2012 AFL Season Round 8: Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 2012 between the Western Bulldogs and Gold Coast during round eight of the 2012 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Gold Coast at TIO Stadium. Matthew Boyd captained the hosts. Gary Ablett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brendan McCartney and the visitors were coached by Guy McKenna.

The Western Bulldogs (9.18.72) defeated Gold Coast (4.10.34).

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 19 May 2012
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: TIO Stadium
Attendance: 8,724

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Gold Coast
Score: 9.18.72 - 4.10.34

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 1 . 3 2 . 6 6 . 12 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
Gold Coast 1 . 5 2 . 9 3 . 10 4 . 10 4 . 10 (34)
Margin GCST by 2 GCST by 3 WBUL by 20 WBUL by 38 WBUL by 38
Duration 27:56 28:43 31:12 28:49 1:56:40

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: Brendan McCartney

Gold Coast

Captain: Gary Ablett
Coach: Guy McKenna

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Hay (#20)
B. Ryan (#27)
S. Wenn (#22)
E: C. Fleer (#2)

Goal Umpires

P. Gonis
C. Roffey
E: S. Williams

Boundary Umpires

J. Creasey
D. Tee
S. Thiele
M. Thomson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brian Lake WBUL 36 3
Luke Dahlhaus WBUL 40 2
Matt Shaw GCST 26 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Matthew Boyd WBUL 5 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Daniel Cross WBUL 4 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Brian Lake WBUL 36 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Ryan Griffen WBUL 16 4 0 ? 0 ? 0
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 2 0 0 0 1 0
Daniel Giansiracusa WBUL 13 1 0 0 0 0 1
Liam Picken WBUL 42 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 HBFL 94% 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 3 0
47 Austin, Mark CHB 89% 0 0 11 7 4 7 0 2 0 4 1 1 1 2
5 Boyd, Matthew (c) C 88% 0 1 29 19 10 6 3 7 2 3 1 0 4 5
49 Cordy, Ayce FF↓ 67% 1 2 7 5 2 3 6 3 0 3 1 2 0 2
4 Cross, Daniel WR 91% 0 0 26 11 15 4 1 6 0 2 0 1 1 4
40 Dahlhaus, Luke INT 81% 1 2 17 13 4 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 6
29 Dickson, Tory HFFR 78% 0 1 18 12 6 3 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 4
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel HFFL 85% 1 1 18 15 3 2 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 5
1 Grant, Jarrad FPL 89% 1 1 17 9 8 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 1
16 Griffen, Ryan RR 81% 0 0 27 14 13 3 1 7 6 1 1 0 3 4
25 Hargrave, Ryan BPR 86% 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 1 0 3 0 2 3 2
7 Higgins, Shaun FPR 83% 1 2 17 13 4 3 0 5 1 1 1 0 2 3
19 Jones, Liam CHF 91% 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1
36 Lake, Brian FB 96% 0 2 24 21 3 9 0 2 0 4 0 0 4 0
21 Liberatore, Tom WL 81% 1 1 24 16 8 3 0 6 7 1 1 1 1 4
27 Minson, Will RU 91% 0 0 16 6 10 2 33 3 3 1 0 0 0 3
2 Murphy, Bob BPL 87% 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 1
42 Picken, Liam RO 93% 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 9 2 1 0 1 0 1
11 Sherman, Justin HBFR 79% 0 0 13 6 7 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 4
26 Skinner, Zephaniah SUB↑ 25% 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
14 Smith, Clay INT 68% 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3
3 Wallis, Mitch INT 76% 0 1 26 12 14 3 0 5 6 2 1 0 2 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 9 18 363 229 134 66 44 87 38 45 15 13 26 56

Z. Skinner replaced A. Cordy.

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 1 30 18 12 2 0 9 3 3 2 1 5 1
11 Bennell, Harley HFFL 88% 1 0 23 14 9 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 5 2
30 Brown, Campbell FPL 92% 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 7 0 2 1 1 0 2
28 Caddy, Josh INT 74% 0 1 27 13 14 3 0 2 3 3 1 0 2 3
12 Day, Sam FF 86% 0 0 12 4 8 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
42 Horsley, Kyal INT 68% 0 3 27 14 13 3 0 7 5 4 0 0 2 3
7 Hunt, Karmichael C 69% 0 1 18 5 13 3 0 3 1 3 0 2 1 3
36 Iles, Sam HBFL 95% 0 1 30 19 11 6 0 1 4 3 1 1 3 7
19 Lynch, Tom CHF 88% 1 0 12 5 7 5 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1
51 McQualter, Andrew INT 73% 0 0 20 8 12 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1
41 Prestia, Dion RO 72% 1 0 24 14 10 3 0 5 1 2 0 0 1 1
35 Rischitelli, Michael WL 74% 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0
8 Russell, Luke FPR 82% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 6 0 2 1 1 2 2
37 Sexton, Alex SUB↑ 26% 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
26 Shaw, Matt WR 90% 0 1 27 11 16 3 0 1 4 5 0 1 4 1
2 Smith, Zac RU 90% 1 0 16 4 12 3 20 1 2 2 0 0 0 1
25 Stanley, Danny HFFR 98% 0 1 29 18 11 7 0 3 2 5 1 1 1 2
48 Tape, Seb BPR↓ 69% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
21 Taylor, Jeremy BPL 96% 0 0 11 4 7 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 3 1
16 Thompson, Rory CHB 88% 0 0 11 8 3 3 5 3 1 2 2 0 3 0
14 Warnock, Matthew FB 94% 0 0 21 12 9 5 0 3 0 4 0 1 2 0
38 Wilkinson, Joel HBFR 95% 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 4 10 393 201 192 74 27 63 31 52 13 15 37 34

