2019 AFL Elimination Final 2: Greater Western Sydney v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 7 September 2019 between Greater Western Sydney and Western Bulldogs in the second elimination final of the 2019 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted Western Bulldogs at GIANTS Stadium. Phil Davis captained the hosts. Easton Wood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Leon Cameron and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Greater Western Sydney
Back: H. Shaw, P. Davis (capt.), J. Hopper
Half-back: A. Corr, N. Haynes, L. Whitfield
Centre: Z. Williams, T. Taranto, S. Taylor
Half-forward: J. Finlayson, H. Himmelberg, B. Daniels
Forward: T. Greene, J. Cameron, M. de Boer
Follower: S. Mumford, H. Perryman, J. Kelly
Int.: B. Deledio, A. Kennedy, D. Lloyd, S. Reid

Western Bulldogs
Back: M. Suckling, L. Young, H. Crozier
Half-back: J. Johannisen, Z. Cordy, E. Wood (capt.)
Centre: L. Hunter, M. Bontempelli, E. Richards
Half-forward: B. Dale, J. Schache, S. Lloyd
Forward: B. Smith, A. Naughton, T. McLean
Follower: T. English, J. Dunkley, J. Macrae
Int.: T. Duryea, W. Hayes, P. Lipinski, R. West

Greater Western Sydney (16.17.113) defeated Western Bulldogs (8.7.55).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: J. Finlayson (3), T. Greene (3), J. Kelly (3), J. Cameron (2), H. Himmelberg (2), D. Lloyd (2), L. Whitfield
Western Bulldogs: A. Naughton (2), T. English, S. Lloyd, T. McLean, E. Richards, J. Schache, M. Suckling

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney faced Brisbane Lions in the second semi final and Western Bulldogs were eliminated (finishing 7th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 2
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 7 September 2019
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: GIANTS Stadium
Attendance: 19,218

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 16.17.113 - 8.7.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Greater Western Sydney 3 . 5 6 . 9 12 . 11 16 . 17 16 . 17 (113)
Western Bulldogs 2 . 0 5 . 5 7 . 6 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Margin GWSY by 11 GWSY by 10 GWSY by 35 GWSY by 58 GWSY by 58
Duration 30:11 34:51 32:45 31:13 2:09:00

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Foot (#2), S. Ryan (#25), N. Williamson (#22)

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tim Taranto GWSY 14 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jacob Hopper GWSY 2 7 0 1 1 0 0
Lachie Whitfield GWSY 6 4 0 1 0 0 0
Josh Kelly GWSY 22 3 0 0 1 0 0
Matt de Boer GWSY 24 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Jeremy Finlayson GWSY 31 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Toby Greene GWSY 4 2 0 0 0 ? ?

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 FF 89% 2 3 25 17 8 8 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 2
35 Corr, Aidan HBFL 77% 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0
16 Daniels, Brent HFFR 76% 0 3 21 12 9 3 0 3 3 3 1 2 1 8
1 Davis, Phil (c) FB 91% 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 3 0
24 de Boer, Matt FPR 83% 0 0 18 9 9 1 1 8 6 7 2 5 0 3
7 Deledio, Brett INT 63% 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 4 0 2 2 2 0 3
31 Finlayson, Jeremy HFFL 75% 3 3 18 13 5 3 5 0 2 4 0 1 1 4
4 Greene, Toby FPL 78% 3 1 20 14 6 5 0 3 1 11 2 6 2 7
19 Haynes, Nick CHB 91% 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2
27 Himmelberg, Harry CHF 91% 2 1 12 6 6 2 0 3 1 2 3 2 0 2
2 Hopper, Jacob BPR 84% 0 0 30 13 17 3 0 4 7 5 2 2 0 4
22 Kelly, Josh RO 84% 3 1 22 13 9 1 0 2 3 2 4 0 2 1
40 Kennedy, Adam INT 81% 0 1 16 11 5 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 4
38 Lloyd, Daniel INT 78% 2 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 3
41 Mumford, Shane RU 91% 0 0 9 1 8 0 39 4 4 6 2 5 0 1
36 Perryman, Harry RR 79% 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 1
50 Reid, Sam INT 84% 0 0 13 5 8 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 3
23 Shaw, Heath BPL 93% 0 0 25 21 4 9 0 2 0 3 1 1 5 5
14 Taranto, Tim C 75% 0 0 28 19 9 7 0 5 7 4 0 1 1 11
15 Taylor, Sam WR 86% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 0
6 Whitfield, Lachie HBFR 70% 1 1 30 21 9 7 0 6 3 3 1 1 2 7
29 Williams, Zac WL 81% 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 5
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 16 17 395 239 156 78 45 61 47 72 28 34 27 76

