2021 AFL Semi Final 1: Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 4 September 2021 between Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs in the first semi final of the 2021 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Western Bulldogs at Gabba. Dayne Zorko captained the hosts. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Brisbane Lions
Back: M. Adams, J. Payne, B. Starcevich
Half-back: G. Birchall, H. Andrews, D. Rich
Centre: H. McCluggage, D. Zorko (capt.), M. Robinson
Half-forward: L. McCarthy, T. Fullarton, Z. Bailey
Forward: K. Coleman, J. Daniher, C. Cameron
Follower: O. McInerney, J. Lyons, L. Neale
Int.: J. Berry, N. Cockatoo, D. Gardiner, D. Robertson
Sub.: R. Lester

Western Bulldogs
Back: E. Wood, A. Keath, B. Williams
Half-back: C. Daniel, R. Gardner, B. Dale
Centre: A. Treloar, R. Smith, L. Hunter
Half-forward: M. Hannan, A. Naughton, B. Smith
Forward: T. Liberatore, T. English, C. Weightman
Follower: L. Young, J. Macrae, M. Bontempelli (capt.)
Int.: J. Dunkley, T. Duryea, J. Schache, L. Vandermeer
Sub.: J. Johannisen

Brisbane Lions (11.12.78) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (11.13.79).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: C. Cameron (3), Z. Bailey (2), J. Daniher, T. Fullarton, R. Lester, L. McCarthy, H. McCluggage, M. Robinson
Western Bulldogs: B. Smith (3), T. Liberatore (2), M. Hannan, J. Johannisen, J. Macrae, A. Naughton, J. Schache, C. Weightman

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs faced Port Adelaide in the second preliminary final and Brisbane Lions were eliminated (finishing 5th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 1
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 4 September 2021
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 30,647

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 11.12.78 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Brisbane Lions	5	.	3	6	.	5	9	.	9	11	.	12	11	.	12	(78)
Western Bulldogs	3	.	4	6	.	6	7	.	11	11	.	13	11	.	13	(79)
Margin	BRIL by 11			WBUL by 1			BRIL by 10			WBUL by 1			WBUL by 1
Duration	35:08			30:36			34:37			35:03			2:15:24

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Dayne Zorko (Brisbane Lions), Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), M. Stevic (#9), N. Williamson (#22), E: B. Rosebury (#8)
Goal Umpire: S. Walsh, S. Williams, E: S. Axon
Boundary Umpire: J. Andrews, C. Bull, A. Coote, M. Tomkins

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Jack Macrae	WBUL	11	10	2	0	0	0	0
Bailey Smith	WBUL	6	8	0	2	0	0	0
Hugh McCluggage	BRIL	6	5	0	0	1	1	0
Caleb Daniel	WBUL	35	3	0	0	1	0	0
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	2	0	0	0	1	0
Charlie Cameron	BRIL	23	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Liberatore	WBUL	21	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
24	Adams, Marcus	BPL	94%	0	0	9	8	1	4	0	2	0	3	0	1	3	2
31	Andrews, Harris	CHB	92%	0	1	17	6	11	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	1
33	Bailey, Zac	HFFR	92%	2	2	17	12	5	4	0	2	2	5	0	1	2	5
7	Berry, Jarrod	INT	31%	0	0	10	5	5	2	0	2	1	2	1	1	0	1
14	Birchall, Grant	HBFL	79%	0	0	18	12	6	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	3
23	Cameron, Charlie	FPR	96%	3	1	13	10	3	4	0	5	0	5	0	2	0	1
12	Cockatoo, Nakia	INT	72%	0	1	5	3	2	0	0	3	1	2	2	2	0	2
18	Coleman, Keidean	FPL	91%	0	0	15	9	6	2	0	3	0	3	2	3	1	4
3	Daniher, Joe	FF	100%	1	0	6	5	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0
21	Fullarton, Tom	CHF	79%	1	0	13	5	8	2	4	4	1	2	1	1	1	1
27	Gardiner, Darcy	INT	80%	0	0	12	7	5	3	0	1	0	3	2	2	4	0
35	Lester, Ryan	SUB↑	38%	1	0	6	5	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
17	Lyons, Jarryd	RR	80%	0	0	27	15	12	4	0	5	8	3	4	0	2	6
11	McCarthy, Lincoln	HFFL	79%	1	1	15	6	9	5	0	6	1	4	1	1	0	5
6	McCluggage, Hugh	WL	92%	1	2	28	19	9	7	0	2	5	5	1	1	3	7
46	McInerney, Oscar	RU	89%	0	0	17	10	7	2	40	0	6	6	0	3	3	5
9	Neale, Lachie	RO	88%	0	1	28	14	14	6	0	4	3	6	3	3	1	3
40	Payne, Jack	FB↓	28%	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0
10	Rich, Daniel	HBFR	80%	0	1	22	19	3	2	0	5	1	2	0	0	8	3
2	Robertson, Deven	INT	63%	0	0	8	3	5	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	2
5	Robinson, Mitch	WR	88%	1	0	24	13	11	3	0	5	3	2	0	0	0	7
37	Starcevich, Brandon	BPR	85%	0	0	14	11	3	5	0	1	0	2	0	2	4	2
15	Zorko, Dayne (c)	C	86%	0	0	24	12	12	6	0	5	4	7	1	3	2	6
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				11	12	351	211	140	79	45	67	37	69	19	28	41	68

