2012 AFL Round 1: Western Bulldogs v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 1 April 2012 between Western Bulldogs and West Coast during round 1 of the 2012 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted West Coast at Etihad Stadium. Matthew Boyd captained the hosts. Darren Glass captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brendan McCartney and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Western Bulldogs
Back: B. Murphy, B. Lake, D. Addison
Half-back: R. Hargrave, L. Markovic, C. Howard
Centre: D. Cross, T. Liberatore, E. Wood
Half-forward: L. Dahlhaus, L. Jones, A. Cooney
Forward: D. Giansiracusa, J. Roughead, S. Higgins
Follower: W. Minson, M. Boyd (capt.), L. Picken
Int.: T. Dickson, C. Smith, M. Wallis
Sub.: J. Grant

West Coast
Back: B. Waters, D. Glass (capt.), W. Schofield
Half-back: S. Selwood, E. Mackenzie, S. Hurn
Centre: C. Masten, M. Priddis, M. Rosa
Half-forward: A. Hams, Q. Lynch, A. Gaff
Forward: J. Darling, N. Naitanui, J. Kennedy
Follower: D. Cox, A. Selwood, D. Kerr
Int.: J. Hill, L. Shuey, A. Smith
Sub.: A. Embley

Western Bulldogs (12.15.87) were defeated by West Coast (21.10.136).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: C. Smith (4), L. Dahlhaus (2), S. Higgins (2), A. Cooney, D. Giansiracusa, L. Jones, L. Picken
West Coast: J. Kennedy (7), J. Hill (3), D. Cox (2), A. Hams (2), J. Darling, A. Embley, A. Gaff, Q. Lynch, C. Masten, N. Naitanui, W. Schofield

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 16th on the ladder and West Coast were then 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Western Bulldogs v West Coast
Date: Sunday 1 April 2012
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 24,977

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by West Coast
Score: 12.15.87 - 21.10.136

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	4	.	3	8	.	5	10	.	11	12	.	15	12	.	15	(87)
West Coast	6	.	2	10	.	6	16	.	9	21	.	10	21	.	10	(136)
Margin	WCST by 11			WCST by 13			WCST by 34			WCST by 49			WCST by 49
Duration	32:10			30:58			31:39			30:33			2:05:20

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brendan McCartney (Western Bulldogs), John Worsfold (West Coast)
Captains: Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs), Darren Glass (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Jennings (#24), A. Mitchell (#31), M. Nicholls (#15), E: D. Harris (#34)
Goal Umpire: D. Mills, S. Williams, E: M. Canning
Boundary Umpire: J. Creasey, C. Gordon, M. Hill, M. Jenkinson

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Josh Kennedy	WCST	17	3
Luke Shuey	WCST	13	2
Scott Selwood	WCST	10	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Josh Kennedy	WCST	17	10	2	0	0	0	0
Matt Priddis	WCST	11	8	0	2	0	0	0
Matthew Boyd	WBUL	5	3	0	0	1	0	0
Luke Shuey	WCST	13	3	0	0	1	0	0
Jack Darling	WCST	27	2	0	0	0	1	0
Liam Picken	WBUL	42	2	0	0	0	1	0
Scott Selwood	WCST	10	1	0	0	0	0	1
Clay Smith	WBUL	14	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	BPR	89%	0	0	12	3	9	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
5	Boyd, Matthew (c)	RR	89%	0	0	38	20	18	6	1	1	10	4	0	1	5	5
17	Cooney, Adam	HFFR	80%	1	0	19	12	7	1	0	5	5	2	0	0	1	3
4	Cross, Daniel	WL	87%	0	0	28	6	22	4	3	3	4	1	1	1	2	1
40	Dahlhaus, Luke	HFFL	83%	2	1	19	12	7	3	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	6
29	Dickson, Tory	INT	82%	0	1	12	6	6	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	4
13	Giansiracusa, Daniel	FPL	87%	1	4	22	15	7	5	0	3	4	1	1	0	0	2
1	Grant, Jarrad	SUB↑	28%	0	1	8	5	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	2
25	Hargrave, Ryan	HBFL	92%	0	0	24	13	11	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	1
7	Higgins, Shaun	FPR	84%	2	1	21	12	9	4	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	6
30	Howard, Christian	HBFR	70%	0	0	11	7	4	3	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	0
19	Jones, Liam	CHF	95%	1	3	15	10	5	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4
36	Lake, Brian	FB	95%	0	0	8	5	3	3	0	1	0	3	1	2	2	0
21	Liberatore, Tom	C	74%	0	0	27	12	15	4	0	7	9	0	1	0	2	4
37	Markovic, Lukas	CHB	97%	0	0	11	7	4	3	0	1	0	4	1	4	4	0
27	Minson, Will	RU	91%	0	0	21	11	10	9	16	1	1	2	0	0	1	4
2	Murphy, Bob	BPL	90%	0	0	19	12	7	3	0	2	0	2	1	1	7	1
42	Picken, Liam	RO	88%	1	0	15	9	6	3	0	5	1	4	0	4	0	1
23	Roughead, Jordan	FF	89%	0	0	10	3	7	2	11	3	3	3	1	2	1	2
14	Smith, Clay	INT↓	49%	4	0	13	10	3	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	2
3	Wallis, Mitch	INT	70%	0	0	18	8	10	2	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	3
10	Wood, Easton	WR	90%	0	0	14	7	7	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	3
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				12	15	385	205	180	81	31	52	45	39	12	19	38	54

