2016 AFL Season Round 1: Western Bulldogs v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 27 March 2016 between the Western Bulldogs and Fremantle during round one of the 2016 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Fremantle at Etihad Stadium. Bob Murphy captained the hosts with Easton Wood as vice-captain. David Mundy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

The Western Bulldogs (15.13.103) defeated Fremantle (5.8.38).

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Fremantle
Date: Sunday 27 March 2016
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 27,832

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Fremantle
Score: 15.13.103 - 5.8.38

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 7 . 1 9 . 7 10 . 11 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Fremantle 0 . 2 1 . 5 4 . 7 5 . 8 5 . 8 (38)
Margin WBUL by 41 WBUL by 50 WBUL by 40 WBUL by 65 WBUL by 65
Duration 29:03 28:16 27:29 27:41 1:52:29

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 (Fremantle) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Bob Murphy
Vice-Captain: Easton Wood
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Fremantle

Captain: David Mundy
Coach: Ross Lyon

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Meredith (#21)
R. O'Gorman (#10)
S. Ryan (#25)
E: S. Stewart (#44)

Goal Umpires

C. Appleton
L. Edwards
E: A. Wojcik

Boundary Umpires

A. Coote
C. Gordon
T. Lougoon
C. Roberts

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jason Johannisen WBUL 39 3
Jake Stringer WBUL 9 2
Shane Biggs WBUL 24 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Shane Biggs WBUL 24 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Jake Stringer WBUL 9 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Jason Johannisen WBUL 39 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Luke Dahlhaus WBUL 6 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Bob Murphy WBUL 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 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
33 Adams, Marcus FB 90% 0 0 15 8 7 8 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
24 Biggs, Shane INT 85% 0 1 35 22 13 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 5
4 Bontempelli, Marcus RR 78% 1 1 20 11 9 1 0 6 4 3 1 2 0 4
5 Boyd, Matthew BPL 84% 0 0 26 13 13 8 0 2 0 3 1 2 4 1
17 Boyd, Tom FF 79% 1 0 10 7 3 6 5 3 1 3 1 1 0 0
6 Dahlhaus, Luke FPL 78% 0 1 25 7 18 2 0 6 8 2 4 2 0 3
35 Daniel, Caleb FPR 79% 1 0 20 12 8 6 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 3
20 Dunkley, Josh INT 71% 1 1 15 8 7 4 1 4 0 3 0 1 0 0
7 Hunter, Lachie WL 87% 0 0 31 16 15 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4
39 Johannisen, Jason WR 82% 1 1 35 20 15 9 0 0 3 2 0 1 3 3
21 Liberatore, Tom C 81% 1 1 25 11 14 2 0 2 4 1 1 1 0 7
11 Macrae, Jack HFFR 88% 1 0 30 12 18 5 0 4 0 4 1 1 0 3
16 McLean, Toby INT 73% 1 1 22 13 9 7 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 2
38 Morris, Dale BPR 93% 0 1 10 5 5 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
2 Murphy, Bob (c) HBFR 81% 0 1 31 20 11 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3
42 Picken, Liam HFFL 85% 0 1 23 11 12 5 0 3 2 3 2 0 1 1
23 Roughead, Jordan RU 81% 1 0 11 5 6 3 21 5 0 2 0 1 0 2
25 Stevens, Koby INT 76% 0 0 27 8 19 1 0 8 3 3 0 1 1 3
9 Stringer, Jake CHF 83% 5 1 18 12 6 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
1 Suckling, Matt HBFL 81% 1 1 22 12 10 8 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 2
3 Wallis, Mitch RO 80% 0 1 24 7 17 0 1 3 6 2 0 0 1 5
10 Wood, Easton (vc) CHB 84% 0 0 23 10 13 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 15 13 498 250 248 116 28 62 35 45 19 14 24 57

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
1 Ballantyne, Hayden FPR 80% 0 1 9 7 2 4 0 5 1 2 1 1 1 2
21 Barlow, Michael RO 85% 0 0 22 13 9 6 3 2 2 4 1 1 4 3
30 Clarke, Zac FPL 47% 0 0 7 1 6 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
3 Dawson, Zac FB 96% 0 0 15 4 11 8 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 0
7 Fyfe, Nat HFFR 86% 0 0 15 6 9 4 4 2 2 3 0 2 0 2
12 Griffin, Jon INT 73% 0 0 7 2 5 0 14 2 2 1 2 1 0 0
32 Hill, Stephen HBFL 88% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 3
5 Ibbotson, Garrick BPL 97% 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 3 0 1 1 1 5 0
23 Mayne, Chris FF 86% 0 2 10 5 5 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
16 Mundy, David (c) C 82% 0 0 21 10 11 2 0 3 2 3 0 1 3 1
13 Mzungu, Tendai INT 73% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 1
27 Neale, Lachie INT 71% 0 0 32 13 19 4 0 4 6 2 1 0 4 1
29 Pavlich, Matthew CHF 85% 1 1 6 5 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
46 Pearce, Clancee CHB 89% 0 0 28 19 9 8 0 1 0 6 0 1 4 2
6 Pearce, Danyle WR 79% 0 1 16 9 7 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 5
11 Sheridan, Tom HBFR 91% 0 0 27 20 7 11 0 3 1 2 0 1 3 0
34 Spurr, Lee BPR 91% 0 0 17 15 2 9 0 2 3 6 1 2 2 0
8 Suban, Nick RR 78% 1 0 15 11 4 3 0 3 3 3 2 0 2 1
33 Sutcliffe, Cam WL 98% 0 1 21 15 6 8 0 2 0 3 1 1 6 0
20 Taberner, Matt RU 69% 1 1 8 4 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2
10 Walters, Michael HFFL 82% 1 1 13 9 4 4 0 4 1 4 2 1 0 5
14 Weller, Lachie INT 74% 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 5 8 340 198 142 98 26 55 24 54 14 19 40 30

