2009 AFL Season Qualifying Final 2: Geelong v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 5 September 2009 between Geelong and the Western Bulldogs in the second qualifying final of the 2009 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 (14.12.96) defeated the Western Bulldogs (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 2009 AFL Season
Round: Second Qualifying Final
Teams: Geelong v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 5 September 2009
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 74,007

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 14.12.96 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	6	.	5	7	.	5	13	.	9	14	.	12	14	.	12	(96)
Western Bulldogs	2	.	1	4	.	3	8	.	4	12	.	10	12	.	10	(82)
Margin	GEEL by 28			GEEL by 20			GEEL by 35			GEEL by 14			GEEL by 14
Duration	29:43			27:56			31:19			27:36			1:56:34

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

H. Kennedy (#7)
S. Meredith (#21)
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	1	31	16	15	6	0	1	7	1	2	0	5	3
3	Bartel, Jimmy	HFFL	86%	3	0	19	12	7	3	0	3	1	3	1	1	1	1
24	Blake, Mark	RU	66%	0	0	6	1	5	2	13	1	2	2	1	1	0	1
17	Byrnes, Shannon	HFFR	81%	0	0	12	7	5	5	0	1	1	4	0	3	1	3
35	Chapman, Paul	FPR	69%	2	3	16	12	4	7	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2
11	Corey, Joel	RR	84%	0	0	25	11	14	4	1	4	6	3	1	1	1	4
44	Enright, Corey	BPR	93%	1	0	35	15	20	8	0	3	2	5	1	4	7	1
2	Harley, Tom (c)	HBFL	77%	0	0	10	4	6	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1
26	Hawkins, Tom	FF	88%	0	1	9	5	4	3	0	4	2	3	2	0	0	1
34	Hogan, Simon	INT	67%	0	0	15	3	12	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1
9	Kelly, James	WR	80%	0	0	21	9	12	8	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	0
45	Ling, Cameron	C	80%	1	0	22	11	11	5	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	4
4	Mackie, Andrew	HBFR	90%	1	0	21	14	7	8	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	5
39	Milburn, Darren	BPL	91%	0	0	31	17	14	12	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0
21	Mooney, Cam	CHF	92%	2	2	16	13	3	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
6	Ottens, Brad	INT	75%	1	0	7	6	1	4	10	3	1	1	1	1	0	1
30	Scarlett, Matthew	FB	96%	0	0	30	14	16	14	0	3	0	3	0	2	2	1
14	Selwood, Joel	INT	71%	0	0	18	6	12	3	0	1	2	6	2	4	0	3
27	Stokes, Mathew	FPL	81%	2	1	10	7	3	3	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	3
7	Taylor, Harry	CHB	93%	1	0	22	9	13	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	2
5	Varcoe, Travis	INT	75%	0	0	13	6	7	4	0	5	1	0	2	0	0	2
40	Wojcinski, David	WL	76%	0	1	23	9	14	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	2	7
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				14	12	412	207	205	125	24	48	27	43	20	20	34	50

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Akermanis, Jason	FPL	82%	3	2	19	13	6	5	0	1	4	3	1	2	1	1
5	Boyd, Matthew	C	88%	0	0	29	7	22	3	2	1	2	3	1	0	1	1
17	Cooney, Adam	RO	85%	0	2	28	12	16	3	0	3	5	3	1	1	2	2
4	Cross, Daniel	WR	87%	0	0	26	4	22	3	2	2	2	3	3	1	0	2
10	Eagleton, Nathan	INT	69%	0	0	22	10	12	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	6
13	Giansiracusa, Daniel	INT	70%	0	1	14	9	5	4	0	2	1	1	3	0	0	4
9	Gilbee, Lindsay	HBFR	84%	1	0	35	16	19	8	0	0	1	1	3	0	6	4
16	Griffen, Ryan	INT	64%	1	0	14	9	5	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	3
8	Hahn, Mitch	CHF	83%	0	0	12	8	4	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	1
40	Harbrow, Jarrod	BPL	98%	0	0	12	6	6	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	4	1
25	Hargrave, Ryan	BPR	92%	0	0	15	8	7	4	0	2	0	2	0	1	4	2
7	Higgins, Shaun	RR	88%	2	1	21	14	7	8	0	1	1	6	0	3	2	5
20	Hill, Josh	INT	74%	1	0	11	5	6	1	0	5	1	2	0	2	0	2
15	Hudson, Ben	RU	66%	1	0	14	2	12	1	15	5	3	2	4	2	0	0
6	Johnson, Brad (c)	HFFL	89%	2	1	15	7	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
36	Lake, Brian	FB	100%	0	1	21	13	8	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	2
27	Minson, Will	FF	59%	0	0	8	4	4	4	9	4	0	5	0	3	0	1
38	Morris, Dale	CHB	100%	0	0	19	3	16	4	0	3	1	1	1	0	2	0
2	Murphy, Bob	HFFR	74%	0	0	17	12	5	7	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	5
42	Picken, Liam	HBFL	92%	0	0	15	6	9	2	0	5	2	1	2	1	1	0
14	Ward, Callan	WL	66%	0	0	15	11	4	4	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	4
28	Welsh, Scott	FPR	91%	1	0	16	5	11	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				12	10	398	184	214	81	29	50	24	46	20	20	33	48

