2021 AFL Round 20: Western Bulldogs v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 2021 between Western Bulldogs and Adelaide during round 20 of the 2021 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Adelaide at Mars Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts. Rory Sloane captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

Western Bulldogs
Back: E. Wood, Z. Cordy, B. Williams
Half-back: C. Daniel, J. Schache, B. Dale
Centre: M. Hannan, B. Smith, L. Hunter
Half-forward: R. Garcia, A. Naughton, C. Weightman
Forward: J. Johannisen, J. Bruce, T. Liberatore
Follower: T. English, J. Macrae, M. Bontempelli (capt.)
Int.: J. Dunkley, A. Scott, R. Smith, J. Ugle-Hagan
Sub.: P. Lipinski

Adelaide
Back: N. Murray, J. Butts, J. Kelly
Half-back: A. McPherson, T. Doedee, C. Jones
Centre: B. Smith, B. Keays, P. Seedsman
Half-forward: N. McHenry, D. Fogarty, L. Murphy
Forward: T. Lynch, E. Himmelberg, T. Walker
Follower: R. O'Brien, R. Laird, R. Sloane (capt.)
Int.: S. Berry, W. Hamill, J. Rowe, H. Schoenberg
Sub.: D. MacKay

Western Bulldogs (15.15.105) defeated Adelaide (8.8.56).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: J. Bruce (2), J. Johannisen (2), J. Ugle-Hagan (2), M. Bontempelli, B. Dale, C. Daniel, T. English, R. Garcia, L. Hunter, T. Liberatore, A. Naughton, C. Weightman
Adelaide: E. Himmelberg (2), T. Walker (2), D. Fogarty, T. Lynch, L. Murphy, J. Rowe

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs remained 1st on the ladder and Adelaide were then 16th on the ladder (down from 15th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 31 July 2021
Time: 12:20 PM
Venue: Mars Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Adelaide
Score: 15.15.105 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 5 . 3 9 . 9 10 . 11 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Adelaide 3 . 3 4 . 4 5 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin WBUL by 12 WBUL by 35 WBUL by 35 WBUL by 49 WBUL by 49
Duration 31:27 33:18 27:13 34:22 2:06:20

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), Matthew Nicks (Adelaide)
Captains: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs), Rory Sloane (Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Fisher (#3), S. Meredith (#21), R. O'Gorman (#10), E: N. Jankovskis (#48)
Goal Umpire: D. Hoskin, S. Walsh, E: D. Benwell
Boundary Umpire: S. Burton, A. Coote, C. Gordon, M. Thomson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Caleb Daniel WBUL 35 3
Bailey Dale WBUL 31 2
Bailey Smith WBUL 6 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Bailey Dale WBUL 31 10 2 0 0 0 0
Caleb Daniel WBUL 35 7 0 1 1 0 0
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 7 0 1 1 0 0
Lachie Hunter WBUL 7 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 2 0 0 0 1 0
Rory Sloane ADEL 9 1 0 0 0 0 1
Bailey Smith WBUL 6 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% 1 0 15 6 9 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 1 2
17 Bruce, Josh FF 87% 2 1 12 7 5 6 5 1 0 2 0 1 0 4
12 Cordy, Zaine FB 95% 0 0 7 4 3 1 1 5 0 3 1 1 1 2
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 84% 1 0 31 25 6 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 5
35 Daniel, Caleb HBFL 78% 1 0 32 16 16 5 0 2 5 4 0 0 5 4
5 Dunkley, Josh INT 75% 0 0 13 4 9 3 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 2
44 English, Tim RU 87% 1 0 14 8 6 6 27 5 4 1 1 1 0 2
38 Garcia, Riley HFFL 73% 1 1 18 11 7 4 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 4
29 Hannan, Mitch WL 78% 0 1 14 7 7 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
7 Hunter, Lachie WR 81% 1 0 20 14 6 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 7
39 Johannisen, Jason FPL 76% 2 0 15 10 5 4 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 3
21 Liberatore, Tom FPR 82% 1 0 25 10 15 2 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 4
27 Lipinski, Patrick SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Macrae, Jack RR 84% 0 1 31 13 18 1 0 3 12 6 2 4 1 6
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 75% 1 2 5 3 2 3 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 1
13 Schache, Josh CHB 100% 0 0 12 11 1 8 0 0 1 4 0 1 4 1
28 Scott, Anthony INT 77% 0 0 17 7 10 5 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 2
6 Smith, Bailey C 85% 0 0 29 19 10 5 0 7 4 5 1 1 2 5
37 Smith, Roarke INT 74% 0 1 15 7 8 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2
22 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra INT 71% 2 1 9 7 2 5 0 4 1 5 1 1 0 0
19 Weightman, Cody HFFR 84% 1 1 14 11 3 4 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 3
34 Williams, Bailey BPR 84% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 5 0 1 0 1 3 4
10 Wood, Easton BPL 85% 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 0
Rushed 6
Total (23 players) 15 15 372 211 161 85 36 69 43 54 20 20 32 65

