2021 AFL Round 6: Greater Western Sydney v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 2021 between Greater Western Sydney and Western Bulldogs during round 6 of the 2021 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted Western Bulldogs at Manuka Oval. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Leon Cameron and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Greater Western Sydney
Back: J. Buckley, S. Taylor, L. Keeffe
Half-back: H. Perryman, I. Cumming, L. Ash
Centre: C. Stone, J. Hopper, N. Haynes
Half-forward: B. Hill, T. Greene, B. Daniels
Forward: J. Kelly, J. Finlayson, H. Himmelberg
Follower: M. Flynn, T. Taranto, C. Ward
Int.: T. Green, C. Idun, X. O'Halloran, J. Riccardi
Sub.: T. Bruhn

Western Bulldogs
Back: T. Duryea, A. Keath, E. Wood
Half-back: L. Vandermeer, A. Naughton, H. Crozier
Centre: L. Jong, B. Smith, B. Dale
Half-forward: A. Scott, Z. Cordy, J. Dunkley
Forward: T. English, J. Bruce, M. Bontempelli (capt.)
Follower: S. Martin, J. Macrae, T. Liberatore
Int.: C. Daniel, L. Hunter, J. Johannisen, A. Treloar
Sub.: L. McNeil

Greater Western Sydney (9.11.65) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (15.14.104).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: T. Greene (4), H. Himmelberg, J. Hopper, C. Stone, T. Taranto, C. Ward
Western Bulldogs: J. Bruce (2), B. Dale (2), T. Liberatore (2), L. McNeil (2), A. Naughton (2), M. Bontempelli, L. Hunter, J. Johannisen, J. Macrae, A. Treloar

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney were then 14th on the ladder (down from 12th) and Western Bulldogs remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 23 April 2021
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: Manuka Oval
Attendance: 10,064

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 9.11.65 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Greater Western Sydney	1	.	1	4	.	5	6	.	8	9	.	11	9	.	11	(65)
Western Bulldogs	2	.	3	5	.	7	6	.	11	15	.	14	15	.	14	(104)
Margin	WBUL by 8			WBUL by 8			WBUL by 3			WBUL by 39			WBUL by 39
Duration	29:12			31:03			28:45			37:53			2:06:53

Honour Roll

Coaches: Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: unknown (Greater Western Sydney), Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Mollison (#32), R. O'Gorman (#10), J. Power (#4), E: M. Baigent (#37)
Goal Umpire: A. Chisholm, B. Kenny-Bell, E: A. McKenzie-Wills
Boundary Umpire: M. Baker, M. Barlow, M. Saunders, D. Wood

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Adam Treloar	WBUL	1	3
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	2
Jacob Hopper	GWSY	2	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Jack Macrae	WBUL	11	8	1	0	1	0	0
Adam Treloar	WBUL	1	8	1	0	1	0	0
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	4	0	1	0	0	0
Toby Greene	GWSY	4	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Liberatore	WBUL	21	3	0	0	0	1	1
Alex Keath	WBUL	42	2	0	0	0	1	0
Josh Dunkley	WBUL	5	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFR	88%	0	0	35	23	12	15	0	2	1	1	0	0	7	0
5	Bruhn, Tanner	SUB↑	63%	0	1	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2
44	Buckley, Jack	BPL	83%	0	0	13	10	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	1
13	Cumming, Isaac	CHB	78%	0	0	23	15	8	7	0	6	2	1	1	1	5	1
16	Daniels, Brent	HFFR	81%	0	0	13	3	10	0	0	4	2	2	1	0	0	2
31	Finlayson, Jeremy	FF	79%	0	2	10	9	1	2	4	1	2	1	2	0	0	3
30	Flynn, Matt	RU	79%	0	0	10	4	6	6	22	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
12	Green, Tom	INT	65%	0	0	17	2	15	1	0	1	8	4	0	1	2	0
4	Greene, Toby	CHF	88%	4	1	19	15	4	6	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	7
19	Haynes, Nick	WR↓	9%	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1
37	Hill, Bobby	HFFL	80%	0	0	6	5	1	2	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	1
27	Himmelberg, Harry	FPR	92%	1	0	9	6	3	4	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	1
2	Hopper, Jacob	C	79%	1	0	26	20	6	2	0	4	7	3	1	1	2	5
39	Idun, Connor	INT	85%	0	0	13	7	6	6	0	5	0	1	1	0	1	0
25	Keeffe, Lachie	BPR	92%	0	0	9	6	3	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	Kelly, Josh	FPL	84%	0	1	17	10	7	4	0	6	1	3	0	1	1	4
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	INT	77%	0	0	15	12	3	4	0	1	0	3	2	0	4	3
36	Perryman, Harry	HBFL	81%	0	0	19	14	5	8	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	1
26	Riccardi, Jake	INT	77%	0	1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
18	Stone, Conor	WL	78%	1	0	3	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
14	Taranto, Tim	RR	85%	1	1	28	18	10	6	0	2	4	2	0	1	1	1
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	93%	0	0	17	14	3	8	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1
8	Ward, Callan	RO	85%	1	1	15	9	6	2	0	3	3	4	1	3	1	5
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				9	11	329	214	115	99	26	52	33	40	15	16	34	42

