2021 AFL Round 14: Geelong v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 2021 between Geelong and Western Bulldogs during round 14 of the 2021 AFL season. Geelong hosted Western Bulldogs at GMHBA Stadium. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors with Mitch Wallis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Geelong
Back: M. O'Connor, M. Blicavs, J. Henry
Half-back: Z. Tuohy, T. Stewart, J. Kolodjashnij
Centre: I. Smith, T. Atkins, S. Menegola
Half-forward: L. Dahlhaus, J. Cameron, B. Parfitt
Forward: P. Dangerfield, T. Hawkins, G. Rohan
Follower: E. Ratugolea, M. Duncan, J. Selwood (capt.)
Int.: J. Bews, B. Close, C. Guthrie, Q. Narkle
Sub.: S. Higgins

Western Bulldogs
Back: R. Gardner, A. Keath, H. Crozier
Half-back: T. Duryea, Z. Cordy, C. Daniel
Centre: B. Dale, T. Liberatore, L. Hunter
Half-forward: B. Smith, J. Bruce, C. Weightman
Forward: M. Hannan, A. Naughton, A. Scott
Follower: T. English, J. Macrae, M. Bontempelli (capt.)
Int.: J. Johannisen, T. McLean, R. Smith, B. Williams
Sub.: M. Wallis (vice-capt.)

Geelong (12.11.83) defeated Western Bulldogs (11.12.78).

Goalkickers
Geelong: J. Cameron (2), S. Menegola (2), G. Rohan (2), B. Close, L. Dahlhaus, T. Hawkins, B. Parfitt, E. Ratugolea, J. Selwood
Western Bulldogs: J. Bruce (3), A. Scott (2), M. Bontempelli, C. Daniel, J. Johannisen, T. Liberatore, T. McLean, C. Weightman

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 3rd on the ladder and Western Bulldogs remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Geelong v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 18 June 2021
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 6,583

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 12.11.83 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 4 6 . 6 9 . 10 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Western Bulldogs 1 . 4 5 . 5 9 . 8 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin level GEEL by 7 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 5
Duration 31:13 36:36 34:56 28:52 2:11:37

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Joel Selwood (Geelong), Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Geelong), Mitch Wallis (Western Bulldogs)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3
Tom Stewart GEEL 44 2
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tom Stewart GEEL 44 9 1 1 0 0 0
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Sam Menegola GEEL 27 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Taylor Duryea WBUL 15 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom C 78% 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 7 0 4 0 2 2 1
24 Bews, Jed INT 88% 0 1 15 10 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1
46 Blicavs, Mark FB 88% 0 0 19 6 13 2 26 3 9 2 2 0 2 3
5 Cameron, Jeremy CHF 92% 2 2 15 6 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
45 Close, Brad INT 80% 1 0 18 7 11 3 0 5 1 3 1 1 0 4
40 Dahlhaus, Luke HFFL 74% 1 1 21 11 10 1 0 6 0 3 1 1 1 3
35 Dangerfield, Patrick FPL 78% 0 3 26 13 13 4 0 1 3 3 1 1 2 4
22 Duncan, Mitch RR↓ 6% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
29 Guthrie, Cameron INT 75% 0 0 22 10 12 4 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 1
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 92% 1 0 13 4 9 1 9 1 2 1 0 1 0 1
38 Henry, Jack BPR 97% 0 0 12 11 1 9 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1
4 Higgins, Shaun SUB↑ 72% 0 0 16 5 11 1 0 3 0 5 0 3 1 2
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake HBFR 96% 0 0 7 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
27 Menegola, Sam WR 86% 2 0 27 18 9 8 0 2 5 4 1 2 1 2
19 Narkle, Quinton INT 54% 0 0 16 6 10 1 0 2 5 3 1 0 0 2
42 O'Connor, Mark BPL 78% 0 0 11 2 9 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Parfitt, Brandan HFFR 73% 1 0 22 15 7 2 0 9 0 5 0 3 1 2
17 Ratugolea, Esava RU 78% 1 0 9 3 6 1 13 3 1 3 0 1 0 2
23 Rohan, Gary FPR 84% 2 1 11 9 2 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 4
14 Selwood, Joel (c) RO 82% 1 0 29 15 14 2 0 6 10 6 3 2 3 4
7 Smith, Isaac WL 87% 0 0 30 19 11 7 0 0 2 2 0 1 3 9
44 Stewart, Tom CHB 85% 0 0 27 24 3 13 0 1 0 3 0 0 9 3
2 Tuohy, Zach HBFL 79% 0 0 27 22 5 2 0 2 0 5 1 2 5 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 12 11 414 231 183 81 48 67 38 58 13 21 38 53

