2008 AFL Round 18: Western Bulldogs v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 2008 between Western Bulldogs and Sydney during round 18 of the 2008 AFL season. 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.

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

Sydney
Back: P. Bevan, C. Bolton, M. Mattner
Half-back: J. Crouch, T. Richards, T. Kennelly
Centre: K. Jack, J. McVeigh, L. Brennan
Half-forward: R. O'Keefe, H. Grundy, P. Veszpremi
Forward: L. Roberts-Thomson, B. Hall, P. Everitt
Follower: D. Jolly, B. Kirk, J. Bolton
Int.: L. Ablett, C. Bird, R. Brabazon, J. White

Western Bulldogs (17.11.113) defeated Sydney (14.13.97).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: S. Welsh (5), B. Johnson (4), M. Boyd, A. Cooney, D. Giansiracusa, L. Gilbee, M. Hahn, J. Harbrow, R. Hargrave, J. Hill
Sydney: J. McVeigh (6), B. Hall (3), J. Bolton, L. Brennan, K. Jack, T. Richards, P. Veszpremi

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs remained 2nd on the ladder and Sydney remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Western Bulldogs), Paul Roos (Sydney)
Captains: Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

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