2021 AFL Round 5: Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 2021 between Western Bulldogs and Gold Coast during round 5 of the 2021 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Gold Coast at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts. David Swallow captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Stuart Dew.

Western Bulldogs
Back: B. Williams, A. Keath, E. Wood
Half-back: T. Duryea, L. Young, B. Dale
Centre: J. Johannisen, B. Smith, L. Hunter
Half-forward: A. Treloar, A. Naughton, L. McNeil
Forward: T. English, J. Bruce, M. Bontempelli (capt.)
Follower: J. Sweet, J. Dunkley, T. Liberatore
Int.: H. Crozier, P. Lipinski, J. Macrae, A. Scott
Sub.: B. Cavarra

Gold Coast
Back: J. Bowes, S. Collins, W. Powell
Half-back: O. Markov, J. Farrar, J. Lukosius
Centre: B. Ellis, D. Swallow (capt.), N. Anderson
Half-forward: N. Holman, C. Burgess, J. Corbett
Forward: I. Rankine, B. King, H. Greenwood
Follower: C. Graham, D. MacPherson, T. Miller
Int.: B. Ainsworth, J. Harbrow, A. Sexton, L. Weller
Sub.: S. Flanders

Western Bulldogs (17.16.118) defeated Gold Coast (8.8.56).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: M. Bontempelli (3), J. Bruce (2), J. Dunkley (2), A. Naughton (2), A. Treloar (2), T. English, L. Hunter, T. Liberatore, L. McNeil, A. Scott, E. Wood
Gold Coast: J. Corbett (3), B. King (2), J. Lukosius, I. Rankine, A. Sexton

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs remained 1st on the ladder and Gold Coast were then 15th on the ladder (down from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 17 April 2021
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 18,920

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Gold Coast
Score: 17.16.118 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 4 . 1 11 . 4 13 . 9 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Gold Coast 0 . 2 1 . 3 7 . 4 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin WBUL by 23 WBUL by 61 WBUL by 41 WBUL by 62 WBUL by 62
Duration 28:22 33:08 34:05 27:20 2:02:55

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), Stuart Dew (Gold Coast)
Captains: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs), David Swallow (Gold Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Foot (#2), L. Haussen (#5), J. Power (#4), E: N. Jankovskis (#48)
Goal Umpire: S. Walsh, A. Wojcik, E: M. Dervan
Boundary Umpire: C. Esler, C. Gordon, P. Jackson, T. Lougoon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3
Josh Dunkley WBUL 5 2
Adam Treloar WBUL 1 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Josh Dunkley WBUL 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 8 0 2 0 0 0
Alex Keath WBUL 42 5 0 0 1 1 0
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Adam Treloar WBUL 1 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Jack Lukosius GCST 13 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 (c) FPR 85% 3 1 33 19 14 1 0 6 5 5 2 0 1 11
17 Bruce, Josh FF 84% 2 1 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 1
25 Cavarra, Ben SUB↑ 18% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
9 Crozier, Hayden INT 80% 0 0 17 15 2 8 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 1
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 81% 0 0 27 22 5 9 0 1 1 0 1 0 9 4
5 Dunkley, Josh RR 80% 2 1 38 15 23 6 0 8 7 8 0 1 1 4
15 Duryea, Taylor HBFL 81% 0 0 16 14 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 3
44 English, Tim FPL 82% 1 2 12 5 7 4 6 1 0 3 1 2 0 0
7 Hunter, Lachie WR 82% 1 0 25 10 15 6 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 6
39 Johannisen, Jason WL 81% 0 0 16 6 10 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1
42 Keath, Alex FB 100% 0 0 20 12 8 9 0 2 0 2 1 2 3 1
21 Liberatore, Tom RO 76% 1 0 24 10 14 1 0 4 8 3 2 1 0 7
27 Lipinski, Patrick INT 76% 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 3
11 Macrae, Jack INT 85% 0 0 35 16 19 4 0 4 7 1 1 0 1 3
30 McNeil, Lachlan HFFR 77% 1 1 13 5 8 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 2
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 86% 2 3 12 10 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
28 Scott, Anthony INT 76% 1 1 13 7 6 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1
6 Smith, Bailey C 89% 0 2 20 10 10 5 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 3
41 Sweet, Jordon RU 64% 0 0 8 4 4 2 31 4 2 0 0 0 0 1
1 Treloar, Adam HFFL 78% 2 1 26 14 12 3 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 5
34 Williams, Bailey BPL↓ 63% 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0
10 Wood, Easton BPR 81% 1 0 10 8 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1
2 Young, Lewis CHB 94% 0 0 12 5 7 2 7 0 1 3 0 2 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 17 16 415 234 181 105 44 53 41 44 13 12 31 64

