2024 AFL Round 22: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 2024 between Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round 22 of the 2024 AFL season. 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.

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

Melbourne
Back: J. Lever, S. May, J. McVee
Half-back: T. Woewodin, T. McDonald, A. Moniz-Wakefield
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Oliver, B. Howes
Half-forward: K. Pickett, J. van Rooyen, A. Neal-Bullen
Forward: K. Tholstrup, H. Petty, J. Melksham
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), J. Viney (vice-capt.), T. Rivers
Int.: J. Bowey, K. Chandler, B. Fritsch, T. Sparrow
Sub.: D. Turner

Western Bulldogs (15.20.110) defeated Melbourne (9.5.59).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: M. Bontempelli (2), A. Naughton (2), A. Treloar (2), J. Ugle-Hagan (2), C. Weightman (2), S. Darcy, T. English, C. Poulter, E. Richards, B. Williams
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (2), K. Pickett (2), T. Sparrow (2), M. Gawn, T. Rivers, T. Woewodin

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Melbourne were then 12th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs), Max Gawn (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Tom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs), Jack Viney (Melbourne)

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