2008 AFL Semi Final 2: Western Bulldogs v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 12 September 2008 between Western Bulldogs and Sydney in the second semi final of the 2008 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Sydney at MCG. Brad Johnson captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

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

Sydney
Back: L. Barry, C. Bolton, M. Mattner
Half-back: L. Roberts-Thomson, T. Richards, T. Kennelly
Centre: P. Bevan, J. McVeigh, A. Buchanan
Half-forward: R. O'Keefe, A. Goodes, J. Moore
Forward: D. Jolly, B. Hall, J. Crouch
Follower: P. Everitt, B. Kirk, J. Bolton
Int.: L. Ablett, K. Jack, N. Malceski, P. Veszpremi

Western Bulldogs (16.10.106) defeated Sydney (9.15.69).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: B. Murphy (3), N. Eagleton (2), J. Hill (2), S. Welsh (2), J. Akermanis, R. Griffen, M. Hahn, S. Higgins, B. Johnson, B. Lake, W. Minson
Sydney: B. Hall (4), P. Bevan, J. Crouch, A. Goodes, D. Jolly, L. Roberts-Thomson

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs faced Geelong in the first preliminary final and Sydney were eliminated (finishing 5th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Sydney
Date: Friday 12 September 2008
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 42,731

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Sydney
Score: 16.10.106 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	2	.	3	6	.	5	11	.	9	16	.	10	16	.	10	(106)
Sydney	2	.	4	5	.	7	5	.	13	9	.	15	9	.	15	(69)
Margin	SYDN by 1			WBUL by 4			WBUL by 32			WBUL by 37			WBUL by 37
Duration	28:21			31:20			28:59			31:16			1:59:56

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

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

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Akermanis, Jason	HBFR	81%	1	0	14	12	2	5	0	6	2	6	1	3	4	2
5	Boyd, Matthew	C	87%	0	0	33	18	15	7	2	6	4	3	0	0	4	3
33	Callan, Tim	BPR	75%	0	0	12	6	6	3	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
17	Cooney, Adam	RR	83%	0	0	15	8	7	5	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	0
4	Cross, Daniel	WR	87%	0	0	19	9	10	7	2	5	6	2	2	1	1	0
10	Eagleton, Nathan	WL	79%	2	0	20	16	4	7	0	3	0	2	0	1	3	5
13	Giansiracusa, Daniel	FPR	75%	0	0	18	9	9	7	0	2	2	5	1	3	2	2
9	Gilbee, Lindsay	HBFL	95%	0	0	28	25	3	9	0	0	1	1	1	0	6	3
16	Griffen, Ryan	RO	76%	1	0	20	14	6	5	1	5	2	2	2	1	0	6
8	Hahn, Mitch	CHF	82%	1	1	14	8	6	0	0	4	2	3	1	1	0	3
40	Harbrow, Jarrod	INT	72%	0	0	13	9	4	3	0	4	0	1	2	1	1	4
25	Hargrave, Ryan	CHB	100%	0	0	13	9	4	3	0	5	0	2	2	0	0	3
19	Higgins, Shaun	INT	81%	1	1	10	5	5	4	0	3	0	3	3	3	0	2
20	Hill, Josh	INT	79%	2	2	9	7	2	3	0	2	0	4	1	3	0	2
15	Hudson, Ben	RU	60%	0	1	10	3	7	3	13	1	6	2	1	2	0	1
6	Johnson, Brad (c)	HFFR	87%	1	0	21	13	8	7	0	4	1	2	1	0	2	3
36	Lake, Brian	FB	100%	1	0	13	9	4	2	0	1	0	3	2	3	5	1
27	Minson, Will	INT	69%	1	2	12	9	3	5	11	1	2	2	1	2	0	4
38	Morris, Dale	BPL	96%	0	0	15	7	8	8	0	4	0	0	1	0	3	0
2	Murphy, Bob	HFFL	78%	3	1	16	14	2	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7
35	Tiller, Stephen	FPL	86%	0	0	12	6	6	2	0	3	1	1	1	0	4	1
28	Welsh, Scott	FF	71%	2	1	9	8	1	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				16	10	346	224	122	110	29	65	31	50	25	27	37	56