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
	40	J. Harbrow	36	B. Lake	25	R. Hargrave	24	M. Blake	34	S. Hogan
	35	P. Chapman	26	T. Hawkins	27	M. Stokes	11	J. Corey	6	B. Ottens
FORWARD							29	G. Ablett	14	J. Selwood
HALF-BACK									5	T. Varcoe
	42	L. Picken	38	D. Morris	9	L. Gilbee
	17	S. Byrnes	21	C. Mooney	3	J. Bartel
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	14	C. Ward	5	M. Boyd	4	D. Cross
	9	J. Kelly	45	C. Ling	40	D. Wojcinski	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							15	B. Hudson	10	N. Eagleton
HALF-FORWARD							7	S. Higgins	13	D. Giansiracusa
	6	B. Johnson (c)	8	M. Hahn	2	B. Murphy	17	A. Cooney	16	R. Griffen
	4	A. Mackie	7	H. Taylor	2	T. Harley (c)			20	J. Hill
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	21	J. Akermanis	27	W. Minson	28	S. Welsh
	44	C. Enright	30	M. Scarlett	39	D. Milburn
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Rodney Eade

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Ben Hudson goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:40
	GEEL	Paul Chapman behind	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	03:58
	GEEL	Paul Chapman behind	0.2.2	-	1.0.6	04:50
	GEEL	Rushed behind	0.3.3	-	1.0.6	06:31
	GEEL	Harry Taylor goal	1.3.9	-	1.0.6	07:32
	GEEL	Andrew Mackie goal	2.3.15	-	1.0.6	09:43
	GEEL	Cam Mooney goal	3.3.21	-	1.0.6	11:14
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes goal	4.3.27	-	1.0.6	13:09
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins behind	4.4.28	-	1.0.6	16:06
	WBUL	Scott Welsh goal	4.4.28	-	2.0.12	19:07
	GEEL	Cam Mooney goal	5.4.34	-	2.0.12	21:47
	WBUL	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	2.1.13	24:42
	GEEL	David Wojcinski behind	5.5.35	-	2.1.13	26:56
	GEEL	Jimmy Bartel goal	6.5.41	-	2.1.13	27:59
Q2	GEEL	Paul Chapman goal	7.5.47	-	2.1.13	01:40
	WBUL	Shaun Higgins goal	7.5.47	-	3.1.19	06:06
	WBUL	Rushed behind	7.5.47	-	3.2.20	12:06
	WBUL	Josh Hill goal	7.5.47	-	4.2.26	19:05
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa behind	7.5.47	-	4.3.27	22:52
Q3	GEEL	Paul Chapman behind	7.6.48	-	4.3.27	02:16
	WBUL	Jason Akermanis goal	7.6.48	-	5.3.33	03:21
	WBUL	Jason Akermanis goal	7.6.48	-	6.3.39	04:52
	GEEL	Cameron Ling goal	8.6.54	-	6.3.39	06:45
	GEEL	Cam Mooney behind	8.7.55	-	6.3.39	08:03
	GEEL	Brad Ottens goal	9.7.61	-	6.3.39	09:23
	GEEL	Jimmy Bartel goal	10.7.67	-	6.3.39	11:52
	WBUL	Brad Johnson goal	10.7.67	-	7.3.45	13:13
	GEEL	Rushed behind	10.8.68	-	7.3.45	14:39
	WBUL	Jason Akermanis goal	10.8.68	-	8.3.51	18:30
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes goal	11.8.74	-	8.3.51	20:04
	GEEL	Gary Ablett behind	11.9.75	-	8.3.51	24:26
	WBUL	Adam Cooney behind	11.9.75	-	8.4.52	25:27
	GEEL	Jimmy Bartel goal	12.9.81	-	8.4.52	27:03
	GEEL	Paul Chapman goal	13.9.87	-	8.4.52	30:09
Q4	GEEL	Cam Mooney behind	13.10.88	-	8.4.52	00:52
	WBUL	Ryan Griffen goal	13.10.88	-	9.4.58	03:18
	WBUL	Shaun Higgins behind	13.10.88	-	9.5.59	04:54
	WBUL	Brad Johnson goal	13.10.88	-	10.5.65	06:55
	WBUL	Jason Akermanis behind	13.10.88	-	10.6.66	08:07
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes behind	13.11.89	-	10.6.66	09:21
	GEEL	Corey Enright goal	14.11.95	-	10.6.66	09:45
	WBUL	Lindsay Gilbee goal	14.11.95	-	11.6.72	12:13
	WBUL	Brian Lake behind	14.11.95	-	11.7.73	14:00
	WBUL	Jason Akermanis behind	14.11.95	-	11.8.74	15:08
	WBUL	Adam Cooney behind	14.11.95	-	11.9.75	18:09
	WBUL	Brad Johnson behind	14.11.95	-	11.10.76	19:43
	WBUL	Shaun Higgins goal	14.11.95	-	12.10.82	21:52
	GEEL	Rushed behind	14.12.96	-	12.10.82	23:39

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