2008 AFL Round 1: Western Bulldogs v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 23 March 2008 between Western Bulldogs and Adelaide during round 1 of the 2008 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Adelaide at Telstra Dome. Brad Johnson captained the hosts. Simon Goodwin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Neil Craig.

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

Adelaide
Back: G. Johncock, B. Rutten, N. Bassett
Half-back: M. Doughty, N. Bock, S. Goodwin (capt.)
Centre: B. Symes, S. Thompson, N. van Berlo
Half-forward: K. McGregor, S. Stevens, A. McLeod
Forward: J. Porplyzia, K. Tippett, B. Burton
Follower: J. Griffin, B. Reilly, T. Edwards
Int.: R. Douglas, D. MacKay, R. Shirley, B. Vince

Western Bulldogs (19.12.126) defeated Adelaide (18.15.123).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: B. Johnson (5), S. Welsh (4), D. Giansiracusa (3), J. Akermanis, N. Eagleton, L. Gilbee, M. Hahn, J. Hill, B. Murphy, C. Wight
Adelaide: B. Burton (5), R. Douglas (2), T. Edwards (2), S. Goodwin (2), K. McGregor (2), K. Tippett (2), A. McLeod, B. Reilly, S. Stevens

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 8th on the ladder and Adelaide were then 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Adelaide
Date: Sunday 23 March 2008
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 24,835

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Adelaide
Score: 19.12.126 - 18.15.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 5 . 4 6 . 9 13 . 9 19 . 12 19 . 12 (126)
Adelaide 2 . 1 7 . 8 12 . 13 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Margin WBUL by 21 ADEL by 5 WBUL by 2 WBUL by 3 WBUL by 3
Duration 28:23 27:49 32:26 34:10 2:02:48

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Western Bulldogs), Neil Craig (Adelaide)
Captains: Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs), Simon Goodwin (Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Schmitt (#17), D. Sully (#12), S. Wenn (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Adam Cooney WBUL 17 3
Brett Burton ADEL 24 2
Lindsay Gilbee WBUL 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Brad Johnson WBUL 6 9 1 1 0 0 0
Brett Burton ADEL 24 7 0 1 1 0 0
Adam Cooney WBUL 17 5 ? 0 ? ? 0
Jason Porplyzia ADEL 40 5 ? 0 ? ? 0
Brent Reilly ADEL 33 2 0 0 0 1 0
Simon Goodwin ADEL 36 1 0 0 0 0 1
Scott West WBUL 7 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
22 Addison, Dylan INT 67% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
21 Akermanis, Jason WL 87% 1 1 16 9 7 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
5 Boyd, Matthew WR 92% 0 0 17 5 12 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2
17 Cooney, Adam RR 84% 0 0 31 16 15 10 0 1 4 1 0 1 2 6
4 Cross, Daniel RO 89% 0 0 25 9 16 2 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 3
10 Eagleton, Nathan INT 63% 1 1 25 18 7 5 0 2 1 2 1 0 3 8
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel INT 69% 3 0 24 14 10 12 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 2
9 Gilbee, Lindsay BPL 90% 1 1 23 15 8 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 5 2
16 Griffen, Ryan HBFR 71% 0 1 16 9 7 5 0 2 6 3 2 2 2 5
8 Hahn, Mitch CHF 61% 1 0 10 4 6 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
25 Hargrave, Ryan HBFL 97% 0 0 17 12 5 10 0 1 0 4 0 3 6 2
19 Higgins, Shaun INT 61% 0 0 20 8 12 4 1 5 3 4 3 1 2 1
20 Hill, Josh FPL 76% 1 1 16 12 4 10 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 1
15 Hudson, Ben RU 65% 0 0 17 8 9 9 9 0 2 3 1 2 3 1
6 Johnson, Brad (c) HFFR 93% 5 3 22 15 7 9 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 3
36 Lake, Brian FB 93% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 1
27 Minson, Will FF 88% 0 0 9 7 2 6 10 1 4 1 1 1 0 0
38 Morris, Dale BPR 96% 0 0 19 8 11 4 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 0
2 Murphy, Bob HFFL 93% 1 0 17 13 4 8 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 5
28 Welsh, Scott FPR 90% 4 1 10 10 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3
7 West, Scott C 83% 0 0 28 15 13 5 0 3 3 1 1 1 3 2
37 Wight, Cameron CHB 92% 1 0 6 3 3 3 1 4 0 1 1 1 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 19 12 393 223 170 131 22 34 32 44 20 21 35 56

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
8 Bassett, Nathan BPR 89% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 3 0
44 Bock, Nathan CHB 100% 0 1 17 14 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 3
24 Burton, Brett FPR 90% 5 0 15 12 3 8 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 3
11 Doughty, Michael HBFL 94% 0 0 16 4 12 3 0 4 1 2 3 0 2 1
26 Douglas, Richard INT 74% 2 0 15 7 8 3 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 3
9 Edwards, Tyson RO 86% 2 0 17 11 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
36 Goodwin, Simon (c) HBFR 100% 2 3 22 15 7 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 8
6 Griffin, Jon RU 72% 0 1 10 6 4 4 18 1 1 3 1 3 0 2
18 Johncock, Graham BPL 100% 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 5 0
14 MacKay, David INT 59% 0 0 10 5 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2
16 McGregor, Ken HFFL 63% 2 1 11 7 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
23 McLeod, Andrew HFFR 100% 1 0 15 8 7 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 4 1
40 Porplyzia, Jason FPL 80% 0 1 25 12 13 2 1 2 8 2 2 1 2 3
33 Reilly, Brent RR 58% 1 0 21 11 10 4 0 3 3 3 1 1 6 2
25 Rutten, Ben FB 100% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
12 Shirley, Robert INT 66% 0 0 9 3 6 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
27 Stevens, Scott CHF 87% 1 2 21 17 4 7 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 9
15 Symes, Brad WL 76% 0 1 16 10 6 4 0 3 2 7 1 6 1 6
5 Thompson, Scott C 89% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 5 4 3 1 2 1 2
4 Tippett, Kurt FF 70% 2 1 6 5 1 2 9 2 0 1 1 1 0 2
7 van Berlo, Nathan WR 81% 0 0 12 6 6 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 2
17 Vince, Bernie INT 67% 0 1 13 8 5 6 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 18 15 336 196 140 101 30 46 29 35 21 20 35 57

