2009 AFL Round 9: Geelong v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 2009 between Geelong and Western Bulldogs during round 9 of the 2009 AFL season. Geelong "hosted" Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium. 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
Back: A. Mackie, M. Scarlett, D. Johnson
Half-back: J. Corey, T. Harley (capt.), H. Taylor
Centre: J. Bartel, C. Enright, J. Kelly
Half-forward: M. Stokes, M. Rooke, G. Ablett
Forward: P. Chapman, T. Hawkins, S. Johnson
Follower: M. Blake, C. Ling, J. Selwood
Int.: R. Gamble, S. Mumford, T. Varcoe, D. Wojcinski

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

Geelong (17.14.116) defeated Western Bulldogs (17.12.114).

Goalkickers
Geelong: S. Johnson (5), M. Stokes (4), P. Chapman (3), J. Bartel, R. Gamble, M. Rooke, J. Selwood, T. Varcoe
Western Bulldogs: J. Akermanis (4), B. Johnson (4), D. Giansiracusa (2), R. Griffen (2), A. Cooney, N. Eagleton, J. Hill, W. Minson, L. Picken

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 2nd on the ladder and Western Bulldogs remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2009 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Geelong v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 22 May 2009
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 44,620

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 17.14.116 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 4 9 . 10 14 . 12 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Western Bulldogs 3 . 2 8 . 3 11 . 8 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Margin GEEL by 20 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 2
Duration 31:37 33:59 30:09 33:07 2:08:52

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Thompson (Geelong), Rodney Eade (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Tom Harley (Geelong), Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), M. James (#5), S. Ryan (#25)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gary Ablett GEEL 29 3
Jason Akermanis WBUL 21 2
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jason Akermanis WBUL 21 9 1 1 0 0 0
Gary Ablett GEEL 29 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Brad Johnson WBUL 6 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Steve Johnson GEEL 20 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Matthew Boyd WBUL 5 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ablett, Gary HFFR 90% 0 3 38 12 26 4 0 4 7 3 3 2 5 4
3 Bartel, Jimmy WL 81% 1 1 16 10 6 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
24 Blake, Mark RU 66% 0 0 5 0 5 2 20 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
35 Chapman, Paul FPL 81% 3 0 15 12 3 5 0 1 1 4 2 2 1 3
11 Corey, Joel HBFL 86% 0 0 28 12 16 6 0 8 2 4 0 3 0 8
44 Enright, Corey C 92% 0 1 22 12 10 10 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 5
15 Gamble, Ryan INT 35% 1 1 9 4 5 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
2 Harley, Tom (c) CHB 86% 0 0 12 4 8 5 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 1
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 85% 0 2 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
28 Johnson, David BPR 84% 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0
20 Johnson, Steve FPR 96% 5 2 11 11 0 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
9 Kelly, James WR 82% 0 0 22 13 9 5 0 5 2 2 0 0 1 4
45 Ling, Cameron RR 89% 0 1 22 13 9 6 0 10 2 3 0 2 0 5
4 Mackie, Andrew BPL 94% 0 1 13 10 3 6 0 4 0 3 1 0 3 3
41 Mumford, Shane INT 45% 0 0 8 1 7 0 8 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
33 Rooke, Max CHF 86% 1 0 10 7 3 5 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 3
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 97% 0 0 27 18 9 9 0 1 1 2 1 1 5 1
14 Selwood, Joel RO 87% 1 1 32 16 16 4 0 3 4 2 2 1 0 5
27 Stokes, Mathew HFFL 87% 4 0 11 5 6 3 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2
7 Taylor, Harry HBFR 93% 0 0 21 10 11 8 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 3
5 Varcoe, Travis INT 89% 1 0 14 2 12 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 2
40 Wojcinski, David INT 71% 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 17 14 365 185 180 104 29 64 27 40 19 11 28 58

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Akermanis, Jason FPL 86% 4 2 25 20 5 9 0 1 2 8 1 2 4 7
5 Boyd, Matthew C 88% 0 0 28 13 15 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 3 3
33 Callan, Tim BPR 79% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
17 Cooney, Adam RR 85% 1 2 20 10 10 2 0 3 5 3 2 1 4 1
4 Cross, Daniel WR 86% 0 0 26 9 17 9 1 4 3 2 3 2 2 1
10 Eagleton, Nathan INT 85% 1 1 26 17 9 7 0 3 2 1 0 0 5 5
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel INT 82% 2 0 21 9 12 4 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4
9 Gilbee, Lindsay HBFL 85% 0 0 22 12 10 7 0 0 3 2 1 0 4 3
16 Griffen, Ryan RO 83% 2 1 18 12 6 4 2 9 6 1 0 1 1 4
8 Hahn, Mitch CHF 83% 0 1 14 10 4 4 1 7 2 1 1 1 0 2
40 Harbrow, Jarrod BPL 77% 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 3 1 6 1 2 5 1
7 Higgins, Shaun FPR 72% 0 0 16 9 7 5 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 4
20 Hill, Josh INT 79% 1 1 8 7 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
15 Hudson, Ben RU 64% 0 0 14 1 13 3 18 6 1 1 0 1 0 0
6 Johnson, Brad (c) HFFR 92% 4 2 26 17 9 10 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1
36 Lake, Brian FB 88% 0 0 11 8 3 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0
27 Minson, Will INT 66% 1 0 14 6 8 2 14 4 4 1 0 0 0 2
38 Morris, Dale HBFR 98% 0 0 10 3 7 6 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
42 Picken, Liam HFFL 84% 1 0 16 5 11 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 3 2
14 Ward, Callan WL 75% 0 0 15 5 10 2 0 10 2 4 0 3 1 1
28 Welsh, Scott FF 82% 0 1 14 8 6 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
12 Williams, Tom CHB 82% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 17 12 385 208 177 108 38 68 41 46 11 19 40 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 33 T. Callan 24 M. Blake 15 R. Gamble
20 S. Johnson 26 T. Hawkins 35 P. Chapman 45 C. Ling 41 S. Mumford
FORWARD 14 J. Selwood 5 T. Varcoe
HALF-BACK

