2016 AFL Season Preliminary Final 1: Greater Western Sydney v Western Bulldogs
This is the match report for the match played on 24 September 2016 between Greater Western Sydney and the Western Bulldogs in the first preliminary final of the 2016 season of the Australian Football League.
Greater Western Sydney hosted the Western Bulldogs at Spotless Stadium.
In the absence of Bob Murphy, vice-captain Easton Wood captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Leon Cameron and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.
Greater Western Sydney (12.11.83) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (13.11.89).
Match Details
Season:
2016 AFL Season
Round:
First Preliminary Final
Teams:
Greater Western Sydney
v
Western Bulldogs
Date:
Saturday 24 September 2016
Time:
5:15 PM
Venue:
Spotless Stadium
Attendance:
21,790
Match Results
Outcome:
Greater Western Sydney
def. by
Western Bulldogs
Score:
12.11.83 - 13.11.89
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Greater Western Sydney | 2 | . | 1 | 5 | . | 2 | 9 | . | 7 | 12 | . | 11 | 12 | . | 11 | (83) |
| Western Bulldogs | 2 | . | 3 | 6 | . | 5 | 9 | . | 6 | 13 | . | 11 | 13 | . | 11 | (89) |
| Margin | WBUL by 2 | WBUL by 9 | GWSY by 1 | WBUL by 6 | WBUL by 6 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 28:33 | 33:22 | 32:50 | 32:43 | 2:07:28 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Greater Western Sydney
Captain: unknownCoach: Leon Cameron
Western Bulldogs
Captain: Easton Wood (acting)Coach: Luke Beveridge
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
S. Meredith (#21)M. Nicholls (#15)
J. Schmitt (#17)
E: S. Ryan (#25)
Goal Umpires
C. AppletonS. Williams
E: D. Dixon
Boundary Umpires
I. BurrowsD. Cusack
C. Gordon
M. Saunders
AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Player Statistics
Greater Western Sydney
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 18 | Cameron, Jeremy | CHF | 87% | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Coniglio, Stephen | C | 88% | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | Davis, Phil | FB | 88% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | Greene, Toby | RR | 87% | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 32 | Griffen, Ryan | HBFR | 74% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Haynes, Nick | BPR | 86% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Hopper, Jacob | INT | 69% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Kelly, Josh | HFFL | 88% | 0 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 37 | Lobb, Rory | FF | 90% | 3 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 41 | Mumford, Shane | RU | 90% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Palmer, Rhys | FPL | 88% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Patfull, Joel | CHB | 84% | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Patton, Jonathon | HFFR | 82% | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Scully, Tom | WR | 96% | 0 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Shaw, Heath | HBFL | 94% | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | Shiel, Dylan | INT | 70% | 0 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Smith, Devon | FPR | 83% | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 | Tomlinson, Adam | BPL | 89% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Ward, Callan | RO | 26% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Whitfield, Lachie | INT | 88% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 29 | Williams, Zac | WL | 82% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | Wilson, Nathan | INT | 71% | 0 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 12 | 11 | 359 | 190 | 169 | 80 | 58 | 74 | 38 | 61 | 13 | 23 | 51 | 45 | |||
Western Bulldogs
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 24 | Biggs, Shane | INT | 87% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Bontempelli, Marcus | C | 82% | 1 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Boyd, Matthew | BPR | 85% | 0 | 0 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| 17 | Boyd, Tom | FF | 90% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Cordy, Zaine | CHF | 77% | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Dahlhaus, Luke | RR | 83% | 0 | 0 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 35 | Daniel, Caleb | INT | 80% | 1 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 29 | Dickson, Tory | FPL | 81% | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Dunkley, Josh | HFFL | 84% | 0 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 30 | Hamling, Joel | FB | 87% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Hunter, Lachie | WL | 89% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 39 | Johannisen, Jason | BPL | 78% | 0 | 3 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 | Liberatore, Tom | RO | 90% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Macrae, Jack | INT | 85% | 1 