2009 AFL Round 21: Western Bulldogs v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 2009 between Western Bulldogs and Geelong during round 21 of the 2009 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Geelong at Etihad Stadium. Brad Johnson captained the hosts. Cameron Ling captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Mark Thompson.

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

Geelong
Back: T. Gillies, M. Scarlett, C. Enright
Half-back: D. Johnson, H. Taylor, A. Mackie
Centre: J. Corey, C. Ling (capt.), J. Bartel
Half-forward: P. Chapman, C. Mooney, M. Rooke
Forward: M. Stokes, T. Hawkins, S. Byrnes
Follower: M. Blake, J. Selwood, G. Ablett
Int.: R. Gamble, D. Milburn, S. Mumford, D. Wojcinski

Western Bulldogs (16.14.110) defeated Geelong (14.12.96).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: J. Hill (3), M. Boyd (2), A. Cooney (2), B. Johnson (2), J. Akermanis, L. Gilbee, M. Hahn, S. Higgins, B. Murphy, C. Ward, S. Welsh
Geelong: C. Mooney (4), T. Hawkins (3), S. Byrnes (2), R. Gamble, S. Mumford, J. Selwood, M. Stokes, H. Taylor

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

Match Details

Season: 2009 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Geelong
Date: Friday 21 August 2009
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 46,818

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Geelong
Score: 16.14.110 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 3 . 5 7 . 12 10 . 12 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Geelong 3 . 2 5 . 5 11 . 9 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin WBUL by 3 WBUL by 19 GEEL by 3 WBUL by 14 WBUL by 14
Duration 28:55 29:51 30:24 29:53 1:59:03

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Western Bulldogs), Mark Thompson (Geelong)
Captains: Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs), Cameron Ling (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Jeffery (#29), S. Ryan (#25), M. Vozzo (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gary Ablett GEEL 29 3
Matthew Boyd WBUL 5 2
Jarrod Harbrow WBUL 40 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Adam Cooney WBUL 17 10 2 0 0 0 0
Gary Ablett GEEL 29 7 0 1 1 0 0
Jarrod Harbrow WBUL 40 4 0 ? ? 0 ?
Brad Johnson WBUL 6 4 0 ? ? 0 ?
Matthew Boyd WBUL 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 2 0 0 0 1 0
Joel Corey GEEL 11 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
22 Addison, Dylan INT 66% 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0
21 Akermanis, Jason FPL 88% 1 1 19 11 8 7 0 6 2 1 1 0 1 3
5 Boyd, Matthew C 86% 2 1 25 17 8 7 0 5 5 3 2 1 4 5
17 Cooney, Adam RR 85% 2 0 29 15 14 3 0 1 5 2 1 0 2 4
10 Eagleton, Nathan INT 72% 0 0 23 17 6 8 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 5
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel INT 60% 0 1 20 10 10 9 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 0
9 Gilbee, Lindsay BPR 88% 1 0 13 11 2 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 3 2
8 Hahn, Mitch CHF 85% 1 0 14 7 7 3 0 6 2 0 0 0 1 6
40 Harbrow, Jarrod BPL 86% 0 0 25 18 7 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 8 1
25 Hargrave, Ryan HBFL 92% 0 0 22 12 10 7 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 1
7 Higgins, Shaun RO 76% 1 2 14 9 5 5 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 4
20 Hill, Josh FPR 88% 3 1 20 14 6 7 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 5
15 Hudson, Ben RU 63% 0 0 13 3 10 4 11 4 1 4 1 2 1 2
6 Johnson, Brad (c) HFFL 88% 2 2 22 17 5 10 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1
36 Lake, Brian FB 96% 0 0 24 15 9 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 6 0
27 Minson, Will FF 77% 0 0 6 1 5 0 21 2 0 4 1 3 0 0
38 Morris, Dale CHB 100% 0 0 9 2 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Murphy, Bob HFFR 75% 1 2 17 13 4 7 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 6
42 Picken, Liam WL 89% 0 1 11 6 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2
11 Reid, Sam HBFR 79% 0 0 13 4 9 4 0 7 1 1 1 1 0 1
14 Ward, Callan WR 81% 1 1 19 6 13 2 1 10 1 3 0 2 4 2
28 Welsh, Scott INT 80% 1 1 8 5 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 16 14 373 215 158 108 33 68 26 34 18 15 38 51

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ablett, Gary RO 93% 0 0 40 17 23 5 0 3 3 3 1 0 6 5
3 Bartel, Jimmy WR 94% 0 0 31 14 17 2 2 5 5 3 2 2 2 6
24 Blake, Mark RU 70% 0 0 12 5 7 3 29 4 3 2 2 1 1 2
17 Byrnes, Shannon FPR 88% 2 1 20 10 10 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 5
35 Chapman, Paul HFFL 37% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 3 2 2 2 1 0 1
11 Corey, Joel WL 87% 0 0 39 12 27 6 0 4 7 4 1 1 3 6
44 Enright, Corey BPR 87% 0 0 28 12 16 3 0 2 0 3 2 2 5 1
15 Gamble, Ryan INT 77% 1 1 9 2 7 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
25 Gillies, Tom BPL 88% 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 93% 3 0 11 6 5 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
28 Johnson, David HBFL 79% 0 0 18 7 11 4 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 3
45 Ling, Cameron (c) C 80% 0 1 31 11 20 3 0 5 7 2 0 1 1 5
4 Mackie, Andrew HBFR 88% 0 0 20 10 10 8 0 4 0 3 0 2 6 3
39 Milburn, Darren INT 82% 0 0 24 14 10 8 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 0
21 Mooney, Cam CHF 96% 4 2 10 9 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2
41 Mumford, Shane INT 49% 1 0 5 2 3 1 5 2 1 2 1 1 0 1
33 Rooke, Max HFFR 86% 0 1 12 9 3 9 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 93% 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 4
14 Selwood, Joel RR 85% 1 1 33 13 20 9 0 7 2 3 1 2 2 3
27 Stokes, Mathew FPL 84% 1 2 19 6 13 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
7 Taylor, Harry CHB 87% 1 0 15 6 9 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
40 Wojcinski, David INT 76% 0 0 15 4 11 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 14 12 438 193 245 98 36 60 35 43 15 18 35 53

