2025 AFL Season Round 24: Western Bulldogs v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 2025 between the Western Bulldogs and West Coast during round twenty-four of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted West Coast 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 Andrew McQualter.

The Western Bulldogs (19.12.126) defeated West Coast (4.8.32).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 24
Teams: Western Bulldogs v West Coast
Date: Sunday 17 August 2025
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 21,207

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. West Coast
Score: 19.12.126 - 4.8.32

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 4 . 5 11 . 7 15 . 7 19 . 12 19 . 12 (126)
West Coast 0 . 1 2 . 5 3 . 8 4 . 8 4 . 8 (32)
Margin WBUL by 28 WBUL by 56 WBUL by 71 WBUL by 94 WBUL by 94
Duration 28:23 33:20 30:22 30:28 2:02:33

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 (West Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

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

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Andrew McQualter

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3
Bailey Dale WBUL 31 2
Tim English WBUL 44 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 HFFL 81% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 0 1 4 0 1 2 4
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) RR 80% 2 2 31 12 19 6 0 6 10 3 1 0 1 9
29 Bramble, Lachie BPL 86% 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
5 Busslinger, Jedd INT 87% 0 0 16 13 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
36 Cleary, Luke HBFL 85% 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 2 0 2 1 2 3 1
16 Croft, Jordan WL 81% 2 1 10 7 3 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2
31 Dale, Bailey BPR 82% 0 0 34 25 9 10 0 0 1 5 0 1 4 5
10 Darcy, Sam FF 83% 3 0 10 5 5 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
42 Davidson, Sam INT 71% 3 0 15 10 5 5 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1
44 English, Tim RU 85% 0 1 20 12 8 10 32 3 3 1 2 0 3 4
27 Freijah, Joel INT 78% 1 0 17 7 10 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 1
38 Garcia, Riley FPL 73% 0 1 18 7 11 3 0 4 2 4 0 2 0 3
39 Johannisen, Jason HBFR 79% 0 1 18 12 6 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 1
8 Kennedy, Matthew HFFR 70% 0 1 22 11 11 3 0 4 6 4 4 2 0 7
21 Liberatore, Tom (vc) RO 78% 0 0 22 11 11 3 0 8 9 3 0 0 2 1
7 Lobb, Rory CHB 96% 0 0 7 4 3 3 6 2 1 3 0 2 1 1
30 McNeil, Lachlan INT↓ 47% 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 83% 3 1 7 6 1 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1
18 O'Donnell, James FB 100% 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1
20 Richards, Ed C 81% 2 2 25 17 8 2 0 6 1 4 1 1 5 4
9 Sanders, Ryley SUB↑ 30% 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
14 West, Rhylee FPR 80% 3 1 13 6 7 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
34 Williams, Bailey WR 83% 0 1 20 12 8 4 0 6 0 0 1 0 2 5
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 19 12 379 214 165 98 39 55 40 48 14 17 36 58

R. Sanders replaced L. McNeil.

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Baker, Liam HBFL 86% 0 0 24 14 10 5 0 4 1 1 1 0 3 2
33 Bazzo, Rhett CHB 90% 0 0 15 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
41 Brock, Sandy FB 92% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 0
10 Brockman, Tyler INT↓ 56% 0 1 6 5 1 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0
18 Chesser, Campbell HFFL 81% 0 0 22 8 14 5 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 4
28 Cole, Tom INT 84% 0 0 17 12 5 8 0 4 0 3 0 0 4 0
15 Cripps, Jamie HFFR 88% 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 1 6 0 2 0 3
38 Davis, Hamish HBFR 78% 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 4 2 2 2 0 3 2
25 Flynn, Matt RU 78% 1 0 11 5 6 2 40 3 2 2 0 0 1 1
7 Ginbey, Reuben BPL 86% 0 0 22 13 9 9 0 1 0 4 0 1 6 0
17 Graham, Jack INT 79% 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 10 7 2 3 2 0 5
29 Hall, Clay WL 78% 0 0 15 2 13 0 0 2 3 4 1 3 2 1
8 Hewett, Elijah C 79% 0 1 16 7 9 2 0 6 3 2 0 1 0 5
19 Hough, Brady RR 83% 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1
11 Kelly, Tim RO 81% 0 0 17 8 9 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 1 4
13 Long, Noah FPR 75% 1 2 11 4 7 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 1
23 Maric, Ryan WR 81% 0 0 26 16 10 2 0 5 0 4 1 0 3 1
45 McCarthy, Tom BPR 82% 0 0 25 13 12 2 0 3 4 4 1 0 3 3
46 Newton, Jacob SUB↑ 26% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Owies, Matthew INT 77% 1 0 9 7 2 3 0 4 2 2 1 1 1 1
1 Ryan, Liam CHF 85% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 6
35 Shanahan, Jobe FF 80% 0 3 9 7 2 6 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1
32 Williams, Bailey FPL 76% 0 1 9 6 3 3 10 3 4 4 0 1 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 4 8 341 185 156 79 50 73 38 50 17 14 38 42

