2011 AFL Season Round 3: Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 9 April 2011 between the Western Bulldogs and Gold Coast during round three of the 2011 season of the Australian Football League. The 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.

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

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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Gold Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Matthew Boyd
Coach: Rodney Eade

Gold Coast

Captain: Gary Ablett
Coach: Guy McKenna

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Kamolins (#19)
H. Kennedy (#7)
B. Ryan (#27)
E: M. Stevic (#9)

Goal Umpires

D. Flegg
D. Mills
E: J. Venkataya

Boundary Umpires

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