2014 AFL Round 23: Western Bulldogs v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 2014 between Western Bulldogs and Greater Western Sydney during round 23 of the 2014 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Greater Western Sydney at Etihad Stadium. Ryan Griffen captained the hosts. Phil Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brendan McCartney and the visitors were coached by Leon Cameron.

Western Bulldogs
Back: L. Picken, M. Austin, S. Higgins
Half-back: B. Murphy, D. Morris, J. Macrae
Centre: T. Young, M. Boyd, A. Cooney
Half-forward: F. Roberts, S. Crameri, W. Minson
Forward: L. Dahlhaus, J. Stringer, D. Giansiracusa
Follower: T. Campbell, R. Griffen (capt.), T. Liberatore
Int.: M. Bontempelli, N. Hrovat, J. Johannisen
Sub.: K. Stevens

Greater Western Sydney
Back: L. Plowman, P. Davis (capt.), A. Tomlinson
Half-back: C. Hampton, H. Shaw, M. Buntine
Centre: J. Kelly, A. Treloar, W. Hoskin-Elliott
Half-forward: T. Bugg, T. Boyd, D. Shiel
Forward: D. Smith, J. Hunt, L. Sumner
Follower: S. Mumford, R. Palmer, T. Greene
Int.: J. Stewart, Z. Williams, N. Wilson
Sub.: C. McCarthy

Western Bulldogs (15.19.109) were defeated by Greater Western Sydney (18.7.115).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: S. Crameri (4), J. Stringer (4), M. Bontempelli (2), D. Giansiracusa (2), R. Griffen, T. Liberatore, W. Minson
Greater Western Sydney: W. Hoskin-Elliott (5), J. Stewart (3), R. Palmer (2), A. Treloar (2), T. Boyd, T. Greene, J. Kelly, C. McCarthy, D. Smith, Z. Williams

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs remained 14th on the ladder and Greater Western Sydney remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2014 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Sunday 31 August 2014
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 14,725

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Greater Western Sydney
Score: 15.19.109 - 18.7.115

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	2	.	4	5	.	8	11	.	14	15	.	19	15	.	19	(109)
Greater Western Sydney	4	.	0	10	.	4	12	.	6	18	.	7	18	.	7	(115)
Margin	GWSY by 8			GWSY by 26			WBUL by 2			GWSY by 6			GWSY by 6
Duration	29:27			32:00			34:35			32:25			2:08:27

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brendan McCartney (Western Bulldogs), Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: Ryan Griffen (Western Bulldogs), Phil Davis (Greater Western Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Fisher (#3), D. Harris (#24), S. Hay (#20), E: M. Leppard (#11)
Goal Umpire: M. Palm, S. Williams, E: C. Appleton
Boundary Umpire: A. Coote, D. Cusack, S. Jones, D. Kowalski

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Ryan Griffen	WBUL	16	3
Will Hoskin-Elliott	GWSY	33	2
Toby Greene	GWSY	4	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Ryan Griffen	WBUL	16	9	1	1	0	0	0
Will Hoskin-Elliott	GWSY	33	9	1	1	0	0	0
Toby Greene	GWSY	4	6	0	0	2	0	0
Jake Stringer	WBUL	9	3	0	0	0	1	1
Heath Shaw	GWSY	23	2	0	0	0	1	0
Dylan Shiel	GWSY	5	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
47	Austin, Mark	FB↓	48%	0	0	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Bontempelli, Marcus	INT	85%	2	0	19	13	6	4	2	2	5	0	0	0	1	7
5	Boyd, Matthew	C	87%	0	1	27	13	14	4	0	3	5	3	1	1	1	2
45	Campbell, Tom	RU	89%	0	0	8	4	4	3	16	3	2	0	0	0	0	3
17	Cooney, Adam	WR	87%	0	0	20	11	9	3	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	5
8	Crameri, Stewart	CHF	83%	4	1	15	11	4	6	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	2
6	Dahlhaus, Luke	FPL	84%	0	1	18	11	7	6	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	2
13	Giansiracusa, Daniel	FPR	82%	2	2	20	13	7	5	0	1	0	8	0	3	0	6
16	Griffen, Ryan (c)	RR	83%	1	1	38	22	16	6	0	5	13	3	1	0	5	11
7	Higgins, Shaun	BPR	79%	0	0	17	5	12	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
24	Hrovat, Nathan	INT	82%	0	2	24	11	13	4	0	0	1	5	1	1	0	2
39	Johannisen, Jason	INT	80%	0	0	20	9	11	8	0	3	1	3	1	1	0	3
21	Liberatore, Tom	RO	87%	1	1	19	10	9	2	0	3	8	1	2	0	1	2
11	Macrae, Jack	HBFR	87%	0	0	20	9	11	6	0	3	2	2	1	0	2	4
27	Minson, Will	HFFR	89%	1	0	11	8	3	0	30	4	5	2	1	1	2	2
38	Morris, Dale	CHB	98%	0	0	14	8	6	7	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	2
2	Murphy, Bob	HBFL	90%	0	0	24	14	10	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	4
42	Picken, Liam	BPL	85%	0	1	21	14	7	5	0	2	0	2	3	2	4	3
18	Roberts, Fletcher	HFFL	90%	0	0	5	4	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Stevens, Koby	SUB↑	35%	0	0	9	4	5	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3
9	Stringer, Jake	FF	88%	4	2	14	9	5	5	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	1
31	Young, Tom	WL	79%	0	0	11	3	8	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	2	1
Rushed					7
Total (22 players)				15	19	378	207	171	88	48	47	48	43	16	12	22	67

