2023 AFL Season Round 24: Geelong v Western Bulldogs

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

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

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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Geelong) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Scott

Western Bulldogs

Captain: unknown
Coach: Luke Beveridge

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

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