A. Sexton replaced S. Tape during the third quarter.

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
21 J. Taylor 14 M. Warnock 48 S. Tape 27 W. Minson 40 L. Dahlhaus
7 S. Higgins 49 A. Cordy 1 J. Grant 16 R. Griffen 14 C. Smith
FORWARD 42 L. Picken 3 M. Wallis
HALF-BACK

26 Z. Skinner
36 S. Iles 16 R. Thompson 38 J. Wilkinson



29 T. Dickson 19 L. Jones 13 D. Giansiracusa



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



35 M. Rischitelli 7 K. Hunt 26 M. Shaw



4 D. Cross 5 M. Boyd (c) 21 T. Liberatore FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 Z. Smith 28 J. Caddy
HALF-FORWARD 9 G. Ablett (c) 42 K. Horsley
11 H. Bennell 19 T. Lynch 25 D. Stanley 41 D. Prestia 51 A. McQualter
11 J. Sherman 47 M. Austin 22 D. Addison

37 A. Sexton
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



30 C. Brown 12 S. Day 8 L. Russell



25 R. Hargrave 36 B. Lake 2 B. Murphy



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Guy McKenna

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Gary Ablett behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:57
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 05:12
GCST Danny Stanley behind 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 12:06
GCST Matt Shaw behind 1.0.6 - 0.3.3 13:02
WBUL Brian Lake behind 1.1.7 - 0.3.3 16:23
GCST Tom Lynch goal 1.1.7 - 1.3.9 18:04
GCST Josh Caddy behind 1.1.7 - 1.4.10 21:33
GCST Sam Iles behind 1.1.7 - 1.5.11 23:00
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa behind 1.2.8 - 1.5.11 25:30
WBUL Ayce Cordy behind 1.3.9 - 1.5.11 26:47
Q2 WBUL Liam Jones goal 2.3.15 - 1.5.11 00:27
GCST Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 1.6.12 05:00
GCST Kyal Horsley behind 2.3.15 - 1.7.13 06:56
GCST Harley Bennell goal 2.3.15 - 2.7.19 09:30
GCST Karmichael Hunt behind 2.3.15 - 2.8.20 10:33
GCST Kyal Horsley behind 2.3.15 - 2.9.21 13:23
WBUL Tory Dickson behind 2.4.16 - 2.9.21 15:04
WBUL Mitch Wallis behind 2.5.17 - 2.9.21 21:05
WBUL Brian Lake behind 2.6.18 - 2.9.21 28:38
Q3 WBUL Rushed behind 2.7.19 - 2.9.21 00:27
WBUL Shaun Higgins behind 2.8.20 - 2.9.21 01:35
WBUL Luke Dahlhaus behind 2.9.21 - 2.9.21 08:17
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 3.9.27 - 2.9.21 09:15
WBUL Jarrad Grant behind 3.10.28 - 2.9.21 10:41
WBUL Matthew Boyd behind 3.11.29 - 2.9.21 14:47
GCST Kyal Horsley behind 3.11.29 - 2.10.22 20:26
WBUL Luke Dahlhaus goal 4.11.35 - 2.10.22 21:08
WBUL Ayce Cordy goal 5.11.41 - 2.10.22 23:46
GCST Dion Prestia goal 5.11.41 - 3.10.28 25:51
WBUL Jarrad Grant goal 6.11.47 - 3.10.28 29:37
WBUL Ayce Cordy behind 6.12.48 - 3.10.28 31:05
Q4 WBUL Rushed behind 6.13.49 - 3.10.28 01:52
WBUL Shaun Higgins behind 6.14.50 - 3.10.28 02:45
WBUL Shaun Higgins goal 7.14.56 - 3.10.28 04:01
WBUL Liam Picken goal 8.14.62 - 3.10.28 05:49
WBUL Rushed behind 8.15.63 - 3.10.28 07:06
GCST Zac Smith goal 8.15.63 - 4.10.34 09:03
WBUL Zephaniah Skinner goal 9.15.69 - 4.10.34 10:30
WBUL Rushed behind 9.16.70 - 4.10.34 14:45
WBUL Tom Liberatore behind 9.17.71 - 4.10.34 26:03
WBUL Luke Dahlhaus behind 9.18.72 - 4.10.34 26:53