K. Stevens replaced M. Austin.

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
13	Boyd, Tom	CHF	82%	1	0	6	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
14	Bugg, Tomas	HFFL	88%	0	0	10	5	5	4	0	5	0	2	1	1	2	0
21	Buntine, Matt	HBFR	91%	0	0	15	10	5	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	1
1	Davis, Phil (c)	FB	90%	0	0	19	10	9	8	0	2	0	1	2	0	6	0
4	Greene, Toby	RO	88%	1	0	32	20	12	8	0	5	7	5	0	3	3	4
2	Hampton, Curtly	HBFL	82%	0	0	11	7	4	4	0	6	0	2	0	0	1	1
33	Hoskin-Elliott, Will	WR	83%	5	0	15	13	2	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
32	Hunt, Josh	FF	77%	0	0	18	12	6	5	0	2	1	4	0	0	6	1
22	Kelly, Josh	WL	85%	1	0	19	11	8	4	0	4	2	2	0	0	1	2
25	McCarthy, Cam	SUB↑	29%	1	0	5	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
41	Mumford, Shane	RU	94%	0	0	11	3	8	5	36	6	1	3	0	3	0	0
7	Palmer, Rhys	RR	93%	2	0	13	4	9	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	2
30	Plowman, Lachie	BPL	91%	0	1	11	8	3	5	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	3
23	Shaw, Heath	CHB	92%	0	0	29	23	6	12	0	1	0	3	1	3	8	3
5	Shiel, Dylan	HFFR	82%	0	2	31	9	22	3	0	5	10	4	0	2	1	5
10	Smith, Devon	FPL	93%	1	0	23	18	5	5	0	2	3	1	2	1	4	4
36	Stewart, James	INT	76%	3	0	12	10	2	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	4
28	Sumner, Liam	FPR↓	59%	0	0	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
20	Tomlinson, Adam	BPR	94%	0	1	13	6	7	4	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	2
17	Treloar, Adam	C	87%	2	1	28	10	18	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	2	5
29	Williams, Zac	INT	66%	1	2	20	10	10	5	0	5	3	1	1	0	1	3
16	Wilson, Nathan	INT	78%	0	0	8	7	1	3	0	2	1	3	1	0	2	2
Rushed					0
Total (22 players)				18	7	353	206	147	99	38	63	31	45	12	16	43	44

C. McCarthy replaced L. Sumner 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
	30	L. Plowman	1	P. Davis (c)	20	A. Tomlinson	45	T. Campbell	4	M. Bontempelli
	13	D. Giansiracusa	9	J. Stringer	6	L. Dahlhaus	16	R. Griffen (c)	24	N. Hrovat
FORWARD							21	T. Liberatore	39	J. Johannisen
HALF-BACK									25	K. Stevens
	2	C. Hampton	23	H. Shaw	21	M. Buntine
	27	W. Minson	8	S. Crameri	18	F. Roberts
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	22	J. Kelly	17	A. Treloar	33	W. Hoskin-Elliott
	17	A. Cooney	5	M. Boyd	31	T. Young	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							41	S. Mumford	36	J. Stewart
HALF-FORWARD							7	R. Palmer	29	Z. Williams
	14	T. Bugg	13	T. Boyd	5	D. Shiel	4	T. Greene	16	N. Wilson
	11	J. Macrae	38	D. Morris	2	B. Murphy			25	C. McCarthy
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	10	D. Smith	32	J. Hunt	28	L. Sumner
	7	S. Higgins	47	M. Austin	42	L. Picken
BACK
Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Leon Cameron