B. Cavarra replaced B. Williams.

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ainsworth, Ben INT 77% 0 1 17 12 5 7 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 5
15 Anderson, Noah WR 74% 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 3 2 3 0 1 0 1
3 Bowes, Jack BPL 89% 0 0 22 16 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 1
29 Burgess, Chris CHF 85% 0 0 6 4 2 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
25 Collins, Sam FB 95% 0 0 14 9 5 10 0 1 1 3 1 2 3 0
19 Corbett, Josh HFFR 87% 3 2 14 11 3 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
4 Ellis, Brandon WL 93% 0 0 27 19 8 14 0 1 3 3 1 0 6 0
50 Farrar, Jy CHB 85% 0 0 21 15 6 8 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 1
26 Flanders, Sam SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 Graham, Caleb RU 82% 0 0 8 7 1 4 14 2 1 3 1 0 1 0
1 Greenwood, Hugh FPR 78% 0 0 13 11 2 3 3 9 4 2 0 1 2 2
5 Harbrow, Jarrod INT 75% 0 0 18 16 2 9 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 1
39 Holman, Nick HFFL 73% 0 0 19 10 9 5 0 5 3 2 1 0 2 4
34 King, Ben FF 90% 2 2 7 4 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lukosius, Jack HBFR 86% 1 0 18 16 2 8 0 2 0 3 1 2 6 1
44 MacPherson, Darcy RR 74% 0 1 12 8 4 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
17 Markov, Oleg HBFL 80% 0 0 22 14 8 8 0 5 0 2 1 1 5 2
11 Miller, Touk RO 85% 0 0 27 11 16 8 0 5 3 6 0 2 2 3
27 Powell, Wil BPR 86% 0 0 17 10 7 8 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 1
22 Rankine, Izak FPL 83% 1 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3
6 Sexton, Alex INT 63% 1 1 9 7 2 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 4
24 Swallow, David (c) C 79% 0 1 17 6 11 7 0 1 3 3 0 0 2 3
14 Weller, Lachie INT 81% 0 0 18 13 5 7 0 2 1 5 0 1 2 6
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 8 8 355 238 117 144 20 55 23 47 12 13 46 39

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
3 J. Bowes 25 S. Collins 27 W. Powell 41 J. Sweet 9 H. Crozier
4 M. Bontempelli (c) 17 J. Bruce 44 T. English 5 J. Dunkley 27 P. Lipinski
FORWARD 21 T. Liberatore 11 J. Macrae
HALF-BACK

28 A. Scott
17 O. Markov 50 J. Farrar 13 J. Lukosius

25 B. Cavarra
30 L. McNeil 33 A. Naughton 1 A. Treloar



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 B. Ellis 24 D. Swallow (c) 15 N. Anderson



7 L. Hunter 6 B. Smith 39 J. Johannisen FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 46 C. Graham 9 B. Ainsworth
HALF-FORWARD 44 D. MacPherson 5 J. Harbrow
39 N. Holman 29 C. Burgess 19 J. Corbett 11 T. Miller 6 A. Sexton
31 B. Dale 2 L. Young 15 T. Duryea

14 L. Weller
HALF-BACK

26 S. Flanders
FORWARD



22 I. Rankine 34 B. King 1 H. Greenwood



10 E. Wood 42 A. Keath 34 B. Williams



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Stuart Dew

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Easton Wood goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 07:20
WBUL Josh Dunkley goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 08:43
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 3.0.18 - 0.0.0 10:54
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 4.0.24 - 0.0.0 15:38
GCST Josh Corbett behind 4.0.24 - 0.1.1 21:52
GCST Alex Sexton behind 4.0.24 - 0.2.2 23:09
WBUL Tim English behind 4.1.25 - 0.2.2 26:36
Q2 WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 5.1.31 - 0.2.2 02:06
GCST Josh Corbett behind 5.1.31 - 0.3.3 04:32
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 5.2.32 - 0.3.3 07:32
WBUL Tim English goal 6.2.38 - 0.3.3 10:43
WBUL Lachie Hunter goal 7.2.44 - 0.3.3 13:38
WBUL Lachlan McNeil behind 7.3.45 - 0.3.3 16:30
WBUL Adam Treloar goal 8.3.51 - 0.3.3 18:48
WBUL Lachlan McNeil goal 9.3.57 - 0.3.3 21:19
WBUL Josh Dunkley goal 10.3.63 - 0.3.3 26:56
WBUL Adam Treloar goal 11.3.69 - 0.3.3 29:11
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 11.4.70 - 0.3.3 30:27
GCST Jack Lukosius goal 11.4.70 - 1.3.9 31:48
Q3 WBUL Josh Dunkley behind 11.5.71 - 1.3.9 01:23
GCST Izak Rankine goal 11.5.71 - 2.3.15 03:29
WBUL Tim English behind 11.6.72 - 2.3.15 05:57
WBUL Rushed behind 11.7.73 - 2.3.15 07:00
GCST Josh Corbett goal 11.7.73 - 3.3.21 09:43
GCST Darcy MacPherson behind 11.7.73 - 3.4.22 12:33
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 12.7.79 - 3.4.22 13:50
GCST Ben King goal 12.7.79 - 4.4.28 16:03
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 12.8.80 - 4.4.28 19:16
GCST Josh Corbett goal 12.8.80 - 5.4.34 21:15
GCST Ben King goal 12.8.80 - 6.4.40 23:55
GCST Josh Corbett goal 12.8.80 - 7.4.46 27:44
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 13.8.86 - 7.4.46 31:10
WBUL Rushed behind 13.9.87 - 7.4.46 32:58
Q4 WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 13.10.88 - 7.4.46 00:42
WBUL Anthony Scott behind 13.11.89 - 7.4.46 01:31
GCST Ben King behind 13.11.89 - 7.5.47 02:24
WBUL Adam Treloar behind 13.12.90 - 7.5.47 02:59
GCST Alex Sexton goal 13.12.90 - 8.5.53 05:02
WBUL Rushed behind 13.13.91 - 8.5.53 07:41
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 14.13.97 - 8.5.53 08:08
WBUL Bailey Smith behind 14.14.98 - 8.5.53 10:53
WBUL Bailey Smith behind 14.15.99 - 8.5.53 12:01
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 15.15.105 - 8.5.53 14:30
WBUL Anthony Scott goal 16.15.111 - 8.5.53 16:58
WBUL Josh Bruce behind 16.16.112 - 8.5.53 19:55
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 16.16.112 - 8.6.54 21:23
GCST David Swallow behind 16.16.112 - 8.7.55 23:23
GCST Ben King behind 16.16.112 - 8.8.56 25:07
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 17.16.118 - 8.8.56 27:17