T. Bruhn replaced N. Haynes.

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%	1	0	26	13	13	2	0	6	7	4	4	1	1	3
17	Bruce, Josh	FF	95%	2	1	11	7	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
12	Cordy, Zaine	CHF	100%	0	0	11	8	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1
9	Crozier, Hayden	HBFR	75%	0	0	14	11	3	9	0	4	0	1	0	1	4	0
31	Dale, Bailey	WR	86%	2	0	22	12	10	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0
35	Daniel, Caleb	INT	82%	0	0	19	10	9	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	5	2
5	Dunkley, Josh	HFFR	72%	0	2	29	11	18	5	0	3	5	1	2	0	0	3
15	Duryea, Taylor	BPL	78%	0	0	17	12	5	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	3
44	English, Tim	FPL	65%	0	0	12	5	7	3	17	1	0	4	0	3	1	0
7	Hunter, Lachie	INT	82%	1	1	19	13	6	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	3
39	Johannisen, Jason	INT	81%	1	0	11	6	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
46	Jong, Lin	WL↓	15%	0	1	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
42	Keath, Alex	FB	100%	0	0	13	8	5	8	0	2	0	1	0	1	3	0
21	Liberatore, Tom	RO	73%	2	0	27	18	9	3	0	10	7	3	1	1	3	4
11	Macrae, Jack	RR	85%	1	1	40	25	15	8	0	6	6	4	2	1	1	8
8	Martin, Stefan	RU	67%	0	0	10	3	7	2	28	2	5	0	1	0	0	0
30	McNeil, Lachlan	SUB↑	65%	2	0	9	5	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1
33	Naughton, Aaron	CHB	91%	2	3	13	11	2	9	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	3
28	Scott, Anthony	HFFL	82%	0	0	15	5	10	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	1
6	Smith, Bailey	C	82%	0	1	20	9	11	5	0	0	2	3	0	2	1	2
1	Treloar, Adam	INT	85%	1	0	35	16	19	3	0	5	6	4	0	2	1	8
23	Vandermeer, Laitham	HBFL	66%	0	0	8	4	4	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	3
10	Wood, Easton	BPR	85%	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	2
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				15	14	396	221	175	89	45	54	46	42	16	15	33	49

