2023 AFL Round 24: Geelong v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 2023 between Geelong and Western Bulldogs during round 24 of the 2023 AFL season. Geelong hosted Western Bulldogs at GMHBA Stadium. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Geelong
Back: J. Bews, S. De Koning, J. Kolodjashnij
Half-back: R. Stanley, T. Stewart, Z. Guthrie
Centre: S. Menegola, T. Atkins, M. O'Connor
Half-forward: G. Miers, B. Parfitt, I. Smith
Forward: O. Henry, S. Neale, T. Stengle
Follower: T. Conway, P. Dangerfield, M. Holmes
Int.: J. Bowes, O. Dempsey, M. Knevitt, O. Mullin
Sub.: T. Clohesy

Western Bulldogs
Back: A. Keath, L. Jones, L. Vandermeer
Half-back: B. Dale, J. O'Donnell, E. Richards
Centre: C. Poulter, M. Bontempelli, B. Williams
Half-forward: T. McLean, A. Naughton, C. Daniel
Forward: R. Lobb, J. Ugle-Hagan, R. West
Follower: T. English, A. Treloar, T. Liberatore
Int.: O. Baker, H. Crozier, A. Scott, C. Weightman
Sub.: L. McNeil

Geelong (11.13.79) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (16.8.104).

Goalkickers
Geelong: O. Henry (3), T. Stengle (2), T. Atkins, P. Dangerfield, O. Dempsey, G. Miers, S. Neale, I. Smith
Western Bulldogs: R. Lobb (3), A. Naughton (3), T. English (2), A. Treloar (2), C. Weightman (2), T. Liberatore, C. Poulter, J. Ugle-Hagan, L. Vandermeer

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 12th on the ladder (down from 11th) and Western Bulldogs remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 24
Teams: Geelong v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 26 August 2023
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 20,533

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 11.13.79 - 16.8.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 5 7 . 11 10 . 13 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Western Bulldogs 3 . 1 6 . 2 10 . 5 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Margin WBUL by 2 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 8 WBUL by 25 WBUL by 25
Duration 30:21 32:44 32:39 33:16 2:09:00

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: unknown (Geelong), unknown (Western Bulldogs)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 2
Rory Lobb WBUL 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Rory Lobb WBUL 7 9 1 1 0 0 0
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Tom Atkins GEEL 30 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Tom Stewart GEEL 44 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Isaac Smith GEEL 7 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 2 0 0 0 1 0
Aaron Naughton WBUL 33 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom C 69% 1 0 19 6 13 1 0 8 5 3 0 1 1 1
24 Bews, Jed BPL 85% 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 3
12 Bowes, Jack INT 74% 0 0 25 8 17 2 0 6 4 3 0 0 0 3
40 Clohesy, Ted SUB↑ 26% 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Conway, Toby RU 68% 0 0 6 2 4 1 24 3 2 3 1 2 0 0
35 Dangerfield, Patrick RR 67% 1 1 18 11 7 4 0 9 5 1 2 0 1 6
16 De Koning, Sam FB 96% 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 3
28 Dempsey, Oliver INT 86% 1 0 15 6 9 3 0 8 2 0 1 0 0 0
39 Guthrie, Zach HBFR 82% 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 2
36 Henry, Ollie FPL 89% 3 2 8 7 1 5 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1
9 Holmes, Max RO 82% 0 1 22 12 10 9 0 3 2 2 0 0 4 2
10 Knevitt, Mitch INT↓ 54% 0 1 8 5 3 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake BPR 79% 0 1 11 8 3 5 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1
27 Menegola, Sam WL 81% 0 1 27 17 10 6 0 3 3 10 0 1 3 3
32 Miers, Gryan HFFL 92% 1 0 19 9 10 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 5
34 Mullin, Oisin INT 82% 0 0 10 4 6 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
33 Neale, Shannon FF 97% 1 0 8 3 5 6 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
42 O'Connor, Mark WR 80% 0 0 20 12 8 5 0 3 1 4 1 2 4 1
3 Parfitt, Brandan CHF 73% 0 1 26 18 8 2 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 6
7 Smith, Isaac HFFR 88% 1 1 36 27 9 11 0 5 2 3 1 0 9 6
1 Stanley, Rhys HBFL 77% 0 1 13 6 7 3 18 2 2 6 2 2 1 2
18 Stengle, Tyson FPR 82% 2 1 12 8 4 5 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 2
44 Stewart, Tom CHB 89% 0 0 29 21 8 14 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 11 13 386 224 162 107 43 85 39 55 13 14 37 50

