2024 AFL Season Round 22: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 2024 between the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round twenty-two of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts with Tom Liberatore as vice-captain. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

The Western Bulldogs (15.20.110) defeated Melbourne (9.5.59).

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne
Date: Friday 2 August 2024
Time: 7:15 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 33,000

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Melbourne
Score: 15.20.110 - 9.5.59

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	4	.	7	6	.	13	11	.	17	15	.	20	15	.	20	(110)
Melbourne	1	.	1	5	.	1	7	.	3	9	.	5	9	.	5	(59)
Margin	WBUL by 24			WBUL by 18			WBUL by 38			WBUL by 51			WBUL by 51
Duration	31:06			31:49			35:22			30:34			2:08:51

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 (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Vice-Captain: Tom Liberatore
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Vice-Captain: Jack Viney
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	3
Adam Treloar	WBUL	1	2
Bailey Dale	WBUL	31	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	10	2	0	0	0	0
Adam Treloar	WBUL	1	8	0	2	0	0	0
Bailey Dale	WBUL	31	5	0	0	1	1	0
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan	WBUL	2	5	0	0	1	1	0
Tim English	WBUL	44	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rory Lobb	WBUL	7	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
4	Bontempelli, Marcus (c)	RR	84%	2	1	33	17	16	7	0	5	5	4	1	1	0	9
29	Bramble, Lachie	HBFL	81%	0	0	23	13	10	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	3
17	Coffield, Nick	BPR	80%	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	1
31	Dale, Bailey	HBFR	85%	0	0	34	21	13	8	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	3
35	Daniel, Caleb	SUB↑	19%	0	0	6	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
10	Darcy, Sam	INT	71%	1	0	11	6	5	7	12	3	1	1	2	1	0	2
15	Duryea, Taylor	BPL	83%	0	0	12	6	6	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
44	English, Tim	RU	84%	1	2	16	10	6	8	28	1	2	5	1	3	1	1
38	Garcia, Riley	INT	73%	0	0	17	7	10	3	0	7	3	3	1	2	0	3
19	Jones, Liam	FB	87%	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
24	Khamis, Buku	INT	93%	0	0	5	1	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
21	Liberatore, Tom (vc)	RO↓	63%	0	0	19	4	15	2	0	8	6	4	2	1	3	1
7	Lobb, Rory	CHB	90%	0	0	20	7	13	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	1
30	McNeil, Lachlan	FF	82%	0	1	7	3	4	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	0	2
33	Naughton, Aaron	CHF	80%	2	0	8	8	0	6	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	2
25	Poulter, Caleb	INT	83%	1	0	23	14	9	6	0	7	2	2	0	0	3	8
20	Richards, Ed	C	79%	1	3	20	15	5	5	0	2	4	5	0	2	1	4
1	Treloar, Adam	HFFL	83%	2	0	30	16	14	4	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	2
2	Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra	HFFR	82%	2	6	16	14	2	8	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	5
23	Vandermeer, Laitham	WL	72%	0	1	16	8	8	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	4
3	Weightman, Cody	FPL	86%	2	3	12	10	2	2	0	1	3	0	2	0	1	3
14	West, Rhylee	FPR	73%	0	1	8	4	4	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	2
34	Williams, Bailey	WR	86%	1	0	18	12	6	7	0	3	3	1	1	0	3	5
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				15	20	369	210	159	95	40	57	41	44	19	15	28	65

C. Daniel replaced T. Liberatore.

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
17	Bowey, Jake	INT	79%	0	0	25	18	7	4	0	3	1	2	1	0	7	1
37	Chandler, Kade	INT	82%	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	2
31	Fritsch, Bayley	INT	84%	2	1	13	10	3	6	0	0	0	6	0	3	0	4
11	Gawn, Max (c)	RU	89%	1	0	23	10	13	9	44	2	2	5	1	2	2	1
22	Howes, Blake	WR	78%	0	0	9	3	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15	Langdon, Ed	WL	100%	0	0	23	12	11	4	0	3	5	4	1	0	1	3
8	Lever, Jake	BPL	97%	0	0	12	8	4	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	1
1	May, Steven	FB↓	40%	0	0	10	10	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	1
25	McDonald, Tom	CHB	95%	0	0	12	9	3	5	0	3	0	8	1	3	5	1
4	McVee, Judd	BPR	85%	0	0	16	10	6	2	0	4	2	3	0	0	6	1
18	Melksham, Jake	FPR	71%	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
45	Moniz-Wakefield, Andy	HBFR	70%	0	0	11	6	5	2	0	4	0	3	0	0	2	0
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	HFFR	79%	0	0	13	8	5	3	0	5	3	0	1	0	1	3
13	Oliver, Clayton	C	78%	0	0	22	7	15	1	0	3	5	5	2	2	1	2
35	Petty, Harry	FF	84%	0	1	9	7	2	6	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	1
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	HFFL	82%	2	0	8	8	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	2
24	Rivers, Trent	RO	70%	1	0	25	11	14	4	0	5	6	4	2	0	1	5
32	Sparrow, Tom	INT	77%	2	0	18	12	6	3	0	4	4	5	1	1	2	2
39	Tholstrup, Koltyn	FPL	72%	0	0	12	6	6	1	0	5	3	1	0	0	2	3
42	Turner, Daniel	SUB↑	51%	0	0	5	5	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	3	3	1
2	van Rooyen, Jacob	CHF	76%	0	1	13	7	6	3	3	6	2	2	2	1	0	3
7	Viney, Jack (vc)	RR	76%	0	0	13	5	8	0	0	6	3	5	0	0	2	0
40	Woewodin, Taj	HBFL	85%	1	0	12	8	4	6	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	0
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				9	5	314	186	128	77	47	63	37	71	15	19	49	39