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GWSY	Rhys Palmer goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:38
	WBUL	Nathan Hrovat behind	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	07:08
	GWSY	Adam Treloar goal	0.1.1	-	2.0.12	10:55
	GWSY	James Stewart goal	0.1.1	-	3.0.18	12:06
	WBUL	Jake Stringer goal	1.1.7	-	3.0.18	16:34
	GWSY	Will Hoskin-Elliott goal	1.1.7	-	4.0.24	18:18
	WBUL	Matthew Boyd behind	1.2.8	-	4.0.24	20:44
	WBUL	Jake Stringer behind	1.3.9	-	4.0.24	22:02
	WBUL	Tom Liberatore behind	1.4.10	-	4.0.24	25:55
	WBUL	Will Minson goal	2.4.16	-	4.0.24	27:11
Q2	WBUL	Rushed behind	2.5.17	-	4.0.24	00:16
	WBUL	Jake Stringer goal	3.5.23	-	4.0.24	02:16
	GWSY	Lachie Plowman behind	3.5.23	-	4.1.25	05:39
	WBUL	Nathan Hrovat behind	3.6.24	-	4.1.25	06:57
	GWSY	Zac Williams goal	3.6.24	-	5.1.31	08:03
	GWSY	James Stewart goal	3.6.24	-	6.1.37	09:18
	GWSY	Dylan Shiel behind	3.6.24	-	6.2.38	10:37
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa goal	4.6.30	-	6.2.38	12:24
	GWSY	Adam Treloar goal	4.6.30	-	7.2.44	14:59
	GWSY	James Stewart goal	4.6.30	-	8.2.50	16:02
	GWSY	Will Hoskin-Elliott goal	4.6.30	-	9.2.56	17:37
	GWSY	Tom Boyd goal	4.6.30	-	10.2.62	19:50
	GWSY	Zac Williams behind	4.6.30	-	10.3.63	22:58
	WBUL	Ryan Griffen goal	5.6.36	-	10.3.63	23:58
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri behind	5.7.37	-	10.3.63	26:18
	WBUL	Rushed behind	5.8.38	-	10.3.63	29:14
	GWSY	Dylan Shiel behind	5.8.38	-	10.4.64	31:16
Q3	WBUL	Jake Stringer goal	6.8.44	-	10.4.64	02:19
	GWSY	Will Hoskin-Elliott goal	6.8.44	-	11.4.70	04:45
	WBUL	Rushed behind	6.9.45	-	11.4.70	05:46
	WBUL	Liam Picken behind	6.10.46	-	11.4.70	07:59
	WBUL	Rushed behind	6.11.47	-	11.4.70	08:47
	WBUL	Ryan Griffen behind	6.12.48	-	11.4.70	10:12
	GWSY	Adam Tomlinson behind	6.12.48	-	11.5.71	12:29
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa behind	6.13.49	-	11.5.71	14:10
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa goal	7.13.55	-	11.5.71	15:01
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri goal	8.13.61	-	11.5.71	18:35
	GWSY	Zac Williams behind	8.13.61	-	11.6.72	22:20
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri goal	9.13.67	-	11.6.72	23:49
	WBUL	Luke Dahlhaus behind	9.14.68	-	11.6.72	25:18
	WBUL	Tom Liberatore goal	10.14.74	-	11.6.72	27:32
	GWSY	Rhys Palmer goal	10.14.74	-	12.6.78	29:53
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	11.14.80	-	12.6.78	32:51
Q4	WBUL	Rushed behind	11.15.81	-	12.6.78	01:13
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri goal	12.15.87	-	12.6.78	05:33
	GWSY	Adam Treloar behind	12.15.87	-	12.7.79	06:57
	GWSY	Will Hoskin-Elliott goal	12.15.87	-	13.7.85	07:26
	WBUL	Rushed behind	12.16.88	-	13.7.85	09:01
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	12.16.88	-	14.7.91	10:22
	GWSY	Will Hoskin-Elliott goal	12.16.88	-	15.7.97	12:16
	WBUL	Jake Stringer goal	13.16.94	-	15.7.97	14:28
	GWSY	Cam McCarthy goal	13.16.94	-	16.7.103	16:09
	WBUL	Rushed behind	13.17.95	-	16.7.103	17:48
	GWSY	Josh Kelly goal	13.17.95	-	17.7.109	19:15
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	14.17.101	-	17.7.109	22:53
	WBUL	Jake Stringer behind	14.18.102	-	17.7.109	24:15
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa behind	14.19.103	-	17.7.109	26:02
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri goal	15.19.109	-	17.7.109	26:58
	GWSY	Devon Smith goal	15.19.109	-	18.7.115	31:01

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