R. Lester replaced J. Payne during the second quarter.

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Bontempelli, Marcus (c)	RO	84%	0	3	29	16	13	7	0	1	5	5	0	2	5	5
31	Dale, Bailey	HBFR	83%	0	0	20	15	5	4	0	1	2	4	0	0	9	2
35	Daniel, Caleb	HBFL	79%	0	0	31	22	9	2	0	2	3	3	2	1	11	1
5	Dunkley, Josh	INT	80%	0	1	21	7	14	5	0	7	4	1	2	0	2	0
15	Duryea, Taylor	INT	73%	0	0	15	12	3	2	0	1	1	5	2	2	7	1
44	English, Tim	FF	85%	0	0	13	9	4	1	22	7	4	2	2	2	3	4
43	Gardner, Ryan	CHB	100%	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0
29	Hannan, Mitch	HFFL	83%	1	1	8	6	2	2	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	1
7	Hunter, Lachie	WR	93%	0	0	20	14	6	4	0	2	4	0	2	0	1	7
39	Johannisen, Jason	SUB↑	43%	1	1	7	7	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2
42	Keath, Alex	FB	100%	0	1	9	4	5	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1
21	Liberatore, Tom	FPL	75%	2	0	21	14	7	4	0	6	7	5	2	4	1	1
11	Macrae, Jack	RR	81%	1	0	39	27	12	4	0	5	11	4	3	0	4	11
33	Naughton, Aaron	CHF	93%	1	0	11	5	6	3	0	6	0	3	2	0	0	1
13	Schache, Josh	INT	72%	1	0	11	7	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
6	Smith, Bailey	HFFR	81%	3	0	27	19	8	6	0	4	2	3	1	0	2	9
37	Smith, Roarke	C	83%	0	1	12	6	6	3	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	2
1	Treloar, Adam	WL	72%	0	0	10	2	8	1	0	5	0	2	1	1	0	0
23	Vandermeer, Laitham	INT	76%	0	2	10	5	5	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	0	3
19	Weightman, Cody	FPR↓	40%	1	1	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0
34	Williams, Bailey	BPR	83%	0	0	13	10	3	3	0	1	1	4	1	1	6	0
10	Wood, Easton	BPL	87%	0	0	12	9	3	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	2
2	Young, Lewis	RU	53%	0	0	4	2	2	1	10	5	2	0	1	0	0	0
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				11	13	352	223	129	65	32	64	47	59	28	19	57	54