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
20	Ablett, Luke	INT	74%	0	0	14	8	6	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	4
21	Barry, Leo	BPL	91%	0	0	14	6	8	4	0	2	1	3	0	2	3	0
42	Bevan, Paul	WL	94%	1	2	18	13	5	8	0	5	1	1	4	1	3	1
6	Bolton, Craig	FB	87%	0	0	17	14	3	5	0	1	1	3	1	2	3	4
24	Bolton, Jude	RO	87%	0	0	15	6	9	0	1	4	3	2	0	0	2	2
32	Buchanan, Amon	WR	85%	0	1	19	9	10	2	0	4	5	1	2	0	2	4
28	Crouch, Jared	FPR	85%	1	0	17	12	5	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	3	5
10	Everitt, Peter	RU	48%	0	0	5	3	2	2	13	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
37	Goodes, Adam	CHF	95%	1	1	10	7	3	3	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	1
1	Hall, Barry	FF	100%	4	2	16	13	3	10	0	1	0	3	3	2	0	4
15	Jack, Kieren	INT	79%	0	0	13	9	4	3	0	3	1	4	1	3	3	1
16	Jolly, Darren	FPL	61%	1	0	12	7	5	2	13	2	2	3	3	1	1	1
17	Kennelly, Tadhg	HBFR	91%	0	1	18	11	7	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	4
31	Kirk, Brett	RR	80%	0	0	22	10	12	2	0	5	5	3	2	2	1	2
9	Malceski, Nick	INT	73%	0	1	6	6	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1
29	Mattner, Martin	BPR	91%	0	1	19	7	12	2	0	6	2	1	0	0	4	2
3	McVeigh, Jarrad	C	87%	0	1	20	10	10	6	0	3	4	2	1	1	2	2
33	Moore, Jarred	HFFR	66%	0	0	7	6	1	4	0	5	0	1	0	1	1	2
5	O'Keefe, Ryan	HFFL	100%	0	1	16	9	7	4	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	3
25	Richards, Ted	CHB	93%	0	0	10	7	3	4	2	1	1	3	0	1	1	2
30	Roberts-Thomson, Lewis	HBFL	91%	1	0	11	5	6	2	1	2	1	1	3	1	2	1
13	Veszpremi, Patrick	INT	45%	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	4
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				9	15	307	183	124	75	32	55	32	43	29	25	39	50