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Berry, Sam INT 70% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 4 3 3 0 1 0 4
41 Butts, Jordon FB 83% 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 2 0 1 2 1 4 0
39 Doedee, Tom CHB 94% 0 0 20 11 9 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 7 0
32 Fogarty, Darcy CHF 84% 1 3 7 7 0 5 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2
17 Hamill, Will INT 70% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 5 1 1 2 1 0 2
34 Himmelberg, Elliott FF 81% 2 1 11 6 5 5 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2
1 Jones, Chayce HBFR↓ 57% 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 1
2 Keays, Ben C 82% 0 0 22 11 11 2 0 4 7 7 1 3 1 3
8 Kelly, Jake BPR 93% 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 3 1 3 1 1 4 0
29 Laird, Rory RR 76% 0 0 25 10 15 1 0 10 4 5 1 0 1 3
27 Lynch, Tom FPL 83% 1 0 18 9 9 4 0 3 1 2 3 1 1 2
14 MacKay, David SUB↑ 22% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
25 McHenry, Ned HFFL 82% 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 0
36 McPherson, Andrew HBFL 83% 0 0 21 15 6 3 0 1 0 4 1 1 7 2
4 Murphy, Lachlan HFFR 79% 1 2 17 8 9 5 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2
28 Murray, Nick BPL 91% 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 0 4 2 1 3 0
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 94% 0 0 19 7 12 6 44 6 3 5 1 1 1 4
31 Rowe, James INT 67% 1 0 12 7 5 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
26 Schoenberg, Harry INT 72% 0 0 21 10 11 2 0 4 4 4 0 0 3 2
11 Seedsman, Paul WR 83% 0 0 22 13 9 5 0 1 0 4 2 0 4 4
9 Sloane, Rory (c) RO 79% 0 0 26 12 14 2 0 0 4 4 1 2 2 4
33 Smith, Brodie WL 84% 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 1 3 3 0 1 9 3
13 Walker, Taylor FPR 91% 2 0 5 5 0 2 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 8 8 331 185 146 68 49 59 35 68 20 20 50 40

D. MacKay replaced C. Jones.

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
28 N. Murray 41 J. Butts 8 J. Kelly 44 T. English 5 J. Dunkley
21 T. Liberatore 17 J. Bruce 39 J. Johannisen 11 J. Macrae 28 A. Scott
FORWARD 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 37 R. Smith
HALF-BACK

22 J. Ugle-Hagan
36 A. McPherson 39 T. Doedee 1 C. Jones

27 P. Lipinski
19 C. Weightman 33 A. Naughton 38 R. Garcia



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



33 B. Smith 2 B. Keays 11 P. Seedsman



7 L. Hunter 6 B. Smith 29 M. Hannan FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 43 R. O'Brien 21 S. Berry
HALF-FORWARD 29 R. Laird 17 W. Hamill
25 N. McHenry 32 D. Fogarty 4 L. Murphy 9 R. Sloane (c) 31 J. Rowe
31 B. Dale 13 J. Schache 35 C. Daniel

26 H. Schoenberg
HALF-BACK

14 D. MacKay
FORWARD



27 T. Lynch 34 E. Himmelberg 13 T. Walker



34 B. Williams 12 Z. Cordy 10 E. Wood



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:36
ADEL Elliott Himmelberg goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:51
WBUL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 04:43
ADEL Tom Lynch goal 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 05:10
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 07:14
WBUL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 10:37
ADEL Lachlan Murphy behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 12:06
ADEL Lachlan Murphy behind 1.2.8 - 2.3.15 13:10
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 2.2.14 - 2.3.15 15:19
ADEL James Rowe goal 2.2.14 - 3.3.21 17:26
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 3.2.20 - 3.3.21 20:56
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 4.2.26 - 3.3.21 22:55
WBUL Jason Johannisen goal 5.2.32 - 3.3.21 26:09
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 5.3.33 - 3.3.21 30:30
Q2 ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 5.3.33 - 4.3.27 00:48
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 6.3.39 - 4.3.27 02:25
WBUL Jack Macrae behind 6.4.40 - 4.3.27 05:14
WBUL Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 4.3.27 10:00
WBUL Tim English goal 7.5.47 - 4.3.27 12:09
WBUL Josh Bruce behind 7.6.48 - 4.3.27 13:37
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 8.6.54 - 4.3.27 18:12
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 8.6.54 - 4.4.28 20:13
WBUL Caleb Daniel goal 9.6.60 - 4.4.28 23:06
WBUL Riley Garcia behind 9.7.61 - 4.4.28 26:47
WBUL Cody Weightman behind 9.8.62 - 4.4.28 29:51
WBUL Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 4.4.28 33:00
Q3 WBUL Jason Johannisen goal 10.9.69 - 4.4.28 01:24
ADEL Elliott Himmelberg goal 10.9.69 - 5.4.34 14:25
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 10.9.69 - 5.5.35 16:10
ADEL Rushed behind 10.9.69 - 5.6.36 17:15
WBUL Rushed behind 10.10.70 - 5.6.36 22:08
WBUL Roarke Smith behind 10.11.71 - 5.6.36 26:34
Q4 ADEL Elliott Himmelberg behind 10.11.71 - 5.7.37 03:42
WBUL Rushed behind 10.12.72 - 5.7.37 04:29
WBUL Riley Garcia goal 11.12.78 - 5.7.37 05:53
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 11.12.78 - 6.7.43 07:29
ADEL Lachlan Murphy goal 11.12.78 - 7.7.49 08:46
WBUL Lachie Hunter goal 12.12.84 - 7.7.49 10:45
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 12.13.85 - 7.7.49 13:35
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind 12.14.86 - 7.7.49 14:59
WBUL Mitch Hannan behind 12.15.87 - 7.7.49 17:33
WBUL Bailey Dale goal 13.15.93 - 7.7.49 18:26
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 13.15.93 - 7.8.50 20:40
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 14.15.99 - 7.8.50 23:41
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 15.15.105 - 7.8.50 26:54
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 15.15.105 - 8.8.56 32:29