2023 AFL Season Round 12: Western Bulldogs v Geelong
This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 2023 between the Western Bulldogs and Geelong during round twelve of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League.
The Western Bulldogs hosted Geelong at Marvel Stadium.
The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.
The Western Bulldogs (10.15.75) were defeated by Geelong (15.7.97).
Match Details
Season:
2023 AFL Season
Round:
Round 12
Teams:
Western Bulldogs
v
Geelong
Date:
Saturday 3 June 2023
Time:
7:25 PM
Venue:
Marvel Stadium
Attendance:
41,944
Match Results
Outcome:
Western Bulldogs
def. by
Geelong
Score:
10.15.75 - 15.7.97
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Western Bulldogs | 5 | . | 4 | 8 | . | 7 | 10 | . | 12 | 10 | . | 15 | 10 | . | 15 | (75) |
| Geelong | 5 | . | 2 | 8 | . | 5 | 12 | . | 6 | 15 | . | 7 | 15 | . | 7 | (97) |
| Margin | WBUL by 2 | WBUL by 2 | GEEL by 6 | GEEL by 22 | GEEL by 22 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 34:18 | 30:17 | 29:23 | 28:53 | 2:02:51 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Geelong) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Western Bulldogs
Captain: unknownCoach: Luke Beveridge
Geelong
Captain: unknownCoach: Chris Scott
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim English | WBUL | 44 | 3 |
| Caleb Daniel | WBUL | 35 | 2 |
| Tom Stewart | GEEL | 44 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Stewart | GEEL | 44 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim English | WBUL | 44 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Daniel | WBUL | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gryan Miers | GEEL | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Atkins | GEEL | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brad Close | GEEL | 45 | 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 |
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| 13 | Baker, Oskar | INT | 72% | 0 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Bontempelli, Marcus | C | 79% | 0 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 31 | Dale, Bailey | HBFL | 80% | 0 | 0 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 35 | Daniel, Caleb | INT | 82% | 1 | 0 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 15 | Duryea, Taylor | BPL | 80% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 44 | English, Tim | RU | 86% | 0 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 43 | Gardner, Ryan | CHB | 100% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Jones, Arthur | INT | 78% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Jones, Liam | FB | 97% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Liberatore, Tom | RO | 80% | 0 | 0 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Lobb, Rory | FPR | 87% | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Macrae, Jack | HFFL | 81% | 1 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | McNeil, Lachlan | SUB↑ | 21% | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Naughton, Aaron | CHF | 86% | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | O'Brien, Tim | BPR | 83% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | O'Donnell, James | HFFR | 72% | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Richards, Ed | HBFR↓ | 54% | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | Scott, Anthony | WL | 80% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Smith, Bailey | INT | 82% | 1 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Treloar, Adam | RR | 78% | 1 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra | FF | 83% | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Weightman, Cody | FPL | 74% | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Williams, Bailey | WR | 84% | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 10 | 15 | 400 | 229 | 171 | 111 | 42 | 83 | 37 | 57 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 51 | |||
L. McNeil replaced E. Richards.
Geelong
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Atkins, Tom | C | 74% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Bews, Jed | INT | 78% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 46 | Blicavs, Mark | RR | 87% | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Bruhn, Tanner | RO | 70% | 1 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Cameron, Jeremy | FF | 98% | 2 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Ceglar, Jonathon | RU↓ | 55% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | Close, Brad | INT | 75% | 1 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | De Koning, Sam | FB | 96% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | Guthrie, Zach | HBFL | 85% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | Hawkins, Tom | FPL | 96% | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Henry, Jack | FPR | 92% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 36 | Henry, Ollie | HFFL | 80% | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Knevitt, Mitch | INT | 71% | 1 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Kolodjashnij, Jake | CHB | 81% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 32 | Miers, Gryan | BPL | 84% | 1 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 34 | Mullin, Oisin | BPR | 88% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | O'Connor, Mark | INT | 68% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Rohan, Gary | CHF | 79% | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 | Simpson, Sam | SUB↑ | 13% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Smith, Isaac | WR | 80% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Stengle, Tyson | HFFR | 77% | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 44 | Stewart, Tom | HBFR | 86% | 1 | 0 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 2 | Tuohy, Zach | WL | 86% | 1 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 15 | 7 | 324 | 207 | 117 | 90 | 44 | 71 | 35 | 46 | 18 | 12 | 40 | 47 | |||
