2021 AFL Round 2: Western Bulldogs v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 28 March 2021 between Western Bulldogs and West Coast during round 2 of the 2021 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted West Coast at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts with Mitch Wallis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Adam Simpson.

Western Bulldogs
Back: B. Williams, R. Gardner, C. Daniel
Half-back: T. Duryea, A. Keath, A. Treloar
Centre: A. Scott, B. Smith, L. Hunter
Half-forward: L. Vandermeer, A. Naughton, J. Dunkley
Forward: T. English, J. Bruce, M. Bontempelli (capt.)
Follower: S. Martin, J. Macrae, T. Liberatore
Int.: B. Dale, P. Lipinski, L. McNeil, M. Wallis (vice-capt.)
Sub.: J. Johannisen

West Coast
Back: J. Rotham, T. Barrass, B. Sheppard
Half-back: J. Nelson, J. McGovern, S. Hurn
Centre: A. Gaff, J. Redden, J. Cripps
Half-forward: D. Sheed, J. Darling, J. Jones
Forward: L. Ryan, J. Kennedy, O. Allen
Follower: N. Naitanui, T. Kelly, L. Duggan
Int.: T. Cole, Z. Langdon, X. O'Neill, N. Vardy
Sub.: B. Ah Chee

Western Bulldogs (14.16.100) defeated West Coast (14.9.93).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: M. Bontempelli (3), J. Bruce (3), A. Naughton (3), C. Daniel, J. Dunkley, T. English, B. Smith, L. Vandermeer
West Coast: J. Kennedy (4), J. Darling (3), J. Jones (3), O. Allen (2), L. Ryan (2)

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) and West Coast were then 7th on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Western Bulldogs v West Coast
Date: Sunday 28 March 2021
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 21,391

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. West Coast
Score: 14.16.100 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 3 . 3 6 . 10 9 . 12 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
West Coast 3 . 2 6 . 3 12 . 6 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin WBUL by 1 WBUL by 7 WCST by 12 WBUL by 7 WBUL by 7
Duration 30:25 31:47 33:20 33:42 2:09:14

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), Adam Simpson (West Coast)
Captains: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs), unknown (West Coast)
Vice-Captains: Mitch Wallis (Western Bulldogs), unknown (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), S. Meredith (#21), B. Wallace (#33), E: A. Heffernan (#29)
Goal Umpire: S. Williams, D. Wilson, E: M. Maclure
Boundary Umpire: P. Cran, C. Gordon, M. Jenkinson, S. Stagg

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 2
Nic Naitanui WCST 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 8 0 2 0 0 0
Nic Naitanui WCST 9 5 0 0 1 1 0
Dom Sheed WCST 4 3 0 0 1 0 0
Josh Dunkley WBUL 5 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Aaron Naughton WBUL 33 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) FPR 88% 3 1 30 15 15 6 0 2 5 2 0 1 2 7
17 Bruce, Josh FF 82% 3 0 9 8 1 5 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 3
31 Dale, Bailey INT 81% 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 2
35 Daniel, Caleb BPR 78% 1 0 26 18 8 5 0 0 1 6 1 2 7 2
5 Dunkley, Josh HFFR 81% 1 0 25 10 15 6 0 9 6 2 0 1 1 2
15 Duryea, Taylor HBFL 79% 0 0 22 11 11 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 2
44 English, Tim FPL 80% 1 0 9 5 4 4 9 4 1 4 0 1 1 0
43 Gardner, Ryan FB 100% 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
7 Hunter, Lachie WR 90% 0 0 21 13 8 5 0 1 2 5 2 2 0 3
39 Johannisen, Jason SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Keath, Alex CHB 97% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 2
21 Liberatore, Tom RO 78% 0 2 26 12 14 2 0 5 9 2 0 0 2 5
27 Lipinski, Patrick INT 75% 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 1 1 4 0 1 2 1
11 Macrae, Jack RR 88% 0 1 41 19 22 3 0 0 9 2 2 0 1 8
8 Martin, Stefan RU 77% 0 0 10 4 6 1 12 0 0 6 0 3 0 2
30 McNeil, Lachlan INT 65% 0 2 9 6 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 85% 3 2 13 11 2 8 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
28 Scott, Anthony WL 77% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
6 Smith, Bailey C 85% 1 0 25 7 18 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
1 Treloar, Adam HBFR 77% 0 1 25 11 14 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 3
23 Vandermeer, Laitham HFFL 78% 1 2 10 5 5 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2
3 Wallis, Mitch (vc) INT 71% 0 1 15 8 7 7 0 2 1 4 2 1 0 1
34 Williams, Bailey BPL 87% 0 0 20 12 8 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 6 0
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 14 16 406 214 192 95 21 43 41 51 14 19 31 51