40 D. Wojcinski
9 L. Gilbee 12 T. Williams 38 D. Morris



29 G. Ablett 33 M. Rooke 27 M. Stokes



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 C. Ward 5 M. Boyd 4 D. Cross



9 J. Kelly 44 C. Enright 3 J. Bartel FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 15 B. Hudson 10 N. Eagleton
HALF-FORWARD 17 A. Cooney 13 D. Giansiracusa
42 L. Picken 8 M. Hahn 6 B. Johnson (c) 16 R. Griffen 20 J. Hill
7 H. Taylor 2 T. Harley (c) 11 J. Corey

27 W. Minson
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



21 J. Akermanis 28 S. Welsh 7 S. Higgins



28 D. Johnson 30 M. Scarlett 4 A. Mackie



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Rodney Eade

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Paul Chapman goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:18
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 02:35
GEEL Corey Enright behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 03:16
GEEL Andrew Mackie behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 03:46
GEEL Joel Selwood goal 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 05:15
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 06:27
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 08:54
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 4.2.26 - 1.1.7 12:28
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 4.2.26 - 2.1.13 14:11
WBUL Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 2.2.14 16:16
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 4.3.27 - 2.2.14 19:37
GEEL Mathew Stokes goal 5.3.33 - 2.2.14 22:45
GEEL Jimmy Bartel behind 5.4.34 - 2.2.14 24:24
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 6.4.40 - 2.2.14 25:22
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 6.4.40 - 3.2.20 30:33
Q2 WBUL Brad Johnson goal 6.4.40 - 4.2.26 00:15
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 6.5.41 - 4.2.26 01:52
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 6.5.41 - 5.2.32 04:17
GEEL Rushed behind 6.6.42 - 5.2.32 07:11
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 6.7.43 - 5.2.32 07:45
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 6.7.43 - 6.2.38 09:45
WBUL Josh Hill goal 6.7.43 - 7.2.44 11:06
WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 6.7.43 - 7.3.45 12:57
GEEL Mathew Stokes goal 7.7.49 - 7.3.45 13:44
GEEL Ryan Gamble behind 7.8.50 - 7.3.45 15:48
GEEL Mathew Stokes goal 8.8.56 - 7.3.45 17:26
GEEL Ryan Gamble goal 9.8.62 - 7.3.45 21:36
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 9.9.63 - 7.3.45 28:08
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 9.9.63 - 8.3.51 31:08
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 9.10.64 - 8.3.51 32:43
Q3 GEEL Steve Johnson goal 10.10.70 - 8.3.51 00:21
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 11.10.76 - 8.3.51 01:59
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 12.10.82 - 8.3.51 04:29
GEEL Max Rooke goal 13.10.88 - 8.3.51 08:19
WBUL Adam Cooney behind 13.10.88 - 8.4.52 11:19
WBUL Ryan Griffen goal 13.10.88 - 9.4.58 13:00
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 13.11.89 - 9.4.58 14:04
WBUL Scott Welsh behind 13.11.89 - 9.5.59 15:38
GEEL Mathew Stokes goal 14.11.95 - 9.5.59 16:54
WBUL Jason Akermanis behind 14.11.95 - 9.6.60 20:26
GEEL Cameron Ling behind 14.12.96 - 9.6.60 21:36
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 14.12.96 - 10.6.66 22:53
WBUL Adam Cooney behind 14.12.96 - 10.7.67 24:17
WBUL Jason Akermanis behind 14.12.96 - 10.8.68 25:46
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 14.12.96 - 11.8.74 28:15
Q4 WBUL Ryan Griffen goal 14.12.96 - 12.8.80 00:42
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 15.12.102 - 12.8.80 04:53
WBUL Ryan Griffen behind 15.12.102 - 12.9.81 06:34
WBUL Nathan Eagleton behind 15.12.102 - 12.10.82 07:25
WBUL Will Minson goal 15.12.102 - 13.10.88 12:55
WBUL Nathan Eagleton goal 15.12.102 - 14.10.94 14:05
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 15.13.103 - 14.10.94 16:00
WBUL Josh Hill behind 15.13.103 - 14.11.95 17:33
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 16.13.109 - 14.11.95 19:57
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 16.14.110 - 14.11.95 22:27
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 16.14.110 - 15.11.101 23:40
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 16.14.110 - 16.11.107 25:44
GEEL Travis Varcoe goal 17.14.116 - 16.11.107 27:40
WBUL Liam Picken goal 17.14.116 - 17.11.113 30:20
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 17.14.116 - 17.12.114 32:58