2016 AFL Round 1: Western Bulldogs v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 27 March 2016 between Western Bulldogs and Fremantle during round 1 of the 2016 AFL season. 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.

Western Bulldogs
Back: M. Boyd, M. Adams, D. Morris
Half-back: M. Suckling, E. Wood (vice-capt.), B. Murphy (capt.)
Centre: L. Hunter, T. Liberatore, J. Johannisen
Half-forward: L. Picken, J. Stringer, J. Macrae
Forward: L. Dahlhaus, T. Boyd, C. Daniel
Follower: J. Roughead, M. Bontempelli, M. Wallis
Int.: S. Biggs, J. Dunkley, T. McLean, K. Stevens

Fremantle
Back: G. Ibbotson, Z. Dawson, L. Spurr
Half-back: S. Hill, C. Pearce, T. Sheridan
Centre: C. Sutcliffe, D. Mundy (capt.), D. Pearce
Half-forward: M. Walters, M. Pavlich, N. Fyfe
Forward: Z. Clarke, C. Mayne, H. Ballantyne
Follower: M. Taberner, N. Suban, M. Barlow
Int.: J. Griffin, T. Mzungu, L. Neale, L. Weller

Western Bulldogs (15.13.103) defeated Fremantle (5.8.38).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: J. Stringer (5), M. Bontempelli, T. Boyd, C. Daniel, J. Dunkley, J. Johannisen, T. Liberatore, J. Macrae, T. McLean, J. Roughead, M. Suckling
Fremantle: M. Pavlich, N. Suban, M. Taberner, M. Walters, L. Weller

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 1st on the ladder and Fremantle were then 18th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), Ross Lyon (Fremantle)
Captains: Bob Murphy (Western Bulldogs), David Mundy (Fremantle)
Vice-Captains: Easton Wood (Western Bulldogs), unknown (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Meredith (#21), R. O'Gorman (#10), S. Ryan (#25), E: S. Stewart (#44)
Goal Umpire: C. Appleton, L. Edwards, E: A. Wojcik
Boundary Umpire: 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