2017 AFL Season Round 2: Western Bulldogs v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 31 March 2017 between the Western Bulldogs and Sydney during round two of the 2017 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Sydney at Etihad Stadium. Bob Murphy captained the hosts. Josh Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

The Western Bulldogs (16.14.110) defeated Sydney (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Sydney
Date: Friday 31 March 2017
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 42,834

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Sydney
Score: 16.14.110 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 2 . 6 7 . 7 12 . 11 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Sydney 4 . 1 6 . 5 9 . 7 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin SYDN by 7 WBUL by 8 WBUL by 22 WBUL by 23 WBUL by 23
Duration 31:41 29:34 31:49 29:22 2:02:26

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 (Sydney) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Bob Murphy
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Sydney

Captain: Josh Kennedy
Coach: John Longmire

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Hosking (#16)
J. Mollison (#32)
S. Ryan (#25)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3
Lance Franklin SYDN 23 2
Sam Reid SYDN 20 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 9 1 1 0 0 0
Sam Reid SYDN 20 9 1 1 0 0 0
Easton Wood WBUL 10 4 0 0 0 2 0
Lin Jong WBUL 46 3 0 0 1 0 0
Liam Picken WBUL 42 3 0 0 1 0 0
Marcus Adams WBUL 25 1 0 0 0 0 1
Lance Franklin SYDN 23 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
25 Adams, Marcus CHB 92% 0 0 20 9 11 7 0 5 0 2 1 0 2 1
24 Biggs, Shane INT 78% 0 0 25 16 9 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 7 2
4 Bontempelli, Marcus RR 87% 2 1 30 17 13 4 0 7 5 3 2 2 1 6
5 Boyd, Matthew INT 84% 0 0 21 13 8 5 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 3
17 Boyd, Tom CHF 76% 2 0 7 5 2 2 15 2 1 3 1 1 1 1
15 Campbell, Tom RU 79% 0 1 14 7 7 1 33 6 3 3 3 1 0 7
13 Cloke, Travis FF 81% 3 2 18 11 7 7 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 4
12 Cordy, Zaine BPL 90% 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 2
8 Crameri, Stewart FPL 72% 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 2
6 Dahlhaus, Luke C 74% 0 0 25 9 16 6 0 2 5 2 2 1 2 3
35 Daniel, Caleb INT 79% 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 3
7 Hunter, Lachie WL 85% 1 1 25 11 14 5 0 1 2 4 1 0 2 3
39 Johannisen, Jason BPR 86% 0 0 23 17 6 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 1
46 Jong, Lin INT 73% 1 1 23 8 15 8 0 7 4 2 1 0 1 1
21 Liberatore, Tom RO 85% 0 0 19 5 14 2 0 16 6 4 1 3 1 1
11 Macrae, Jack HFFL 84% 0 0 20 9 11 3 0 8 4 0 3 0 3 2
2 Murphy, Bob (c) HBFR 80% 1 1 20 16 4 6 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 4
42 Picken, Liam FPR 78% 2 1 21 15 6 6 0 2 1 3 3 1 4 2
18 Roberts, Fletcher FB 97% 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 3 0
9 Stringer, Jake HFFR 83% 3 1 15 9 6 3 0 3 0 6 1 5 0 6
1 Suckling, Matt WR 76% 1 0 20 10 10 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2
10 Wood, Easton HBFL 83% 0 0 16 10 6 9 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 2
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 16 14 412 229 183 94 48 84 35 45 32 17 40 58

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Aliir, Aliir HBFL 86% 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 1 0 4 0 2 6 0
7 Cunningham, Harry INT 80% 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 3
13 Florent, Oliver HFFL 77% 1 0 13 8 5 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 1
42 Fox, Robbie INT 82% 0 0 13 2 11 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 1
23 Franklin, Lance FF 93% 4 3 22 18 4 11 0 4 1 7 1 4 1 10
39 Grundy, Heath FB 94% 0 0 13 3 10 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0
4 Hannebery, Dan RO 84% 0 0 19 7 12 2 0 7 3 2 0 0 0 4
9 Hayward, Will FPR 87% 0 1 16 11 5 3 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 6
29 Hewett, George HFFR 82% 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 6 4 4 0 3 1 4
15 Jack, Kieren WL 82% 0 1 19 12 7 2 0 3 2 4 0 1 0 4
10 Jones, Zak BPR 87% 0 0 20 9 11 4 0 0 0 6 1 3 3 4
12 Kennedy, Josh (c) C 90% 0 0 24 6 18 1 0 8 6 2 3 2 2 2
11 Laidler, Jeremy INT 75% 1 0 16 8 8 5 0 3 1 2 0 2 2 0
44 Lloyd, Jake WR 94% 0 0 34 20 14 4 0 3 1 3 1 0 8 5
31 Marsh, Harry CHB 83% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0
14 Mills, Callum HBFR 89% 0 1 15 10 5 1 0 4 3 3 1 2 2 4
35 Naismith, Sam RU 82% 0 0 10 4 6 1 25 5 5 5 2 4 2 0
28 Newman, Nic INT 72% 1 0 16 6 10 4 0 6 0 2 0 1 1 3
26 Parker, Luke RR 84% 0 1 21 12 9 4 0 6 4 1 3 1 2 1
20 Reid, Sam FPL 90% 6 1 15 9 6 5 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
40 Smith, Nick BPL 98% 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 4 1
8 Tippett, Kurt CHF 10% 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 13 9 352 182 170 62 32 74 34 61 18 32 41 54

