2019 AFL Round 1: Western Bulldogs v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 23 March 2019 between Western Bulldogs and Sydney during round 1 of the 2019 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Sydney at Marvel Stadium. Easton Wood captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Western Bulldogs
Back: B. Williams, Z. Cordy, H. Crozier
Half-back: C. Daniel, E. Wood (capt.), M. Suckling
Centre: L. Hunter, T. Liberatore, J. Macrae
Half-forward: B. Smith, B. Gowers, J. Dunkley
Forward: T. McLean, A. Naughton, S. Lloyd
Follower: T. English, M. Bontempelli, M. Wallis
Int.: T. Dickson, T. Duryea, E. Richards, J. Schache

Sydney
Back: C. Mills, D. Rampe, L. Melican
Half-back: J. McVeigh, H. Grundy, J. Lloyd
Centre: H. Cunningham, J. Kennedy, I. Heeney
Half-forward: L. Parker, S. Reid, T. Papley
Forward: W. Hayward, L. Franklin, N. Blakey
Follower: C. Sinclair, G. Hewett, Z. Jones
Int.: A. Aliir, R. Clarke, J. Dawson, O. Florent

Western Bulldogs (11.16.82) defeated Sydney (9.11.65).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: A. Naughton (3), B. Gowers (2), S. Lloyd (2), M. Bontempelli, T. Duryea, E. Richards, J. Schache
Sydney: I. Heeney (2), S. Reid (2), N. Blakey, L. Franklin, W. Hayward, C. Mills, T. Papley

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 7th on the ladder and Sydney were then 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Sydney
Date: Saturday 23 March 2019
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 32,303

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Sydney
Score: 11.16.82 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 4 . 5 6 . 8 9 . 14 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Sydney 1 . 2 1 . 5 5 . 6 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin WBUL by 21 WBUL by 33 WBUL by 32 WBUL by 17 WBUL by 17
Duration 28:15 27:43 31:06 29:27 1:56:31

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Easton Wood (Western Bulldogs), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Brown (#13), R. O'Gorman (#10), S. Ryan (#25)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3
Lachie Hunter WBUL 7 2
Aaron Naughton WBUL 33 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Aaron Naughton WBUL 33 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Jake Lloyd SYDN 44 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Mitch Wallis WBUL 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
Caleb Daniel WBUL 35 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
4 Bontempelli, Marcus RR 83% 1 2 29 17 12 5 0 7 4 1 2 0 1 6
12 Cordy, Zaine FB 95% 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1
9 Crozier, Hayden BPR 85% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 0
35 Daniel, Caleb HBFL 86% 0 0 20 12 8 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 5 3
29 Dickson, Tory INT 69% 0 1 11 9 2 4 0 3 2 2 0 0 1 2
5 Dunkley, Josh HFFR 83% 0 1 20 9 11 0 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 5
15 Duryea, Taylor INT 72% 1 0 15 11 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
44 English, Tim RU 83% 0 0 8 5 3 1 19 7 3 3 1 2 0 3
26 Gowers, Billy CHF 76% 2 2 11 10 1 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
7 Hunter, Lachie WL 93% 0 1 26 10 16 5 0 8 4 2 2 0 1 4
21 Liberatore, Tom C 78% 0 2 28 18 10 1 0 3 8 4 2 2 2 8
22 Lloyd, Sam FPR 75% 2 1 22 12 10 2 0 3 2 4 1 2 0 3
11 Macrae, Jack WR 93% 0 0 32 15 17 5 0 3 4 3 1 0 3 5
16 McLean, Toby FPL 83% 0 0 22 11 11 4 0 3 2 5 2 3 0 5
33 Naughton, Aaron FF 80% 3 2 15 11 4 6 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 3
20 Richards, Ed INT 71% 1 0 12 6 6 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 4
13 Schache, Josh INT 72% 1 1 10 4 6 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 2
6 Smith, Bailey HFFL 77% 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 3
1 Suckling, Matt HBFR 82% 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 8 3
3 Wallis, Mitch RO 83% 0 1 26 10 16 4 0 4 4 3 2 3 1 3
34 Williams, Bailey BPL 86% 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 7 1
10 Wood, Easton (c) CHB 93% 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 4 1 2 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 11 16 374 217 157 62 20 66 41 54 22 22 37 68

