2021 AFL Season Round 5: Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast
This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 2021 between the Western Bulldogs and Gold Coast during round five of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League.
The 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.
The Western Bulldogs (17.16.118) defeated Gold Coast (8.8.56).
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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Gold Coast) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Western Bulldogs
Captain: Marcus BontempelliCoach: Luke Beveridge
Gold Coast
Captain: David SwallowCoach: Stuart Dew
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
N. Foot (#2)L. Haussen (#5)
J. Power (#4)
E: N. Jankovskis (#48)
Goal Umpires
S. WalshA. Wojcik
E: M. Dervan
Boundary Umpires
C. EslerC. 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Western Bulldogs | Coach: Luke Beveridge | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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| 17 | O. Markov | 50 | J. Farrar | 13 | J. Lukosius |
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| 30 | L. McNeil | 33 | A. Naughton | 1 | A. Treloar |
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| 4 | B. Ellis | 24 | D. Swallow (c) | 15 | N. Anderson |
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| 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 |
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| 22 | I. Rankine | 34 | B. King | 1 | H. Greenwood |
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| 10 | E. Wood | 42 | A. Keath | 34 | B. Williams |
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| Gold Coast | Coach: Stuart Dew | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| 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 | |