2021 AFL Season Round 1: Collingwood v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 19 March 2021 between Collingwood and the Western Bulldogs during round one of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League. Collingwood hosted the Western Bulldogs at the MCG. Scott Pendlebury captained the hosts. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors with Mitch Wallis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Nathan Buckley and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Collingwood (7.11.53) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 19 March 2021
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 46,051

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 7.11.53 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 1 . 2 4 . 6 5 . 7 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Western Bulldogs 3 . 2 6 . 5 9 . 7 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin WBUL by 12 WBUL by 11 WBUL by 24 WBUL by 16 WBUL by 16
Duration 29:48 30:43 29:00 29:33 1:59:04

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Collingwood) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Scott Pendlebury
Coach: Nathan Buckley

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Vice-Captain: Mitch Wallis
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Gianfagna (#27)
B. Hosking (#16)
B. Rosebury (#8)
E: C. Dore (#28)

Goal Umpires

M. Craig
L. Edwards
E: M. Ensbey

Boundary Umpires

I. Burrows
J. Furman
M. Le Fevre
M. Marantelli

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bailey Smith WBUL 6 3
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 2
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Bailey Smith WBUL 6 10 2 0 0 0 0
Darcy Moore COLL 30 8 0 2 0 0 0
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 4 0 0 ? ? ?
Bailey Williams WBUL 34 4 0 0 ? ? ?
Laitham Vandermeer WBUL 23 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Alex Keath WBUL 42 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Adams, Taylor RR 81% 0 0 20 8 12 2 0 4 8 7 1 1 0 3
17 Brown, Callum SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Brown, Tyler WR 75% 0 0 13 6 7 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
46 Cox, Mason FF 80% 2 1 15 11 4 6 7 0 1 2 1 1 1 3
25 Crisp, Jack HBFL 90% 1 0 23 17 6 7 0 2 4 6 2 3 6 3
7 Daicos, Josh FPL 78% 0 0 9 2 7 1 0 1 2 3 1 3 1 2
2 De Goey, Jordan RO 87% 0 3 16 10 6 1 0 4 5 3 0 1 1 4
5 Elliott, Jamie HFFL 82% 2 0 12 7 5 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 2
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 84% 0 0 11 8 3 3 39 3 3 3 1 2 2 1
35 Henry, Ollie INT 64% 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0
32 Hoskin-Elliott, Will HFFR 84% 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 4 1 5 0 3 0 1
38 Howe, Jeremy HBFR 91% 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 3 0 0 1 0 5 0
44 Madgen, Jack BPR 85% 0 0 19 8 11 7 0 3 0 2 0 0 4 0
37 Maynard, Brayden BPL 90% 0 0 21 18 3 4 0 4 0 2 2 0 7 2
41 Mihocek, Brody CHF 81% 2 2 11 7 4 6 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 3
30 Moore, Darcy CHB 96% 0 0 18 14 4 12 0 1 0 3 1 2 5 0
9 Noble, John WL 84% 0 0 22 18 4 5 0 2 2 3 4 1 3 0
10 Pendlebury, Scott (c) C 77% 0 1 25 15 10 4 0 5 4 8 1 2 2 7
3 Quaynor, Isaac INT 85% 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 2
23 Roughead, Jordan FB 96% 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 1 0 4 1 1 6 2
21 Ruscoe, Trey INT 74% 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1
36 Sier, Brayden INT 60% 0 0 9 1 8 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1
24 Thomas, Josh FPR 77% 0 3 13 8 5 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 7 11 315 197 118 91 46 52 32 63 20 24 49 40

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) FPR 83% 0 1 28 13 15 9 0 3 3 6 1 3 1 2
17 Bruce, Josh FF 81% 1 0 15 11 4 11 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 4
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 71% 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 2
35 Daniel, Caleb BPR 85% 0 0 28 18 10 5 0 5 1 1 2 0 5 3
5 Dunkley, Josh INT 83% 0 1 30 13 17 7 0 3 2 3 0 0 2 3
15 Duryea, Taylor HBFL 80% 0 0 22 15 7 9 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0
44 English, Tim FPL 81% 1 1 14 10 4 8 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
43 Gardner, Ryan FB 100% 0 0 11 7 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Hunter, Lachie WR 81% 0 0 31 16 15 11 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 4
42 Keath, Alex CHB 95% 0 0 18 15 3 9 0 4 0 1 2 0 4 2
21 Liberatore, Tom RO 80% 0 1 28 14 14 3 0 7 7 2 1 2 2 5
27 Lipinski, Patrick INT 82% 0 0 26 9 17 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 3 3
11 Macrae, Jack RR 78% 0 0 35 17 18 7 0 7 3 4 2 1 1 4
8 Martin, Stefan RU 84% 1 0 15 6 9 1 15 2 6 3 3 1 0 0
30 McNeil, Lachlan HFFR 74% 1 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 1
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 76% 2 0 15 10 5 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6
28 Scott, Anthony INT 82% 0 1 16 9 7 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 5
6 Smith, Bailey HFFL 86% 2 0 36 23 13 8 0 3 3 9 3 5 2 5
1 Treloar, Adam C 77% 0 0 18 7 11 2 0 3 5 4 1 1 1 3
23 Vandermeer, Laitham WL 76% 2 0 14 5 9 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2
3 Wallis, Mitch (vc) INT 78% 0 1 13 4 9 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 2
14 West, Rhylee SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Williams, Bailey BPL 87% 0 0 28 21 7 8 0 4 0 3 1 2 6 3
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 10 9 466 260 206 125 19 57 38 61 24 20 34 59