J. Johannisen replaced C. Weightman during the third quarter.

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

Brisbane Lions							Coach: Chris Fagan
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	10	E. Wood	42	A. Keath	34	B. Williams	46	O. McInerney	7	J. Berry
	23	C. Cameron	3	J. Daniher	18	K. Coleman	17	J. Lyons	12	N. Cockatoo
FORWARD							9	L. Neale	27	D. Gardiner
HALF-BACK									2	D. Robertson
	35	C. Daniel	43	R. Gardner	31	B. Dale			35	R. Lester
	33	Z. Bailey	21	T. Fullarton	11	L. McCarthy
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	1	A. Treloar	37	R. Smith	7	L. Hunter
	5	M. Robinson	15	D. Zorko (c)	6	H. McCluggage	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							2	L. Young	5	J. Dunkley
HALF-FORWARD							11	J. Macrae	15	T. Duryea
	29	M. Hannan	33	A. Naughton	6	B. Smith	4	M. Bontempelli (c)	13	J. Schache
	10	D. Rich	31	H. Andrews	14	G. Birchall			23	L. Vandermeer
HALF-BACK									39	J. Johannisen
FORWARD
	21	T. Liberatore	44	T. English	19	C. Weightman
	37	B. Starcevich	40	J. Payne	24	M. Adams
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Tom Liberatore goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	04:05
	WBUL	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	08:13
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	09:31
	WBUL	Laitham Vandermeer behind	1.0.6	-	1.2.8	11:19
	WBUL	Tom Liberatore goal	1.0.6	-	2.2.14	13:07
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	1.1.7	-	2.2.14	15:20
	BRIL	Nakia Cockatoo behind	1.2.8	-	2.2.14	16:33
	BRIL	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	2.2.14	17:22
	WBUL	Roarke Smith behind	1.3.9	-	2.3.15	19:30
	BRIL	Lincoln McCarthy goal	2.3.15	-	2.3.15	22:08
	BRIL	Joe Daniher goal	3.3.21	-	2.3.15	23:20
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	4.3.27	-	2.3.15	24:33
	WBUL	Bailey Smith goal	4.3.27	-	3.3.21	26:45
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	5.3.33	-	3.3.21	28:01
	WBUL	Cody Weightman behind	5.3.33	-	3.4.22	29:51
Q2	BRIL	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	3.4.22	03:02
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	5.4.34	-	4.4.28	04:34
	WBUL	Mitch Hannan goal	5.4.34	-	5.4.34	16:56
	WBUL	Cody Weightman goal	5.4.34	-	6.4.40	19:33
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	5.4.34	-	6.5.41	21:19
	BRIL	Mitch Robinson goal	6.4.40	-	6.5.41	23:58
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	6.5.41	-	6.5.41	25:09
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	6.5.41	-	6.6.42	30:28
Q3	WBUL	Josh Dunkley behind	6.5.41	-	6.7.43	03:22
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage goal	7.5.47	-	6.7.43	05:36
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage behind	7.6.48	-	6.7.43	11:03
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage behind	7.7.49	-	6.7.43	12:05
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	8.7.55	-	6.7.43	13:43
	WBUL	Mitch Hannan behind	8.7.55	-	6.8.44	17:17
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	8.8.56	-	6.8.44	19:34
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	8.8.56	-	6.9.45	21:47
	BRIL	Daniel Rich behind	8.9.57	-	6.9.45	24:13
	BRIL	Ryan Lester goal	9.9.63	-	6.9.45	25:13
	WBUL	Jason Johannisen goal	9.9.63	-	7.9.51	27:33
	WBUL	Alex Keath behind	9.9.63	-	7.10.52	30:33
	WBUL	Jason Johannisen behind	9.9.63	-	7.11.53	34:33
Q4	WBUL	Jack Macrae goal	9.9.63	-	8.11.59	01:02
	WBUL	Josh Schache goal	9.9.63	-	9.11.65	06:21
	WBUL	Bailey Smith goal	9.9.63	-	10.11.71	08:16
	BRIL	Lincoln McCarthy behind	9.10.64	-	10.11.71	14:14
	BRIL	Tom Fullarton goal	10.10.70	-	10.11.71	17:30
	BRIL	Harris Andrews behind	10.11.71	-	10.11.71	19:25
	WBUL	Rushed behind	10.11.71	-	10.12.72	24:24
	BRIL	Lachie Neale behind	10.12.72	-	10.12.72	25:49
	WBUL	Bailey Smith goal	10.12.72	-	11.12.78	30:00
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	11.12.78	-	11.12.78	32:08
	WBUL	Laitham Vandermeer behind	11.12.78	-	11.13.79	33:26

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