2025 AFL Season Round 22: Western Bulldogs v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 2025 between the Western Bulldogs and Greater Western Sydney during round twenty-two of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Greater Western Sydney at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts with Tom Liberatore as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

The Western Bulldogs (19.18.132) defeated Greater Western Sydney (6.8.44).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Thursday 31 July 2025
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 23,898

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 19.18.132 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	6	.	5	12	.	9	16	.	13	19	.	18	19	.	18	(132)
Greater Western Sydney	1	.	2	3	.	2	6	.	6	6	.	8	6	.	8	(44)
Margin	WBUL by 33			WBUL by 61			WBUL by 67			WBUL by 88			WBUL by 88
Duration	32:00			33:49			30:13			27:25			2:03:27

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 (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

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

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Kingsley

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Tim English	WBUL	44	3
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	2
Aaron Naughton	WBUL	33	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
13	Baker, Oskar	FB	72%	0	0	14	6	8	4	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	2
4	Bontempelli, Marcus (c)	RR	81%	0	0	27	14	13	5	0	3	9	0	2	0	2	5
29	Bramble, Lachie	BPL	87%	0	0	15	13	2	6	0	2	0	3	0	1	2	2
5	Busslinger, Jedd	INT	79%	0	0	7	5	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1
36	Cleary, Luke	HBFL	87%	0	0	13	8	5	2	0	2	0	4	1	3	2	1
31	Dale, Bailey	WR	82%	0	0	22	17	5	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	1
10	Darcy, Sam	FF	94%	5	3	13	11	2	4	1	2	0	4	4	2	0	3
44	English, Tim	RU	79%	2	3	20	16	4	11	22	0	4	0	3	0	0	1
27	Freijah, Joel	INT	81%	0	0	14	9	5	3	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
38	Garcia, Riley	INT	69%	0	1	15	8	7	1	0	5	3	3	2	1	2	4
39	Johannisen, Jason	HBFR	85%	0	0	14	10	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
8	Kennedy, Matthew	HFFR	70%	1	1	23	9	14	4	0	2	5	2	0	1	0	2
21	Liberatore, Tom (vc)	RO	77%	0	0	26	14	12	3	0	2	8	2	2	1	1	6
7	Lobb, Rory	CHB	100%	0	0	13	10	3	8	2	2	1	1	3	0	4	2
30	McNeil, Lachlan	INT	63%	3	2	11	8	3	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	3
33	Naughton, Aaron	CHF	82%	5	2	20	12	8	8	1	1	0	5	3	1	1	2
18	O'Donnell, James	BPR	100%	0	0	9	6	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	1
25	Poulter, Caleb	FPL↓	62%	1	1	13	8	5	5	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	2
20	Richards, Ed	C	81%	1	0	21	11	10	5	0	3	3	2	1	0	0	7
9	Sanders, Ryley	HFFL	80%	0	0	11	3	8	2	0	2	3	0	2	0	0	2
23	Vandermeer, Laitham	SUB↑	16%	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0
14	West, Rhylee	FPR	86%	1	0	7	6	1	2	0	3	0	4	1	2	1	1
34	Williams, Bailey	WL	87%	0	2	15	8	7	3	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	2
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				19	18	347	214	133	99	26	34	41	44	32	19	28	58

L. Vandermeer replaced C. Poulter.

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Aleer, Leek	CHB	89%	0	0	12	4	8	5	0	3	0	6	3	5	0	0
9	Angwin, Ryan	WR	77%	0	0	7	4	3	3	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	2
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFR	96%	0	0	36	25	11	12	0	2	1	5	0	2	9	3
14	Bedford, Toby	HFFL	85%	1	0	9	7	2	3	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	3
32	Briggs, Kieren	RU	65%	0	0	8	4	4	1	32	2	3	4	1	4	0	3
46	Brown, Callum	FPR	76%	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	2	0	1	4	0	0	0
5	Cadman, Aaron	CHF	86%	2	1	8	7	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
17	Callaghan, Finn	RR	82%	0	0	23	17	6	6	0	2	2	3	0	0	6	8
3	Coniglio, Stephen	INT	74%	0	0	15	9	6	2	0	3	7	3	1	0	2	1
37	Fonti, Joe	INT	79%	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	4	0	4	0	1	2	1
12	Green, Tom	RO	84%	0	0	25	10	15	1	0	3	3	5	1	3	1	4
27	Himmelberg, Harry	BPR	82%	0	1	18	17	1	11	0	2	0	4	2	2	3	3
23	Hogan, Jesse	FF	77%	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
39	Idun, Connor	BPL	91%	0	0	23	14	9	10	0	1	0	3	1	1	4	0
2	Jones, Darcy	HFFR	88%	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	3	1	2	0	1	1	1
31	McMullin, Toby	WL↓	30%	0	1	7	3	4	1	0	1	1	5	1	1	2	0
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	C	83%	0	0	13	9	4	5	0	0	1	3	1	2	1	3
26	Riccardi, Jake	INT	79%	2	1	9	6	3	1	8	3	1	3	1	2	0	1
24	Rowston, Harry	SUB↑	45%	0	0	5	3	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	2	1	1
20	Stringer, Jake	FPL	81%	1	1	8	5	3	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	83%	0	0	10	4	6	4	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	0
1	Thomas, Harvey	INT	88%	0	0	11	7	4	5	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0
6	Whitfield, Lachie	HBFL	81%	0	0	29	23	6	13	0	1	0	3	0	2	5	1
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				6	8	305	194	111	102	40	44	24	65	19	32	38	36

