2011 AFL Round 3: Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 9 April 2011 between Western Bulldogs and Gold Coast during round 3 of the 2011 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Gold Coast at Etihad Stadium. Matthew Boyd captained the hosts. Gary Ablett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Guy McKenna.

Western Bulldogs
Back: L. Gilbee, B. Lake, D. Morris
Half-back: L. Picken, T. Williams, B. Murphy
Centre: D. Cross, M. Boyd (capt.), J. Sherman
Half-forward: J. Hill, B. Hall, S. Higgins
Forward: D. Giansiracusa, J. Roughead, J. Grant
Follower: B. Hudson, A. Cooney, R. Griffen
Int.: T. Liberatore, L. Markovic, C. Ward
Sub.: B. Stack

Gold Coast
Back: M. Coad, N. Bock, C. Brown
Half-back: S. Tape, K. Hunt, N. Krakouer
Centre: J. Harbrow, D. Harris, M. Rischitelli
Half-forward: H. Bennell, C. Dixon, D. Stanley
Forward: J. Brennan, D. Gorringe, B. Matera
Follower: Z. Smith, G. Ablett (capt.), D. Swallow
Int.: T. McKenzie, D. Prestia, M. Weller
Sub.: A. Magin

Western Bulldogs (18.14.122) defeated Gold Coast (7.9.51).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: B. Hall (5), A. Cooney (2), J. Hill (2), J. Roughead (2), R. Griffen, S. Higgins, B. Hudson, B. Murphy, L. Picken, J. Sherman, C. Ward
Gold Coast: D. Stanley (2), H. Bennell, J. Brennan, D. Gorringe, B. Matera, Z. Smith

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 5th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Gold Coast remained 17th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2011 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 9 April 2011
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 21,373

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Gold Coast
Score: 18.14.122 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	5	.	5	11	.	7	15	.	9	18	.	14	18	.	14	(122)
Gold Coast	1	.	2	4	.	4	6	.	6	7	.	9	7	.	9	(51)
Margin	WBUL by 27			WBUL by 45			WBUL by 57			WBUL by 71			WBUL by 71
Duration	31:24			31:02			29:53			27:06			1:59:25

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Western Bulldogs), Guy McKenna (Gold Coast)
Captains: Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs), Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Kamolins (#19), H. Kennedy (#7), B. Ryan (#27), E: M. Stevic (#9)
Goal Umpire: D. Flegg, D. Mills, E: J. Venkataya
Boundary Umpire: J. Morris, L. Roberts, M. Saunders, C. Simms

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Daniel Cross	WBUL	4	3
Matthew Boyd	WBUL	5	2
Shaun Higgins	WBUL	7	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Matthew Boyd	WBUL	5	10	2	0	0	0	0
Gary Ablett	GCST	9	6	0	0	2	0	0
Daniel Cross	WBUL	4	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Murphy	WBUL	2	4	0	1	0	0	0
Shaun Higgins	WBUL	7	2	0	0	0	1	0
Josh Hill	WBUL	20	2	0	0	0	1	0
Ryan Griffen	WBUL	16	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dale Morris	WBUL	38	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
5	Boyd, Matthew (c)	C	88%	0	0	36	21	15	5	0	4	2	1	1	0	0	8
17	Cooney, Adam	RR	84%	2	0	21	15	6	5	0	3	2	6	1	0	1	5
4	Cross, Daniel	WL	87%	0	1	37	15	22	11	0	1	4	3	4	3	3	2
13	Giansiracusa, Daniel	FPL↓	57%	0	1	14	10	4	9	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	2
9	Gilbee, Lindsay	BPL	81%	0	0	21	13	8	3	0	3	1	2	2	0	1	5
1	Grant, Jarrad	FPR	88%	0	0	11	2	9	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1
16	Griffen, Ryan	RO	86%	1	2	31	17	14	3	0	5	4	1	1	0	0	10
28	Hall, Barry	CHF	88%	5	1	11	9	2	5	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	1
7	Higgins, Shaun	HFFR	85%	1	4	32	16	16	9	0	3	2	6	0	1	2	4
20	Hill, Josh	HFFL	86%	2	1	20	15	5	9	0	4	0	3	2	0	0	7
15	Hudson, Ben	RU	76%	1	0	19	7	12	5	25	2	6	1	0	1	2	3
36	Lake, Brian	FB	93%	0	0	14	11	3	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1
21	Liberatore, Tom	INT	73%	0	0	16	8	8	4	0	6	1	1	0	0	2	3
37	Markovic, Lukas	INT	90%	0	0	10	7	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0
38	Morris, Dale	BPR	95%	0	0	18	12	6	8	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	1
2	Murphy, Bob	HBFR	82%	1	0	26	23	3	7	0	1	0	2	0	1	9	2
42	Picken, Liam	HBFL	89%	1	0	12	5	7	2	0	5	0	1	0	1	1	0
23	Roughead, Jordan	FF	84%	2	1	14	7	7	9	6	1	1	2	3	2	1	3
10	Sherman, Justin	WR	86%	1	0	14	7	7	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	3
18	Stack, Brennan	SUB↑	30%	0	0	8	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
14	Ward, Callan	INT	82%	1	1	15	5	10	3	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	1
12	Williams, Tom	CHB	90%	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				18	14	410	236	174	118	33	50	26	43	20	15	35	63