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus C 77% 0 2 13 9 4 2 3 7 4 4 3 2 2 3
12 Cordy, Zaine CHB 98% 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 0 5 1 3 6 0
9 Crozier, Hayden BPR 79% 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 2 0 3 2 2 6 2
31 Dale, Bailey HFFL 83% 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
5 Dunkley, Josh RR 86% 0 0 20 10 10 2 4 7 4 3 4 2 1 2
15 Duryea, Taylor INT 73% 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 6 2 2 3 0 8 1
44 English, Tim RU 80% 1 1 17 12 5 3 30 4 3 5 3 2 0 3
32 Hayes, Will INT 74% 0 0 7 1 6 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1
7 Hunter, Lachie WL 89% 0 1 24 10 14 2 0 4 4 2 2 1 2 3
39 Johannisen, Jason HBFL 90% 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 6 1
27 Lipinski, Patrick INT 78% 0 1 24 7 17 6 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 2
22 Lloyd, Sam HFFR 85% 1 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
11 Macrae, Jack RO 87% 0 0 32 14 18 5 0 10 7 5 3 1 3 3
16 McLean, Toby FPR 83% 1 1 8 5 3 3 0 4 2 4 2 3 1 2
33 Naughton, Aaron FF 62% 2 0 5 4 1 3 0 3 0 4 2 2 0 1
20 Richards, Ed WR 78% 1 0 12 4 8 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2
13 Schache, Josh CHF 85% 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2
6 Smith, Bailey FPL 78% 0 0 16 7 9 4 0 3 2 3 0 1 1 0
1 Suckling, Matt BPL 76% 1 0 23 19 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 6 3
14 West, Rhylee INT 76% 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2
10 Wood, Easton (c) HBFR 86% 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 2 0 6 4 4 5 2
2 Young, Lewis FB 98% 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 1 5 1 1 8 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 8 7 319 180 139 63 37 68 35 66 34 28 59 37

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Matt Suckling goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:21
GWSY Jeremy Finlayson behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 07:22
GWSY Lachie Whitfield goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 09:15
GWSY Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 13:38
GWSY Toby Greene goal 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 14:10
GWSY Jeremy Finlayson behind 2.3.15 - 1.0.6 16:37
GWSY Jeremy Cameron behind 2.4.16 - 1.0.6 18:15
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 2.4.16 - 2.0.12 22:52
GWSY Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 2.0.12 26:26
GWSY Toby Greene goal 3.5.23 - 2.0.12 28:33
Q2 GWSY Brent Daniels behind 3.6.24 - 2.0.12 01:30
GWSY Toby Greene behind 3.7.25 - 2.0.12 05:31
GWSY Jeremy Finlayson behind 3.8.26 - 2.0.12 08:22
GWSY Jeremy Finlayson goal 4.8.32 - 2.0.12 09:47
WBUL Bailey Dale behind 4.8.32 - 2.1.13 14:09
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 4.8.32 - 2.2.14 15:01
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 5.8.38 - 2.2.14 17:35
WBUL Toby McLean behind 5.8.38 - 2.3.15 20:11
WBUL Toby McLean goal 5.8.38 - 3.3.21 20:28
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 5.8.38 - 4.3.27 22:52
WBUL Tim English goal 5.8.38 - 5.3.33 24:53
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 5.8.38 - 5.4.34 26:31
WBUL Lachie Hunter behind 5.8.38 - 5.5.35 27:22
GWSY Jeremy Finlayson goal 6.8.44 - 5.5.35 28:31
GWSY Jeremy Cameron behind 6.9.45 - 5.5.35 32:57
Q3 WBUL Josh Schache goal 6.9.45 - 6.5.41 03:22
GWSY Lachie Whitfield behind 6.10.46 - 6.5.41 04:37
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 7.10.52 - 6.5.41 06:06
GWSY Daniel Lloyd goal 8.10.58 - 6.5.41 09:02
GWSY Brent Daniels behind 8.11.59 - 6.5.41 11:13
WBUL Ed Richards goal 8.11.59 - 7.5.47 12:41
WBUL Patrick Lipinski behind 8.11.59 - 7.6.48 18:34
GWSY Jeremy Finlayson goal 9.11.65 - 7.6.48 21:53
GWSY Daniel Lloyd goal 10.11.71 - 7.6.48 24:01
GWSY Toby Greene goal 11.11.77 - 7.6.48 26:59
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 12.11.83 - 7.6.48 31:38
Q4 GWSY Josh Kelly goal 13.11.89 - 7.6.48 01:04
GWSY Harry Himmelberg behind 13.12.90 - 7.6.48 02:53
GWSY Jeremy Cameron goal 14.12.96 - 7.6.48 05:19
GWSY Josh Kelly behind 14.13.97 - 7.6.48 07:27
GWSY Brent Daniels behind 14.14.98 - 7.6.48 09:11
GWSY Adam Kennedy behind 14.15.99 - 7.6.48 10:42
GWSY Jeremy Cameron behind 14.16.100 - 7.6.48 13:37
GWSY Jeremy Cameron goal 15.16.106 - 7.6.48 17:14
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 16.16.112 - 7.6.48 20:31
GWSY Rushed behind 16.17.113 - 7.6.48 22:56
WBUL Sam Lloyd goal 16.17.113 - 8.6.54 23:36
WBUL Tim English behind 16.17.113 - 8.7.55 29:53