2025 AFL Season Round 25: Western Bulldogs v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 2025 between the Western Bulldogs and Fremantle during round twenty-five of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Fremantle at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts with Tom Liberatore as vice-captain. Alex Pearce captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

The Western Bulldogs (14.13.97) were defeated by Fremantle (17.10.112).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 25
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Fremantle
Date: Sunday 24 August 2025
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 44,069

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Fremantle
Score: 14.13.97 - 17.10.112

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	4	.	5	4	.	8	7	.	10	14	.	13	14	.	13	(97)
Fremantle	2	.	2	9	.	4	13	.	6	17	.	10	17	.	10	(112)
Margin	WBUL by 15			FREM by 26			FREM by 32			FREM by 15			FREM by 15
Duration	31:00			32:08			30:38			34:52			2:08:38

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 (Fremantle) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

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

Fremantle

Captain: Alex Pearce
Coach: Justin Longmuir

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	3
Caleb Serong	FREM	3	2
Luke Ryan	FREM	13	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	74%	1	1	20	10	10	1	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	3
4	Bontempelli, Marcus (c)	RR	90%	2	1	33	19	14	7	0	6	11	4	1	1	1	9
29	Bramble, Lachie	BPL	76%	0	0	14	9	5	5	0	2	0	2	2	0	4	3
5	Busslinger, Jedd	HBFL↓	47%	0	0	8	6	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	2
36	Cleary, Luke	INT	79%	0	0	11	6	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
16	Croft, Jordan	WL	81%	2	2	13	5	8	6	0	1	1	3	2	1	0	1
31	Dale, Bailey	BPR	81%	0	0	23	17	6	4	0	1	1	5	1	1	6	1
10	Darcy, Sam	FF	85%	0	1	14	7	7	5	4	1	3	3	0	3	0	3
42	Davidson, Sam	INT	71%	0	1	12	10	2	4	0	4	1	3	0	1	1	1
44	English, Tim	RU	86%	0	0	15	10	5	6	40	7	2	3	1	0	1	6
27	Freijah, Joel	INT	81%	3	0	18	11	7	4	0	5	0	2	0	1	3	4
38	Garcia, Riley	FPL	55%	0	2	9	5	4	0	0	4	2	4	1	2	1	1
39	Johannisen, Jason	HBFR	82%	0	0	19	13	6	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1
32	Jones, Arthur	SUB↑	42%	2	0	6	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	Kennedy, Matthew	HFFR	76%	0	1	23	11	12	5	0	5	1	2	0	0	1	5
21	Liberatore, Tom (vc)	RO	83%	0	2	27	10	17	4	0	2	8	9	0	1	3	4
7	Lobb, Rory	CHB	100%	0	0	11	9	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1
30	McNeil, Lachlan	INT	63%	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
33	Naughton, Aaron	CHF	87%	2	1	9	7	2	3	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	2
18	O'Donnell, James	FB	100%	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	Richards, Ed	C	85%	0	0	21	12	9	3	0	1	3	1	1	0	3	5
14	West, Rhylee	FPR	88%	2	0	17	11	6	4	0	10	4	5	2	2	3	1
34	Williams, Bailey	WR	87%	0	0	16	7	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				14	13	351	203	148	81	45	61	42	56	12	17	38	55

A. Jones replaced J. Busslinger.

Fremantle

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
24	Amiss, Jye	FPL	87%	3	1	10	8	2	5	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	1
41	Banfield, Bailey	INT	76%	0	0	20	14	6	8	0	4	1	2	1	0	8	1
15	Bolton, Shai	C	83%	2	1	19	9	10	3	0	4	3	1	0	0	2	1
8	Brayshaw, Andrew	RO	80%	0	0	19	11	8	1	0	7	2	3	2	2	1	2
5	Chapman, Heath	HBFL	80%	0	0	14	9	5	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	3
6	Clark, Jordan	HBFR	94%	0	0	23	14	9	5	0	0	1	3	0	3	4	4
36	Cox, Brennan	FB	89%	0	0	11	5	6	5	0	3	0	2	1	1	1	0
4	Darcy, Sean	INT	64%	0	0	7	2	5	1	29	3	0	1	0	1	1	1
28	Erasmus, Neil	INT	75%	1	0	20	7	13	2	0	0	6	2	1	1	1	1
32	Frederick, Michael	FPR	82%	2	1	13	7	6	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	5
7	Fyfe, Nat	SUB↑	16%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
9	Jackson, Luke	RU	83%	2	1	12	4	8	3	9	4	1	1	2	0	0	2
2	O'Meara, Jaeger	WL	86%	0	0	11	6	5	2	0	3	1	1	1	0	2	3
25	Pearce, Alex (c)	BPR	84%	0	0	8	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1
16	Reid, Murphy	HFFR	81%	1	2	19	9	10	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	6
13	Ryan, Luke	BPL	92%	0	0	20	18	2	6	0	3	0	1	0	0	12	1
3	Serong, Caleb	RR	87%	0	0	24	15	9	0	0	5	7	6	0	1	1	8
39	Switkowski, Sam	HFFL	76%	0	1	17	8	9	1	0	4	1	1	2	1	0	4
35	Treacy, Josh	FF	90%	3	1	13	11	2	8	1	3	0	3	1	1	0	4
20	Voss, Patrick	CHF	86%	3	1	10	6	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
34	Wagner, Corey	WR↓	57%	0	0	6	6	0	3	0	4	2	1	0	0	1	1
23	Worner, Karl	CHB	84%	0	0	12	7	5	4	0	5	0	2	0	1	3	1
26	Young, Hayden	INT	65%	0	0	16	9	7	0	0	4	6	1	0	0	0	6
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				17	10	325	188	137	66	39	69	33	37	17	12	40	58