S. Simpson replaced J. Ceglar.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Western Bulldogs | Coach: Luke Beveridge | ||||||||||||||
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| 32 | G. Miers | 16 | S. De Koning | 34 | O. Mullin | 44 | T. English | 13 | O. Baker | ||||||
| 7 | R. Lobb | 2 | J. Ugle-Hagan | 3 | C. Weightman | 1 | A. Treloar | 35 | C. Daniel | ||||||
| FORWARD | 21 | T. Liberatore | 32 | A. Jones | |||||||||||
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| 39 | Z. Guthrie | 8 | J. Kolodjashnij | 44 | T. Stewart |
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| 18 | J. O'Donnell | 33 | A. Naughton | 11 | J. Macrae |
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| 2 | Z. Tuohy | 30 | T. Atkins | 7 | I. Smith |
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| 34 | B. Williams | 4 | M. Bontempelli | 28 | A. Scott | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 15 | J. Ceglar | 24 | J. Bews | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 46 | M. Blicavs | 45 | B. Close | |||||||||||
| 36 | O. Henry | 23 | G. Rohan | 18 | T. Stengle | 4 | T. Bruhn | 10 | M. Knevitt | ||||||
| 20 | E. Richards | 43 | R. Gardner | 31 | B. Dale |
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| 26 | T. Hawkins | 5 | J. Cameron | 38 | J. Henry |
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| 22 | T. O'Brien | 19 | L. Jones | 15 | T. Duryea |
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| Geelong | Coach: Chris Scott | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | WBUL | Aaron Naughton goal | 1.0.6 | - | 0.0.0 | 02:24 |
| WBUL | Ed Richards goal | 2.0.12 | - | 0.0.0 | 06:17 | |
| GEEL | Brad Close goal | 2.0.12 | - | 1.0.6 | 09:40 | |
| WBUL | Marcus Bontempelli behind | 2.1.13 | - | 1.0.6 | 10:43 | |
| WBUL | Bailey Williams behind | 2.2.14 | - | 1.0.6 | 11:17 | |
| WBUL | Bailey Williams behind | 2.3.15 | - | 1.0.6 | 12:43 | |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins behind | 2.3.15 | - | 1.1.7 | 13:34 | |
| GEEL | Zach Tuohy goal | 2.3.15 | - | 2.1.13 | 17:11 | |
| GEEL | Jeremy Cameron goal | 2.3.15 | - | 3.1.19 | 22:20 | |
| WBUL | Adam Treloar goal | 3.3.21 | - | 3.1.19 | 23:40 | |
| WBUL | Bailey Smith goal | 4.3.27 | - | 3.1.19 | 24:46 | |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins goal | 4.3.27 | - | 4.1.25 | 26:04 | |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins goal | 4.3.27 | - | 5.1.31 | 28:29 | |
| WBUL | Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind | 4.4.28 | - | 5.1.31 | 29:59 | |
| WBUL | Rory Lobb goal | 5.4.34 | - | 5.1.31 | 31:16 | |
| GEEL | Rushed behind | 5.4.34 | - | 5.2.32 | 33:28 | |
| Q2 | WBUL | Bailey Smith behind | 5.5.35 | - | 5.2.32 | 01:33 |
| GEEL | Jeremy Cameron behind | 5.5.35 | - | 5.3.33 | 02:58 | |
| WBUL | Cody Weightman goal | 6.5.41 | - | 5.3.33 | 04:07 | |
| WBUL | Tim English behind | 6.6.42 | - | 5.3.33 | 07:44 | |
| GEEL | Jeremy Cameron goal | 6.6.42 | - | 6.3.39 | 09:35 | |
| WBUL | Jack Macrae goal | 7.6.48 | - | 6.3.39 | 11:23 | |
| GEEL | Tyson Stengle goal | 7.6.48 | - | 7.3.45 | 15:24 | |
| GEEL | Tyson Stengle behind | 7.6.48 | - | 7.4.46 | 17:04 | |
| WBUL | Caleb Daniel goal | 8.6.54 | - | 7.4.46 | 18:15 | |
| WBUL | Oskar Baker behind | 8.7.55 | - | 7.4.46 | 19:49 | |
| GEEL | Rushed behind | 8.7.55 | - | 7.5.47 | 24:00 | |
| GEEL | Mitch Knevitt goal | 8.7.55 | - | 8.5.53 | 30:14 | |
| Q3 | GEEL | Gryan Miers goal | 8.7.55 | - | 9.5.59 | 00:46 |
| WBUL | James O'Donnell behind | 8.8.56 | - | 9.5.59 | 02:32 | |
| WBUL | Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind | 8.9.57 | - | 9.5.59 | 04:34 | |
| WBUL | James O'Donnell goal | 9.9.63 | - | 9.5.59 | 06:22 | |
| WBUL | Marcus Bontempelli behind | 9.10.64 | - | 9.5.59 | 08:26 | |
| WBUL | Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal | 10.10.70 | - | 9.5.59 | 10:04 | |
| GEEL | Gary Rohan goal | 10.10.70 | - | 10.5.65 | 12:20 | |
| GEEL | Tanner Bruhn goal | 10.10.70 | - | 11.5.71 | 16:23 | |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins behind | 10.10.70 | - | 11.6.72 | 19:29 | |
| GEEL | Mark Blicavs goal | 10.10.70 | - | 12.6.78 | 22:10 | |
| WBUL | Lachlan McNeil behind | 10.11.71 | - | 12.6.78 | 24:42 | |
| WBUL | Rushed behind | 10.12.72 | - | 12.6.78 | 28:46 | |
| Q4 | GEEL | Tom Stewart goal | 10.12.72 | - | 13.6.84 | 00:59 |
| WBUL | Aaron Naughton behind | 10.13.73 | - | 13.6.84 | 02:47 | |
| GEEL | Mark Blicavs behind | 10.13.73 | - | 13.7.85 | 05:21 | |
| WBUL | Rory Lobb behind | 10.14.74 | - | 13.7.85 | 06:35 | |
| GEEL | Ollie Henry goal | 10.14.74 | - | 14.7.91 | 12:25 | |
| GEEL | Gary Rohan goal | 10.14.74 | - | 15.7.97 | 24:28 | |
| WBUL | Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind | 10.15.75 | - | 15.7.97 | 28:50 | |