2008 AFL Season Round 18: Western Bulldogs v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 2008 between the Western Bulldogs and Sydney during round eighteen of the 2008 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Sydney at Manuka Oval. Brad Johnson captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

The Western Bulldogs (17.11.113) defeated Sydney (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Sydney
Date: Sunday 3 August 2008
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Manuka Oval
Attendance: 13,550

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Sydney
Score: 17.11.113 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	3	.	2	11	.	4	13	.	7	17	.	11	17	.	11	(113)
Sydney	5	.	3	6	.	6	9	.	11	14	.	13	14	.	13	(97)
Margin	SYDN by 13			WBUL by 28			WBUL by 20			WBUL by 16			WBUL by 16
Duration	33:13			32:27			27:41			31:20			2:04:41

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Brad Johnson
Coach: Rodney Eade

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Paul Roos

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Chamberlain (#18)
S. McBurney (#3)
M. Nicholls (#15)
E: M. Avon (#27)

Umpire Replacements

M. Avon replaced M. Nicholls.

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Jarrad McVeigh	SYDN	3	3
Matthew Boyd	WBUL	5	2
Bob Murphy	WBUL	2	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Jarrad McVeigh	SYDN	3	10	2	0	0	0	0
Mitch Hahn	WBUL	8	5	0	1	0	0	1
Brad Johnson	WBUL	6	4	0	1	0	0	0
Matthew Boyd	WBUL	5	3	0	0	1	0	0
Scott Welsh	WBUL	28	3	0	0	1	0	0
Barry Hall	SYDN	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Ryan O'Keefe	SYDN	5	2	0	0	0	1	0
Lindsay Gilbee	WBUL	9	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	FPL	79%	0	1	11	8	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	2
5	Boyd, Matthew	WR	90%	1	0	20	14	6	3	0	2	8	3	2	1	3	4
17	Cooney, Adam	RO	79%	1	1	20	9	11	3	0	4	1	3	1	1	2	2
4	Cross, Daniel	C	88%	0	0	23	9	14	5	1	4	6	3	2	2	0	4
10	Eagleton, Nathan	INT	80%	0	1	17	12	5	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	2
3	Everitt, Andrejs	INT	83%	0	0	14	10	4	3	0	2	1	4	0	2	4	4
13	Giansiracusa, Daniel	INT	71%	1	0	11	5	6	2	0	5	1	2	1	1	1	1
9	Gilbee, Lindsay	HBFR	85%	1	0	18	10	8	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	2
16	Griffen, Ryan	RR	72%	0	0	13	8	5	3	0	4	1	2	0	1	0	4
8	Hahn, Mitch	CHF	92%	1	1	18	10	8	1	0	6	4	0	2	0	1	5
40	Harbrow, Jarrod	HBFL	75%	1	2	14	11	3	3	0	3	1	1	1	1	2	5
25	Hargrave, Ryan	BPR	93%	1	0	20	11	9	6	0	0	1	2	1	0	5	2
20	Hill, Josh	INT	68%	1	1	10	4	6	5	0	4	1	2	1	1	1	1
15	Hudson, Ben	RU	56%	0	0	12	3	9	3	11	1	2	3	0	1	0	1
6	Johnson, Brad (c)	HFFR	88%	4	1	19	15	4	10	1	2	0	4	0	4	1	3
36	Lake, Brian	CHB	97%	0	0	11	4	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0
27	Minson, Will	FF	73%	0	0	12	4	8	4	13	2	4	3	1	3	0	0
38	Morris, Dale	FB	100%	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1
2	Murphy, Bob	HFFL	82%	0	0	16	10	6	6	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	6
1	Ray, Farren	WL	83%	0	1	17	7	10	4	0	4	0	3	0	3	2	0
35	Tiller, Stephen	BPL	80%	0	0	8	2	6	0	1	4	0	4	0	3	2	0
28	Welsh, Scott	FPR	84%	5	0	14	8	6	5	0	1	1	5	1	1	0	0
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				17	11	327	177	150	77	27	56	36	49	15	27	34	49

