2026 AFL Season Round 2: Western Bulldogs v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 14 March 2026 between the Western Bulldogs and Greater Western Sydney during round two of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Greater Western Sydney at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts. Toby Greene captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

The Western Bulldogs (21.8.134) defeated Greater Western Sydney (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 14 March 2026
Time: 1:15 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 28,318

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 21.8.134 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 5 . 1 11 . 1 16 . 6 21 . 8 21 . 8 (134)
Greater Western Sydney 2 . 3 4 . 5 6 . 8 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin WBUL by 16 WBUL by 38 WBUL by 58 WBUL by 81 WBUL by 81
Duration 33:25 30:29 32:05 29:28 2:05:27

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
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: Toby Greene
Coach: Adam Kingsley

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3
Aaron Naughton WBUL 33 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 INT 68% 2 0 11 9 2 6 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 3
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) C 83% 3 1 33 21 12 6 0 3 6 6 2 1 0 11
29 Bramble, Lachie INT 69% 1 0 16 5 11 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
19 Budarick, Connor HBFL 77% 0 0 23 16 7 6 0 1 3 3 2 0 6 1
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 81% 0 1 23 15 8 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 4 0
10 Darcy, Sam CHF 77% 4 1 16 11 5 3 6 1 2 3 2 1 0 2
42 Davidson, Sam WL 75% 2 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
44 English, Tim RU 78% 0 0 22 15 7 6 23 4 5 2 5 0 2 4
27 Freijah, Joel INT 82% 0 0 20 9 11 5 0 4 1 4 0 1 1 0
6 Hynes, Cooper HFFR 77% 1 0 14 6 8 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0
11 Jaques, Lachie BPL 83% 0 0 29 21 8 9 0 1 2 5 2 0 7 3
8 Kennedy, Matthew RR 77% 1 1 27 17 10 6 0 4 8 3 1 1 3 6
24 Khamis, Buku FB 94% 0 0 13 8 5 9 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
28 Lewis, Will INT 50% 0 0 6 3 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
21 Liberatore, Tom FPR 74% 1 0 29 15 14 7 0 6 6 4 1 1 4 5
7 Lobb, Rory BPR 94% 0 0 12 9 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
33 Naughton, Aaron FF 81% 6 1 15 14 1 11 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
18 O'Donnell, James CHB 82% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 1
20 Richards, Ed RO 78% 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 5 6 1 1 1 2 6
9 Sanders, Ryley FPL 76% 0 0 21 3 18 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1
37 Sellwood, Michael INT 79% 0 0 9 6 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0
14 West, Rhylee HFFL 81% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 2 1 4 3 4 0 4
34 Williams, Bailey WR 86% 0 1 17 7 10 4 0 5 0 0 2 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 21 8 406 243 163 118 32 43 45 55 25 16 43 55

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Angwin, Ryan WR 92% 0 0 15 8 7 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2
7 Ash, Lachie HBFL 81% 0 0 31 26 5 13 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 6
32 Briggs, Kieren RU 51% 0 1 9 9 0 2 15 3 5 5 0 2 1 0
46 Brown, Callum INT 62% 0 2 9 6 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
44 Buckley, Jack FB 90% 0 0 16 10 6 9 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 0
17 Callaghan, Finn RO 83% 2 0 27 15 12 5 0 4 4 4 0 1 1 4
3 Coniglio, Stephen HFFR 83% 1 0 15 7 8 3 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 3
38 Delana, Josaia HFFL 82% 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 1 2
37 Fonti, Joe HBFR 85% 0 0 20 13 7 7 0 4 0 4 3 3 5 1
11 Gothard, Phoenix CHF 76% 0 2 12 10 2 4 0 5 1 3 2 1 0 3
4 Greene, Toby (c) RR 79% 1 2 26 16 10 6 0 2 6 12 2 4 1 7
35 Gruzewski, Max FPR 66% 0 1 7 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
27 Himmelberg, Harry INT 64% 0 0 17 11 6 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 2
23 Hogan, Jesse FF 83% 0 1 10 4 6 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1
39 Idun, Connor BPR 94% 0 0 23 11 12 10 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 1
25 Laverde, Jayden BPL 84% 0 0 19 15 4 13 0 2 0 3 0 2 2 1
33 O'Halloran, Xavier INT 76% 1 1 13 8 5 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3
10 Oliver, Clayton C 75% 0 0 26 11 15 3 0 2 4 5 2 1 1 4
26 Riccardi, Jake INT 58% 1 0 19 14 5 8 12 1 2 3 0 1 1 1
24 Rowston, Harry INT 70% 1 0 15 8 7 4 0 2 2 6 0 1 2 1
20 Stringer, Jake FPL 90% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 2
1 Thomas, Harvey WL 95% 0 0 21 14 7 5 0 2 0 4 0 3 2 4
6 Whitfield, Lachie CHB 82% 0 0 25 15 10 7 0 2 0 3 1 1 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 7 11 387 241 146 127 27 56 26 71 16 25 32 50

