2008 AFL Preliminary Final 1: Geelong v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 19 September 2008 between Geelong and Western Bulldogs in the first preliminary final of the 2008 AFL season. Geelong hosted Western Bulldogs at MCG. Tom Harley captained the hosts. Brad Johnson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Geelong
Back: T. Harley (capt.), M. Scarlett, J. Hunt
Half-back: D. Milburn, H. Taylor, A. Mackie
Centre: J. Selwood, C. Ling, C. Enright
Half-forward: M. Rooke, C. Mooney, J. Bartel
Forward: S. Johnson, T. Lonergan, M. Stokes
Follower: B. Ottens, J. Corey, G. Ablett
Int.: M. Blake, J. Kelly, T. Varcoe, D. Wojcinski

Western Bulldogs
Back: D. Morris, B. Lake, T. Callan
Half-back: L. Gilbee, S. Tiller, R. Hargrave
Centre: D. Giansiracusa, M. Boyd, D. Cross
Half-forward: B. Murphy, M. Hahn, B. Johnson (capt.)
Forward: J. Akermanis, S. Welsh, S. Higgins
Follower: B. Hudson, R. Griffen, A. Cooney
Int.: N. Eagleton, J. Harbrow, J. Hill, W. Minson

Geelong (12.11.83) defeated Western Bulldogs (7.12.54).

Goalkickers
Geelong: S. Johnson (2), M. Rooke (2), J. Bartel, T. Harley, T. Lonergan, C. Mooney, B. Ottens, M. Stokes, T. Varcoe, D. Wojcinski
Western Bulldogs: J. Harbrow (2), S. Higgins (2), J. Akermanis, N. Eagleton, B. Johnson

As a result of this match, Geelong faced Hawthorn in the grand final and Western Bulldogs were eliminated (finishing 3rd overall).

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 1
Teams: Geelong v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 19 September 2008
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 70,140

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 12.11.83 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 3 8 . 8 10 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Western Bulldogs 4 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin GEEL by 6 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 29
Duration 31:26 27:48 27:26 25:31 1:52:11

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McBurney (#3), S. Ryan (#25), M. Vozzo (#2)

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ablett, Gary RO 88% 0 0 29 14 15 6 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 8
3 Bartel, Jimmy HFFR 89% 1 0 27 15 12 6 0 2 5 4 3 1 5 2
24 Blake, Mark INT 54% 0 0 9 4 5 4 11 1 3 1 1 1 1 3
11 Corey, Joel RR 85% 0 1 28 11 17 6 0 2 3 2 0 1 1 4
44 Enright, Corey WR 91% 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 2
2 Harley, Tom (c) BPL 84% 1 0 18 5 13 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1
8 Hunt, Josh BPR 86% 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 1 1 3 1 1 4 0
20 Johnson, Steve FPL 93% 2 0 18 12 6 5 0 6 1 10 2 5 1 7
9 Kelly, James INT 72% 0 0 18 10 8 4 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 4
45 Ling, Cameron C 92% 0 1 22 9 13 6 0 4 5 3 0 1 1 1
13 Lonergan, Tom FF 72% 1 0 11 5 6 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2
4 Mackie, Andrew HBFR 93% 0 0 29 13 16 7 0 1 1 5 3 0 2 2
39 Milburn, Darren HBFL 85% 0 0 18 14 4 9 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0
21 Mooney, Cam CHF 83% 1 1 13 9 4 8 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 3
6 Ottens, Brad RU 78% 1 0 17 7 10 6 22 5 3 4 1 3 0 2
33 Rooke, Max HFFL 86% 2 0 9 6 3 5 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 94% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 2
14 Selwood, Joel WL 75% 0 1 24 10 14 4 0 3 4 3 2 3 1 1
27 Stokes, Mathew FPR 82% 1 0 14 9 5 5 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2
7 Taylor, Harry CHB 75% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0
5 Varcoe, Travis INT 78% 1 0 18 8 10 7 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 3
40 Wojcinski, David INT 64% 1 1 18 10 8 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6
Rushed 6
Total (22 players) 12 11 398 201 197 116 35 48 36 53 20 22 30 56

