2024 AFL Round 3: Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 24 March 2024 between Western Bulldogs and Gold Coast during round 3 of the 2024 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Gold Coast at Mars Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts with Tom Liberatore as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Western Bulldogs
Back: L. Bramble, L. Jones, N. Coffield
Half-back: E. Richards, B. Khamis, J. Johannisen
Centre: H. Gallagher, A. Treloar, B. Williams
Half-forward: C. Poulter, A. Naughton, C. Weightman
Forward: R. West, J. Ugle-Hagan, L. Vandermeer
Follower: T. English, M. Bontempelli (capt.), T. Liberatore (vice-capt.)
Int.: B. Dale, C. Daniel, S. Darcy, R. Sanders
Sub.: O. Baker

Gold Coast
Back: B. Uwland, C. Ballard, S. Collins
Half-back: D. Swallow, W. Powell, C. Budarick
Centre: B. Fiorini, T. Miller, B. Ellis
Half-forward: B. Ainsworth, L. Casboult, T. Berry
Forward: B. King, J. Lukosius, B. Long
Follower: N. Moyle, N. Anderson, M. Rowell
Int.: S. Flanders, N. Holman, A. Sexton, J. Walter
Sub.: R. Atkins

Western Bulldogs (18.7.115) defeated Gold Coast (10.7.67).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: C. Weightman (6), O. Baker (3), M. Bontempelli (2), S. Darcy (2), A. Naughton (2), B. Khamis, T. Liberatore, J. Ugle-Hagan
Gold Coast: N. Holman (2), B. King (2), B. Ainsworth, T. Berry, S. Flanders, J. Lukosius, N. Moyle, D. Swallow

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 10th on the ladder (up from 17th) and Gold Coast were then 8th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast
Date: Sunday 24 March 2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Venue: Mars Stadium
Attendance: 9,752

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Gold Coast
Score: 18.7.115 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 9 . 1 10 . 3 14 . 4 18 . 7 18 . 7 (115)
Gold Coast 2 . 2 5 . 5 9 . 6 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Margin WBUL by 41 WBUL by 28 WBUL by 28 WBUL by 48 WBUL by 48
Duration 34:44 30:23 30:53 31:27 2:07:27

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), Damien Hardwick (Gold Coast)
Captains: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs), unknown (Gold Coast)
Vice-Captains: Tom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs), unknown (Gold Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 3
Cody Weightman WBUL 3 2
Ryley Sanders WBUL 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 10 2 0 0 0 0
Cody Weightman WBUL 3 8 0 2 0 0 0
Tim English WBUL 44 3 0 0 1 0 0
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 3 0 0 1 0 0
Sam Collins GCST 25 2 0 0 0 1 0
Liam Jones WBUL 19 2 0 0 0 1 0
Touk Miller GCST 11 1 0 0 0 0 1
Adam Treloar WBUL 1 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
13 Baker, Oskar SUB↑ 78% 3 0 19 11 8 9 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 2
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) RR 83% 2 0 32 16 16 3 0 3 11 8 0 3 2 5
29 Bramble, Lachie BPL 81% 0 0 20 13 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
17 Coffield, Nick BPR↓ 7% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Dale, Bailey INT 82% 0 0 23 13 10 9 0 4 1 3 0 0 4 1
35 Daniel, Caleb INT 88% 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2
10 Darcy, Sam INT 74% 2 0 15 8 7 6 12 4 3 4 1 3 1 3
44 English, Tim RU 82% 0 0 15 9 6 6 25 8 3 2 1 1 2 6
12 Gallagher, Harvey WL 75% 0 1 11 8 3 5 0 3 0 4 1 1 0 2
39 Johannisen, Jason HBFR 83% 0 0 25 20 5 6 0 1 1 2 1 0 6 5
19 Jones, Liam FB 100% 0 0 13 7 6 9 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0
24 Khamis, Buku CHB 96% 1 1 10 8 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2
21 Liberatore, Tom (vc) RO 85% 1 0 20 10 10 3 0 9 7 4 3 4 2 3
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 86% 2 1 16 5 11 3 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 2
25 Poulter, Caleb HFFL 71% 0 1 8 4 4 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1
20 Richards, Ed HBFL 61% 0 0 19 11 8 7 0 2 0 5 2 2 5 1
9 Sanders, Ryley INT 76% 0 1 22 10 12 1 0 5 6 2 0 0 2 2
1 Treloar, Adam C 83% 0 0 27 13 14 1 0 8 2 7 0 3 2 7
2 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra FF 76% 1 1 13 10 3 6 0 1 1 5 0 3 0 4
23 Vandermeer, Laitham FPR 76% 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 4 1 4 1 2 0 2
3 Weightman, Cody HFFR 81% 6 0 14 9 5 3 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 1
14 West, Rhylee FPL 87% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 3 2 3 3 1 0 4
34 Williams, Bailey WR 88% 0 0 17 10 7 7 0 2 0 2 2 0 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 18 7 382 222 160 110 37 65 42 68 20 28 42 56