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Aliir, Aliir INT 80% 0 0 15 9 6 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1
22 Blakey, Nick FPR 77% 1 1 10 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2
4 Clarke, Ryan INT 70% 0 0 17 4 13 2 0 3 2 2 1 2 0 2
7 Cunningham, Harry WL 85% 0 0 23 13 10 6 0 1 1 2 1 0 4 3
34 Dawson, Jordan INT 75% 0 0 14 4 10 2 0 2 0 6 0 1 1 1
13 Florent, Oliver INT 74% 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2
23 Franklin, Lance FF 80% 1 2 7 6 1 5 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
39 Grundy, Heath CHB 70% 0 0 11 7 4 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 1
9 Hayward, Will FPL 85% 1 1 9 6 3 3 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 4
5 Heeney, Isaac WR 84% 2 0 19 6 13 5 0 5 2 5 0 2 0 2
29 Hewett, George RR 82% 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 2 1 2 4 1 4 2
10 Jones, Zak RO 84% 0 2 24 16 8 5 0 4 2 4 0 1 2 6
12 Kennedy, Josh C 80% 0 3 22 13 9 3 0 7 7 3 1 1 3 2
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 93% 0 0 35 24 11 10 0 1 1 3 1 1 9 2
3 McVeigh, Jarrad HBFL 85% 0 0 22 10 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 2
43 Melican, Lewis BPR 83% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 4 0 5 0 4 5 0
14 Mills, Callum BPL 87% 1 0 20 11 9 3 0 2 1 4 2 1 4 3
11 Papley, Tom HFFR 81% 1 0 19 11 8 6 0 6 2 6 1 2 0 3
26 Parker, Luke HFFL 86% 0 0 22 12 10 3 0 7 6 5 1 0 2 1
24 Rampe, Dane FB 91% 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 7 0 1 1 1 9 0
20 Reid, Sam CHF 85% 2 1 10 7 3 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
18 Sinclair, Callum RU 84% 0 0 11 6 5 6 44 5 0 3 1 2 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 9 11 369 207 162 88 49 70 32 60 22 22 56 47

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
14 C. Mills 24 D. Rampe 43 L. Melican 44 T. English 29 T. Dickson
22 S. Lloyd 33 A. Naughton 16 T. McLean 4 M. Bontempelli 15 T. Duryea
FORWARD 3 M. Wallis 20 E. Richards
HALF-BACK

13 J. Schache
3 J. McVeigh 39 H. Grundy 44 J. Lloyd



5 J. Dunkley 26 B. Gowers 6 B. Smith



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 H. Cunningham 12 J. Kennedy 5 I. Heeney



11 J. Macrae 21 T. Liberatore 7 L. Hunter FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 18 C. Sinclair 36 A. Aliir
HALF-FORWARD 29 G. Hewett 4 R. Clarke
26 L. Parker 20 S. Reid 11 T. Papley 10 Z. Jones 34 J. Dawson
1 M. Suckling 10 E. Wood (c) 35 C. Daniel

13 O. Florent
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



9 W. Hayward 23 L. Franklin 22 N. Blakey



9 H. Crozier 12 Z. Cordy 34 B. Williams



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:45
SYDN Zak Jones behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 06:37
WBUL Ed Richards goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 09:07
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 10:16
WBUL Billy Gowers behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 11:56
WBUL Taylor Duryea goal 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 14:15
WBUL Tory Dickson behind 2.3.15 - 1.1.7 16:02
WBUL Josh Dunkley behind 2.4.16 - 1.1.7 17:32
SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 2.4.16 - 1.2.8 20:37
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 3.4.22 - 1.2.8 21:48
WBUL Billy Gowers goal 4.4.28 - 1.2.8 24:23
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 4.5.29 - 1.2.8 26:27
Q2 WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 4.6.30 - 1.2.8 02:32
SYDN Sam Reid behind 4.6.30 - 1.3.9 06:57
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 5.6.36 - 1.3.9 10:42
SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 5.6.36 - 1.4.10 12:51
WBUL Sam Lloyd behind 5.7.37 - 1.4.10 13:40
SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 5.7.37 - 1.5.11 16:04
WBUL Rushed behind 5.8.38 - 1.5.11 23:57
WBUL Josh Schache goal 6.8.44 - 1.5.11 25:31
Q3 WBUL Billy Gowers goal 7.8.50 - 1.5.11 01:01
WBUL Tom Liberatore behind 7.9.51 - 1.5.11 03:37
SYDN Nick Blakey goal 7.9.51 - 2.5.17 05:04
WBUL Sam Lloyd goal 8.9.57 - 2.5.17 06:15
SYDN Sam Reid goal 8.9.57 - 3.5.23 08:03
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 8.10.58 - 3.5.23 09:13
SYDN Nick Blakey behind 8.10.58 - 3.6.24 09:57
SYDN Will Hayward goal 8.10.58 - 4.6.30 10:59
SYDN Callum Mills goal 8.10.58 - 5.6.36 12:39
WBUL Billy Gowers behind 8.11.59 - 5.6.36 14:57
WBUL Rushed behind 8.12.60 - 5.6.36 18:10
WBUL Mitch Wallis behind 8.13.61 - 5.6.36 20:45
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 9.13.67 - 5.6.36 25:23
WBUL Lachie Hunter behind 9.14.68 - 5.6.36 28:28
Q4 SYDN Rushed behind 9.14.68 - 5.7.37 00:57
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 9.14.68 - 5.8.38 04:15
SYDN Sam Reid goal 9.14.68 - 6.8.44 06:08
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 9.14.68 - 7.8.50 09:26
SYDN Tom Papley goal 9.14.68 - 8.8.56 10:59
SYDN Will Hayward behind 9.14.68 - 8.9.57 13:54
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 9.14.68 - 9.9.63 16:09
WBUL Josh Schache behind 9.15.69 - 9.9.63 19:09
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 9.15.69 - 9.10.64 20:12
SYDN Zak Jones behind 9.15.69 - 9.11.65 21:48
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 10.15.75 - 9.11.65 24:01
WBUL Sam Lloyd goal 11.15.81 - 9.11.65 25:18
WBUL Tom Liberatore behind 11.16.82 - 9.11.65 29:17