2012 AFL Season Round 9: Western Bulldogs v Geelong
This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 2012 between the Western Bulldogs and Geelong during round nine of the 2012 season of the Australian Football League.
The Western Bulldogs hosted Geelong at Etihad Stadium.
Matthew Boyd captained the hosts.
Joel Selwood captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Brendan McCartney and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.
The Western Bulldogs (11.9.75) were defeated by Geelong (14.11.95).
Match Details
Season:
2012 AFL Season
Round:
Round 9
Teams:
Western Bulldogs
v
Geelong
Date:
Friday 25 May 2012
Time:
7:50 PM
Venue:
Etihad Stadium
Attendance:
29,118
Match Results
Outcome:
Western Bulldogs
def. by
Geelong
Score:
11.9.75 - 14.11.95
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Western Bulldogs | 1 | . | 1 | 6 | . | 2 | 8 | . | 5 | 11 | . | 9 | 11 | . | 9 | (75) |
| Geelong | 3 | . | 5 | 6 | . | 9 | 9 | . | 9 | 14 | . | 11 | 14 | . | 11 | (95) |
| Margin | GEEL by 16 | GEEL by 7 | GEEL by 10 | GEEL by 20 | GEEL by 20 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 28:29 | 29:46 | 26:10 | 32:40 | 1:57:05 | |||||||||||
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 (Geelong) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Western Bulldogs
Captain: Matthew BoydCoach: Brendan McCartney
Geelong
Captain: Joel SelwoodCoach: Chris Scott
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
S. McInerney (#30)A. Mitchell (#31)
T. Pannell (#28)
E: S. Wenn (#22)
Goal Umpires
M. HammondC. Roffey
E: M. Canning
Boundary Umpires
M. FosterS. Jones
D. Kowalski
P. Tongue
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Johnson | GEEL | 20 | 3 |
| Bob Murphy | WBUL | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Chapman | GEEL | 35 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Johnson | GEEL | 20 | 8 | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Boyd | WBUL | 5 | 5 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Corey Enright | GEEL | 44 | 5 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Tom Liberatore | WBUL | 21 | 5 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Paul Chapman | GEEL | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| Tom Hawkins | GEEL | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? |
| Andrew Mackie | GEEL | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? |
Player Statistics
Western Bulldogs
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 47 | Austin, Mark | CHB | 94% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Boyd, Matthew (c) | C | 90% | 0 | 0 | 35 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | Cooney, Adam | FPL | 83% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Cross, Daniel | HBFL | 90% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 40 | Dahlhaus, Luke | INT | 84% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 29 | Dickson, Tory | FPR | 88% | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Giansiracusa, Daniel | HFFR | 90% | 3 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Griffen, Ryan | RR | 84% | 0 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | Hargrave, Ryan | BPR | 90% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Higgins, Shaun | HFFL | 85% | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Jones, Liam | FF | 88% | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 36 | Lake, Brian | FB | 93% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 21 | Liberatore, Tom | WL | 75% | 1 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | Minson, Will | RU | 89% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Murphy, Bob | BPL | 92% | 0 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 20 | Pearce, Daniel | INT | 75% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Picken, Liam | RO | 84% | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | Roughead, Jordan | CHF | 88% | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Sherman, Justin | WR | 77% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Skinner, Zephaniah | SUB↑ | 31% | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Veszpremi, Patrick | HBFR↓ | 58% | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Wallis, Mitch | INT | 72% | 1 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 11 | 9 | 370 | 197 | 173 | 62 | 38 | 60 | 45 | 36 | 16 | 13 | 32 | 48 | |||
Z. Skinner replaced P. Veszpremi during the third quarter.
Geelong
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 3 | Bartel, Jimmy | WR | 89% | 1 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Chapman, Paul | INT | 77% | 2 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Corey, Joel | RR | 92% | 0 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 22 | Duncan, Mitch | INT | 82% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 44 | Enright, Corey | HBFL | 90% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 29 | Guthrie, Cameron | HFFL | 79% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hawkins, Tom | FF | 90% | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Hunt, Josh | BPR | 77% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | Hunt, Taylor | RO | 86% | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Johnson, Steve | WL | 93% | 0 | 1 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | Lonergan, Tom | FB | 91% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Mackie, Andrew | HBFR | 84% | 1 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Motlop, Steven | HFFR | 81% | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Podsiadly, James | CHF | 91% | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Scarlett, Matthew | BPL | 95% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | Selwood, Joel (c) | C | 88% | 1 | 0 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 46 | Simpkin, Jonathan | SUB↑ | 24% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Stephenson, Orren | FPL | 86% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Stokes, Mathew | FPR | 86% | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 41 | Stringer, Jesse | INT | 81% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Taylor, Harry | CHB | 85% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | West, Trent | RU↓ | 52% | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 14 | 11 | 362 | 226 | 136 | 110 | 44 | 66 | 29 | 46 | 13 | 16 | 34 | 48 | |||
J. Simpkin replaced T. West.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Western Bulldogs | Coach: Brendan McCartney | ||||||||||||||
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| 30 | M. Scarlett | 13 | T. Lonergan | 8 | J. Hunt | 27 | W. Minson | 40 | L. Dahlhaus | ||||||
| 29 | T. Dickson | 19 | L. Jones | 17 | A. Cooney | 16 | R. Griffen | 20 | D. Pearce | ||||||
| FORWARD | 42 | L. Picken | 3 | M. Wallis | |||||||||||
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| 44 | C. Enright | 7 | H. Taylor | 4 | A. Mackie |
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| 20 | S. Johnson | 14 | J. Selwood (c) | 3 | J. Bartel |
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| 11 | J. Sherman | 5 | M. Boyd (c) | 21 | T. Liberatore | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 12 | T. West | 35 | P. Chapman | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 11 | J. Corey | 22 | M. Duncan | |||||||||||
| 29 | C. Guthrie | 31 | J. Podsiadly | 32 | S. Motlop | 19 | T. Hunt | 41 | J. Stringer | ||||||
| 8 | P. Veszpremi | 47 | M. Austin | 4 | D. Cross |
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| Geelong | Coach: Chris Scott | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | GEEL | Andrew Mackie goal | 0.0.0 | - | 1.0.6 | 02:28 |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins behind | 0.0.0 | - | 1.1.7 | 04:47 | |
| GEEL | Rushed behind | 0.0.0 | - | 1.2.8 | 06:50 | |
| GEEL | Joel Selwood goal | 0.0.0 | - | 2.2.14 | 07:22 | |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins behind | 0.0.0 | - | 2.3.15 | 12:25 | |
| GEEL | Trent West goal | 0.0.0 | - | 3.3.21 | 15:07 | |
| WBUL | Patrick Veszpremi behind | 0.1.1 | - | 3.3.21 | 16:58 | |
| WBUL | Shaun Higgins goal | 1.1.7 | - | 3.3.21 | 19:56 | |
| GEEL | Paul Chapman behind | 1.1.7 | - | 3.4.22 | 22:03 | |
| GEEL | James Podsiadly behind | 1.1.7 | - | 3.5.23 | 22:52 | |
| Q2 | WBUL | Daniel Giansiracusa goal | 2.1.13 | - | 3.5.23 | 02:42 |
| GEEL | Steven Motlop goal | 2.1.13 | - | 4.5.29 | 04:00 | |
| GEEL | Steven Motlop behind | 2.1.13 | - | 4.6.30 | 08:39 | |
| GEEL | Taylor Hunt goal | 2.1.13 | - | 5.6.36 | 10:20 | |
| WBUL | Tory Dickson goal | 3.1.19 | - | 5.6.36 | 11:53 | |
| GEEL | Steve Johnson behind | 3.1.19 | - | 5.7.37 | 15:32 | |
| WBUL | Liam Jones goal | 4.1.25 | - | 5.7.37 | 17:15 | |
| WBUL | Liam Picken behind | 4.2.26 | - | 5.7.37 | 19:32 | |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins goal | 4.2.26 | - | 6.7.43 | 22:01 | |
| GEEL | Trent West behind | 4.2.26 | - | 6.8.44 | 23:02 | |
| WBUL | Mitch Wallis goal | 5.2.32 | - | 6.8.44 | 26:23 | |
| GEEL | Rushed behind | 5.2.32 | - | 6.9.45 | 28:09 | |
| WBUL | Daniel Giansiracusa goal | 6.2.38 | - | 6.9.45 | 29:41 | |
| Q3 | WBUL | Tom Liberatore goal | 7.2.44 | - | 6.9.45 | 03:54 |
| GEEL | Paul Chapman goal | 7.2.44 | - | 7.9.51 | 07:46 | |
| GEEL | Paul Chapman goal | 7.2.44 | - | 8.9.57 | 09:19 | |
| WBUL | Jordan Roughead behind | 7.3.45 | - | 8.9.57 | 11:56 | |
| WBUL | Shaun Higgins goal | 8.3.51 | - | 8.9.57 | 15:23 | |
| WBUL | Rushed behind | 8.4.52 | - | 8.9.57 | 18:44 | |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins goal | 8.4.52 | - | 9.9.63 | 19:52 | |
| WBUL | Liam Jones behind | 8.5.53 | - | 9.9.63 | 24:31 | |
| Q4 | WBUL | Jordan Roughead behind | 8.6.54 | - | 9.9.63 | 01:08 |
| WBUL | Jordan Roughead behind | 8.7.55 | - | 9.9.63 | 03:06 | |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins goal | 8.7.55 | - | 10.9.69 | 06:54 | |
| GEEL | Paul Chapman behind | 8.7.55 | - | 10.10.70 | 08:54 | |
| GEEL | Steven Motlop goal | 8.7.55 | - | 11.10.76 | 10:41 | |
| WBUL | Daniel Giansiracusa goal | 9.7.61 | - | 11.10.76 | 12:58 | |
| WBUL | Shaun Higgins goal | 10.7.67 | - | 11.10.76 | 14:14 | |
| WBUL | Zephaniah Skinner goal | 11.7.73 | - | 11.10.76 | 15:24 | |
| GEEL | Steven Motlop goal | 11.7.73 | - | 12.10.82 | 18:18 | |
| GEEL | Jimmy Bartel goal | 11.7.73 | - | 13.10.88 | 20:16 | |
| WBUL | Zephaniah Skinner behind | 11.8.74 | - | 13.10.88 | 21:21 | |
| WBUL | Liam Jones behind | 11.9.75 | - | 13.10.88 | 22:21 | |
| GEEL | Mathew Stokes behind | 11.9.75 | - | 13.11.89 | 24:48 | |
| GEEL | James Podsiadly goal | 11.9.75 | - | 14.11.95 | 28:41 | |