H. Rowston replaced T. McMullin.

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
	39	C. Idun	15	S. Taylor	27	H. Himmelberg	44	T. English	5	J. Busslinger
	14	R. West	10	S. Darcy	25	C. Poulter	4	M. Bontempelli (c)	27	J. Freijah
FORWARD							21	T. Liberatore (vc)	38	R. Garcia
HALF-BACK									30	L. McNeil
	6	L. Whitfield	21	L. Aleer	7	L. Ash			23	L. Vandermeer
	8	M. Kennedy	33	A. Naughton	9	R. Sanders
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	31	T. McMullin	33	X. O'Halloran	9	R. Angwin
	31	B. Dale	20	E. Richards	34	B. Williams	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							32	K. Briggs	3	S. Coniglio
HALF-FORWARD							17	F. Callaghan	37	J. Fonti
	14	T. Bedford	5	A. Cadman	2	D. Jones	12	T. Green	26	J. Riccardi
	39	J. Johannisen	7	R. Lobb	36	L. Cleary			1	H. Thomas
HALF-BACK									24	H. Rowston
FORWARD
	20	J. Stringer	23	J. Hogan	46	C. Brown
	18	J. O'Donnell	13	O. Baker	29	L. Bramble
BACK
Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:34
	WBUL	Tim English goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	04:38
	WBUL	Riley Garcia behind	2.1.13	-	0.0.0	06:40
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	3.1.19	-	0.0.0	08:23
	GWSY	Jake Stringer behind	3.1.19	-	0.1.1	09:51
	WBUL	Tim English behind	3.2.20	-	0.1.1	11:26
	GWSY	Toby McMullin behind	3.2.20	-	0.2.2	14:37
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi goal	3.2.20	-	1.2.8	15:14
	WBUL	Sam Darcy behind	3.3.21	-	1.2.8	17:26
	WBUL	Caleb Poulter goal	4.3.27	-	1.2.8	20:21
	WBUL	Rhylee West goal	5.3.33	-	1.2.8	23:29
	WBUL	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	1.2.8	26:42
	WBUL	Tim English goal	6.4.40	-	1.2.8	28:47
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	6.5.41	-	1.2.8	30:38
Q2	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil goal	7.5.47	-	1.2.8	01:38
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil behind	7.6.48	-	1.2.8	04:33
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil goal	8.6.54	-	1.2.8	07:29
	WBUL	Matthew Kennedy goal	9.6.60	-	1.2.8	10:51
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	10.6.66	-	1.2.8	13:33
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	11.6.72	-	1.2.8	15:21
	WBUL	Caleb Poulter behind	11.7.73	-	1.2.8	18:16
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	11.7.73	-	2.2.14	22:21
	WBUL	Rushed behind	11.8.74	-	2.2.14	24:30
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	12.8.80	-	2.2.14	26:27
	WBUL	Bailey Williams behind	12.9.81	-	2.2.14	29:20
	GWSY	Toby Bedford goal	12.9.81	-	3.2.20	32:23
Q3	WBUL	Tim English behind	12.10.82	-	3.2.20	02:19
	GWSY	Rushed behind	12.10.82	-	3.3.21	05:48
	WBUL	Sam Darcy behind	12.11.83	-	3.3.21	07:38
	GWSY	Jake Stringer goal	12.11.83	-	4.3.27	09:12
	WBUL	Matthew Kennedy behind	12.12.84	-	4.3.27	10:24
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	13.12.90	-	4.3.27	12:45
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi goal	13.12.90	-	5.3.33	14:32
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	14.12.96	-	5.3.33	16:13
	GWSY	Rushed behind	14.12.96	-	5.4.34	19:17
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	14.12.96	-	6.4.40	21:26
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil goal	15.12.102	-	6.4.40	23:51
	GWSY	Rushed behind	15.12.102	-	6.5.41	25:38
	WBUL	Sam Darcy behind	15.13.103	-	6.5.41	26:48
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg behind	15.13.103	-	6.6.42	28:48
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	16.13.109	-	6.6.42	30:07
Q4	WBUL	Tim English behind	16.14.110	-	6.6.42	02:16
	WBUL	Rushed behind	16.15.111	-	6.6.42	03:57
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	16.16.112	-	6.6.42	04:24
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	17.16.118	-	6.6.42	07:46
	WBUL	Ed Richards goal	18.16.124	-	6.6.42	13:10
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman behind	18.16.124	-	6.7.43	16:11
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi behind	18.16.124	-	6.8.44	20:56
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	19.16.130	-	6.8.44	22:09
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil behind	19.17.131	-	6.8.44	23:47
	WBUL	Bailey Williams behind	19.18.132	-	6.8.44	26:14

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