T. Clohesy replaced M. Knevitt.

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Baker, Oskar INT 69% 0 3 16 10 6 6 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 4
4 Bontempelli, Marcus C 85% 0 0 31 17 14 3 0 10 6 4 0 1 4 4
9 Crozier, Hayden INT 74% 0 0 17 10 7 6 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 1
31 Dale, Bailey HBFL 84% 0 0 20 13 7 2 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 0
35 Daniel, Caleb HFFR 81% 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 5 2
44 English, Tim RU 89% 2 0 18 9 9 5 23 3 3 9 3 4 1 2
19 Jones, Liam FB 99% 0 0 14 9 5 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 0
42 Keath, Alex BPL 83% 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 0
21 Liberatore, Tom RO 83% 1 0 32 15 17 3 0 9 8 4 0 1 3 5
7 Lobb, Rory FPL 91% 3 0 16 11 5 7 15 2 6 1 1 0 0 4
16 McLean, Toby HFFL 76% 0 0 15 4 11 0 0 6 4 2 1 1 1 2
30 McNeil, Lachlan SUB↑ 21% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 86% 3 2 11 8 3 5 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1
18 O'Donnell, James CHB 93% 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
25 Poulter, Caleb WL 72% 1 0 17 11 6 4 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 4
20 Richards, Ed HBFR 86% 0 0 29 16 13 3 0 2 0 4 0 1 8 2
28 Scott, Anthony INT 71% 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
1 Treloar, Adam RR 87% 2 0 33 18 15 6 0 4 5 3 1 0 2 5
2 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra FF 85% 1 0 11 5 6 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
23 Vandermeer, Laitham BPR↓ 61% 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 4
3 Weightman, Cody INT 74% 2 0 13 7 6 3 0 11 0 2 2 2 0 3
14 West, Rhylee FPR 73% 0 1 24 9 15 4 0 5 4 4 1 0 0 5
34 Williams, Bailey WR 80% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 16 8 400 220 180 86 38 74 43 61 14 13 39 54

L. McNeil replaced L. Vandermeer.

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

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
42 A. Keath 19 L. Jones 23 L. Vandermeer 6 T. Conway 12 J. Bowes
18 T. Stengle 33 S. Neale 36 O. Henry 35 P. Dangerfield 28 O. Dempsey
FORWARD 9 M. Holmes 10 M. Knevitt
HALF-BACK

34 O. Mullin
31 B. Dale 18 J. O'Donnell 20 E. Richards

40 T. Clohesy
7 I. Smith 3 B. Parfitt 32 G. Miers



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



25 C. Poulter 4 M. Bontempelli 34 B. Williams



42 M. O'Connor 30 T. Atkins 27 S. Menegola FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 T. English 13 O. Baker
HALF-FORWARD 1 A. Treloar 9 H. Crozier
16 T. McLean 33 A. Naughton 35 C. Daniel 21 T. Liberatore 28 A. Scott
39 Z. Guthrie 44 T. Stewart 1 R. Stanley

3 C. Weightman
HALF-BACK

30 L. McNeil
FORWARD



7 R. Lobb 2 J. Ugle-Hagan 14 R. West



8 J. Kolodjashnij 16 S. De Koning 24 J. Bews



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Isaac Smith goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:41
GEEL Mitch Knevitt behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 06:46
WBUL Oskar Baker behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 11:09
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 13:10
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 14:44
GEEL Sam Menegola behind 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 16:14
GEEL Ollie Henry behind 2.3.15 - 1.1.7 19:43
WBUL Rory Lobb goal 2.3.15 - 2.1.13 20:25
GEEL Max Holmes behind 2.4.16 - 2.1.13 22:17
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 2.4.16 - 3.1.19 27:09
GEEL Ollie Henry behind 2.5.17 - 3.1.19 29:42
Q2 GEEL Brandan Parfitt behind 2.6.18 - 3.1.19 01:51
GEEL Jake Kolodjashnij behind 2.7.19 - 3.1.19 02:41
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 3.7.25 - 3.1.19 03:03
GEEL Rushed behind 3.8.26 - 3.1.19 05:34
GEEL Isaac Smith behind 3.9.27 - 3.1.19 07:05
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 3.9.27 - 3.2.20 08:13
WBUL Tim English goal 3.9.27 - 4.2.26 15:15
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 4.9.33 - 4.2.26 18:37
GEEL Tom Atkins goal 5.9.39 - 4.2.26 20:15
GEEL Tyson Stengle behind 5.10.40 - 4.2.26 22:06
WBUL Rory Lobb goal 5.10.40 - 5.2.32 22:58
GEEL Rhys Stanley behind 5.11.41 - 5.2.32 24:45
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 6.11.47 - 5.2.32 25:45
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 7.11.53 - 5.2.32 27:27
WBUL Caleb Poulter goal 7.11.53 - 6.2.38 29:04
Q3 WBUL Adam Treloar goal 7.11.53 - 7.2.44 00:39
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer goal 7.11.53 - 8.2.50 01:56
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 7.11.53 - 9.2.56 03:17
WBUL Oskar Baker behind 7.11.53 - 9.3.57 09:33
WBUL Oskar Baker behind 7.11.53 - 9.4.58 11:00
GEEL Gryan Miers goal 8.11.59 - 9.4.58 15:20
WBUL Rushed behind 8.11.59 - 9.5.59 18:40
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 8.11.59 - 10.5.65 19:31
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 9.11.65 - 10.5.65 21:55
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 9.12.66 - 10.5.65 23:38
GEEL Rushed behind 9.13.67 - 10.5.65 24:41
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 10.13.73 - 10.5.65 32:32
Q4 WBUL Tim English goal 10.13.73 - 11.5.71 01:09
WBUL Adam Treloar goal 10.13.73 - 12.5.77 04:07
WBUL Rhylee West behind 10.13.73 - 12.6.78 05:20
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 10.13.73 - 13.6.84 05:54
WBUL Rushed behind 10.13.73 - 13.7.85 12:37
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 10.13.73 - 14.7.91 16:59
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 10.13.73 - 14.8.92 19:29
WBUL Rory Lobb goal 10.13.73 - 15.8.98 25:38
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 10.13.73 - 16.8.104 28:07
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 11.13.79 - 16.8.104 30:52