O. Baker replaced N. Coffield.

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ainsworth, Ben HFFL 77% 1 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4
15 Anderson, Noah RR 89% 0 1 25 20 5 2 0 4 5 1 3 0 1 8
2 Atkins, Rory SUB↑ 31% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
10 Ballard, Charlie FB 100% 0 0 10 8 2 7 0 2 0 1 2 0 4 0
16 Berry, Tom HFFR 71% 1 0 8 3 5 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 2
35 Budarick, Connor HBFR 79% 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 0 0 6 1 2 5 4
30 Casboult, Levi CHF 82% 0 1 8 3 5 0 19 3 1 3 1 1 1 1
25 Collins, Sam BPR 100% 0 0 16 9 7 10 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 2
4 Ellis, Brandon WR 84% 0 1 8 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 Fiorini, Brayden WL 85% 0 0 21 11 10 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2
3 Flanders, Sam INT 82% 1 0 26 11 15 3 0 2 5 2 1 0 2 1
7 Holman, Nick INT 83% 2 0 11 5 6 4 0 3 0 5 1 3 0 0
34 King, Ben FPL 87% 2 1 7 5 2 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
22 Long, Ben FPR↓ 59% 0 2 4 3 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 0
13 Lukosius, Jack FF 81% 1 0 18 13 5 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2
11 Miller, Touk C 82% 0 0 30 15 15 1 0 10 4 9 3 4 2 7
49 Moyle, Ned RU 68% 1 0 14 9 5 2 25 2 4 2 2 1 2 2
27 Powell, Wil CHB 84% 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 4 2 2 2 1 6 2
18 Rowell, Matt RO 77% 0 0 25 9 16 4 0 8 6 4 4 1 1 5
6 Sexton, Alex INT 75% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 4
24 Swallow, David HBFL 70% 1 0 11 6 5 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 2
32 Uwland, Bodhi BPL 80% 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0
17 Walter, Jed INT 74% 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 10 7 333 197 136 76 44 58 31 55 28 20 37 52

R. Atkins replaced B. Long.

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
32 B. Uwland 10 C. Ballard 25 S. Collins 44 T. English 31 B. Dale
23 L. Vandermeer 2 J. Ugle-Hagan 14 R. West 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 35 C. Daniel
FORWARD 21 T. Liberatore (vc) 10 S. Darcy
HALF-BACK

9 R. Sanders
24 D. Swallow 27 W. Powell 35 C. Budarick

13 O. Baker
3 C. Weightman 33 A. Naughton 25 C. Poulter



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



8 B. Fiorini 11 T. Miller 4 B. Ellis



34 B. Williams 1 A. Treloar 12 H. Gallagher FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 49 N. Moyle 3 S. Flanders
HALF-FORWARD 15 N. Anderson 7 N. Holman
9 B. Ainsworth 30 L. Casboult 16 T. Berry 18 M. Rowell 6 A. Sexton
39 J. Johannisen 24 B. Khamis 20 E. Richards

17 J. Walter
HALF-BACK

2 R. Atkins
FORWARD



34 B. King 13 J. Lukosius 22 B. Long



17 N. Coffield 19 L. Jones 29 L. Bramble



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Cody Weightman goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:57
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 04:34
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 3.0.18 - 0.0.0 06:31
GCST Ben King goal 3.0.18 - 1.0.6 09:13
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 4.0.24 - 1.0.6 12:01
WBUL Buku Khamis behind 4.1.25 - 1.0.6 14:07
WBUL Buku Khamis goal 5.1.31 - 1.0.6 15:34
GCST Noah Anderson behind 5.1.31 - 1.1.7 18:08
GCST Sam Flanders goal 5.1.31 - 2.1.13 21:14
GCST Levi Casboult behind 5.1.31 - 2.2.14 23:39
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 6.1.37 - 2.2.14 24:09
WBUL Oskar Baker goal 7.1.43 - 2.2.14 29:04
WBUL Oskar Baker goal 8.1.49 - 2.2.14 31:34
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 9.1.55 - 2.2.14 34:40
Q2 GCST Ben Long behind 9.1.55 - 2.3.15 00:23
GCST Tom Berry goal 9.1.55 - 3.3.21 03:00
GCST David Swallow goal 9.1.55 - 4.3.27 06:41
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 10.1.61 - 4.3.27 07:52
GCST Ben King goal 10.1.61 - 5.3.33 11:25
GCST Brandon Ellis behind 10.1.61 - 5.4.34 19:40
GCST Rushed behind 10.1.61 - 5.5.35 25:37
WBUL Ryley Sanders behind 10.2.62 - 5.5.35 26:48
WBUL Harvey Gallagher behind 10.3.63 - 5.5.35 29:33
Q3 GCST Ben Long behind 10.3.63 - 5.6.36 01:40
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 10.3.63 - 6.6.42 07:58
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 11.3.69 - 6.6.42 09:59
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 12.3.75 - 6.6.42 11:49
WBUL Sam Darcy goal 13.3.81 - 6.6.42 14:20
WBUL Sam Darcy goal 14.3.87 - 6.6.42 17:49
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind 14.4.88 - 6.6.42 19:19
GCST Nick Holman goal 14.4.88 - 7.6.48 23:25
GCST Ned Moyle goal 14.4.88 - 8.6.54 26:03
GCST Nick Holman goal 14.4.88 - 9.6.60 28:16
Q4 WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 14.5.89 - 9.6.60 01:02
WBUL Caleb Poulter behind 14.6.90 - 9.6.60 04:32
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 15.6.96 - 9.6.60 09:09
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 16.6.102 - 9.6.60 11:05
GCST Ben King behind 16.6.102 - 9.7.61 13:27
WBUL Oskar Baker goal 17.6.108 - 9.7.61 20:56
GCST Jack Lukosius goal 17.6.108 - 10.7.67 23:37
WBUL Rushed behind 17.7.109 - 10.7.67 25:48
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 18.7.115 - 10.7.67 29:50