2024 AFL Round 25: Western Bulldogs v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 2024 between Western Bulldogs and Greater Western Sydney during round 25 of the 2024 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Greater Western Sydney at Mars Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts with Tom Liberatore as vice-captain. Toby Greene captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

Western Bulldogs
Back: T. Duryea, L. Jones, J. O'Donnell
Half-back: L. Bramble, R. Lobb, B. Dale
Centre: E. Richards, A. Treloar, B. Williams
Half-forward: J. Ugle-Hagan, A. Naughton, C. Daniel
Forward: C. Weightman, S. Darcy, L. Vandermeer
Follower: T. English, M. Bontempelli (capt.), T. Liberatore (vice-capt.)
Int.: J. Freijah, H. Gallagher, J. Macrae, L. McNeil
Sub.: A. Jones

Greater Western Sydney
Back: H. Himmelberg, S. Taylor, C. Idun
Half-back: L. Whitfield, J. Buckley, H. Perryman
Centre: C. Ward, T. Green, S. Coniglio
Half-forward: H. Thomas, A. Cadman, T. McMullin
Forward: D. Jones, J. Hogan, T. Greene (capt.)
Follower: K. Briggs, J. Kelly, F. Callaghan
Int.: N. Haynes, L. Keeffe, X. O'Halloran, J. Peatling
Sub.: C. Brown

Western Bulldogs (14.14.98) defeated Greater Western Sydney (9.7.61).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: S. Darcy (2), A. Naughton (2), E. Richards (2), M. Bontempelli, B. Dale, C. Daniel, H. Gallagher, A. Jones, T. Liberatore, C. Weightman, B. Williams
Greater Western Sydney: A. Cadman (2), T. Greene (2), J. Hogan (2), T. Green, J. Kelly, T. McMullin

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs remained 6th on the ladder and Greater Western Sydney were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 25
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Sunday 25 August 2024
Time: 12:30 PM
Venue: Mars Stadium
Attendance: 10,224

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 14.14.98 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 1 . 2 7 . 7 9 . 10 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Greater Western Sydney 3 . 1 5 . 2 8 . 5 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin GWSY by 11 WBUL by 17 WBUL by 11 WBUL by 37 WBUL by 37
Duration 27:41 33:22 32:35 32:03 2:05:41

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), Adam Kingsley (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs), Toby Greene (Greater Western Sydney)
Vice-Captains: Tom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs), unknown (Greater Western Sydney)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ed Richards WBUL 20 3
Bailey Dale WBUL 31 2
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Ed Richards WBUL 20 9 1 1 0 0 0
Bailey Dale WBUL 31 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 5 ? 0 ? ? 0
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 4 0 ? 0 ? 0
Caleb Daniel WBUL 35 3 0 0 1 0 0
Cody Weightman WBUL 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
Lachie Whitfield GWSY 6 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% 1 0 22 12 10 0 0 7 11 4 2 0 3 7
29 Bramble, Lachie HBFL 82% 0 1 15 8 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 84% 1 0 27 18 9 3 0 2 3 2 2 0 7 4
35 Daniel, Caleb HFFR 83% 1 0 23 11 12 4 0 3 3 2 1 0 3 2
10 Darcy, Sam FF 73% 2 0 12 8 4 1 7 3 3 3 1 2 1 4
15 Duryea, Taylor BPL 76% 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 2 2 3 0 1 3 2
44 English, Tim RU 84% 0 0 17 9 8 7 18 2 4 6 0 1 2 5
27 Freijah, Joel INT 72% 0 1 16 8 8 2 0 4 0 7 1 2 1 1
12 Gallagher, Harvey INT 82% 1 1 13 9 4 3 0 9 1 4 1 3 1 4
32 Jones, Arthur SUB↑ 67% 1 1 8 5 3 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4
19 Jones, Liam FB 92% 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0
21 Liberatore, Tom (vc) RO 82% 1 1 24 8 16 0 0 5 8 2 1 0 0 2
7 Lobb, Rory CHB 100% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1
11 Macrae, Jack INT 79% 0 0 23 8 15 2 0 7 3 1 1 1 1 2
30 McNeil, Lachlan INT 77% 0 1 9 5 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 74% 2 0 10 6 4 4 0 2 0 6 0 2 0 0
18 O'Donnell, James BPR 95% 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 0 5 2 2 2 2
20 Richards, Ed WL 80% 2 1 29 15 14 3 0 4 4 8 0 2 2 8
1 Treloar, Adam C 71% 0 0 24 11 13 3 0 6 6 4 1 1 0 5
2 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra HFFL 80% 0 1 13 12 1 4 0 4 1 7 0 3 0 8
23 Vandermeer, Laitham FPR↓ 13% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Weightman, Cody FPL 81% 1 2 19 8 11 1 0 6 0 4 3 1 1 1
34 Williams, Bailey WR 90% 1 0 22 13 9 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 14 14 371 203 168 59 25 75 50 78 19 23 36 69

