2025 AFL Season Round 8: Greater Western Sydney v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 2025 between Greater Western Sydney and the Western Bulldogs during round eight of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. Greater Western Sydney hosted the Western Bulldogs at Corroboree Group Manuka Oval. Toby Greene captained the hosts. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors with Tom Liberatore as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Adam Kingsley and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Greater Western Sydney (12.9.81) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (17.11.113).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 26 April 2025
Time: 7:35 PM
Venue: Corroboree Group Manuka Oval
Attendance: 12,234

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 12.9.81 - 17.11.113

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Greater Western Sydney	3	.	3	7	.	6	7	.	7	12	.	9	12	.	9	(81)
Western Bulldogs	2	.	3	8	.	5	13	.	8	17	.	11	17	.	11	(113)
Margin	GWSY by 6			WBUL by 5			WBUL by 37			WBUL by 32			WBUL by 32
Duration	30:30			35:16			31:50			34:45			2:12:21

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: Toby Greene
Coach: Adam Kingsley

Western Bulldogs

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

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Joel Freijah	WBUL	27	3
Tim English	WBUL	44	2
Ed Richards	WBUL	20	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFR	75%	0	0	31	18	13	7	0	3	1	1	0	0	7	2
14	Bedford, Toby	WR	78%	2	0	9	5	4	4	0	5	2	3	0	2	0	0
32	Briggs, Kieren	RU	63%	0	0	11	5	6	1	23	2	4	6	1	4	0	1
44	Buckley, Jack	CHB	100%	0	0	21	16	5	11	0	2	0	4	1	0	5	0
5	Cadman, Aaron	INT	74%	1	0	11	8	3	4	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	3
17	Callaghan, Finn	C	85%	0	1	26	17	9	6	0	3	4	3	1	1	5	6
12	Green, Tom	RO	80%	1	0	27	12	15	3	0	3	7	6	0	2	1	4
4	Greene, Toby (c)	FPL	86%	2	2	15	10	5	3	0	2	3	8	1	4	0	3
27	Himmelberg, Harry	BPR	83%	0	0	17	10	7	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	0
23	Hogan, Jesse	FF	90%	2	1	14	8	6	5	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	1
39	Idun, Connor	BPL	86%	0	0	16	9	7	5	0	2	0	3	0	1	5	0
2	Jones, Darcy	HFFL	90%	0	0	17	11	6	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	5
22	Kelly, Josh	RR	89%	0	1	21	14	7	2	0	4	1	4	0	2	2	6
31	McMullin, Toby	INT	72%	0	0	14	11	3	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	4
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	INT↓	51%	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
26	Riccardi, Jake	CHF	73%	3	1	16	8	8	3	16	4	2	1	1	0	1	1
18	Stone, Conor	WL	77%	0	0	18	8	10	4	0	3	0	3	0	1	1	1
20	Stringer, Jake	FPR	84%	0	2	10	6	4	2	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	3
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	100%	0	0	16	8	8	7	0	3	0	4	2	1	0	1
1	Thomas, Harvey	HFFR	84%	1	0	15	8	7	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	2	2
8	Ward, Callan	SUB↑	28%	0	1	13	7	6	0	0	1	6	1	1	0	0	2
10	Wehr, Jacob	INT	73%	0	0	20	10	10	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	0
6	Whitfield, Lachie	HBFL	79%	0	0	30	22	8	11	0	0	0	3	2	0	5	0
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				12	9	394	233	161	95	39	52	33	66	17	22	42	45

C. Ward replaced X. O'Halloran.

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Bontempelli, Marcus (c)	RR↓	62%	0	2	22	11	11	2	0	3	8	3	4	0	0	5
29	Bramble, Lachie	BPR	86%	0	0	14	12	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	4	3
5	Busslinger, Jedd	FB	84%	0	0	12	7	5	4	0	2	0	3	0	3	2	0
36	Cleary, Luke	INT	82%	0	0	11	6	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	1
31	Dale, Bailey	HBFR	82%	0	0	20	14	6	3	0	2	1	2	1	1	3	3
42	Davidson, Sam	INT	84%	1	1	15	11	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5
26	Dolan, Josh	INT	73%	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0
44	English, Tim	RU	86%	1	0	23	10	13	8	34	0	7	3	4	0	0	4
27	Freijah, Joel	WR	79%	0	0	27	13	14	4	0	1	9	5	1	0	3	5
22	Harmes, James	INT	78%	4	0	22	9	13	3	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	2
6	Hynes, Cooper	SUB↑	22%	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
39	Johannisen, Jason	HBFL	74%	1	0	15	11	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	2
8	Kennedy, Matthew	HFFR	85%	2	0	26	17	9	4	0	3	7	2	2	0	1	5
24	Khamis, Buku	BPL	77%	1	0	8	3	5	1	3	3	1	2	1	1	1	3
21	Liberatore, Tom (vc)	RO	75%	0	1	28	13	15	2	0	4	5	2	2	0	2	5
7	Lobb, Rory	CHB	98%	2	1	6	4	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0
33	Naughton, Aaron	FF	88%	1	1	14	9	5	5	1	2	0	3	2	2	0	3
18	O'Donnell, James	CHF	83%	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	2
20	Richards, Ed	C	82%	1	0	27	18	9	2	0	2	9	4	0	0	2	8
9	Sanders, Ryley	FPL	80%	0	1	20	6	14	1	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	2
23	Vandermeer, Laitham	HFFL	65%	0	0	6	3	3	1	0	5	2	3	1	1	0	1
14	West, Rhylee	FPR	83%	3	0	7	5	2	3	0	6	0	3	0	2	0	1
34	Williams, Bailey	WL	89%	0	0	20	10	10	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	5	0
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				17	11	352	197	155	62	38	45	55	49	22	17	32	60

