2021 AFL Round 17: Western Bulldogs v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 2021 between Western Bulldogs and Sydney during round 17 of the 2021 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Sydney 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 John Longmire.

Western Bulldogs
Back: L. Young, A. Keath, B. Williams
Half-back: T. Duryea, Z. Cordy, B. Dale
Centre: M. Hannan, T. Liberatore, B. Smith
Half-forward: J. Johannisen, J. Ugle-Hagan, C. Weightman
Forward: M. Wallis (vice-capt.), J. Bruce, L. Hunter
Follower: T. English, J. Macrae, M. Bontempelli (capt.)
Int.: C. Daniel, R. Garcia, E. Richards, A. Scott
Sub.: L. McNeil

Sydney
Back: R. Fox, D. Rampe, H. Cunningham
Half-back: J. Dawson, T. McCartin, J. Lloyd
Centre: G. Hewett, C. Mills, J. McInerney
Half-forward: T. Papley, J. Amartey, I. Heeney
Forward: E. Gulden, L. Franklin, W. Hayward
Follower: T. Hickey, O. Florent, L. Parker
Int.: J. Bell, N. Blakey, J. Kennedy, S. Wicks
Sub.: C. O'Riordan

Western Bulldogs (8.12.60) were defeated by Sydney (11.13.79).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: J. Bruce, C. Daniel, T. English, E. Richards, A. Scott, B. Smith, M. Wallis, L. Young
Sydney: J. Dawson (3), W. Hayward (2), J. Amartey, J. Bell, O. Florent, L. Franklin, I. Heeney, L. Parker

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 2nd on the ladder (down from 1st) and Sydney remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Sydney
Date: Sunday 11 July 2021
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 24,817

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Sydney
Score: 8.12.60 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 3 . 2 5 . 5 6 . 6 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Sydney 4 . 2 7 . 4 9 . 8 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin SYDN by 6 SYDN by 11 SYDN by 20 SYDN by 19 SYDN by 19
Duration 30:59 31:21 28:18 29:50 2:00:28

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs), unknown (Sydney)
Vice-Captains: Mitch Wallis (Western Bulldogs), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Fleer (#26), H. Gavine (#14), B. Rosebury (#8), E: M. Pell (#49)
Goal Umpire: M. Dervan, S. Williams, E: S. Piperno
Boundary Umpire: I. Burrows, M. Jenkinson, D. Main, M. Marantelli

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jordan Dawson SYDN 34 3
Callum Mills SYDN 14 2
Luke Parker SYDN 26 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jordan Dawson SYDN 34 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tom McCartin SYDN 30 8 0 2 0 0 0
Alex Keath WBUL 42 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Luke Parker SYDN 26 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Bailey Smith WBUL 6 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Taylor Duryea WBUL 15 2 0 0 0 1 0
Caleb Daniel WBUL 35 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) RO 83% 0 0 27 12 15 2 0 5 5 3 2 0 1 3
17 Bruce, Josh FF 88% 1 2 8 5 3 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1
12 Cordy, Zaine CHB 100% 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 84% 0 0 27 17 10 3 0 1 1 3 2 1 11 1
35 Daniel, Caleb INT 72% 1 0 30 17 13 3 0 2 8 8 2 1 5 4
15 Duryea, Taylor HBFL 79% 0 0 18 9 9 8 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 0
44 English, Tim RU 83% 1 2 22 10 12 8 21 6 3 4 2 2 1 0
38 Garcia, Riley INT 79% 0 1 15 10 5 3 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 5
29 Hannan, Mitch WL 84% 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4
7 Hunter, Lachie FPR 77% 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 3 1 1 3 0 0 4
39 Johannisen, Jason HFFL 78% 0 1 10 7 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5
42 Keath, Alex FB 100% 0 0 11 6 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0
21 Liberatore, Tom C 80% 0 2 18 10 8 2 0 5 6 2 0 0 0 2
11 Macrae, Jack RR 84% 0 0 25 12 13 1 1 8 9 4 4 1 2 5
30 McNeil, Lachlan SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Richards, Ed INT 80% 1 0 14 11 3 5 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 2
28 Scott, Anthony INT 79% 1 0 8 3 5 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 2
6 Smith, Bailey WR 82% 1 1 27 16 11 6 0 3 6 0 0 0 2 3
22 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra CHF 73% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 2
3 Wallis, Mitch (vc) FPL 74% 1 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 3
19 Weightman, Cody HFFR 79% 0 1 5 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3
34 Williams, Bailey BPR 79% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 3 0 4 0 2 5 3
2 Young, Lewis BPL 82% 1 0 13 8 5 0 9 0 1 3 5 1 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 8 12 342 193 149 67 31 58 46 53 29 16 35 52