A. Jones replaced L. Vandermeer.

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Briggs, Kieren RU 66% 0 0 14 5 9 3 32 4 2 5 2 1 1 1
46 Brown, Callum SUB↑ 36% 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
44 Buckley, Jack CHB 100% 0 0 14 8 6 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 Cadman, Aaron CHF 76% 2 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 0 5 1 3 1 1
17 Callaghan, Finn RO 87% 0 0 26 10 16 3 0 2 5 2 0 1 5 5
3 Coniglio, Stephen WR 78% 0 0 19 8 11 0 0 0 4 5 2 1 1 2
12 Green, Tom C 82% 1 0 37 11 26 2 0 0 7 7 0 1 1 1
4 Greene, Toby (c) FPR 90% 2 3 11 10 1 3 0 5 1 4 2 1 0 5
19 Haynes, Nick INT 71% 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 0 10 0 1 3 3
27 Himmelberg, Harry BPL 83% 0 0 22 17 5 8 0 1 0 4 3 1 10 0
23 Hogan, Jesse FF 86% 2 2 12 8 4 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
39 Idun, Connor BPR 86% 0 0 19 8 11 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 2
2 Jones, Darcy FPL 78% 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 3 2 5 0 2 2 3
25 Keeffe, Lachie INT 68% 0 0 6 1 5 0 21 5 1 0 1 0 0 1
22 Kelly, Josh RR 94% 1 0 26 18 8 3 0 3 5 6 0 2 3 6
31 McMullin, Toby HFFR 80% 1 0 10 5 5 3 0 6 2 2 2 0 1 0
33 O'Halloran, Xavier INT 74% 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3
20 Peatling, James INT 65% 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 9 3 4 4 0 1 3
36 Perryman, Harry HBFR 76% 0 0 18 8 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3
15 Taylor, Sam FB 99% 0 0 15 5 10 5 0 5 0 3 3 1 3 0
28 Thomas, Harvey HFFL↓ 49% 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
8 Ward, Callan WL 91% 0 1 17 6 11 5 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1
6 Whitfield, Lachie HBFL 85% 0 0 42 29 13 9 0 3 1 4 1 2 9 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 9 7 367 188 179 68 53 64 35 77 23 19 53 45

C. Brown replaced H. Thomas.

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
27 H. Himmelberg 15 S. Taylor 39 C. Idun 44 T. English 27 J. Freijah
23 L. Vandermeer 10 S. Darcy 3 C. Weightman 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 12 H. Gallagher
FORWARD 21 T. Liberatore (vc) 11 J. Macrae
HALF-BACK

30 L. McNeil
6 L. Whitfield 44 J. Buckley 36 H. Perryman

32 A. Jones
35 C. Daniel 33 A. Naughton 2 J. Ugle-Hagan



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



8 C. Ward 12 T. Green 3 S. Coniglio



34 B. Williams 1 A. Treloar 20 E. Richards FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 K. Briggs 19 N. Haynes
HALF-FORWARD 22 J. Kelly 25 L. Keeffe
28 H. Thomas 5 A. Cadman 31 T. McMullin 17 F. Callaghan 33 X. O'Halloran
31 B. Dale 7 R. Lobb 29 L. Bramble

20 J. Peatling
HALF-BACK

46 C. Brown
FORWARD



2 D. Jones 23 J. Hogan 4 T. Greene (c)



18 J. O'Donnell 19 L. Jones 15 T. Duryea



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GWSY Aaron Cadman goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:56
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 02:59
WBUL Cody Weightman behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:56
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 08:29
WBUL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 23:53
GWSY Toby Greene behind 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 26:08
GWSY Aaron Cadman goal 1.2.8 - 3.1.19 27:37
Q2 WBUL Ed Richards behind 1.3.9 - 3.1.19 00:22
WBUL Sam Darcy goal 2.3.15 - 3.1.19 01:42
WBUL Lachie Bramble behind 2.4.16 - 3.1.19 03:00
WBUL Bailey Dale goal 3.4.22 - 3.1.19 04:54
WBUL Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 3.1.19 07:21
WBUL Ed Richards goal 4.5.29 - 3.1.19 09:14
WBUL Bailey Williams goal 5.5.35 - 3.1.19 11:01
WBUL Sam Darcy goal 6.5.41 - 3.1.19 12:29
GWSY Toby Greene behind 6.5.41 - 3.2.20 14:28
GWSY Tom Green goal 6.5.41 - 4.2.26 16:53
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 6.5.41 - 5.2.32 17:56
WBUL Harvey Gallagher behind 6.6.42 - 5.2.32 24:52
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 7.6.48 - 5.2.32 27:46
WBUL Joel Freijah behind 7.7.49 - 5.2.32 33:18
Q3 WBUL Cody Weightman behind 7.8.50 - 5.2.32 00:46
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 7.8.50 - 5.3.33 03:45
GWSY Toby Greene behind 7.8.50 - 5.4.34 06:39
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 8.8.56 - 5.4.34 08:17
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind 8.9.57 - 5.4.34 10:54
GWSY Toby McMullin goal 8.9.57 - 6.4.40 13:39
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 8.9.57 - 6.5.41 17:50
WBUL Rushed behind 8.10.58 - 6.5.41 19:51
WBUL Harvey Gallagher goal 9.10.64 - 6.5.41 25:05
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 9.10.64 - 7.5.47 27:03
GWSY Toby Greene goal 9.10.64 - 8.5.53 32:32
Q4 WBUL Ed Richards goal 10.10.70 - 8.5.53 00:20
WBUL Lachlan McNeil behind 10.11.71 - 8.5.53 01:29
GWSY Callan Ward behind 10.11.71 - 8.6.54 03:04
GWSY Toby Greene goal 10.11.71 - 9.6.60 05:10
WBUL Tom Liberatore behind 10.12.72 - 9.6.60 09:20
GWSY Rushed behind 10.12.72 - 9.7.61 14:27
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 11.12.78 - 9.7.61 15:08
WBUL Arthur Jones goal 12.12.84 - 9.7.61 18:25
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 13.12.90 - 9.7.61 20:34
WBUL Caleb Daniel goal 14.12.96 - 9.7.61 22:46
WBUL Arthur Jones behind 14.13.97 - 9.7.61 24:34
WBUL Rushed behind 14.14.98 - 9.7.61 26:15