2025 AFL Round 4: Carlton v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 28 March 2025 between Carlton and Western Bulldogs during round 4 of the 2025 AFL season. Carlton hosted Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium. Patrick Cripps captained the hosts. In the absence of Marcus Bontempelli, vice-captain Tom Liberatore captained the visitors with Aaron Naughton as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Michael Voss and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Carlton
Back: L. Young, J. Weitering, N. Haynes
Half-back: A. Saad, M. McGovern, O. Hollands
Centre: B. Acres, P. Cripps (capt.), M. Cottrell
Half-forward: J. Motlop, J. Silvagni, Z. Williams
Forward: B. Kemp, C. Curnow, S. Docherty
Follower: T. De Koning, A. Cerra, G. Hewett
Int.: L. Cowan, F. Evans, L. Fogarty, S. Walsh
Sub.: J. Boyd

Western Bulldogs
Back: B. Khamis, L. Jones, H. Gallagher
Half-back: L. Bramble, R. Lobb, B. Dale
Centre: B. Williams, T. Liberatore (capt.), S. Davidson
Half-forward: R. Sanders, A. Naughton (vice-capt.), M. Kennedy
Forward: L. Vandermeer, S. Darcy, R. West
Follower: T. English, J. Freijah, E. Richards
Int.: O. Baker, J. Harmes, L. McNeil, J. O'Donnell
Sub.: J. Dolan

Carlton (11.9.75) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (12.11.83).

Goalkickers
Carlton: B. Kemp (5), C. Curnow (3), L. Young (2), J. Motlop
Western Bulldogs: S. Darcy (2), M. Kennedy (2), J. O'Donnell (2), T. Liberatore, L. McNeil, A. Naughton, R. Sanders, L. Vandermeer, R. West

As a result of this match, Carlton remained 15th on the ladder and Western Bulldogs were then 6th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Carlton v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 28 March 2025
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 44,894

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 11.9.75 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 9 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Western Bulldogs 0 . 4 4 . 5 9 . 7 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin CARL by 23 CARL by 18 CARL by 2 WBUL by 8 WBUL by 8
Duration 28:46 32:44 30:04 34:40 2:06:14

Honour Roll

Coaches: Michael Voss (Carlton), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Patrick Cripps (Carlton), Tom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Carlton), Aaron Naughton (Western Bulldogs)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tom De Koning CARL 12 3
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 2
Brodie Kemp CARL 17 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Acres, Blake WL 86% 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 4 0 6 1 2 1 4
37 Boyd, Jordan SUB↑ 55% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 Cerra, Adam RR 75% 0 0 26 16 10 2 0 4 8 5 2 3 2 9
46 Cottrell, Matt WR 92% 0 1 14 8 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
2 Cowan, Lachie INT 77% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 3 2 1 0 1 4 2
9 Cripps, Patrick (c) C 81% 0 0 21 5 16 2 0 8 6 4 1 2 0 4
30 Curnow, Charlie FF 85% 3 1 8 7 1 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1
12 De Koning, Tom RU 81% 0 0 28 12 16 8 28 4 7 7 3 3 0 4
15 Docherty, Sam FPR 89% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 3
44 Evans, Francis INT 61% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 3
8 Fogarty, Lachie INT 68% 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 7 0 1 0 0 2 4
26 Haynes, Nick BPR 82% 0 0 17 16 1 10 0 2 1 2 1 0 5 1
29 Hewett, George RO 79% 0 0 27 12 15 4 0 9 8 2 2 0 1 2
4 Hollands, Oliver HBFR 88% 0 0 12 7 5 6 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 1
17 Kemp, Brodie FPL 87% 5 1 12 10 2 7 0 4 0 3 2 0 0 2
11 McGovern, Mitch CHB 82% 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 6 0
3 Motlop, Jesse HFFL 78% 1 1 9 7 2 1 0 5 1 2 2 2 0 2
42 Saad, Adam HBFL 86% 0 1 19 15 4 5 0 3 2 4 1 1 6 1
1 Silvagni, Jack CHF 88% 0 0 16 11 5 9 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 1
18 Walsh, Sam INT 79% 0 1 26 14 12 1 0 3 5 4 1 1 0 7
23 Weitering, Jacob FB 96% 0 0 14 10 4 9 0 1 0 3 0 2 3 0
6 Williams, Zac HFFR↓ 20% 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
33 Young, Lewis BPL 85% 2 1 8 4 4 5 8 4 0 4 0 2 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 11 9 346 214 132 100 36 77 43 60 21 24 39 56