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
41 Ah Chee, Brendon SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Allen, Oscar FPR 87% 2 1 4 4 0 4 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0
37 Barrass, Tom FB 86% 0 0 17 15 2 10 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1
28 Cole, Tom INT 83% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2
15 Cripps, Jamie WR 89% 0 1 13 9 4 4 0 7 2 0 2 0 0 3
27 Darling, Jack CHF 96% 3 0 13 9 4 9 1 3 0 5 1 2 0 1
14 Duggan, Liam RO 85% 0 0 25 18 7 8 0 3 0 9 0 2 2 5
3 Gaff, Andrew WL 91% 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 2
25 Hurn, Shannon HBFR 84% 0 0 25 23 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
31 Jones, Jamaine HFFR 72% 3 0 8 7 1 1 0 3 0 3 2 1 0 4
11 Kelly, Tim RR 82% 0 1 29 17 12 5 0 4 5 4 1 0 2 4
17 Kennedy, Josh FF 79% 4 1 11 10 1 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
7 Langdon, Zac INT 67% 0 1 8 3 5 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 0
20 McGovern, Jeremy CHB 85% 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 1
9 Naitanui, Nic RU 72% 0 0 13 6 7 2 40 5 11 1 2 1 0 7
30 Nelson, Jackson HBFL 83% 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 1
24 O'Neill, Xavier INT 70% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2
8 Redden, Jack C 92% 0 0 21 11 10 7 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
35 Rotham, Josh BPL 81% 0 0 15 12 3 9 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 3
1 Ryan, Liam FPL 89% 2 2 9 8 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2
4 Sheed, Dom HFFL 87% 0 1 26 16 10 4 0 3 11 6 2 1 2 4
5 Sheppard, Brad BPR 92% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 0
19 Vardy, Nathan INT 50% 0 0 4 1 3 0 11 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 14 9 312 219 93 102 52 46 37 47 19 14 37 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
35 J. Rotham 37 T. Barrass 5 B. Sheppard 8 S. Martin 31 B. Dale
4 M. Bontempelli (c) 17 J. Bruce 44 T. English 11 J. Macrae 27 P. Lipinski
FORWARD 21 T. Liberatore 30 L. McNeil
HALF-BACK

3 M. Wallis (vc)
30 J. Nelson 20 J. McGovern 25 S. Hurn

39 J. Johannisen
5 J. Dunkley 33 A. Naughton 23 L. Vandermeer



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



3 A. Gaff 8 J. Redden 15 J. Cripps



7 L. Hunter 6 B. Smith 28 A. Scott FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 9 N. Naitanui 28 T. Cole
HALF-FORWARD 11 T. Kelly 7 Z. Langdon
4 D. Sheed 27 J. Darling 31 J. Jones 14 L. Duggan 24 X. O'Neill
1 A. Treloar 42 A. Keath 15 T. Duryea

19 N. Vardy
HALF-BACK

41 B. Ah Chee
FORWARD



1 L. Ryan 17 J. Kennedy 12 O. Allen



35 C. Daniel 43 R. Gardner 34 B. Williams



BACK



West Coast Coach: Adam Simpson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Tom Liberatore behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:51
WBUL Caleb Daniel goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:49
WCST Jack Darling goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 07:58
WBUL Adam Treloar behind 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 10:52
WCST Liam Ryan behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 11:43
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 15:57
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 2.2.14 - 2.1.13 21:43
WCST Liam Ryan goal 2.2.14 - 3.1.19 23:33
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 2.3.15 - 3.1.19 25:25
WCST Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 3.2.20 26:02
WBUL Tim English goal 3.3.21 - 3.2.20 28:14
Q2 WCST Josh Kennedy goal 3.3.21 - 4.2.26 00:44
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 3.4.22 - 4.2.26 02:16
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer behind 3.5.23 - 4.2.26 03:55
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer behind 3.6.24 - 4.2.26 05:56
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 4.6.30 - 4.2.26 10:07
WBUL Rushed behind 4.7.31 - 4.2.26 12:15
WCST Jamaine Jones goal 4.7.31 - 5.2.32 13:14
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 4.8.32 - 5.2.32 15:13
WBUL Bailey Smith goal 5.8.38 - 5.2.32 15:53
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 6.8.44 - 5.2.32 21:50
WBUL Tom Liberatore behind 6.9.45 - 5.2.32 25:30
WBUL Rushed behind 6.10.46 - 5.2.32 26:39
WCST Tim Kelly behind 6.10.46 - 5.3.33 27:35
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 6.10.46 - 6.3.39 28:50
Q3 WCST Oscar Allen goal 6.10.46 - 7.3.45 00:51
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 7.10.52 - 7.3.45 02:35
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 7.10.52 - 8.3.51 04:43
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 8.10.58 - 8.3.51 06:23
WBUL Lachlan McNeil behind 8.11.59 - 8.3.51 08:15
WCST Dom Sheed behind 8.11.59 - 8.4.52 11:14
WCST Jamaine Jones goal 8.11.59 - 9.4.58 12:39
WCST Liam Ryan behind 8.11.59 - 9.5.59 16:53
WCST Zac Langdon behind 8.11.59 - 9.6.60 17:58
WBUL Josh Dunkley goal 9.11.65 - 9.6.60 22:00
WBUL Mitch Wallis behind 9.12.66 - 9.6.60 25:03
WCST Jack Darling goal 9.12.66 - 10.6.66 27:25
WCST Oscar Allen goal 9.12.66 - 11.6.72 29:11
WCST Liam Ryan goal 9.12.66 - 12.6.78 30:50
Q4 WCST Jamie Cripps behind 9.12.66 - 12.7.79 00:55
WCST Oscar Allen behind 9.12.66 - 12.8.80 04:15
WBUL Rushed behind 9.13.67 - 12.8.80 06:15
WCST Josh Kennedy behind 9.13.67 - 12.9.81 09:52
WBUL Rushed behind 9.14.68 - 12.9.81 10:57
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 10.14.74 - 12.9.81 13:30
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 11.14.80 - 12.9.81 15:21
WBUL Lachlan McNeil behind 11.15.81 - 12.9.81 17:08
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer goal 12.15.87 - 12.9.81 20:09
WCST Jack Darling goal 12.15.87 - 13.9.87 21:59
WBUL Jack Macrae behind 12.16.88 - 13.9.87 24:57
WCST Jamaine Jones goal 12.16.88 - 14.9.93 26:55
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 13.16.94 - 14.9.93 28:38
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 14.16.100 - 14.9.93 32:14