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
40 N. Smith 39 H. Grundy 10 Z. Jones 15 T. Campbell 24 S. Biggs
42 L. Picken 13 T. Cloke 8 S. Crameri 4 M. Bontempelli 5 M. Boyd
FORWARD 21 T. Liberatore 35 C. Daniel
HALF-BACK

46 L. Jong
36 A. Aliir 31 H. Marsh 14 C. Mills



9 J. Stringer 17 T. Boyd 11 J. Macrae



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 K. Jack 12 J. Kennedy (c) 44 J. Lloyd



1 M. Suckling 6 L. Dahlhaus 7 L. Hunter FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 35 S. Naismith 7 H. Cunningham
HALF-FORWARD 26 L. Parker 42 R. Fox
13 O. Florent 8 K. Tippett 29 G. Hewett 4 D. Hannebery 11 J. Laidler
2 B. Murphy (c) 25 M. Adams 10 E. Wood

28 N. Newman
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



20 S. Reid 23 L. Franklin 9 W. Hayward



39 J. Johannisen 18 F. Roberts 12 Z. Cordy



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Sam Reid goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:45
SYDN Will Hayward behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:15
WBUL Travis Cloke behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 04:44
WBUL Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 06:38
SYDN Sam Reid goal 0.2.2 - 2.1.13 07:18
SYDN Jeremy Laidler goal 0.2.2 - 3.1.19 10:46
SYDN Sam Reid goal 0.2.2 - 4.1.25 15:33
WBUL Travis Cloke goal 1.2.8 - 4.1.25 17:37
WBUL Jake Stringer behind 1.3.9 - 4.1.25 20:41
WBUL Rushed behind 1.4.10 - 4.1.25 23:07
WBUL Bob Murphy behind 1.5.11 - 4.1.25 25:12
WBUL Travis Cloke goal 2.5.17 - 4.1.25 27:17
WBUL Lachie Hunter behind 2.6.18 - 4.1.25 29:13
Q2 WBUL Bob Murphy goal 3.6.24 - 4.1.25 01:06
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 3.6.24 - 4.2.26 02:14
WBUL Matt Suckling goal 4.6.30 - 4.2.26 04:43
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 4.6.30 - 5.2.32 07:51
WBUL Travis Cloke goal 5.6.36 - 5.2.32 09:45
SYDN Callum Mills behind 5.6.36 - 5.3.33 13:39
SYDN Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 5.4.34 17:43
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 5.6.36 - 5.5.35 19:26
SYDN Nic Newman goal 5.6.36 - 6.5.41 21:37
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 6.6.42 - 6.5.41 22:41
WBUL Tom Campbell behind 6.7.43 - 6.5.41 26:08
WBUL Lin Jong goal 7.7.49 - 6.5.41 27:34
Q3 WBUL Tom Boyd goal 8.7.55 - 6.5.41 01:05
SYDN Sam Reid goal 8.7.55 - 7.5.47 02:08
WBUL Lachie Hunter goal 9.7.61 - 7.5.47 03:33
WBUL Lin Jong behind 9.8.62 - 7.5.47 08:16
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 9.8.62 - 7.6.48 10:09
WBUL Tom Boyd goal 10.8.68 - 7.6.48 12:14
WBUL Travis Cloke behind 10.9.69 - 7.6.48 14:56
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 11.9.75 - 7.6.48 18:35
SYDN Sam Reid goal 11.9.75 - 8.6.54 22:00
WBUL Stewart Crameri behind 11.10.76 - 8.6.54 23:26
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 12.10.82 - 8.6.54 23:54
SYDN Kieren Jack behind 12.10.82 - 8.7.55 25:40
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 12.10.82 - 9.7.61 28:27
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 12.11.83 - 9.7.61 29:34
Q4 SYDN Lance Franklin goal 12.11.83 - 10.7.67 01:13
SYDN Sam Reid behind 12.11.83 - 10.8.68 05:24
SYDN Luke Parker behind 12.11.83 - 10.9.69 06:28
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 12.11.83 - 11.9.75 08:57
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 12.11.83 - 12.9.81 10:04
SYDN Sam Reid goal 12.11.83 - 13.9.87 11:28
WBUL Rushed behind 12.12.84 - 13.9.87 13:39
WBUL Liam Picken behind 12.13.85 - 13.9.87 14:58
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 13.13.91 - 13.9.87 17:10
WBUL Liam Picken goal 14.13.97 - 13.9.87 19:14
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 15.13.103 - 13.9.87 20:11
WBUL Rushed behind 15.14.104 - 13.9.87 24:53
WBUL Liam Picken goal 16.14.110 - 13.9.87 28:18