D. Turner replaced S. May.

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
	8	J. Lever	1	S. May	4	J. McVee	44	T. English	10	S. Darcy
	14	R. West	30	L. McNeil	3	C. Weightman	4	M. Bontempelli (c)	38	R. Garcia
FORWARD							21	T. Liberatore (vc)	24	B. Khamis
HALF-BACK									25	C. Poulter
	40	T. Woewodin	25	T. McDonald	45	A. Moniz-Wakefield			35	C. Daniel
	2	J. Ugle-Hagan	33	A. Naughton	1	A. Treloar
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	15	E. Langdon	13	C. Oliver	22	B. Howes
	34	B. Williams	20	E. Richards	23	L. Vandermeer	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							11	M. Gawn (c)	17	J. Bowey
HALF-FORWARD							7	J. Viney (vc)	37	K. Chandler
	36	K. Pickett	2	J. van Rooyen	30	A. Neal-Bullen	24	T. Rivers	31	B. Fritsch
	31	B. Dale	7	R. Lobb	29	L. Bramble			32	T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK									42	D. Turner
FORWARD
	39	K. Tholstrup	35	H. Petty	18	J. Melksham
	17	N. Coffield	19	L. Jones	15	T. Duryea
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Cody Weightman behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:19
	WBUL	Cody Weightman behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	02:23
	WBUL	Laitham Vandermeer behind	0.3.3	-	0.0.0	03:19
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	1.3.9	-	0.0.0	03:59
	WBUL	Cody Weightman goal	2.3.15	-	0.0.0	06:02
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind	2.4.16	-	0.0.0	07:59
	WBUL	Bailey Williams goal	3.4.22	-	0.0.0	09:51
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil behind	3.5.23	-	0.0.0	12:35
	WBUL	Rhylee West behind	3.6.24	-	0.0.0	14:33
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	3.6.24	-	1.0.6	19:53
	MELB	Harry Petty behind	3.6.24	-	1.1.7	22:12
	WBUL	Rushed behind	3.7.25	-	1.1.7	24:08
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	4.7.31	-	1.1.7	27:33
Q2	MELB	Max Gawn goal	4.7.31	-	2.1.13	05:17
	WBUL	Adam Treloar goal	5.7.37	-	2.1.13	08:28
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	5.7.37	-	3.1.19	11:22
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind	5.8.38	-	3.1.19	13:10
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	6.8.44	-	3.1.19	15:00
	WBUL	Tim English behind	6.9.45	-	3.1.19	18:39
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind	6.10.46	-	3.1.19	21:55
	MELB	Tom Sparrow goal	6.10.46	-	4.1.25	23:47
	WBUL	Ed Richards behind	6.11.47	-	4.1.25	25:33
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	6.11.47	-	5.1.31	27:01
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind	6.12.48	-	5.1.31	28:38
	WBUL	Ed Richards behind	6.13.49	-	5.1.31	29:30
Q3	WBUL	Cody Weightman goal	7.13.55	-	5.1.31	00:53
	WBUL	Adam Treloar goal	8.13.61	-	5.1.31	04:05
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	9.13.67	-	5.1.31	06:08
	MELB	Tom Sparrow goal	9.13.67	-	6.1.37	10:20
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	10.13.73	-	6.1.37	13:54
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	10.13.73	-	6.2.38	18:23
	WBUL	Caleb Poulter goal	11.13.79	-	6.2.38	18:57
	WBUL	Rushed behind	11.14.80	-	6.2.38	21:57
	MELB	Trent Rivers goal	11.14.80	-	7.2.44	22:40
	WBUL	Tim English behind	11.15.81	-	7.2.44	26:04
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen behind	11.15.81	-	7.3.45	28:21
	WBUL	Cody Weightman behind	11.16.82	-	7.3.45	31:13
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind	11.17.83	-	7.3.45	32:31
Q4	WBUL	Ed Richards goal	12.17.89	-	7.3.45	00:59
	MELB	Rushed behind	12.17.89	-	7.4.46	03:18
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	13.17.95	-	7.4.46	04:24
	MELB	Taj Woewodin goal	13.17.95	-	8.4.52	06:43
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	13.17.95	-	9.4.58	10:21
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	14.17.101	-	9.4.58	17:38
	MELB	Rushed behind	14.17.101	-	9.5.59	18:48
	WBUL	Tim English goal	15.17.107	-	9.5.59	20:29
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind	15.18.108	-	9.5.59	23:27
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	15.19.109	-	9.5.59	28:29
	WBUL	Ed Richards behind	15.20.110	-	9.5.59	29:33

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