N. Fyfe replaced C. Wagner.

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
	13	L. Ryan	36	B. Cox	25	A. Pearce (c)	44	T. English	36	L. Cleary
	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
	5	H. Chapman	23	K. Worner	6	J. Clark			32	A. Jones
	8	M. Kennedy	33	A. Naughton	13	O. Baker
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	2	J. O'Meara	15	S. Bolton	34	C. Wagner
	34	B. Williams	20	E. Richards	16	J. Croft	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							9	L. Jackson	41	B. Banfield
HALF-FORWARD							3	C. Serong	4	S. Darcy
	39	S. Switkowski	20	P. Voss	16	M. Reid	8	A. Brayshaw	28	N. Erasmus
	39	J. Johannisen	7	R. Lobb	5	J. Busslinger			26	H. Young
HALF-BACK									7	N. Fyfe
FORWARD
	24	J. Amiss	35	J. Treacy	32	M. Frederick
	31	B. Dale	18	J. O'Donnell	29	L. Bramble
BACK
Fremantle							Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Riley Garcia behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:52
	WBUL	Jordan Croft behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	03:07
	FREM	Josh Treacy behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	06:12
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	1.2.8	-	0.1.1	08:25
	FREM	Shai Bolton goal	1.2.8	-	1.1.7	11:04
	WBUL	Sam Davidson behind	1.3.9	-	1.1.7	13:12
	WBUL	Riley Garcia behind	1.4.10	-	1.1.7	15:24
	FREM	Jye Amiss goal	1.4.10	-	2.1.13	17:36
	WBUL	Jordan Croft goal	2.4.16	-	2.1.13	20:30
	WBUL	Tom Liberatore behind	2.5.17	-	2.1.13	21:54
	WBUL	Rhylee West goal	3.5.23	-	2.1.13	22:54
	WBUL	Rhylee West goal	4.5.29	-	2.1.13	28:42
	FREM	Rushed behind	4.5.29	-	2.2.14	30:58
Q2	FREM	Jye Amiss goal	4.5.29	-	3.2.20	04:55
	FREM	Luke Jackson goal	4.5.29	-	4.2.26	07:37
	FREM	Shai Bolton behind	4.5.29	-	4.3.27	09:26
	WBUL	Oskar Baker behind	4.6.30	-	4.3.27	10:22
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	4.7.31	-	4.3.27	11:57
	FREM	Jye Amiss goal	4.7.31	-	5.3.33	13:05
	WBUL	Matthew Kennedy behind	4.8.32	-	5.3.33	16:32
	FREM	Murphy Reid goal	4.8.32	-	6.3.39	17:09
	FREM	Shai Bolton goal	4.8.32	-	7.3.45	20:15
	FREM	Patrick Voss goal	4.8.32	-	8.3.51	23:51
	FREM	Patrick Voss behind	4.8.32	-	8.4.52	25:33
	FREM	Josh Treacy goal	4.8.32	-	9.4.58	27:59
Q3	FREM	Josh Treacy goal	4.8.32	-	10.4.64	01:36
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	4.9.33	-	10.4.64	07:59
	WBUL	Joel Freijah goal	5.9.39	-	10.4.64	10:42
	FREM	Michael Frederick goal	5.9.39	-	11.4.70	13:51
	FREM	Neil Erasmus goal	5.9.39	-	12.4.76	15:56
	WBUL	Tom Liberatore behind	5.10.40	-	12.4.76	17:28
	WBUL	Arthur Jones goal	6.10.46	-	12.4.76	18:50
	FREM	Jye Amiss behind	6.10.46	-	12.5.77	23:54
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	7.10.52	-	12.5.77	25:22
	FREM	Patrick Voss goal	7.10.52	-	13.5.83	28:24
	FREM	Sam Switkowski behind	7.10.52	-	13.6.84	30:35
Q4	FREM	Patrick Voss goal	7.10.52	-	14.6.90	02:48
	FREM	Josh Treacy goal	7.10.52	-	15.6.96	04:35
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	8.10.58	-	15.6.96	06:31
	WBUL	Jordan Croft behind	8.11.59	-	15.6.96	10:04
	WBUL	Oskar Baker goal	9.11.65	-	15.6.96	13:57
	WBUL	Jordan Croft goal	10.11.71	-	15.6.96	18:48
	FREM	Michael Frederick goal	10.11.71	-	16.6.102	20:44
	WBUL	Arthur Jones goal	11.11.77	-	16.6.102	22:20
	FREM	Luke Jackson behind	11.11.77	-	16.7.103	24:15
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	12.11.83	-	16.7.103	25:08
	FREM	Murphy Reid behind	12.11.83	-	16.8.104	26:25
	FREM	Murphy Reid behind	12.11.83	-	16.9.105	27:23
	WBUL	Sam Darcy behind	12.12.84	-	16.9.105	28:16
	WBUL	Joel Freijah goal	13.12.90	-	16.9.105	29:27
	FREM	Luke Jackson goal	13.12.90	-	17.9.111	30:55
	WBUL	Joel Freijah goal	14.12.96	-	17.9.111	33:17
	FREM	Michael Frederick behind	14.12.96	-	17.10.112	34:26
	WBUL	Rushed behind	14.13.97	-	17.10.112	34:50

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