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
	21	L. Barry	6	C. Bolton	29	M. Mattner	15	B. Hudson	40	J. Harbrow
	13	D. Giansiracusa	28	S. Welsh	35	S. Tiller	17	A. Cooney	19	S. Higgins
FORWARD							16	R. Griffen	20	J. Hill
HALF-BACK									27	W. Minson
	30	L. Roberts-Thomson	25	T. Richards	17	T. Kennelly
	6	B. Johnson (c)	8	M. Hahn	2	B. Murphy
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	42	P. Bevan	3	J. McVeigh	32	A. Buchanan
	4	D. Cross	5	M. Boyd	10	N. Eagleton	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							10	P. Everitt	20	L. Ablett
HALF-FORWARD							31	B. Kirk	15	K. Jack
	5	R. O'Keefe	37	A. Goodes	33	J. Moore	24	J. Bolton	9	N. Malceski
	21	J. Akermanis	25	R. Hargrave	9	L. Gilbee			13	P. Veszpremi
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	16	D. Jolly	1	B. Hall	28	J. Crouch
	33	T. Callan	36	B. Lake	38	D. Morris
BACK
Sydney							Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Ben Hudson behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	02:00
	SYDN	Adam Goodes behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	04:24
	SYDN	Ryan O'Keefe behind	0.1.1	-	0.2.2	05:12
	SYDN	Barry Hall behind	0.1.1	-	0.3.3	07:56
	WBUL	Bob Murphy goal	1.1.7	-	0.3.3	09:11
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	1.1.7	-	1.3.9	13:45
	WBUL	Josh Hill behind	1.2.8	-	1.3.9	15:03
	WBUL	Will Minson behind	1.3.9	-	1.3.9	16:44
	SYDN	Darren Jolly goal	1.3.9	-	2.3.15	18:01
	SYDN	Nick Malceski behind	1.3.9	-	2.4.16	22:49
	WBUL	Scott Welsh goal	2.3.15	-	2.4.16	26:26
Q2	WBUL	Scott Welsh behind	2.4.16	-	2.4.16	00:22
	SYDN	Rushed behind	2.4.16	-	2.5.17	05:22
	WBUL	Shaun Higgins goal	3.4.22	-	2.5.17	07:01
	SYDN	Tadhg Kennelly behind	3.4.22	-	2.6.18	10:15
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	3.4.22	-	3.6.24	11:55
	SYDN	Paul Bevan behind	3.4.22	-	3.7.25	17:10
	SYDN	Lewis Roberts-Thomson goal	3.4.22	-	4.7.31	19:23
	WBUL	Mitch Hahn goal	4.4.28	-	4.7.31	22:01
	SYDN	Adam Goodes goal	4.4.28	-	5.7.37	23:51
	WBUL	Scott Welsh goal	5.4.34	-	5.7.37	25:51
	WBUL	Bob Murphy goal	6.4.40	-	5.7.37	27:57
	WBUL	Rushed behind	6.5.41	-	5.7.37	28:56
Q3	WBUL	Josh Hill goal	7.5.47	-	5.7.37	03:29
	WBUL	Josh Hill behind	7.6.48	-	5.7.37	05:29
	WBUL	Mitch Hahn behind	7.7.49	-	5.7.37	08:56
	WBUL	Shaun Higgins behind	7.8.50	-	5.7.37	12:29
	WBUL	Josh Hill goal	8.8.56	-	5.7.37	13:29
	SYDN	Martin Mattner behind	8.8.56	-	5.8.38	16:19
	WBUL	Brian Lake goal	9.8.62	-	5.8.38	17:32
	SYDN	Barry Hall behind	9.8.62	-	5.9.39	19:37
	WBUL	Ryan Griffen goal	10.8.68	-	5.9.39	20:09
	WBUL	Will Minson behind	10.9.69	-	5.9.39	21:52
	SYDN	Rushed behind	10.9.69	-	5.10.40	22:37
	SYDN	Jarrad McVeigh behind	10.9.69	-	5.11.41	24:32
	SYDN	Rushed behind	10.9.69	-	5.12.42	25:03
	WBUL	Will Minson goal	11.9.75	-	5.12.42	26:27
	SYDN	Rushed behind	11.9.75	-	5.13.43	28:52
Q4	SYDN	Amon Buchanan behind	11.9.75	-	5.14.44	01:00
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	11.9.75	-	6.14.50	01:58
	WBUL	Jason Akermanis goal	12.9.81	-	6.14.50	03:06
	WBUL	Brad Johnson goal	13.9.87	-	6.14.50	05:19
	WBUL	Bob Murphy goal	14.9.93	-	6.14.50	07:07
	SYDN	Jared Crouch goal	14.9.93	-	7.14.56	13:14
	SYDN	Paul Bevan goal	14.9.93	-	8.14.62	17:52
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	14.9.93	-	9.14.68	21:27
	WBUL	Nathan Eagleton goal	15.9.99	-	9.14.68	23:12
	WBUL	Bob Murphy behind	15.10.100	-	9.14.68	24:33
	SYDN	Paul Bevan behind	15.10.100	-	9.15.69	25:31
	WBUL	Nathan Eagleton goal	16.10.106	-	9.15.69	30:01

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