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
20	Ablett, Luke	INT	60%	0	0	9	5	4	0	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	3
42	Bevan, Paul	BPL	95%	0	0	13	9	4	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	0
14	Bird, Craig	INT	76%	0	0	23	7	16	6	0	3	4	1	0	1	1	3
6	Bolton, Craig	FB	93%	0	0	12	6	6	3	0	2	0	6	0	2	3	0
24	Bolton, Jude	RO	87%	1	0	16	12	4	2	0	8	5	1	3	1	0	4
34	Brabazon, Ryan	INT	53%	0	0	14	7	7	7	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	2
7	Brennan, Luke	WR	89%	1	2	13	5	8	4	0	4	1	3	1	0	0	1
28	Crouch, Jared	HBFL	77%	0	0	15	14	1	1	0	2	1	3	1	1	4	5
10	Everitt, Peter	FPR	41%	0	0	6	4	2	2	5	2	3	1	2	0	0	1
39	Grundy, Heath	CHF	94%	0	0	13	8	5	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	3
1	Hall, Barry	FF	100%	3	3	14	10	4	10	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2
15	Jack, Kieren	WL	73%	1	0	14	6	8	3	0	6	3	0	1	0	1	3
16	Jolly, Darren	RU	72%	0	0	7	4	3	2	33	1	2	3	1	1	0	1
17	Kennelly, Tadhg	HBFR	85%	0	0	20	11	9	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	2
31	Kirk, Brett	RR	88%	0	1	18	8	10	0	0	3	1	2	3	2	0	3
29	Mattner, Martin	BPR	91%	0	0	15	10	5	2	0	5	2	3	2	2	4	3
3	McVeigh, Jarrad	C	83%	6	1	26	14	12	2	0	3	6	0	1	0	3	4
5	O'Keefe, Ryan	HFFL	95%	0	0	28	20	8	7	0	4	5	3	2	1	1	5
25	Richards, Ted	CHB	94%	1	2	19	8	11	10	0	1	2	2	1	2	1	2
30	Roberts-Thomson, Lewis	FPL	95%	0	0	17	10	7	3	0	3	1	0	4	0	3	2
13	Veszpremi, Patrick	HFFR	82%	1	4	17	12	5	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	3
18	White, Jesse	INT	77%	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	0
Rushed					0
Total (22 players)				14	13	331	192	139	81	41	62	40	35	27	15	32	52