L. McNeil replaced L. Jong.

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

Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Leon Cameron
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	15	T. Duryea	42	A. Keath	10	E. Wood	30	M. Flynn	12	T. Green
	27	H. Himmelberg	31	J. Finlayson	22	J. Kelly	14	T. Taranto	39	C. Idun
FORWARD							8	C. Ward	33	X. O'Halloran
HALF-BACK									26	J. Riccardi
	23	L. Vandermeer	33	A. Naughton	9	H. Crozier			5	T. Bruhn
	16	B. Daniels	4	T. Greene	37	B. Hill
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	46	L. Jong	6	B. Smith	31	B. Dale
	19	N. Haynes	2	J. Hopper	18	C. Stone	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							8	S. Martin	35	C. Daniel
HALF-FORWARD							11	J. Macrae	7	L. Hunter
	28	A. Scott	12	Z. Cordy	5	J. Dunkley	21	T. Liberatore	39	J. Johannisen
	7	L. Ash	13	I. Cumming	36	H. Perryman			1	A. Treloar
HALF-BACK									30	L. McNeil
FORWARD
	44	T. English	17	J. Bruce	4	M. Bontempelli (c)
	25	L. Keeffe	15	S. Taylor	44	J. Buckley
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Lin Jong behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	04:30
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	05:14
	WBUL	Rushed behind	1.0.6	-	0.2.2	08:48
	WBUL	Lachie Hunter behind	1.0.6	-	0.3.3	17:01
	WBUL	Lachie Hunter goal	1.0.6	-	1.3.9	18:02
	GWSY	Jeremy Finlayson behind	1.1.7	-	1.3.9	19:53
	WBUL	Josh Bruce goal	1.1.7	-	2.3.15	22:42
Q2	GWSY	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	2.3.15	00:48
	GWSY	Tim Taranto goal	2.2.14	-	2.3.15	02:55
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	3.2.20	-	2.3.15	05:14
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil goal	3.2.20	-	3.3.21	07:29
	WBUL	Josh Bruce behind	3.2.20	-	3.4.22	10:13
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi behind	3.3.21	-	3.4.22	11:51
	WBUL	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	3.5.23	14:20
	WBUL	Josh Bruce goal	3.3.21	-	4.5.29	16:19
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg goal	4.3.27	-	4.5.29	20:15
	WBUL	Rushed behind	4.3.27	-	4.6.30	21:26
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	4.3.27	-	4.7.31	23:27
	WBUL	Tom Liberatore goal	4.3.27	-	5.7.37	24:44
	GWSY	Josh Kelly behind	4.4.28	-	5.7.37	26:52
	GWSY	Rushed behind	4.5.29	-	5.7.37	28:08
Q3	WBUL	Josh Dunkley behind	4.5.29	-	5.8.38	00:33
	WBUL	Josh Dunkley behind	4.5.29	-	5.9.39	01:27
	GWSY	Rushed behind	4.6.30	-	5.9.39	02:11
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	4.6.30	-	6.9.45	03:41
	GWSY	Conor Stone goal	5.6.36	-	6.9.45	06:09
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	5.6.36	-	6.10.46	10:26
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	5.7.37	-	6.10.46	11:59
	GWSY	Jeremy Finlayson behind	5.8.38	-	6.10.46	14:34
	WBUL	Jack Macrae behind	5.8.38	-	6.11.47	19:36
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	6.8.44	-	6.11.47	26:16
Q4	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	6.8.44	-	6.12.48	00:51
	GWSY	Tim Taranto behind	6.9.45	-	6.12.48	04:18
	WBUL	Jason Johannisen goal	6.9.45	-	7.12.54	07:35
	WBUL	Bailey Smith behind	6.9.45	-	7.13.55	11:05
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	6.9.45	-	8.13.61	12:15
	WBUL	Adam Treloar goal	6.9.45	-	9.13.67	13:29
	GWSY	Tanner Bruhn behind	6.10.46	-	9.13.67	14:45
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	7.10.52	-	9.13.67	16:33
	GWSY	Callan Ward behind	7.11.53	-	9.13.67	19:28
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil goal	7.11.53	-	10.13.73	22:38
	WBUL	Rushed behind	7.11.53	-	10.14.74	24:04
	WBUL	Tom Liberatore goal	7.11.53	-	11.14.80	24:54
	GWSY	Jacob Hopper goal	8.11.59	-	11.14.80	26:44
	WBUL	Bailey Dale goal	8.11.59	-	12.14.86	29:25
	WBUL	Jack Macrae goal	8.11.59	-	13.14.92	31:35
	GWSY	Callan Ward goal	9.11.65	-	13.14.92	33:11
	WBUL	Bailey Dale goal	9.11.65	-	14.14.98	36:09
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	9.11.65	-	15.14.104	37:49

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