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

Collingwood Coach: Nathan Buckley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
34 B. Williams 43 R. Gardner 35 C. Daniel 4 B. Grundy 35 O. Henry
24 J. Thomas 46 M. Cox 7 J. Daicos 13 T. Adams 3 I. Quaynor
FORWARD 2 J. De Goey 21 T. Ruscoe
HALF-BACK

36 B. Sier
15 T. Duryea 42 A. Keath 31 B. Dale

17 C. Brown
32 W. Hoskin-Elliott 41 B. Mihocek 5 J. Elliott



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



23 L. Vandermeer 1 A. Treloar 7 L. Hunter



6 T. Brown 10 S. Pendlebury (c) 9 J. Noble FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 8 S. Martin 5 J. Dunkley
HALF-FORWARD 11 J. Macrae 27 P. Lipinski
6 B. Smith 33 A. Naughton 30 L. McNeil 21 T. Liberatore 28 A. Scott
38 J. Howe 30 D. Moore 25 J. Crisp

3 M. Wallis (vc)
HALF-BACK

14 R. West
FORWARD



44 T. English 17 J. Bruce 4 M. Bontempelli (c)



44 J. Madgen 23 J. Roughead 37 B. Maynard



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Laitham Vandermeer goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:16
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 04:12
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 0.0.0 - 3.0.18 06:02
COLL Brody Mihocek behind 0.1.1 - 3.0.18 07:46
COLL Mason Cox goal 1.1.7 - 3.0.18 08:55
WBUL Tom Liberatore behind 1.1.7 - 3.1.19 27:42
WBUL Anthony Scott behind 1.1.7 - 3.2.20 28:35
COLL Josh Thomas behind 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 29:15
Q2 WBUL Bailey Smith goal 1.2.8 - 4.2.26 01:11
WBUL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 4.3.27 03:25
COLL Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 4.3.27 04:46
COLL Jamie Elliott goal 2.3.15 - 4.3.27 06:00
WBUL Lachlan McNeil goal 2.3.15 - 5.3.33 07:55
WBUL Mitch Wallis behind 2.3.15 - 5.4.34 10:38
COLL Jordan De Goey behind 2.4.16 - 5.4.34 14:02
COLL Brody Mihocek goal 3.4.22 - 5.4.34 18:58
WBUL Tim English behind 3.4.22 - 5.5.35 21:25
COLL Josh Thomas behind 3.5.23 - 5.5.35 22:05
COLL Jordan De Goey behind 3.6.24 - 5.5.35 22:45
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer goal 3.6.24 - 6.5.41 25:35
COLL Jack Crisp goal 4.6.30 - 6.5.41 29:40
Q3 COLL Brody Mihocek behind 4.7.31 - 6.5.41 04:17
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 4.7.31 - 7.5.47 07:47
COLL Brody Mihocek goal 5.7.37 - 7.5.47 09:59
WBUL Bailey Smith goal 5.7.37 - 8.5.53 15:26
WBUL Josh Dunkley behind 5.7.37 - 8.6.54 21:35
WBUL Tim English goal 5.7.37 - 9.6.60 24:23
WBUL Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 9.7.61 25:45
Q4 WBUL Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 9.8.62 01:50
COLL Scott Pendlebury behind 5.8.38 - 9.8.62 03:46
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 5.8.38 - 9.9.63 05:24
COLL Jordan De Goey behind 5.9.39 - 9.9.63 06:54
COLL Jamie Elliott goal 6.9.45 - 9.9.63 08:43
COLL Josh Thomas behind 6.10.46 - 9.9.63 10:37
WBUL Stefan Martin goal 6.10.46 - 10.9.69 12:10
COLL Mason Cox behind 6.11.47 - 10.9.69 19:24
COLL Mason Cox goal 7.11.53 - 10.9.69 24:31