2015 AFL Round 1: Western Bulldogs v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 2015 between Western Bulldogs and West Coast during round 1 of the 2015 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted West Coast at Etihad Stadium. Bob Murphy captained the hosts. Shannon Hurn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Adam Simpson.

Western Bulldogs
Back: E. Wood, J. Roughead, D. Morris
Half-back: B. Murphy (capt.), M. Talia, M. Boyd
Centre: M. Honeychurch, J. Macrae, L. Picken
Half-forward: T. Dickson, J. Redpath, S. Crameri
Forward: J. Stringer, T. Boyd, L. Dahlhaus
Follower: W. Minson, M. Wallis, M. Bontempelli
Int.: B. Goodes, J. Johannisen, L. Jong
Sub.: J. Grant

West Coast
Back: S. Butler, J. McGovern, J. Nelson
Half-back: S. Hurn (capt.), M. Brown, M. Rosa
Centre: A. Gaff, L. Shuey, E. Yeo
Half-forward: C. Masten, M. LeCras, D. McGinnity
Forward: J. Cripps, J. Kennedy, S. Lycett
Follower: N. Naitanui, M. Priddis, S. Selwood
Int.: D. Sheed, B. Sheppard, S. Wellingham
Sub.: T. Lamb

Western Bulldogs (14.13.97) defeated West Coast (14.3.87).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: J. Stringer (3), T. Dickson (2), J. Johannisen (2), M. Bontempelli, T. Boyd, L. Dahlhaus, M. Honeychurch, L. Picken, J. Redpath, E. Wood
West Coast: J. Cripps (5), J. Kennedy (2), L. Shuey (2), A. Gaff, T. Lamb, M. LeCras, S. Lycett, N. Naitanui

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 7th on the ladder and West Coast were then 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Western Bulldogs v West Coast
Date: Saturday 4 April 2015
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 22,366

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. West Coast
Score: 14.13.97 - 14.3.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 4 . 0 7 . 5 11 . 6 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
West Coast 3 . 1 7 . 1 12 . 2 14 . 3 14 . 3 (87)
Margin WBUL by 5 WBUL by 4 WCST by 2 WBUL by 10 WBUL by 10
Duration 34:08 30:33 32:03 30:46 2:07:30

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), Adam Simpson (West Coast)
Captains: Bob Murphy (Western Bulldogs), Shannon Hurn (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McInerney (#30), H. Ryan (#14), J. Schmitt (#17)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3
Jeremy McGovern WCST 20 2
Lin Jong WBUL 46 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jeremy McGovern WCST 20 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jamie Cripps WCST 15 5 0 0 1 1 0
Jake Stringer WBUL 9 5 0 0 1 1 0
Matthew Boyd WBUL 5 4 0 1 0 0 0
Will Minson WBUL 27 4 0 1 0 0 0
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
Mitch Wallis WBUL 3 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
4 Bontempelli, Marcus RO 86% 1 0 22 12 10 1 2 10 6 3 0 1 0 6
5 Boyd, Matthew HBFR 83% 0 0 33 18 15 8 0 1 3 3 1 0 2 2
17 Boyd, Tom FF 90% 1 1 11 7 4 2 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 3
8 Crameri, Stewart HFFR 85% 0 2 22 7 15 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0
6 Dahlhaus, Luke FPR 84% 1 1 22 13 9 5 0 9 3 1 1 1 0 5
29 Dickson, Tory HFFL 79% 2 0 11 6 5 3 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4
44 Goodes, Brett INT 82% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 7 5 3 3 2 0 4
1 Grant, Jarrad SUB↑ 23% 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
22 Honeychurch, Mitch WL 81% 1 0 13 10 3 1 0 7 3 4 2 2 1 3
39 Johannisen, Jason INT 73% 2 0 22 9 13 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3
46 Jong, Lin INT 88% 0 0 24 11 13 3 1 7 4 2 0 0 1 8
11 Macrae, Jack C 86% 0 0 31 16 15 8 0 1 3 5 1 0 1 4
27 Minson, Will RU 85% 0 1 15 11 4 0 28 7 7 4 0 4 2 4
38 Morris, Dale BPR 90% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 10 1 0 3 0 2 0
2 Murphy, Bob (c) HBFL 85% 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 2
42 Picken, Liam WR 90% 1 0 13 5 8 4 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 1
43 Redpath, Jack CHF↓ 69% 1 0 5 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1
23 Roughead, Jordan FB 95% 0 0 13 8 5 9 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0
9 Stringer, Jake FPL 85% 3 3 16 12 4 4 0 3 2 4 2 2 0 0
32 Talia, Michael CHB 92% 0 0 14 11 3 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0
3 Wallis, Mitch RR 79% 0 0 24 7 17 0 0 7 8 2 3 1 1 4
10 Wood, Easton BPL 90% 1 0 12 8 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 14 13 372 208 164 79 36 94 50 42 20 19 26 58

