2016 AFL 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 Western Bulldogs in the first preliminary final of the 2016 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted 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
Back: A. Tomlinson, P. Davis, N. Haynes
Half-back: H. Shaw, J. Patfull, R. Griffen
Centre: Z. Williams, S. Coniglio, T. Scully
Half-forward: J. Kelly, J. Cameron, J. Patton
Forward: R. Palmer, R. Lobb, D. Smith
Follower: S. Mumford, T. Greene, C. Ward
Int.: J. Hopper, D. Shiel, L. Whitfield, N. Wilson

Western Bulldogs
Back: J. Johannisen, J. Hamling, M. Boyd
Half-back: F. Roberts, D. Morris, E. Wood (capt.)
Centre: L. Hunter, M. Bontempelli, L. Picken
Half-forward: J. Dunkley, Z. Cordy, J. Stringer
Forward: T. Dickson, T. Boyd, C. Smith
Follower: J. Roughead, L. Dahlhaus, T. Liberatore
Int.: S. Biggs, C. Daniel, J. Macrae, T. McLean

Greater Western Sydney (12.11.83) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (13.11.89).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: J. Patton (4), T. Greene (3), R. Lobb (3), H. Shaw, D. Smith
Western Bulldogs: T. Dickson (4), C. Smith (4), Z. Cordy (2), M. Bontempelli, C. Daniel, J. Macrae

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs faced Sydney in the grand final and Greater Western Sydney were eliminated (finishing 4th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 1
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
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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: unknown (Greater Western Sydney), Easton Wood (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Meredith (#21), M. Nicholls (#15), J. Schmitt (#17), E: S. Ryan (#25)
Goal Umpire: C. Appleton, S. Williams, E: D. Dixon
Boundary Umpire: I. Burrows, D. Cusack, C. Gordon, M. Saunders

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Leon Cameron
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	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
HALF-BACK									16	N. Wilson
	18	F. Roberts	38	D. Morris	10	E. Wood (ac)
	12	J. Patton	18	J. Cameron	22	J. Kelly
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	7	L. Hunter	4	M. Bontempelli	42	L. Picken
	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
	32	R. Griffen	24	J. Patfull	23	H. Shaw			16	T. McLean
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	29	T. Dickson	17	T. Boyd	14	C. Smith
	19	N. Haynes	1	P. Davis	20	A. Tomlinson
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
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

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