J. Newton replaced T. Brockman.

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
7 R. Ginbey 41 S. Brock 45 T. McCarthy 44 T. English 5 J. Busslinger
14 R. West 10 S. Darcy 38 R. Garcia 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 42 S. Davidson
FORWARD 21 T. Liberatore (vc) 27 J. Freijah
HALF-BACK

30 L. McNeil
3 L. Baker 33 R. Bazzo 38 H. Davis

9 R. Sanders
8 M. Kennedy 33 A. Naughton 13 O. Baker



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



29 C. Hall 8 E. Hewett 23 R. Maric



34 B. Williams 20 E. Richards 16 J. Croft FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 25 M. Flynn 10 T. Brockman
HALF-FORWARD 19 B. Hough 28 T. Cole
18 C. Chesser 1 L. Ryan 15 J. Cripps 11 T. Kelly 17 J. Graham
39 J. Johannisen 7 R. Lobb 36 L. Cleary

16 M. Owies
HALF-BACK

46 J. Newton
FORWARD



32 B. Williams 35 J. Shanahan 13 N. Long



31 B. Dale 18 J. O'Donnell 29 L. Bramble



BACK



West Coast Coach: Andrew McQualter

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WCST Noah Long behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:42
WBUL Tim English behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 05:03
WBUL Sam Darcy goal 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 08:19
WBUL Sam Darcy goal 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 11:28
WBUL Sam Davidson goal 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 13:21
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 3.2.20 - 0.1.1 14:35
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 4.2.26 - 0.1.1 15:41
WBUL Ed Richards behind 4.3.27 - 0.1.1 23:50
WBUL Rhylee West behind 4.4.28 - 0.1.1 26:31
WBUL Matthew Kennedy behind 4.5.29 - 0.1.1 27:12
Q2 WCST Matt Flynn goal 4.5.29 - 1.1.7 03:22
WBUL Joel Freijah goal 5.5.35 - 1.1.7 04:50
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 6.5.41 - 1.1.7 06:48
WBUL Jordan Croft goal 7.5.47 - 1.1.7 08:31
WCST Jobe Shanahan behind 7.5.47 - 1.2.8 10:18
WCST Matthew Owies goal 7.5.47 - 2.2.14 11:12
WCST Noah Long behind 7.5.47 - 2.3.15 14:14
WCST Elijah Hewett behind 7.5.47 - 2.4.16 16:58
WBUL Sam Davidson goal 8.5.53 - 2.4.16 17:35
WBUL Bailey Williams behind 8.6.54 - 2.4.16 19:09
WBUL Jordan Croft goal 9.6.60 - 2.4.16 19:39
WCST Tyler Brockman behind 9.6.60 - 2.5.17 23:04
WBUL Ed Richards goal 10.6.66 - 2.5.17 26:25
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 11.6.72 - 2.5.17 28:24
WBUL Jason Johannisen behind 11.7.73 - 2.5.17 32:51
Q3 WCST Jobe Shanahan behind 11.7.73 - 2.6.18 00:55
WCST Noah Long goal 11.7.73 - 3.6.24 03:13
WCST Jobe Shanahan behind 11.7.73 - 3.7.25 05:16
WBUL Sam Davidson goal 12.7.79 - 3.7.25 10:02
WBUL Rhylee West goal 13.7.85 - 3.7.25 12:22
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 14.7.91 - 3.7.25 16:56
WBUL Sam Darcy goal 15.7.97 - 3.7.25 18:55
WCST Bailey Williams behind 15.7.97 - 3.8.26 26:00
Q4 WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 15.8.98 - 3.8.26 00:52
WBUL Rhylee West goal 16.8.104 - 3.8.26 05:21
WCST Jamie Cripps goal 16.8.104 - 4.8.32 08:23
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 17.8.110 - 4.8.32 11:56
WBUL Riley Garcia behind 17.9.111 - 4.8.32 13:52
WBUL Jordan Croft behind 17.10.112 - 4.8.32 16:10
WBUL Rhylee West goal 18.10.118 - 4.8.32 19:36
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 18.11.119 - 4.8.32 26:22
WBUL Ed Richards behind 18.12.120 - 4.8.32 28:01
WBUL Ed Richards goal 19.12.126 - 4.8.32 29:27