J. Grant replaced J. Redpath.

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
1 Brown, Mitch CHB↓ 11% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Butler, Sam BPL 93% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 3 0 2 2 1 3 2
15 Cripps, Jamie FPL 80% 5 0 19 12 7 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 3
3 Gaff, Andrew WL 94% 1 0 23 11 12 3 0 4 1 0 2 0 2 4
25 Hurn, Shannon (c) HBFL 92% 0 0 22 17 5 3 0 5 1 4 0 1 5 3
17 Kennedy, Josh FF 97% 2 2 14 9 5 5 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1
28 Lamb, Tom SUB↑ 68% 1 0 10 5 5 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 1
2 LeCras, Mark CHF 88% 1 0 18 7 11 8 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 1
29 Lycett, Scott FPR 81% 1 0 9 4 5 4 7 4 1 2 0 2 0 2
7 Masten, Chris HFFL 91% 0 0 29 12 17 7 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 2
35 McGinnity, Dane HFFR 79% 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 1
20 McGovern, Jeremy FB 91% 0 0 26 16 10 12 0 2 1 2 2 0 4 2
9 Naitanui, Nic RU 80% 1 0 15 4 11 0 38 2 3 3 4 0 0 2
30 Nelson, Jackson BPR 77% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 5 0 2 1 0 4 0
11 Priddis, Matt RR 91% 0 0 28 7 21 0 0 5 8 5 2 4 1 1
24 Rosa, Matt HBFR 92% 0 1 27 14 13 9 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2
10 Selwood, Scott RO 84% 0 0 19 8 11 2 0 12 3 0 1 0 2 1
4 Sheed, Dom INT 73% 0 0 17 8 9 1 0 0 0 5 1 2 2 3
5 Sheppard, Brad INT 85% 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 2 1
13 Shuey, Luke C 76% 2 0 24 9 15 3 0 7 6 4 1 2 0 8
12 Wellingham, Sharrod INT 84% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Yeo, Elliot WR 93% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 3 0 3 0 3 6 0
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 14 3 380 188 192 88 47 76 32 45 19 20 41 40

T. Lamb replaced M. Brown.

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 WCST Jamie Cripps goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:18
WCST Josh Kennedy behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 08:51
WCST Luke Shuey goal 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 10:57
WBUL Liam Picken goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 18:34
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 20:50
WCST Mark LeCras goal 2.0.12 - 3.1.19 26:11
WBUL Mitch Honeychurch goal 3.0.18 - 3.1.19 28:10
WBUL Luke Dahlhaus goal 4.0.24 - 3.1.19 33:06
Q2 WBUL Rushed behind 4.1.25 - 3.1.19 01:00
WCST Luke Shuey goal 4.1.25 - 4.1.25 01:28
WBUL Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 4.1.25 03:13
WCST Scott Lycett goal 4.2.26 - 5.1.31 04:57
WBUL Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 5.1.31 07:22
WBUL Jake Stringer behind 4.4.28 - 5.1.31 08:45
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 4.4.28 - 6.1.37 09:18
WCST Jamie Cripps goal 4.4.28 - 7.1.43 10:44
WBUL Easton Wood goal 5.4.34 - 7.1.43 14:22
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 6.4.40 - 7.1.43 16:47
WBUL Jack Redpath goal 7.4.46 - 7.1.43 23:09
WBUL Tom Boyd behind 7.5.47 - 7.1.43 26:25
Q3 WCST Jamie Cripps goal 7.5.47 - 8.1.49 03:14
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 7.5.47 - 9.1.55 05:18
WCST Matt Rosa behind 7.5.47 - 9.2.56 06:42
WCST Jamie Cripps goal 7.5.47 - 10.2.62 07:42
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 8.5.53 - 10.2.62 10:25
WBUL Jason Johannisen goal 9.5.59 - 10.2.62 13:10
WBUL Jason Johannisen goal 10.5.65 - 10.2.62 15:13
WCST Tom Lamb goal 10.5.65 - 11.2.68 17:06
WBUL Stewart Crameri behind 10.6.66 - 11.2.68 20:12
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 11.6.72 - 11.2.68 21:01
WCST Andrew Gaff goal 11.6.72 - 12.2.74 24:56
Q4 WBUL Rushed behind 11.7.73 - 12.2.74 01:11
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 12.7.79 - 12.2.74 04:02
WCST Jamie Cripps goal 12.7.79 - 13.2.80 05:24
WBUL Jarrad Grant behind 12.8.80 - 13.2.80 06:23
WBUL Jake Stringer behind 12.9.81 - 13.2.80 07:32
WCST Nic Naitanui goal 12.9.81 - 14.2.86 08:10
WBUL Tom Boyd goal 13.9.87 - 14.2.86 10:02
WBUL Stewart Crameri behind 13.10.88 - 14.2.86 13:05
WBUL Jake Stringer behind 13.11.89 - 14.2.86 15:55
WBUL Luke Dahlhaus behind 13.12.90 - 14.2.86 17:54
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 14.12.96 - 14.2.86 20:56
WBUL Will Minson behind 14.13.97 - 14.2.86 26:09
WCST Josh Kennedy behind 14.13.97 - 14.3.87 30:17