2025 AFL Season Round 14: Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 2025 between the Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn during round fourteen of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Hawthorn at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts with Tom Liberatore as vice-captain. In the absence of James Sicily, vice-captain Dylan Moore captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Sam Mitchell.

The Western Bulldogs (8.11.59) were defeated by Hawthorn (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn
Date: Thursday 5 June 2025
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 35,725

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Hawthorn
Score: 8.11.59 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	1	.	2	4	.	5	7	.	7	8	.	11	8	.	11	(59)
Hawthorn	5	.	2	8	.	4	10	.	5	12	.	9	12	.	9	(81)
Margin	HWTH by 24			HWTH by 23			HWTH by 16			HWTH by 22			HWTH by 22
Duration	29:40			31:35			31:04			30:38			2:02:57

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 (Hawthorn) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

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

Hawthorn

Captain: Dylan Moore (acting)
Coach: Sam Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Jai Newcombe	HWTH	3	3
Josh Ward	HWTH	25	2
Mabior Chol	HWTH	18	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	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	82%	0	2	24	10	14	3	0	5	9	2	2	0	3	2
29	Bramble, Lachie	HBFL	82%	0	0	15	10	5	4	0	3	1	2	0	0	3	3
36	Cleary, Luke	BPL	80%	0	0	10	8	2	1	0	3	1	2	1	2	5	0
31	Dale, Bailey	HBFR	83%	0	0	30	22	8	6	0	3	0	2	0	0	11	0
42	Davidson, Sam	BPR	74%	0	0	8	3	5	1	0	3	1	2	0	1	0	2
26	Dolan, Josh	SUB↑	27%	0	0	5	1	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
44	English, Tim	RU	84%	0	2	20	13	7	5	31	9	7	4	2	0	2	4
27	Freijah, Joel	WR	85%	0	0	20	11	9	3	0	3	2	2	0	0	6	2
43	Gardner, Ryan	INT	95%	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0
22	Harmes, James	INT	77%	1	1	18	7	11	3	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	3
8	Kennedy, Matthew	HFFR	82%	1	0	29	17	12	6	0	8	4	3	1	0	1	3
24	Khamis, Buku	INT	77%	1	0	7	4	3	3	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	0
21	Liberatore, Tom (vc)	RO	81%	0	0	14	5	9	2	0	6	3	0	0	0	2	0
7	Lobb, Rory	CHB	100%	1	2	15	10	5	8	5	3	0	1	2	0	2	0
30	McNeil, Lachlan	INT↓	46%	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1
33	Naughton, Aaron	CHF	84%	0	0	9	8	1	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	2
18	O'Donnell, James	FB	96%	0	0	13	8	5	5	0	3	0	2	2	1	4	1
20	Richards, Ed	C	84%	1	0	25	13	12	1	0	7	5	1	0	1	2	6
9	Sanders, Ryley	HFFL	77%	0	1	17	3	14	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	3
1	Treloar, Adam	FF	67%	0	0	20	9	11	3	0	1	4	2	1	1	1	3
23	Vandermeer, Laitham	FPL	75%	2	0	11	4	7	2	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	1
14	West, Rhylee	FPR	79%	0	1	11	5	6	1	0	2	0	7	0	1	0	3
34	Williams, Bailey	WL	82%	1	0	18	9	9	4	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	4
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				8	11	348	186	162	69	36	76	40	50	15	11	46	43

J. Dolan replaced L. McNeil.

Hawthorn

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
10	Amon, Karl	HBFR	84%	0	0	19	13	6	5	0	4	0	3	0	1	3	2
37	Barrass, Tom	FB	87%	0	0	7	3	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1
24	Battle, Josh	BPL	93%	0	0	16	11	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
30	Butler, Sam	INT	68%	0	0	14	7	7	3	0	5	1	3	0	0	1	2
18	Chol, Mabior	FF	86%	4	0	11	5	6	3	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	1
16	D'Ambrosio, Massimo	BPR	80%	0	0	16	9	7	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	2
33	Ginnivan, Jack	CHF	73%	2	0	23	11	12	6	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	4
19	Gunston, Jack	FPR	90%	1	0	11	9	2	6	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	5
15	Hardwick, Blake	HFFL	84%	0	0	17	10	7	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	1
4	Impey, Jarman	HBFL	78%	1	1	23	13	10	4	0	3	0	3	0	1	3	3
9	Jiath, Changkuoth	SUB↑	28%	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0
31	MacDonald, Connor	WL	73%	1	1	15	12	3	2	0	7	0	3	1	0	0	3
20	Maginness, Finn	INT	81%	0	0	11	2	9	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	1
17	Meek, Lloyd	RU	86%	0	1	15	7	8	5	48	6	5	4	1	2	1	3
40	Mitchell, Seamus	INT	78%	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	6	0	2	1	0	1	1
13	Moore, Dylan (ac)	HFFR	90%	0	2	26	12	14	8	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	3
1	Morrison, Harry	WR	85%	0	0	21	11	10	6	0	5	4	0	2	0	3	5
11	Nash, Conor	INT	76%	1	0	21	12	9	3	0	7	4	5	0	3	1	3
3	Newcombe, Jai	RR	76%	1	0	27	19	8	3	0	6	10	6	2	2	2	3
38	Ramsden, Max	FPL	80%	0	1	9	5	4	4	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	1
25	Ward, Josh	RO	79%	0	0	28	15	13	3	0	5	4	3	0	1	1	7
23	Weddle, Josh	CHB	92%	1	0	18	13	5	6	0	4	0	1	3	1	6	3
5	Worpel, James	C↓	52%	0	0	11	7	4	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	3
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				12	9	374	217	157	87	51	82	34	57	11	15	35	58

