2016 AFL Semi Final 2: Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 16 September 2016 between Hawthorn and Western Bulldogs in the second semi final of the 2016 AFL season. Hawthorn hosted Western Bulldogs at MCG. Luke Hodge captained the hosts. In the absence of Bob Murphy, vice-captain Easton Wood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Hawthorn
Back: T. Duryea, J. Frawley, S. Burgoyne
Half-back: B. Stratton, J. Gibson, G. Birchall
Centre: I. Smith, S. Mitchell, L. Hodge (capt.)
Half-forward: L. Breust, J. Gunston, C. Rioli
Forward: P. Puopolo, J. Sicily, R. Schoenmakers
Follower: B. McEvoy, J. Lewis, L. Shiels
Int.: J. Fitzpatrick, B. Hartung, B. Hill, B. Whitecross

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

Hawthorn (12.12.84) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (16.11.107).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: L. Hodge (2), L. Shiels (2), L. Breust, S. Burgoyne, J. Fitzpatrick, J. Gunston, B. Hill, P. Puopolo, C. Rioli, J. Sicily
Western Bulldogs: L. Picken (3), J. Stringer (3), M. Bontempelli (2), C. Smith (2), C. Daniel, T. Dickson, J. Dunkley, T. McLean, J. Roughead, E. Wood

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs faced Greater Western Sydney in the first preliminary final and Hawthorn were eliminated (finishing 5th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 16 September 2016
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 87,823

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 12.12.84 - 16.11.107

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Hawthorn	3	.	4	7	.	5	8	.	9	12	.	12	12	.	12	(84)
Western Bulldogs	1	.	5	6	.	10	12	.	11	16	.	11	16	.	11	(107)
Margin	HWTH by 11			HWTH by 1			WBUL by 26			WBUL by 23			WBUL by 23
Duration	31:37			30:55			32:57			28:44			2:04:13

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (Hawthorn), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Luke Hodge (Hawthorn), Easton Wood (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), M. Nicholls (#15), M. Stevic (#9), E: S. Ryan (#25)
Goal Umpire: D. Dixon, S. Williams, E: C. Appleton
Boundary Umpire: D. Cusack, B. Dalgleish, C. Gordon, M. Saunders

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
14	Birchall, Grant	HBFR	73%	0	0	18	11	7	4	0	3	1	3	0	1	2	1
22	Breust, Luke	HFFL	84%	1	2	10	7	3	4	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	1
9	Burgoyne, Shaun	BPR	81%	1	0	22	13	9	5	0	3	3	2	0	1	2	5
8	Duryea, Taylor	BPL	85%	0	0	13	9	4	5	0	4	0	3	0	1	3	1
32	Fitzpatrick, Jack	INT	58%	1	0	14	6	8	3	8	5	3	0	2	0	0	1
12	Frawley, James	FB	100%	0	0	9	5	4	3	0	6	1	1	0	1	3	0
6	Gibson, Josh	CHB	100%	0	0	20	7	13	4	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	1
19	Gunston, Jack	CHF	98%	1	1	15	7	8	6	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	2
4	Hartung, Billy	INT	72%	0	0	17	8	9	3	0	3	1	2	0	1	1	2
10	Hill, Bradley	INT	70%	1	0	15	9	6	3	0	3	2	1	1	1	0	4
15	Hodge, Luke (c)	WR	85%	2	0	20	12	8	8	2	6	2	3	0	0	6	4
3	Lewis, Jordan	RR	66%	0	0	10	3	7	2	3	6	2	3	0	2	1	1
7	McEvoy, Ben	RU	81%	0	0	11	6	5	3	38	5	2	1	1	0	1	3
5	Mitchell, Sam	C	91%	0	0	24	13	11	0	0	5	4	1	2	0	1	1
28	Puopolo, Paul	FPL	74%	1	2	17	9	8	3	0	10	1	3	1	0	1	4
33	Rioli, Cyril	HFFR	75%	1	1	13	9	4	5	0	5	3	6	1	3	0	3
25	Schoenmakers, Ryan	FPR	90%	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2
26	Shiels, Liam	RO	82%	2	1	20	12	8	2	0	12	1	7	3	4	1	2
21	Sicily, James	FF	76%	1	2	11	6	5	6	0	6	0	2	0	1	3	0
16	Smith, Isaac	WL	86%	0	2	21	15	6	3	1	6	4	2	0	2	6	1
24	Stratton, Ben	HBFL	100%	0	0	10	2	8	4	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
11	Whitecross, Brendan	INT	72%	0	0	12	6	6	5	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	1
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				12	12	327	178	149	81	52	105	34	46	14	19	34	40