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
25 T. Gillies 30 M. Scarlett 44 C. Enright 15 B. Hudson 22 D. Addison
20 J. Hill 27 W. Minson 21 J. Akermanis 17 A. Cooney 10 N. Eagleton
FORWARD 7 S. Higgins 13 D. Giansiracusa
HALF-BACK

28 S. Welsh
28 D. Johnson 7 H. Taylor 4 A. Mackie



2 B. Murphy 8 M. Hahn 6 B. Johnson (c)



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 J. Corey 45 C. Ling (c) 3 J. Bartel



14 C. Ward 5 M. Boyd 42 L. Picken FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 M. Blake 15 R. Gamble
HALF-FORWARD 14 J. Selwood 39 D. Milburn
35 P. Chapman 21 C. Mooney 33 M. Rooke 29 G. Ablett 41 S. Mumford
11 S. Reid 38 D. Morris 25 R. Hargrave

40 D. Wojcinski
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



27 M. Stokes 26 T. Hawkins 17 S. Byrnes



9 L. Gilbee 36 B. Lake 40 J. Harbrow



BACK



Geelong Coach: Mark Thompson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Harry Taylor goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:42
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 11:18
WBUL Shaun Higgins behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 13:24
WBUL Lindsay Gilbee goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 14:31
WBUL Josh Hill goal 3.1.19 - 1.0.6 16:05
GEEL Shannon Byrnes goal 3.1.19 - 2.0.12 18:44
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 3.1.19 - 3.0.18 20:57
WBUL Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 3.0.18 22:25
GEEL Ryan Gamble behind 3.2.20 - 3.1.19 23:01
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa behind 3.3.21 - 3.1.19 24:08
GEEL Cameron Ling behind 3.3.21 - 3.2.20 25:52
WBUL Scott Welsh behind 3.4.22 - 3.2.20 27:03
WBUL Matthew Boyd behind 3.5.23 - 3.2.20 27:46
Q2 WBUL Brad Johnson behind 3.6.24 - 3.2.20 01:00
WBUL Josh Hill behind 3.7.25 - 3.2.20 01:54
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 4.7.31 - 3.2.20 03:19
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 4.8.32 - 3.2.20 05:08
WBUL Jason Akermanis behind 4.9.33 - 3.2.20 06:53
GEEL Shannon Byrnes behind 4.9.33 - 3.3.21 10:04
WBUL Josh Hill goal 5.9.39 - 3.3.21 11:30
GEEL Mathew Stokes behind 5.9.39 - 3.4.22 13:40
WBUL Liam Picken behind 5.10.40 - 3.4.22 15:32
WBUL Bob Murphy behind 5.11.41 - 3.4.22 16:42
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 5.11.41 - 4.4.28 17:24
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 5.11.41 - 5.4.34 18:56
WBUL Bob Murphy behind 5.12.42 - 5.4.34 20:27
WBUL Matthew Boyd goal 6.12.48 - 5.4.34 21:54
WBUL Scott Welsh goal 7.12.54 - 5.4.34 26:28
GEEL Rushed behind 7.12.54 - 5.5.35 28:23
Q3 WBUL Callan Ward goal 8.12.60 - 5.5.35 01:16
GEEL Rushed behind 8.12.60 - 5.6.36 02:34
WBUL Bob Murphy goal 9.12.66 - 5.6.36 05:01
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 9.12.66 - 6.6.42 09:51
GEEL Rushed behind 9.12.66 - 6.7.43 11:33
GEEL Ryan Gamble goal 9.12.66 - 7.7.49 13:12
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 10.12.72 - 7.7.49 14:50
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 10.12.72 - 8.7.55 16:43
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 10.12.72 - 8.8.56 17:55
GEEL Shane Mumford goal 10.12.72 - 9.8.62 19:50
GEEL Max Rooke behind 10.12.72 - 9.9.63 21:22
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 10.12.72 - 10.9.69 26:30
GEEL Mathew Stokes goal 10.12.72 - 11.9.75 28:06
Q4 WBUL Brad Johnson goal 11.12.78 - 11.9.75 03:43
GEEL Shannon Byrnes goal 11.12.78 - 12.9.81 05:25
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 11.12.78 - 12.10.82 07:49
WBUL Matthew Boyd goal 12.12.84 - 12.10.82 09:26
GEEL Joel Selwood goal 12.12.84 - 13.10.88 10:47
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 13.12.90 - 13.10.88 15:00
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 14.12.96 - 13.10.88 16:00
GEEL Mathew Stokes behind 14.12.96 - 13.11.89 17:10
WBUL Josh Hill goal 15.12.102 - 13.11.89 18:16
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 15.12.102 - 13.12.90 20:18
WBUL Callan Ward behind 15.13.103 - 13.12.90 22:08
WBUL Shaun Higgins behind 15.14.104 - 13.12.90 24:23
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 15.14.104 - 14.12.96 26:37
WBUL Shaun Higgins goal 16.14.110 - 14.12.96 29:46