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: Luke Beveridge
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
5 G. Ibbotson 3 Z. Dawson 34 L. Spurr 23 J. Roughead 24 S. Biggs
35 C. Daniel 17 T. Boyd 6 L. Dahlhaus 4 M. Bontempelli 20 J. Dunkley
FORWARD 3 M. Wallis 16 T. McLean
HALF-BACK

25 K. Stevens
32 S. Hill 46 C. Pearce 11 T. Sheridan



11 J. Macrae 9 J. Stringer 42 L. Picken



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



33 C. Sutcliffe 16 D. Mundy (c) 6 D. Pearce



39 J. Johannisen 21 T. Liberatore 7 L. Hunter FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 20 M. Taberner 12 J. Griffin
HALF-FORWARD 8 N. Suban 13 T. Mzungu
10 M. Walters 29 M. Pavlich 7 N. Fyfe 21 M. Barlow 27 L. Neale
2 B. Murphy (c) 10 E. Wood (vc) 1 M. Suckling

14 L. Weller
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



30 Z. Clarke 23 C. Mayne 1 H. Ballantyne



38 D. Morris 33 M. Adams 5 M. Boyd



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:21
WBUL Mitch Wallis behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 01:20
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 04:33
FREM Matthew Pavlich behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 06:04
WBUL Toby McLean goal 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 10:25
WBUL Jason Johannisen goal 4.1.25 - 0.1.1 11:50
FREM Hayden Ballantyne behind 4.1.25 - 0.2.2 14:00
WBUL Josh Dunkley goal 5.1.31 - 0.2.2 15:44
WBUL Jordan Roughead goal 6.1.37 - 0.2.2 18:40
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 7.1.43 - 0.2.2 27:04
Q2 WBUL Toby McLean behind 7.2.44 - 0.2.2 01:43
FREM Chris Mayne behind 7.2.44 - 0.3.3 04:55
WBUL Bob Murphy behind 7.3.45 - 0.3.3 07:08
FREM Chris Mayne behind 7.3.45 - 0.4.4 09:47
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 7.4.46 - 0.4.4 10:49
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 8.4.52 - 0.4.4 11:19
WBUL Jake Stringer behind 8.5.53 - 0.4.4 13:50
FREM Michael Walters goal 8.5.53 - 1.4.10 17:17
FREM Danyle Pearce behind 8.5.53 - 1.5.11 18:24
WBUL Luke Dahlhaus behind 8.6.54 - 1.5.11 21:31
WBUL Matt Suckling goal 9.6.60 - 1.5.11 21:49
WBUL Dale Morris behind 9.7.61 - 1.5.11 28:10
Q3 FREM Cam Sutcliffe behind 9.7.61 - 1.6.12 02:43
FREM Michael Walters behind 9.7.61 - 1.7.13 07:25
FREM Nick Suban goal 9.7.61 - 2.7.19 08:53
WBUL Josh Dunkley behind 9.8.62 - 2.7.19 13:45
WBUL Liam Picken behind 9.9.63 - 2.7.19 15:03
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 10.9.69 - 2.7.19 16:15
WBUL Jason Johannisen behind 10.10.70 - 2.7.19 18:31
WBUL Shane Biggs behind 10.11.71 - 2.7.19 19:24
FREM Matt Taberner goal 10.11.71 - 3.7.25 21:33
FREM Lachie Weller goal 10.11.71 - 4.7.31 26:38
Q4 FREM Matthew Pavlich goal 10.11.71 - 5.7.37 01:29
WBUL Tom Liberatore behind 10.12.72 - 5.7.37 03:07
WBUL Matt Suckling behind 10.13.73 - 5.7.37 05:13
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 11.13.79 - 5.7.37 13:42
WBUL Tom Boyd goal 12.13.85 - 5.7.37 15:25
FREM Matt Taberner behind 12.13.85 - 5.8.38 20:25
WBUL Jack Macrae goal 13.13.91 - 5.8.38 23:44
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 14.13.97 - 5.8.38 25:38
WBUL Caleb Daniel goal 15.13.103 - 5.8.38 27:37