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
24	Biggs, Shane	INT	89%	0	0	15	10	5	2	0	2	1	5	1	2	0	4
4	Bontempelli, Marcus	C	85%	2	0	27	16	11	5	7	1	8	2	2	1	0	5
5	Boyd, Matthew	BPR	85%	0	0	19	10	9	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	3
17	Boyd, Tom	FF	75%	0	1	18	3	15	4	7	5	3	0	0	0	0	0
12	Cordy, Zaine	INT	78%	0	0	11	8	3	2	0	4	0	3	0	1	1	2
6	Dahlhaus, Luke	RR	79%	0	0	23	7	16	1	0	7	3	8	0	2	0	1
35	Daniel, Caleb	FPR	83%	1	0	19	12	7	6	0	3	3	3	1	1	2	2
29	Dickson, Tory	FPL	85%	1	3	12	6	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	Dunkley, Josh	HFFR	82%	1	2	23	17	6	6	1	6	2	3	2	0	1	8
30	Hamling, Joel	FB	92%	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0
7	Hunter, Lachie	WL	81%	0	1	21	12	9	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
39	Johannisen, Jason	BPL	81%	0	1	15	9	6	6	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	3
21	Liberatore, Tom	RO	82%	0	0	20	6	14	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	1
11	Macrae, Jack	INT	75%	0	0	39	16	23	8	0	2	3	0	0	0	2	2
16	McLean, Toby	INT	76%	1	1	21	9	12	2	0	1	4	2	1	1	1	2
38	Morris, Dale	CHB	96%	0	0	10	2	8	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0
42	Picken, Liam	WR	79%	3	0	24	14	10	8	0	1	4	1	3	0	1	4
23	Roughead, Jordan	RU	81%	1	1	11	5	6	2	20	4	0	2	0	2	0	1
14	Smith, Clay	HFFL	73%	2	0	16	8	8	3	0	10	2	5	1	3	0	2
9	Stringer, Jake	CHF	88%	3	0	14	10	4	4	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	3
1	Suckling, Matt	HBFL	79%	0	0	18	11	7	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	5
10	Wood, Easton (ac)	HBFR	77%	1	0	11	6	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				16	11	397	203	194	81	35	62	42	43	19	14	23	52