C. Hynes replaced M. Bontempelli.

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

Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Adam Kingsley
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	24	B. Khamis	5	J. Busslinger	29	L. Bramble	32	K. Briggs	5	A. Cadman
	20	J. Stringer	23	J. Hogan	4	T. Greene (c)	22	J. Kelly	31	T. McMullin
FORWARD							12	T. Green	33	X. O'Halloran
HALF-BACK									10	J. Wehr
	39	J. Johannisen	7	R. Lobb	31	B. Dale			8	C. Ward
	1	H. Thomas	26	J. Riccardi	2	D. Jones
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	34	B. Williams	20	E. Richards	27	J. Freijah
	14	T. Bedford	17	F. Callaghan	18	C. Stone	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							44	T. English	36	L. Cleary
HALF-FORWARD							4	M. Bontempelli (c)	42	S. Davidson
	23	L. Vandermeer	18	J. O'Donnell	8	M. Kennedy	21	T. Liberatore (vc)	26	J. Dolan
	7	L. Ash	44	J. Buckley	6	L. Whitfield			22	J. Harmes
HALF-BACK									6	C. Hynes
FORWARD
	9	R. Sanders	33	A. Naughton	14	R. West
	27	H. Himmelberg	15	S. Taylor	39	C. Idun
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Matthew Kennedy goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	02:39
	WBUL	Ryley Sanders behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	03:53
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi goal	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	06:36
	GWSY	Harvey Thomas goal	2.0.12	-	1.1.7	14:16
	GWSY	Jake Stringer behind	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	16:00
	GWSY	Finn Callaghan behind	2.2.14	-	1.1.7	21:32
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	2.2.14	-	1.2.8	22:20
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi goal	3.2.20	-	1.2.8	23:26
	WBUL	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	1.3.9	24:50
	WBUL	James Harmes goal	3.2.20	-	2.3.15	25:19
	GWSY	Jake Stringer behind	3.3.21	-	2.3.15	29:41
Q2	WBUL	Rory Lobb behind	3.3.21	-	2.4.16	03:03
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	4.3.27	-	2.4.16	04:28
	WBUL	Rory Lobb goal	4.3.27	-	3.4.22	05:40
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi goal	5.3.33	-	3.4.22	07:38
	WBUL	James Harmes goal	5.3.33	-	4.4.28	08:55
	WBUL	Jason Johannisen goal	5.3.33	-	5.4.34	10:44
	WBUL	Rhylee West goal	5.3.33	-	6.4.40	14:37
	WBUL	Tom Liberatore behind	5.3.33	-	6.5.41	16:59
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan behind	5.4.34	-	6.5.41	18:37
	WBUL	James Harmes goal	5.4.34	-	7.5.47	22:49
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	5.5.35	-	7.5.47	24:01
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	6.5.41	-	7.5.47	25:24
	GWSY	Toby Bedford goal	7.5.47	-	7.5.47	29:36
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	7.6.48	-	7.5.47	31:48
	WBUL	Tim English goal	7.6.48	-	8.5.53	35:12
Q3	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	7.6.48	-	8.6.54	03:18
	WBUL	Rhylee West goal	7.6.48	-	9.6.60	06:02
	WBUL	James Harmes goal	7.6.48	-	10.6.66	08:11
	WBUL	Matthew Kennedy goal	7.6.48	-	11.6.72	10:35
	WBUL	Rushed behind	7.6.48	-	11.7.73	12:36
	WBUL	Ed Richards goal	7.6.48	-	12.7.79	13:19
	WBUL	Rory Lobb goal	7.6.48	-	13.7.85	19:09
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	7.6.48	-	13.8.86	27:10
	GWSY	Callan Ward behind	7.7.49	-	13.8.86	30:02
Q4	WBUL	Buku Khamis goal	7.7.49	-	14.8.92	04:56
	WBUL	Rushed behind	7.7.49	-	14.9.93	07:16
	WBUL	Rushed behind	7.7.49	-	14.10.94	07:57
	WBUL	Sam Davidson behind	7.7.49	-	14.11.95	09:03
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	8.7.55	-	14.11.95	12:55
	WBUL	Rhylee West goal	8.7.55	-	15.11.101	14:52
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	8.7.55	-	16.11.107	17:26
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi behind	8.8.56	-	16.11.107	21:46
	GWSY	Toby Bedford goal	9.8.62	-	16.11.107	22:25
	GWSY	Tom Green goal	10.8.68	-	16.11.107	25:26
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	11.8.74	-	16.11.107	27:14
	WBUL	Sam Davidson goal	11.8.74	-	17.11.113	29:34
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	12.8.80	-	17.11.113	32:18
	GWSY	Josh Kelly behind	12.9.81	-	17.11.113	33:39

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