J. Boyd replaced Z. Williams.

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Baker, Oskar INT↓ 60% 0 0 14 10 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3
29 Bramble, Lachie HBFL 85% 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 3 0
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 84% 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 3
10 Darcy, Sam FF 85% 2 1 17 13 4 8 4 2 1 0 3 0 0 3
42 Davidson, Sam WR 80% 0 1 31 20 11 10 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 4
26 Dolan, Josh SUB↑ 20% 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
44 English, Tim RU 78% 0 1 16 10 6 6 34 2 2 5 2 2 2 3
27 Freijah, Joel RR 83% 0 0 16 7 9 4 0 4 1 3 2 2 3 3
12 Gallagher, Harvey BPR 77% 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 1 2 4 1 3 3 1
22 Harmes, James INT 76% 0 1 22 14 8 5 0 3 2 1 2 0 3 5
19 Jones, Liam FB 88% 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 Kennedy, Matthew HFFR 85% 2 0 22 15 7 3 0 4 9 2 1 1 1 4
24 Khamis, Buku BPL 89% 0 0 10 8 2 6 0 4 0 1 0 1 5 0
21 Liberatore, Tom (ac) C 86% 1 0 30 17 13 6 0 11 5 6 3 2 3 5
7 Lobb, Rory CHB 100% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 7 0
30 McNeil, Lachlan INT 76% 1 1 12 6 6 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2
33 Naughton, Aaron (avc) CHF 80% 1 1 6 3 3 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
18 O'Donnell, James INT 82% 2 1 10 7 3 3 0 3 2 1 3 0 1 4
20 Richards, Ed RO 84% 0 0 21 12 9 5 0 5 3 6 0 0 3 1
9 Sanders, Ryley HFFL 70% 1 0 24 7 17 2 0 3 5 4 0 2 1 2
23 Vandermeer, Laitham FPL 76% 1 0 11 5 6 1 0 3 0 5 2 4 0 1
14 West, Rhylee FPR 76% 1 1 8 3 5 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
34 Williams, Bailey WL 80% 0 1 26 9 17 5 0 2 4 1 1 1 1 4
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 12 11 368 216 152 99 39 65 40 55 24 21 45 51

J. Dolan replaced O. Baker.

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 CARL Jesse Motlop goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:34
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 04:04
CARL Lewis Young goal 3.0.18 - 0.0.0 07:52
WBUL Rushed behind 3.0.18 - 0.1.1 09:38
WBUL Sam Davidson behind 3.0.18 - 0.2.2 13:25
CARL Jesse Motlop behind 3.1.19 - 0.2.2 17:54
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 3.1.19 - 0.3.3 20:04
WBUL Lachlan McNeil behind 3.1.19 - 0.4.4 21:34
CARL Brodie Kemp behind 3.2.20 - 0.4.4 24:30
CARL Adam Saad behind 3.3.21 - 0.4.4 26:17
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 4.3.27 - 0.4.4 27:29
Q2 CARL Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 0.4.4 03:46
WBUL Bailey Williams behind 4.4.28 - 0.5.5 06:06
CARL Lewis Young behind 4.5.29 - 0.5.5 08:00
WBUL James O'Donnell goal 4.5.29 - 1.5.11 09:01
CARL Brodie Kemp goal 5.5.35 - 1.5.11 10:49
WBUL Matthew Kennedy goal 5.5.35 - 2.5.17 20:23
WBUL Ryley Sanders goal 5.5.35 - 3.5.23 22:41
CARL Brodie Kemp goal 6.5.41 - 3.5.23 24:33
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 7.5.47 - 3.5.23 26:40
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 7.5.47 - 4.5.29 29:23
Q3 WBUL Sam Darcy goal 7.5.47 - 5.5.35 04:42
WBUL James Harmes behind 7.5.47 - 5.6.36 08:14
CARL Brodie Kemp goal 8.5.53 - 5.6.36 11:06
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer goal 8.5.53 - 6.6.42 14:36
CARL Matt Cottrell behind 8.6.54 - 6.6.42 15:50
WBUL Lachlan McNeil goal 8.6.54 - 7.6.48 17:35
WBUL James O'Donnell behind 8.6.54 - 7.7.49 19:04
CARL Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 7.7.49 20:02
WBUL Matthew Kennedy goal 8.7.55 - 8.7.55 21:59
CARL Sam Walsh behind 8.8.56 - 8.7.55 23:26
CARL Brodie Kemp goal 9.8.62 - 8.7.55 25:04
CARL Charlie Curnow behind 9.9.63 - 8.7.55 26:36
WBUL Rhylee West goal 9.9.63 - 9.7.61 30:00
Q4 CARL Lewis Young goal 10.9.69 - 9.7.61 01:13
WBUL Rhylee West behind 10.9.69 - 9.8.62 02:33
WBUL Sam Darcy behind 10.9.69 - 9.9.63 03:45
WBUL Tim English behind 10.9.69 - 9.10.64 09:29
WBUL Sam Darcy goal 10.9.69 - 10.10.70 12:20
WBUL Rushed behind 10.9.69 - 10.11.71 18:25
CARL Brodie Kemp goal 11.9.75 - 10.11.71 20:15
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 11.9.75 - 11.11.77 27:32
WBUL James O'Donnell goal 11.9.75 - 12.11.83 29:19