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

Hawthorn							Coach: Alastair Clarkson
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	39	J. Johannisen	30	J. Hamling	5	M. Boyd	7	B. McEvoy	32	J. Fitzpatrick
	25	R. Schoenmakers	21	J. Sicily	28	P. Puopolo	3	J. Lewis	4	B. Hartung
FORWARD							26	L. Shiels	10	B. Hill
HALF-BACK									11	B. Whitecross
	1	M. Suckling	38	D. Morris	10	E. Wood (ac)
	33	C. Rioli	19	J. Gunston	22	L. Breust
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	7	L. Hunter	4	M. Bontempelli	42	L. Picken
	15	L. Hodge (c)	5	S. Mitchell	16	I. Smith	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							23	J. Roughead	24	S. Biggs
HALF-FORWARD							6	L. Dahlhaus	12	Z. Cordy
	14	C. Smith	9	J. Stringer	20	J. Dunkley	21	T. Liberatore	11	J. Macrae
	14	G. Birchall	6	J. Gibson	24	B. Stratton			16	T. McLean
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	29	T. Dickson	17	T. Boyd	35	C. Daniel
	9	S. Burgoyne	12	J. Frawley	8	T. Duryea
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Tory Dickson behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	04:00
	HWTH	James Sicily goal	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	07:03
	HWTH	James Sicily behind	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	09:05
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	2.1.13	-	0.1.1	09:59
	WBUL	Tory Dickson behind	2.1.13	-	0.2.2	11:54
	WBUL	Lachie Hunter behind	2.1.13	-	0.3.3	13:51
	HWTH	Paul Puopolo behind	2.2.14	-	0.3.3	14:34
	HWTH	Isaac Smith behind	2.3.15	-	0.3.3	17:06
	HWTH	Paul Puopolo goal	3.3.21	-	0.3.3	18:41
	HWTH	Cyril Rioli behind	3.4.22	-	0.3.3	20:38
	WBUL	Easton Wood goal	3.4.22	-	1.3.9	22:25
	WBUL	Rushed behind	3.4.22	-	1.4.10	23:57
	WBUL	Toby McLean behind	3.4.22	-	1.5.11	29:40
Q2	HWTH	Cyril Rioli goal	4.4.28	-	1.5.11	00:32
	WBUL	Jake Stringer goal	4.4.28	-	2.5.17	03:04
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	4.4.28	-	3.5.23	04:40
	HWTH	Bradley Hill goal	5.4.34	-	3.5.23	05:39
	HWTH	Luke Hodge goal	6.4.40	-	3.5.23	10:59
	HWTH	Liam Shiels goal	7.4.46	-	3.5.23	13:08
	WBUL	Josh Dunkley behind	7.4.46	-	3.6.24	15:09
	WBUL	Jason Johannisen behind	7.4.46	-	3.7.25	17:28
	HWTH	Luke Breust behind	7.5.47	-	3.7.25	18:43
	WBUL	Josh Dunkley behind	7.5.47	-	3.8.26	20:02
	WBUL	Josh Dunkley goal	7.5.47	-	4.8.32	22:18
	WBUL	Clay Smith goal	7.5.47	-	5.8.38	24:28
	WBUL	Clay Smith goal	7.5.47	-	6.8.44	27:05
	WBUL	Tom Boyd behind	7.5.47	-	6.9.45	28:41
	WBUL	Tory Dickson behind	7.5.47	-	6.10.46	30:52
Q3	HWTH	James Sicily behind	7.6.48	-	6.10.46	00:47
	HWTH	Luke Breust goal	8.6.54	-	6.10.46	04:53
	WBUL	Liam Picken goal	8.6.54	-	7.10.52	07:29
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	8.7.55	-	7.10.52	10:08
	HWTH	Isaac Smith behind	8.8.56	-	7.10.52	10:45
	HWTH	Liam Shiels behind	8.9.57	-	7.10.52	12:41
	WBUL	Jake Stringer goal	8.9.57	-	8.10.58	15:18
	WBUL	Jordan Roughead behind	8.9.57	-	8.11.59	17:36
	WBUL	Jordan Roughead goal	8.9.57	-	9.11.65	21:27
	WBUL	Toby McLean goal	8.9.57	-	10.11.71	25:10
	WBUL	Jake Stringer goal	8.9.57	-	11.11.77	26:53
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	8.9.57	-	12.11.83	30:58
Q4	WBUL	Tory Dickson goal	8.9.57	-	13.11.89	01:34
	HWTH	Luke Breust behind	8.10.58	-	13.11.89	04:23
	WBUL	Liam Picken goal	8.10.58	-	14.11.95	06:17
	WBUL	Liam Picken goal	8.10.58	-	15.11.101	10:13
	HWTH	Liam Shiels goal	9.10.64	-	15.11.101	12:19
	HWTH	Paul Puopolo behind	9.11.65	-	15.11.101	16:24
	HWTH	Jack Fitzpatrick goal	10.11.71	-	15.11.101	18:57
	HWTH	Shaun Burgoyne goal	11.11.77	-	15.11.101	20:39
	HWTH	Rushed behind	11.12.78	-	15.11.101	22:01
	HWTH	Luke Hodge goal	12.12.84	-	15.11.101	26:06
	WBUL	Caleb Daniel goal	12.12.84	-	16.11.107	28:42

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