S. Higgins replaced M. Duncan.

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) RO 87% 1 2 30 18 12 5 0 7 8 6 1 1 1 11
17 Bruce, Josh CHF 91% 3 1 8 4 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
12 Cordy, Zaine CHB 91% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 0 2 3 1 3 0
9 Crozier, Hayden BPR 75% 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 2
31 Dale, Bailey WL 78% 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1
35 Daniel, Caleb HBFR 79% 1 0 27 16 11 3 0 6 5 4 0 0 4 1
15 Duryea, Taylor HBFL 87% 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 5 1 1 2 0 3 2
44 English, Tim RU 82% 0 0 8 5 3 1 29 4 1 3 0 3 1 1
43 Gardner, Ryan BPL 85% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 4 1
29 Hannan, Mitch FPL 86% 0 1 10 6 4 2 3 2 1 4 1 0 0 2
7 Hunter, Lachie WR 84% 0 0 23 14 9 10 0 3 0 4 1 0 1 3
39 Johannisen, Jason INT 78% 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
42 Keath, Alex FB 100% 0 0 9 5 4 3 2 3 3 1 0 0 4 0
21 Liberatore, Tom C 79% 1 0 30 11 19 1 0 8 11 3 4 2 2 4
11 Macrae, Jack RR 85% 0 0 35 15 20 3 0 3 6 7 2 1 1 3
16 McLean, Toby INT 71% 1 0 21 9 12 5 0 2 3 5 1 0 1 2
33 Naughton, Aaron FF↓ 43% 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
28 Scott, Anthony FPR 77% 2 2 10 8 2 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 2
6 Smith, Bailey HFFL 78% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 4 0 3 0 0 2 0
37 Smith, Roarke INT 69% 0 1 12 2 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Wallis, Mitch (vc) SUB↑ 41% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
19 Weightman, Cody HFFR 72% 1 1 14 10 4 3 0 1 2 2 3 1 0 3
34 Williams, Bailey INT 82% 0 0 24 12 12 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 3
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 11 12 362 200 162 68 35 64 42 55 21 13 40 49

M. Wallis replaced A. Naughton.

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:07
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 06:23
GEEL Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 07:19
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 08:46
WBUL Josh Bruce behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 16:21
GEEL Jed Bews behind 1.3.9 - 1.1.7 18:18
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 1.3.9 - 1.2.8 21:42
GEEL Gary Rohan behind 1.4.10 - 1.2.8 25:07
WBUL Cody Weightman behind 1.4.10 - 1.3.9 28:07
WBUL Rushed behind 1.4.10 - 1.4.10 29:32
Q2 GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 1.5.11 - 1.4.10 01:48
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 1.5.11 - 2.4.16 03:40
GEEL Sam Menegola goal 2.5.17 - 2.4.16 05:08
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 2.5.17 - 3.4.22 09:22
WBUL Jason Johannisen goal 2.5.17 - 4.4.28 12:34
GEEL Brad Close goal 3.5.23 - 4.4.28 18:15
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 3.5.23 - 5.4.34 20:29
GEEL Luke Dahlhaus behind 3.6.24 - 5.4.34 24:09
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 4.6.30 - 5.4.34 25:02
GEEL Luke Dahlhaus goal 5.6.36 - 5.4.34 26:30
GEEL Gary Rohan goal 6.6.42 - 5.4.34 28:31
WBUL Rushed behind 6.6.42 - 5.5.35 33:09
Q3 GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 6.7.43 - 5.5.35 01:20
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 6.7.43 - 6.5.41 05:03
WBUL Rushed behind 6.7.43 - 6.6.42 06:38
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 6.7.43 - 6.7.43 08:03
WBUL Anthony Scott goal 6.7.43 - 7.7.49 10:26
GEEL Brandan Parfitt goal 7.7.49 - 7.7.49 11:58
GEEL Rushed behind 7.8.50 - 7.7.49 14:28
WBUL Anthony Scott behind 7.8.50 - 7.8.50 15:52
WBUL Anthony Scott goal 7.8.50 - 8.8.56 18:46
GEEL Joel Selwood goal 8.8.56 - 8.8.56 22:57
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 8.8.56 - 9.8.62 26:26
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 8.9.57 - 9.8.62 28:10
GEEL Rushed behind 8.10.58 - 9.8.62 31:07
GEEL Esava Ratugolea goal 9.10.64 - 9.8.62 33:27
Q4 WBUL Anthony Scott behind 9.10.64 - 9.9.63 00:50
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 9.10.64 - 9.10.64 03:38
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 10.10.70 - 9.10.64 07:19
WBUL Caleb Daniel goal 10.10.70 - 10.10.70 11:33
WBUL Mitch Hannan behind 10.10.70 - 10.11.71 15:44
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 10.11.71 - 10.11.71 18:38
WBUL Roarke Smith behind 10.11.71 - 10.12.72 20:01
GEEL Sam Menegola goal 11.11.77 - 10.12.72 21:26
WBUL Toby McLean goal 11.11.77 - 11.12.78 22:51
GEEL Gary Rohan goal 12.11.83 - 11.12.78 28:46