11.83 15:52
WBUL Matthew Boyd goal 10.13.73 - 12.11.83 19:03
WBUL Andrejs Everitt goal 11.13.79 - 12.11.83 22:08
STKL Justin Koschitzke behind 11.13.79 - 12.12.84 25:34
WBUL Wayde Skipper goal 12.13.85 - 12.12.84 27:16
STKL Rushed behind 12.13.85 - 12.13.85 29:50