B. Stack replaced D. Giansiracusa during the third quarter.

Gold Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
9	Ablett, Gary (c)	RR	95%	0	0	34	17	17	5	0	6	5	4	0	3	8	6
37	Bennell, Harley	HFFL	87%	1	3	16	12	4	4	0	2	3	4	1	2	0	3
44	Bock, Nathan	FB	95%	0	0	22	17	5	9	0	1	0	2	1	0	5	1
3	Brennan, Jared	FPL	94%	1	0	18	10	8	3	3	4	6	2	3	0	3	3
30	Brown, Campbell	BPR	89%	0	0	21	12	9	10	0	2	0	2	2	2	3	0
27	Coad, Michael	BPL	95%	0	0	20	17	3	10	0	1	0	5	0	3	3	0
23	Dixon, Charlie	CHF	96%	0	0	3	2	1	2	0	4	0	3	0	2	0	1
47	Gorringe, Daniel	FF	89%	1	0	15	6	9	4	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	4
5	Harbrow, Jarrod	WL	85%	0	0	23	13	10	6	0	1	0	4	0	1	4	1
21	Harris, Daniel	C	67%	0	0	16	5	11	4	0	3	5	1	1	0	1	1
7	Hunt, Karmichael	CHB	84%	0	0	10	2	8	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	2
14	Krakouer, Nathan	HBFR↓	51%	0	0	9	5	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1
6	Magin, Alik	SUB↑	39%	0	1	6	6	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
32	Matera, Brandon	FPR	94%	1	1	10	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
18	McKenzie, Trent	INT	72%	0	0	13	8	5	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	2
41	Prestia, Dion	INT	65%	0	0	20	16	4	9	0	4	0	2	1	0	2	4
35	Rischitelli, Michael	WR	83%	0	0	17	6	11	5	0	4	3	0	1	0	1	0
2	Smith, Zac	RU	90%	1	0	10	4	6	3	18	2	3	2	2	0	2	0
25	Stanley, Danny	HFFR	89%	2	0	14	7	7	3	0	6	1	5	1	2	2	0
24	Swallow, David	RO	81%	0	1	21	14	7	2	0	4	6	2	1	0	0	5
48	Tape, Seb	HBFL	96%	0	0	8	4	4	4	0	3	0	2	0	1	1	0
4	Weller, Maverick	INT	65%	0	0	12	3	9	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				7	9	338	194	144	99	28	56	35	46	15	19	39	42

A. Magin replaced N. Krakouer.

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
	27	M. Coad	44	N. Bock	30	C. Brown	15	B. Hudson	21	T. Liberatore
	1	J. Grant	23	J. Roughead	13	D. Giansiracusa	17	A. Cooney	37	L. Markovic
FORWARD							16	R. Griffen	14	C. Ward
HALF-BACK									18	B. Stack
	48	S. Tape	7	K. Hunt	14	N. Krakouer
	7	S. Higgins	28	B. Hall	20	J. Hill
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	5	J. Harbrow	21	D. Harris	35	M. Rischitelli
	10	J. Sherman	5	M. Boyd (c)	4	D. Cross	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							2	Z. Smith	18	T. McKenzie
HALF-FORWARD							9	G. Ablett (c)	41	D. Prestia
	37	H. Bennell	23	C. Dixon	25	D. Stanley	24	D. Swallow	4	M. Weller
	2	B. Murphy	12	T. Williams	42	L. Picken			6	A. Magin
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	3	J. Brennan	47	D. Gorringe	32	B. Matera
	38	D. Morris	36	B. Lake	9	L. Gilbee
BACK
Gold Coast							Coach: Guy McKenna