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Amartey, Joel CHF 76% 1 1 6 4 2 2 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
32 Bell, James INT 76% 1 0 9 5 4 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0
22 Blakey, Nick INT 77% 0 0 18 14 4 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 3
7 Cunningham, Harry BPR 82% 0 0 16 13 3 8 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 1
34 Dawson, Jordan HBFL 85% 3 0 26 18 8 6 0 2 1 3 0 2 2 3
13 Florent, Oliver RR 81% 1 1 17 7 10 7 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
42 Fox, Robbie BPL 80% 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1
23 Franklin, Lance FF 93% 1 3 10 9 1 7 0 1 0 5 1 2 0 2
21 Gulden, Errol FPL 75% 0 1 15 14 1 4 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 3
9 Hayward, Will FPR 80% 2 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 0 5 2 1 0 1
5 Heeney, Isaac HFFR 90% 1 0 17 12 5 4 0 3 1 3 3 1 0 6
29 Hewett, George WL 71% 0 0 13 3 10 3 0 4 4 2 0 1 0 1
31 Hickey, Tom RU 83% 0 0 17 11 6 4 36 3 2 3 2 2 1 2
12 Kennedy, Josh INT 70% 0 0 19 4 15 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 3
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 87% 0 0 33 27 6 9 0 1 0 6 1 3 12 2
30 McCartin, Tom CHB 91% 0 0 16 11 5 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1
27 McInerney, Justin WR 86% 0 1 19 11 8 11 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 2
14 Mills, Callum C 80% 0 0 31 21 10 9 0 3 4 4 0 2 2 8
38 O'Riordan, Colin SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Papley, Tom HFFL 88% 0 2 18 13 5 7 0 1 2 3 3 1 0 3
26 Parker, Luke RO 79% 1 0 27 13 14 3 0 4 7 4 1 1 4 1
24 Rampe, Dane FB 97% 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 1 1 5 0 2 6 1
45 Wicks, Sam INT 72% 0 2 8 5 3 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 11 13 375 238 137 123 40 46 26 62 16 27 44 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
42 R. Fox 24 D. Rampe 7 H. Cunningham 44 T. English 35 C. Daniel
7 L. Hunter 17 J. Bruce 3 M. Wallis (vc) 11 J. Macrae 38 R. Garcia
FORWARD 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 20 E. Richards
HALF-BACK

28 A. Scott
34 J. Dawson 30 T. McCartin 44 J. Lloyd

30 L. McNeil
19 C. Weightman 22 J. Ugle-Hagan 39 J. Johannisen



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



29 G. Hewett 14 C. Mills 27 J. McInerney



6 B. Smith 21 T. Liberatore 29 M. Hannan FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 T. Hickey 32 J. Bell
HALF-FORWARD 13 O. Florent 22 N. Blakey
11 T. Papley 36 J. Amartey 5 I. Heeney 26 L. Parker 12 J. Kennedy
31 B. Dale 12 Z. Cordy 15 T. Duryea

45 S. Wicks
HALF-BACK

38 C. O'Riordan
FORWARD



21 E. Gulden 23 L. Franklin 9 W. Hayward



34 B. Williams 42 A. Keath 2 L. Young



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Bailey Smith goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:17
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 06:18
SYDN Oliver Florent behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 08:47
SYDN James Bell goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 09:33
WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 14:01
WBUL Bailey Smith behind 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 17:33
WBUL Ed Richards goal 3.1.19 - 2.1.13 18:41
SYDN Jordan Dawson goal 3.1.19 - 3.1.19 21:23
WBUL Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 3.1.19 23:01
SYDN Jordan Dawson goal 3.2.20 - 4.1.25 28:35
SYDN Tom Papley behind 3.2.20 - 4.2.26 30:54
Q2 WBUL Cody Weightman behind 3.3.21 - 4.2.26 05:26
SYDN Will Hayward goal 3.3.21 - 5.2.32 08:17
SYDN Jordan Dawson goal 3.3.21 - 6.2.38 09:59
WBUL Caleb Daniel goal 4.3.27 - 6.2.38 11:24
WBUL Riley Garcia behind 4.4.28 - 6.2.38 15:12
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 4.4.28 - 6.3.39 18:11
WBUL Anthony Scott goal 5.4.34 - 6.3.39 20:39
WBUL Josh Bruce behind 5.5.35 - 6.3.39 22:22
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 5.5.35 - 6.4.40 28:25
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 5.5.35 - 7.4.46 30:03
Q3 SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 5.5.35 - 8.4.52 04:55
SYDN Sam Wicks behind 5.5.35 - 8.5.53 12:55
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 6.5.41 - 8.5.53 14:46
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 6.5.41 - 8.6.54 15:59
SYDN Joel Amartey behind 6.5.41 - 8.7.55 20:30
WBUL Tim English behind 6.6.42 - 8.7.55 22:50
SYDN Luke Parker goal 6.6.42 - 9.7.61 25:37
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 6.6.42 - 9.8.62 27:56
Q4 WBUL Tom Liberatore behind 6.7.43 - 9.8.62 01:04
WBUL Tim English behind 6.8.44 - 9.8.62 03:24
SYDN Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 9.9.63 05:32
WBUL Lewis Young goal 7.8.50 - 9.9.63 07:38
WBUL Jason Johannisen behind 7.9.51 - 9.9.63 08:58
SYDN Tom Papley behind 7.9.51 - 9.10.64 10:38
SYDN Will Hayward goal 7.9.51 - 10.10.70 12:02
SYDN Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 10.11.71 14:46
SYDN Sam Wicks behind 7.9.51 - 10.12.72 15:24
SYDN Justin McInerney behind 7.9.51 - 10.13.73 19:06
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 7.9.51 - 11.13.79 19:41
WBUL Tom Liberatore behind 7.10.52 - 11.13.79 21:15
WBUL Rushed behind 7.11.53 - 11.13.79 22:00
WBUL Josh Bruce behind 7.12.54 - 11.13.79 25:32
WBUL Tim English goal 8.12.60 - 11.13.79 27:58