J. Grant replaced C. Smith.

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
20	Cox, Dean	RU	85%	2	0	16	10	6	4	22	5	1	3	2	1	0	4
27	Darling, Jack	FPL	90%	1	2	13	7	6	5	0	9	0	1	0	0	1	5
32	Embley, Andrew	SUB↑	24%	1	0	12	7	5	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	3
3	Gaff, Andrew	HFFR	83%	1	1	23	15	8	3	0	0	1	4	0	1	2	5
23	Glass, Darren (c)	FB	92%	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	4	0	2	0	2	1	1
43	Hams, Ashton	HFFL	89%	2	0	12	6	6	2	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	2
33	Hill, Josh	INT	80%	3	0	7	6	1	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
25	Hurn, Shannon	HBFR	84%	0	0	21	15	6	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	2
17	Kennedy, Josh	FPR	76%	7	1	11	10	1	8	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	1
4	Kerr, Daniel	RO↓	59%	0	0	7	2	5	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
21	Lynch, Quinten	CHF	90%	1	1	20	13	7	11	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	5
16	Mackenzie, Eric	CHB	95%	0	0	8	6	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	1
7	Masten, Chris	WL	84%	1	0	16	7	9	2	0	7	1	1	1	1	1	2
9	Naitanui, Nic	FF	85%	1	0	12	5	7	1	23	3	2	1	1	1	1	2
11	Priddis, Matt	C	88%	0	0	33	11	22	2	0	3	17	0	0	0	8	2
24	Rosa, Matt	WR	86%	0	0	31	23	8	10	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	8
31	Schofield, Will	BPR	86%	1	0	16	9	7	7	0	3	0	2	0	0	5	3
37	Selwood, Adam	RR	87%	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	5	0	1	1	1	3	0
10	Selwood, Scott	HBFL	85%	0	0	27	16	11	9	0	0	4	0	1	0	2	6
13	Shuey, Luke	INT	80%	0	1	24	13	11	0	0	4	6	2	4	1	0	6
28	Smith, Ashley	INT	83%	0	0	12	5	7	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Waters, Beau	BPL	88%	0	0	16	10	6	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	3
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				21	10	352	206	146	88	45	64	36	26	19	12	36	61