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Akermanis, Jason FPL 79% 1 0 14 9 5 5 0 1 4 2 1 2 0 3
5 Boyd, Matthew C 90% 0 0 26 14 12 9 0 2 3 6 1 2 1 2
33 Callan, Tim BPR 90% 0 0 23 8 15 7 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 0
17 Cooney, Adam RO 79% 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 1 3 3 3 2 1 2
4 Cross, Daniel WR 84% 0 0 32 10 22 8 2 6 6 1 1 0 4 2
10 Eagleton, Nathan INT 65% 1 1 19 16 3 8 0 6 0 5 2 1 1 6
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel WL 75% 0 0 24 12 12 8 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1
9 Gilbee, Lindsay HBFL 92% 0 0 25 19 6 8 0 2 0 3 0 0 7 1
16 Griffen, Ryan RR 75% 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 4 0 3 1 0 1 6
8 Hahn, Mitch CHF 83% 0 2 7 5 2 2 2 3 0 3 1 1 0 5
40 Harbrow, Jarrod INT 75% 2 0 16 10 6 4 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 2
25 Hargrave, Ryan HBFR 100% 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 6 0 5 3 3 4 0
19 Higgins, Shaun FPR 79% 2 2 12 10 2 5 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 5
20 Hill, Josh INT 65% 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
15 Hudson, Ben RU 56% 0 0 5 1 4 2 10 5 0 3 0 2 1 0
6 Johnson, Brad (c) HFFR 86% 1 0 18 14 4 7 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 1
36 Lake, Brian FB 100% 0 0 22 10 12 8 0 2 1 4 2 0 8 0
27 Minson, Will INT 67% 0 2 9 7 2 3 6 3 2 1 3 1 2 0
38 Morris, Dale BPL 100% 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0
2 Murphy, Bob HFFL 87% 0 0 23 18 5 16 0 2 0 6 0 1 0 7
35 Tiller, Stephen CHB 83% 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 4 0
28 Welsh, Scott FF 89% 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 7 12 359 217 142 124 20 63 23 60 22 20 41 43

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

Geelong Coach: Mark Thompson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
38 D. Morris 36 B. Lake 33 T. Callan 6 B. Ottens 24 M. Blake
27 M. Stokes 13 T. Lonergan 20 S. Johnson 11 J. Corey 9 J. Kelly
FORWARD 29 G. Ablett 5 T. Varcoe
HALF-BACK

40 D. Wojcinski
9 L. Gilbee 35 S. Tiller 25 R. Hargrave



3 J. Bartel 21 C. Mooney 33 M. Rooke



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 D. Giansiracusa 5 M. Boyd 4 D. Cross



44 C. Enright 45 C. Ling 14 J. Selwood FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 15 B. Hudson 10 N. Eagleton
HALF-FORWARD 16 R. Griffen 40 J. Harbrow
2 B. Murphy 8 M. Hahn 6 B. Johnson (c) 17 A. Cooney 20 J. Hill
4 A. Mackie 7 H. Taylor 39 D. Milburn

27 W. Minson
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



21 J. Akermanis 28 S. Welsh 19 S. Higgins



8 J. Hunt 30 M. Scarlett 2 T. Harley (c)



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Rodney Eade

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Cameron Ling behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:03
GEEL Mathew Stokes goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 04:10
WBUL Shaun Higgins behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 05:17
WBUL Shaun Higgins behind 1.1.7 - 0.2.2 06:43
WBUL Shaun Higgins goal 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 08:05
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 09:55
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 12:21
WBUL Shaun Higgins goal 2.1.13 - 3.2.20 15:12
GEEL Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 3.2.20 17:39
GEEL Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 3.2.20 18:03
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 2.3.15 - 4.2.26 21:01
GEEL David Wojcinski goal 3.3.21 - 4.2.26 24:35
GEEL Max Rooke goal 4.3.27 - 4.2.26 26:33
WBUL Nathan Eagleton behind 4.3.27 - 4.3.27 28:25
GEEL Tom Lonergan goal 5.3.33 - 4.3.27 29:24
Q2 WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 5.3.33 - 4.4.28 00:48
WBUL Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 4.5.29 01:18
GEEL David Wojcinski behind 5.4.34 - 4.5.29 05:28
GEEL Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 4.5.29 07:18
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 5.6.36 - 4.5.29 11:15
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 6.6.42 - 4.5.29 12:41
GEEL Tom Harley goal 7.6.48 - 4.5.29 15:58
GEEL Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 4.5.29 19:11
GEEL Brad Ottens goal 8.7.55 - 4.5.29 20:29
GEEL Rushed behind 8.8.56 - 4.5.29 21:48
WBUL Nathan Eagleton goal 8.8.56 - 5.5.35 22:41
Q3 GEEL Travis Varcoe goal 9.8.62 - 5.5.35 01:19
WBUL Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 5.6.36 07:16
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 9.9.63 - 5.6.36 09:53
WBUL Jarrod Harbrow goal 9.9.63 - 6.6.42 12:40
WBUL Jarrod Harbrow goal 9.9.63 - 7.6.48 15:22
WBUL Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 7.7.49 19:33
WBUL Will Minson behind 9.9.63 - 7.8.50 21:22
WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 9.9.63 - 7.9.51 23:07
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 10.9.69 - 7.9.51 24:03
Q4 WBUL Will Minson behind 10.9.69 - 7.10.52 06:22
GEEL Max Rooke goal 11.9.75 - 7.10.52 10:55
WBUL Rushed behind 11.9.75 - 7.11.53 13:03
GEEL Joel Corey behind 11.10.76 - 7.11.53 17:26
WBUL Rushed behind 11.10.76 - 7.12.54 18:05
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 12.10.82 - 7.12.54 21:42
GEEL Rushed behind 12.11.83 - 7.12.54 23:55