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | McLean, Toby | INT | 79% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Morris, Dale | CHB | 96% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | Picken, Liam | WR | 87% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Roberts, Fletcher | HBFL | 83% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | Roughead, Jordan | RU | 22% | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Smith, Clay | FPR | 87% | 4 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Stringer, Jake | HFFR | 84% | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Wood, Easton (ac) | HBFR | 84% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 13 | 11 | 392 | 223 | 169 | 83 | 40 | 70 | 53 | 50 | 23 | 13 | 31 | 68 | |||
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
| Greater Western Sydney | Coach: Leon Cameron | ||||||||||||||
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| 39 | J. Johannisen | 30 | J. Hamling | 5 | M. Boyd | 41 | S. Mumford | 2 | J. Hopper | ||||||
| 10 | D. Smith | 37 | R. Lobb | 7 | R. Palmer | 4 | T. Greene | 5 | D. Shiel | ||||||
| FORWARD | 8 | C. Ward | 6 | L. Whitfield | |||||||||||
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| 18 | F. Roberts | 38 | D. Morris | 10 | E. Wood (ac) |
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| 12 | J. Patton | 18 | J. Cameron | 22 | J. Kelly |
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| 7 | L. Hunter | 4 | M. Bontempelli | 42 | L. Picken |
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| 9 | T. Scully | 3 | S. Coniglio | 29 | Z. Williams | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 23 | J. Roughead | 24 | S. Biggs | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 6 | L. Dahlhaus | 35 | C. Daniel | |||||||||||
| 20 | J. Dunkley | 12 | Z. Cordy | 9 | J. Stringer | 21 | T. Liberatore | 11 | J. Macrae | ||||||
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| Western Bulldogs | Coach: Luke Beveridge | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | GWSY | Dylan Shiel behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.0.0 | 05:12 |
| WBUL | Clay Smith goal | 0.1.1 | - | 1.0.6 | 05:52 | |
| WBUL | Tory Dickson goal | 0.1.1 | - | 2.0.12 | 12:24 | |
| WBUL | Josh Dunkley behind | 0.1.1 | - | 2.1.13 | 17:10 | |
| WBUL | Rushed behind | 0.1.1 | - | 2.2.14 | 20:05 | |
| GWSY | Devon Smith goal | 1.1.7 | - | 2.2.14 | 22:11 | |
| GWSY | Jonathon Patton goal | 2.1.13 | - | 2.2.14 | 24:10 | |
| WBUL | Clay Smith behind | 2.1.13 | - | 2.3.15 | 28:29 | |
| Q2 | GWSY | Toby Greene goal | 3.1.19 | - | 2.3.15 | 00:47 |
| WBUL | Clay Smith goal | 3.1.19 | - | 3.3.21 | 09:25 | |
| GWSY | Toby Greene goal | 4.1.25 | - | 3.3.21 | 11:05 | |
| WBUL | Tory Dickson goal | 4.1.25 | - | 4.3.27 | 13:57 | |
| WBUL | Clay Smith goal | 4.1.25 | - | 5.3.33 | 18:31 | |
| GWSY | Jonathon Patton behind | 4.2.26 | - | 5.3.33 | 21:38 | |
| WBUL | Marcus Bontempelli behind | 4.2.26 | - | 5.4.34 | 23:39 | |
| GWSY | Jonathon Patton goal | 5.2.32 | - | 5.4.34 | 26:43 | |
| WBUL | Jason Johannisen behind | 5.2.32 | - | 5.5.35 | 28:19 | |
| WBUL | Clay Smith goal | 5.2.32 | - | 6.5.41 | 30:20 | |
| Q3 | GWSY | Dylan Shiel behind | 5.3.33 | - | 6.5.41 | 01:41 |
| GWSY | Devon Smith behind | 5.4.34 | - | 6.5.41 | 02:27 | |
| GWSY | Rory Lobb goal | 6.4.40 | - | 6.5.41 | 03:03 | |
| GWSY | Rushed behind | 6.5.41 | - | 6.5.41 | 04:14 | |
| WBUL | Tory Dickson goal | 6.5.41 | - | 7.5.47 | 06:02 | |
| WBUL | Jake Stringer behind | 6.5.41 | - | 7.6.48 | 08:42 | |
| GWSY | Jonathon Patton goal | 7.5.47 | - | 7.6.48 | 12:16 | |
| GWSY | Rory Lobb goal | 8.5.53 | - | 7.6.48 | 14:25 | |
| GWSY | Heath Shaw goal | 9.5.59 | - | 7.6.48 | 22:51 | |
| WBUL | Zaine Cordy goal | 9.5.59 | - | 8.6.54 | 26:30 | |
| GWSY | Tom Scully behind | 9.6.60 | - | 8.6.54 | 29:46 | |
| GWSY | Nathan Wilson behind | 9.7.61 | - | 8.6.54 | 30:32 | |
| WBUL | Caleb Daniel goal | 9.7.61 | - | 9.6.60 | 31:13 | |
| Q4 | GWSY | Rushed behind | 9.8.62 | - | 9.6.60 | 00:50 |
| GWSY | Rory Lobb goal | 10.8.68 | - | 9.6.60 | 01:37 | |
| GWSY | Toby Greene goal | 11.8.74 | - | 9.6.60 | 03:30 | |
| WBUL | Tory Dickson goal | 11.8.74 | - | 10.6.66 | 05:07 | |
| WBUL | Rushed behind | 11.8.74 | - | 10.7.67 | 07:22 | |
| WBUL | Jason Johannisen behind | 11.8.74 | - | 10.8.68 | 11:31 | |
| WBUL | Jack Macrae behind | 11.8.74 | - | 10.9.69 | 14:05 | |
| WBUL | Marcus Bontempelli goal | 11.8.74 | - | 11.9.75 | 16:14 | |
| WBUL | Zaine Cordy goal | 11.8.74 | - | 12.9.81 | 18:46 | |
| GWSY | Jonathon Patton goal | 12.8.80 | - | 12.9.81 | 20:24 | |
| WBUL | Jason Johannisen behind | 12.8.80 | - | 12.10.82 | 22:29 | |
| GWSY | Jeremy Cameron behind | 12.9.81 | - | 12.10.82 | 24:43 | |
| GWSY | Toby Greene behind | 12.10.82 | - | 12.10.82 | 26:13 | |
| WBUL | Jack Macrae goal | 12.10.82 | - | 13.10.88 | 27:57 | |
| GWSY | Devon Smith behind | 12.11.83 | - | 13.10.88 | 28:56 | |
| WBUL | Tory Dickson behind | 12.11.83 | - | 13.11.89 | 32:40 | |