A. Embley replaced D. Kerr.

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: Brendan McCartney
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	8	B. Waters	23	D. Glass (c)	31	W. Schofield	27	W. Minson	29	T. Dickson
	7	S. Higgins	23	J. Roughead	13	D. Giansiracusa	5	M. Boyd (c)	14	C. Smith
FORWARD							42	L. Picken	3	M. Wallis
HALF-BACK									1	J. Grant
	10	S. Selwood	16	E. Mackenzie	25	S. Hurn
	17	A. Cooney	19	L. Jones	40	L. Dahlhaus
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	7	C. Masten	11	M. Priddis	24	M. Rosa
	10	E. Wood	21	T. Liberatore	4	D. Cross	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							20	D. Cox	33	J. Hill
HALF-FORWARD							37	A. Selwood	13	L. Shuey
	43	A. Hams	21	Q. Lynch	3	A. Gaff	4	D. Kerr	28	A. Smith
	30	C. Howard	37	L. Markovic	25	R. Hargrave			32	A. Embley
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	27	J. Darling	9	N. Naitanui	17	J. Kennedy
	22	D. Addison	36	B. Lake	2	B. Murphy
BACK
West Coast							Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WCST	Josh Kennedy goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:41
	WCST	Andrew Gaff behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	02:27
	WCST	Dean Cox goal	0.0.0	-	2.1.13	04:18
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa behind	0.1.1	-	2.1.13	06:49
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa behind	0.2.2	-	2.1.13	08:21
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa goal	1.2.8	-	2.1.13	10:11
	WCST	Josh Kennedy goal	1.2.8	-	3.1.19	12:27
	WBUL	Adam Cooney goal	2.2.14	-	3.1.19	14:41
	WCST	Josh Kennedy goal	2.2.14	-	4.1.25	16:20
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa behind	2.3.15	-	4.1.25	18:51
	WBUL	Shaun Higgins goal	3.3.21	-	4.1.25	20:24
	WBUL	Luke Dahlhaus goal	4.3.27	-	4.1.25	25:21
	WCST	Ashton Hams goal	4.3.27	-	5.1.31	27:37
	WCST	Josh Kennedy goal	4.3.27	-	6.1.37	29:00
	WCST	Jack Darling behind	4.3.27	-	6.2.38	30:02
Q2	WBUL	Clay Smith goal	5.3.33	-	6.2.38	03:48
	WBUL	Clay Smith goal	6.3.39	-	6.2.38	05:15
	WBUL	Luke Dahlhaus behind	6.4.40	-	6.2.38	08:16
	WCST	Josh Kennedy goal	6.4.40	-	7.2.44	09:53
	WCST	Rushed behind	6.4.40	-	7.3.45	11:16
	WCST	Andrew Gaff goal	6.4.40	-	8.3.51	13:34
	WCST	Josh Hill goal	6.4.40	-	9.3.57	15:09
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa behind	6.5.41	-	9.3.57	20:06
	WBUL	Clay Smith goal	7.5.47	-	9.3.57	21:41
	WCST	Josh Kennedy behind	7.5.47	-	9.4.58	23:26
	WBUL	Liam Picken goal	8.5.53	-	9.4.58	24:49
	WCST	Luke Shuey behind	8.5.53	-	9.5.59	27:41
	WCST	Rushed behind	8.5.53	-	9.6.60	29:14
	WCST	Josh Hill goal	8.5.53	-	10.6.66	30:08
Q3	WBUL	Shaun Higgins behind	8.6.54	-	10.6.66	02:44
	WBUL	Rushed behind	8.7.55	-	10.6.66	03:05
	WCST	Quinten Lynch behind	8.7.55	-	10.7.67	03:33
	WBUL	Liam Jones behind	8.8.56	-	10.7.67	04:44
	WBUL	Luke Dahlhaus goal	9.8.62	-	10.7.67	05:51
	WCST	Ashton Hams goal	9.8.62	-	11.7.73	07:07
	WCST	Rushed behind	9.8.62	-	11.8.74	08:31
	WBUL	Clay Smith goal	10.8.68	-	11.8.74	09:55
	WBUL	Liam Jones behind	10.9.69	-	11.8.74	11:19
	WCST	Jack Darling behind	10.9.69	-	11.9.75	12:32
	WCST	Jack Darling goal	10.9.69	-	12.9.81	13:54
	WBUL	Liam Jones behind	10.10.70	-	12.9.81	16:27
	WCST	Will Schofield goal	10.10.70	-	13.9.87	18:37
	WCST	Nic Naitanui goal	10.10.70	-	14.9.93	20:05
	WBUL	Tory Dickson behind	10.11.71	-	14.9.93	24:13
	WCST	Chris Masten goal	10.11.71	-	15.9.99	25:17
	WCST	Josh Hill goal	10.11.71	-	16.9.105	27:05
Q4	WBUL	Rushed behind	10.12.72	-	16.9.105	00:38
	WBUL	Rushed behind	10.13.73	-	16.9.105	02:41
	WCST	Dean Cox goal	10.13.73	-	17.9.111	06:23
	WCST	Josh Kennedy goal	10.13.73	-	18.9.117	08:28
	WCST	Josh Kennedy goal	10.13.73	-	19.9.123	12:52
	WCST	Quinten Lynch goal	10.13.73	-	20.9.129	15:05
	WBUL	Jarrad Grant behind	10.14.74	-	20.9.129	18:19
	WCST	Rushed behind	10.14.74	-	20.10.130	19:51
	WBUL	Rushed behind	10.15.75	-	20.10.130	20:25
	WBUL	Shaun Higgins goal	11.15.81	-	20.10.130	21:22
	WCST	Andrew Embley goal	11.15.81	-	21.10.136	22:37
	WBUL	Liam Jones goal	12.15.87	-	21.10.136	25:08

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