2008 AFL Season Preliminary Final 1: Geelong v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 19 September 2008 between Geelong and the Western Bulldogs in the first preliminary final of the 2008 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted the Western Bulldogs at the 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 (12.11.83) defeated the Western Bulldogs (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: First Preliminary Final
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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Geelong) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Tom Harley
Coach: Mark Thompson

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Brad Johnson
Coach: Rodney Eade

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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