2012 AFL Round 8: Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 2012 between Western Bulldogs and Gold Coast during round 8 of the 2012 AFL season. 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.

Western Bulldogs
Back: B. Murphy, B. Lake, R. Hargrave
Half-back: D. Addison, M. Austin, J. Sherman
Centre: T. Liberatore, M. Boyd (capt.), D. Cross
Half-forward: D. Giansiracusa, L. Jones, T. Dickson
Forward: J. Grant, A. Cordy, S. Higgins
Follower: W. Minson, R. Griffen, L. Picken
Int.: L. Dahlhaus, C. Smith, M. Wallis
Sub.: Z. Skinner

Gold Coast
Back: J. Taylor, M. Warnock, S. Tape
Half-back: S. Iles, R. Thompson, J. Wilkinson
Centre: M. Rischitelli, K. Hunt, M. Shaw
Half-forward: H. Bennell, T. Lynch, D. Stanley
Forward: C. Brown, S. Day, L. Russell
Follower: Z. Smith, G. Ablett (capt.), D. Prestia
Int.: J. Caddy, K. Horsley, A. McQualter
Sub.: A. Sexton

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

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: A. Cordy, L. Dahlhaus, D. Giansiracusa, J. Grant, S. Higgins, L. Jones, T. Liberatore, L. Picken, Z. Skinner
Gold Coast: H. Bennell, T. Lynch, D. Prestia, Z. Smith

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 11th on the ladder (up from 13th) and Gold Coast remained 17th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Hay (#20), B. Ryan (#27), S. Wenn (#22), E: C. Fleer (#2)
Goal Umpire: P. Gonis, C. Roffey, E: S. Williams
Boundary Umpire: 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

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