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Brett Burton goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:40
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 05:52
WBUL Scott Welsh goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 07:11
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 09:40
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 10:46
ADEL Brett Burton goal 2.2.14 - 2.0.12 12:30
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 3.2.20 - 2.0.12 14:44
WBUL Scott Welsh goal 4.2.26 - 2.0.12 17:22
ADEL Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 2.1.13 19:19
WBUL Jason Akermanis behind 4.3.27 - 2.1.13 21:38
WBUL Nathan Eagleton goal 5.3.33 - 2.1.13 22:20
WBUL Lindsay Gilbee behind 5.4.34 - 2.1.13 27:58
Q2 ADEL Brad Symes behind 5.4.34 - 2.2.14 00:13
WBUL Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 2.2.14 02:22
ADEL Tyson Edwards goal 5.5.35 - 3.2.20 03:16
ADEL Simon Goodwin behind 5.5.35 - 3.3.21 05:19
WBUL Bob Murphy goal 6.5.41 - 3.3.21 09:11
ADEL Brett Burton goal 6.5.41 - 4.3.27 10:47
WBUL Rushed behind 6.6.42 - 4.3.27 12:59
ADEL Jason Porplyzia behind 6.6.42 - 4.4.28 14:03
ADEL Ken McGregor goal 6.6.42 - 5.4.34 15:40
WBUL Nathan Eagleton behind 6.7.43 - 5.4.34 16:46
ADEL Andrew McLeod goal 6.7.43 - 6.4.40 18:20
ADEL Bernie Vince behind 6.7.43 - 6.5.41 20:05
WBUL Josh Hill behind 6.8.44 - 6.5.41 21:24
ADEL Scott Stevens behind 6.8.44 - 6.6.42 22:26
ADEL Richard Douglas goal 6.8.44 - 7.6.48 23:46
ADEL Kurt Tippett behind 6.8.44 - 7.7.49 25:28
ADEL Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 7.8.50 26:45
WBUL Rushed behind 6.9.45 - 7.8.50 27:49
Q3 ADEL Richard Douglas goal 6.9.45 - 8.8.56 00:59
ADEL Tyson Edwards goal 6.9.45 - 9.8.62 02:52
ADEL Jon Griffin behind 6.9.45 - 9.9.63 04:22
ADEL Rushed behind 6.9.45 - 9.10.64 05:44
WBUL Cameron Wight goal 7.9.51 - 9.10.64 07:18
ADEL Simon Goodwin behind 7.9.51 - 9.11.65 09:15
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 8.9.57 - 9.11.65 10:07
ADEL Brett Burton goal 8.9.57 - 10.11.71 13:25
ADEL Kurt Tippett goal 8.9.57 - 11.11.77 15:03
WBUL Scott Welsh goal 9.9.63 - 11.11.77 18:56
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 10.9.69 - 11.11.77 22:14
ADEL Ken McGregor behind 10.9.69 - 11.12.78 23:57
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 11.9.75 - 11.12.78 24:49
WBUL Josh Hill goal 12.9.81 - 11.12.78 26:33
ADEL Brent Reilly goal 12.9.81 - 12.12.84 27:46
ADEL Simon Goodwin behind 12.9.81 - 12.13.85 29:44
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 13.9.87 - 12.13.85 30:52
Q4 WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 14.9.93 - 12.13.85 00:59
ADEL Kurt Tippett goal 14.9.93 - 13.13.91 03:11
ADEL Brett Burton goal 14.9.93 - 14.13.97 04:12
WBUL Scott Welsh goal 15.9.99 - 14.13.97 06:09
ADEL Scott Stevens behind 15.9.99 - 14.14.98 08:48
WBUL Ryan Griffen behind 15.10.100 - 14.14.98 12:35
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 15.11.101 - 14.14.98 15:46
ADEL Simon Goodwin goal 15.11.101 - 15.14.104 17:00
ADEL Ken McGregor goal 15.11.101 - 16.14.110 18:27
WBUL Lindsay Gilbee goal 16.11.107 - 16.14.110 21:40
WBUL Scott Welsh behind 16.12.108 - 16.14.110 22:50
ADEL Simon Goodwin goal 16.12.108 - 17.14.116 25:15
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 17.12.114 - 17.14.116 26:29
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 18.12.120 - 17.14.116 27:55
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 19.12.126 - 17.14.116 31:12
ADEL Scott Stevens goal 19.12.126 - 18.14.122 32:16
ADEL Nathan Bock behind 19.12.126 - 18.15.123 34:05