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
	42	P. Bevan	6	C. Bolton	29	M. Mattner	15	B. Hudson	10	N. Eagleton
	28	S. Welsh	27	W. Minson	21	J. Akermanis	16	R. Griffen	3	A. Everitt
FORWARD							17	A. Cooney	13	D. Giansiracusa
HALF-BACK									20	J. Hill
	28	J. Crouch	25	T. Richards	17	T. Kennelly
	6	B. Johnson (c)	8	M. Hahn	2	B. Murphy
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	15	K. Jack	3	J. McVeigh	7	L. Brennan
	5	M. Boyd	4	D. Cross	1	F. Ray	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							16	D. Jolly	20	L. Ablett
HALF-FORWARD							31	B. Kirk	14	C. Bird
	5	R. O'Keefe	39	H. Grundy	13	P. Veszpremi	24	J. Bolton	34	R. Brabazon
	9	L. Gilbee	36	B. Lake	40	J. Harbrow			18	J. White
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	30	L. Roberts-Thomson	1	B. Hall	10	P. Everitt
	25	R. Hargrave	38	D. Morris	35	S. Tiller
BACK
Sydney							Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Jarrad McVeigh goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:42
	SYDN	Jarrad McVeigh goal	0.0.0	-	2.0.12	02:48
	SYDN	Luke Brennan goal	0.0.0	-	3.0.18	04:10
	SYDN	Ted Richards goal	0.0.0	-	4.0.24	06:05
	WBUL	Brad Johnson goal	1.0.6	-	4.0.24	09:30
	WBUL	Ryan Hargrave goal	2.0.12	-	4.0.24	10:59
	SYDN	Barry Hall behind	2.0.12	-	4.1.25	12:28
	SYDN	Kieren Jack goal	2.0.12	-	5.1.31	15:28
	SYDN	Patrick Veszpremi behind	2.0.12	-	5.2.32	21:28
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa goal	3.0.18	-	5.2.32	22:28
	SYDN	Ted Richards behind	3.0.18	-	5.3.33	23:47
	WBUL	Brad Johnson behind	3.1.19	-	5.3.33	24:41
	WBUL	Mitch Hahn behind	3.2.20	-	5.3.33	29:54
Q2	WBUL	Scott Welsh goal	4.2.26	-	5.3.33	02:51
	SYDN	Brett Kirk behind	4.2.26	-	5.4.34	04:02
	WBUL	Matthew Boyd goal	5.2.32	-	5.4.34	06:38
	SYDN	Ted Richards behind	5.2.32	-	5.5.35	08:32
	WBUL	Brad Johnson goal	6.2.38	-	5.5.35	10:16
	WBUL	Scott Welsh goal	7.2.44	-	5.5.35	11:43
	WBUL	Jason Akermanis behind	7.3.45	-	5.5.35	14:02
	WBUL	Scott Welsh goal	8.3.51	-	5.5.35	15:53
	WBUL	Brad Johnson goal	9.3.57	-	5.5.35	18:40
	SYDN	Patrick Veszpremi behind	9.3.57	-	5.6.36	23:10
	WBUL	Adam Cooney goal	10.3.63	-	5.6.36	25:12
	WBUL	Rushed behind	10.4.64	-	5.6.36	28:42
	WBUL	Jarrod Harbrow goal	11.4.70	-	5.6.36	29:02
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	11.4.70	-	6.6.42	31:31
Q3	WBUL	Josh Hill behind	11.5.71	-	6.6.42	03:25
	SYDN	Jarrad McVeigh behind	11.5.71	-	6.7.43	05:15
	SYDN	Patrick Veszpremi behind	11.5.71	-	6.8.44	07:21
	SYDN	Barry Hall behind	11.5.71	-	6.9.45	08:44
	SYDN	Luke Brennan behind	11.5.71	-	6.10.46	10:57
	WBUL	Josh Hill goal	12.5.77	-	6.10.46	14:37
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	12.5.77	-	7.10.52	16:40
	SYDN	Jarrad McVeigh goal	12.5.77	-	8.10.58	17:41
	WBUL	Jarrod Harbrow behind	12.6.78	-	8.10.58	19:13
	WBUL	Nathan Eagleton behind	12.7.79	-	8.10.58	21:32
	WBUL	Scott Welsh goal	13.7.85	-	8.10.58	24:29
	SYDN	Patrick Veszpremi goal	13.7.85	-	9.10.64	25:50
	SYDN	Barry Hall behind	13.7.85	-	9.11.65	27:28
Q4	SYDN	Luke Brennan behind	13.7.85	-	9.12.66	01:05
	WBUL	Adam Cooney behind	13.8.86	-	9.12.66	03:18
	WBUL	Farren Ray behind	13.9.87	-	9.12.66	04:17
	WBUL	Mitch Hahn goal	14.9.93	-	9.12.66	05:04
	WBUL	Scott Welsh goal	15.9.99	-	9.12.66	07:57
	SYDN	Patrick Veszpremi behind	15.9.99	-	9.13.67	10:18
	WBUL	Jarrod Harbrow behind	15.10.100	-	9.13.67	11:27
	SYDN	Jarrad McVeigh goal	15.10.100	-	10.13.73	12:43
	WBUL	Lindsay Gilbee goal	16.10.106	-	10.13.73	16:06
	SYDN	Jarrad McVeigh goal	16.10.106	-	11.13.79	17:23
	SYDN	Jarrad McVeigh goal	16.10.106	-	12.13.85	21:13
	WBUL	Rushed behind	16.11.107	-	12.13.85	23:26
	WBUL	Brad Johnson goal	17.11.113	-	12.13.85	25:17
	SYDN	Jude Bolton goal	17.11.113	-	13.13.91	27:49
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	17.11.113	-	14.13.97	29:27

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