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Jordan Roughead behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:54
	GCST	Harley Bennell behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	03:45
	WBUL	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	06:48
	WBUL	Shaun Higgins goal	1.2.8	-	0.1.1	08:24
	WBUL	Adam Cooney goal	2.2.14	-	0.1.1	11:39
	WBUL	Callan Ward goal	3.2.20	-	0.1.1	16:25
	GCST	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	0.2.2	17:23
	WBUL	Shaun Higgins behind	3.3.21	-	0.2.2	18:12
	WBUL	Liam Picken goal	4.3.27	-	0.2.2	19:45
	GCST	Daniel Gorringe goal	4.3.27	-	1.2.8	21:09
	WBUL	Ben Hudson goal	5.3.33	-	1.2.8	23:59
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa behind	5.4.34	-	1.2.8	26:04
	WBUL	Josh Hill behind	5.5.35	-	1.2.8	27:26
Q2	WBUL	Barry Hall goal	6.5.41	-	1.2.8	01:28
	WBUL	Ryan Griffen behind	6.6.42	-	1.2.8	02:51
	GCST	Harley Bennell goal	6.6.42	-	2.2.14	06:46
	WBUL	Barry Hall goal	7.6.48	-	2.2.14	08:21
	WBUL	Barry Hall goal	8.6.54	-	2.2.14	11:31
	WBUL	Ryan Griffen goal	9.6.60	-	2.2.14	14:51
	WBUL	Jordan Roughead goal	10.6.66	-	2.2.14	16:39
	GCST	Rushed behind	10.6.66	-	2.3.15	18:01
	WBUL	Justin Sherman goal	11.6.72	-	2.3.15	18:52
	GCST	Zac Smith goal	11.6.72	-	3.3.21	21:14
	WBUL	Shaun Higgins behind	11.7.73	-	3.3.21	23:43
	GCST	Danny Stanley goal	11.7.73	-	4.3.27	25:01
	GCST	Rushed behind	11.7.73	-	4.4.28	26:26
Q3	GCST	David Swallow behind	11.7.73	-	4.5.29	00:54
	WBUL	Jordan Roughead goal	12.7.79	-	4.5.29	04:44
	WBUL	Daniel Cross behind	12.8.80	-	4.5.29	05:48
	GCST	Brandon Matera goal	12.8.80	-	5.5.35	10:30
	WBUL	Barry Hall goal	13.8.86	-	5.5.35	13:38
	WBUL	Josh Hill goal	14.8.92	-	5.5.35	17:16
	WBUL	Josh Hill goal	15.8.98	-	5.5.35	20:19
	WBUL	Shaun Higgins behind	15.9.99	-	5.5.35	23:33
	GCST	Harley Bennell behind	15.9.99	-	5.6.36	26:49
	GCST	Jared Brennan goal	15.9.99	-	6.6.42	28:50
Q4	WBUL	Ryan Griffen behind	15.10.100	-	6.6.42	01:32
	GCST	Harley Bennell behind	15.10.100	-	6.7.43	03:15
	WBUL	Bob Murphy goal	16.10.106	-	6.7.43	03:56
	WBUL	Adam Cooney goal	17.10.112	-	6.7.43	06:05
	GCST	Alik Magin behind	17.10.112	-	6.8.44	08:05
	WBUL	Barry Hall goal	18.10.118	-	6.8.44	08:58
	GCST	Danny Stanley goal	18.10.118	-	7.8.50	12:15
	WBUL	Rushed behind	18.11.119	-	7.8.50	13:30
	WBUL	Shaun Higgins behind	18.12.120	-	7.8.50	17:19
	GCST	Brandon Matera behind	18.12.120	-	7.9.51	20:04
	WBUL	Callan Ward behind	18.13.121	-	7.9.51	24:50
	WBUL	Barry Hall behind	18.14.122	-	7.9.51	25:35

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