C. Jiath replaced J. Worpel.

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
	24	J. Battle	37	T. Barrass	16	M. D'Ambrosio	44	T. English	43	R. Gardner
	14	R. West	1	A. Treloar	23	L. Vandermeer	4	M. Bontempelli (c)	22	J. Harmes
FORWARD							21	T. Liberatore (vc)	24	B. Khamis
HALF-BACK									30	L. McNeil
	4	J. Impey	23	J. Weddle	10	K. Amon			26	J. Dolan
	8	M. Kennedy	33	A. Naughton	9	R. Sanders
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	31	C. MacDonald	5	J. Worpel	1	H. Morrison
	27	J. Freijah	20	E. Richards	34	B. Williams	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							17	L. Meek	30	S. Butler
HALF-FORWARD							3	J. Newcombe	20	F. Maginness
	15	B. Hardwick	33	J. Ginnivan	13	D. Moore (ac)	25	J. Ward	40	S. Mitchell
	31	B. Dale	7	R. Lobb	29	L. Bramble			11	C. Nash
HALF-BACK									9	C. Jiath
FORWARD
	38	M. Ramsden	18	M. Chol	19	J. Gunston
	42	S. Davidson	18	J. O'Donnell	36	L. Cleary
BACK
Hawthorn							Coach: Sam Mitchell

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	HWTH	Jack Ginnivan goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:57
	WBUL	Tim English behind	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	03:39
	HWTH	Lloyd Meek behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	05:43
	HWTH	Mabior Chol goal	0.1.1	-	2.1.13	07:10
	WBUL	Bailey Williams goal	1.1.7	-	2.1.13	09:51
	HWTH	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	2.2.14	12:18
	HWTH	Josh Weddle goal	1.1.7	-	3.2.20	13:58
	HWTH	Connor MacDonald goal	1.1.7	-	4.2.26	15:32
	HWTH	Conor Nash goal	1.1.7	-	5.2.32	18:53
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	1.2.8	-	5.2.32	23:24
Q2	WBUL	Matthew Kennedy goal	2.2.14	-	5.2.32	04:41
	WBUL	Rhylee West behind	2.3.15	-	5.2.32	06:43
	WBUL	James Harmes goal	3.3.21	-	5.2.32	09:57
	HWTH	Max Ramsden behind	3.3.21	-	5.3.33	13:57
	HWTH	Dylan Moore behind	3.3.21	-	5.4.34	18:06
	WBUL	Rushed behind	3.4.22	-	5.4.34	20:23
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	3.4.22	-	6.4.40	21:20
	HWTH	Jai Newcombe goal	3.4.22	-	7.4.46	22:48
	WBUL	Ed Richards goal	4.4.28	-	7.4.46	24:01
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	4.5.29	-	7.4.46	26:53
	HWTH	Mabior Chol goal	4.5.29	-	8.4.52	30:28
Q3	WBUL	James Harmes behind	4.6.30	-	8.4.52	06:03
	HWTH	Mabior Chol goal	4.6.30	-	9.4.58	08:24
	WBUL	Laitham Vandermeer goal	5.6.36	-	9.4.58	15:37
	HWTH	Mabior Chol goal	5.6.36	-	10.4.64	18:45
	WBUL	Rory Lobb goal	6.6.42	-	10.4.64	21:26
	WBUL	Rory Lobb behind	6.7.43	-	10.4.64	24:02
	WBUL	Laitham Vandermeer goal	7.7.49	-	10.4.64	26:12
	HWTH	Jarman Impey behind	7.7.49	-	10.5.65	27:44
Q4	WBUL	Ryley Sanders behind	7.8.50	-	10.5.65	00:20
	HWTH	Jarman Impey goal	7.8.50	-	11.5.71	05:24
	HWTH	Jack Ginnivan goal	7.8.50	-	12.5.77	09:16
	WBUL	Rory Lobb behind	7.9.51	-	12.5.77	10:50
	HWTH	Dylan Moore behind	7.9.51	-	12.6.78	13:51
	WBUL	Tim English behind	7.10.52	-	12.6.78	16:51
	WBUL	Buku Khamis goal	8.10.58	-	12.6.78	19:22
	HWTH	Rushed behind	8.10.58	-	12.7.79	21:42
	HWTH	Connor MacDonald behind	8.10.58	-	12.8.80	26:09
	HWTH	Rushed behind	8.10.58	-	12.9.81	27:52
	WBUL	Rushed behind	8.11.59	-	12.9.81	30:18

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