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
25 J. Laverde 44 J. Buckley 39 C. Idun 44 T. English 13 O. Baker
21 T. Liberatore 33 A. Naughton 9 R. Sanders 8 M. Kennedy 29 L. Bramble
FORWARD 20 E. Richards 27 J. Freijah
HALF-BACK

28 W. Lewis
7 L. Ash 6 L. Whitfield 37 J. Fonti

37 M. Sellwood
6 C. Hynes 10 S. Darcy 14 R. West



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



1 H. Thomas 10 C. Oliver 9 R. Angwin



34 B. Williams 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 42 S. Davidson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 K. Briggs 46 C. Brown
HALF-FORWARD 4 T. Greene (c) 27 H. Himmelberg
38 J. Delana 11 P. Gothard 3 S. Coniglio 17 F. Callaghan 33 X. O'Halloran
31 B. Dale 18 J. O'Donnell 19 C. Budarick

26 J. Riccardi
HALF-BACK

24 H. Rowston
FORWARD



20 J. Stringer 23 J. Hogan 35 M. Gruzewski



7 R. Lobb 24 B. Khamis 11 L. Jaques



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 03:16
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 04:39
GWSY Xavier O'Halloran goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 08:11
GWSY Jake Riccardi goal 2.0.12 - 2.0.12 11:11
WBUL Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 2.0.12 14:25
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 17:02
GWSY Callum Brown behind 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 17:59
WBUL Oskar Baker goal 3.1.19 - 2.2.14 21:44
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 4.1.25 - 2.2.14 23:57
WBUL Cooper Hynes goal 5.1.31 - 2.2.14 25:26
GWSY Phoenix Gothard behind 5.1.31 - 2.3.15 28:22
Q2 GWSY Finn Callaghan goal 5.1.31 - 3.3.21 01:53
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 6.1.37 - 3.3.21 06:05
GWSY Rushed behind 6.1.37 - 3.4.22 10:35
WBUL Sam Darcy goal 7.1.43 - 3.4.22 11:37
WBUL Sam Davidson goal 8.1.49 - 3.4.22 13:42
GWSY Max Gruzewski behind 8.1.49 - 3.5.23 18:34
WBUL Sam Davidson goal 9.1.55 - 3.5.23 19:13
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 10.1.61 - 3.5.23 21:44
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 11.1.67 - 3.5.23 23:24
GWSY Finn Callaghan goal 11.1.67 - 4.5.29 26:39
Q3 WBUL Bailey Williams behind 11.2.68 - 4.5.29 00:43
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 12.2.74 - 4.5.29 01:55
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 13.2.80 - 4.5.29 03:27
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 14.2.86 - 4.5.29 05:06
WBUL Sam Darcy goal 15.2.92 - 4.5.29 06:19
WBUL Rushed behind 15.3.93 - 4.5.29 07:48
GWSY Toby Greene goal 15.3.93 - 5.5.35 11:31
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 15.4.94 - 5.5.35 13:45
GWSY Callum Brown behind 15.4.94 - 5.6.36 15:41
GWSY Toby Greene behind 15.4.94 - 5.7.37 16:59
WBUL Oskar Baker goal 16.4.100 - 5.7.37 19:34
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 16.5.101 - 5.7.37 21:23
GWSY Harry Rowston goal 16.5.101 - 6.7.43 22:24
GWSY Phoenix Gothard behind 16.5.101 - 6.8.44 29:38
WBUL Matthew Kennedy behind 16.6.102 - 6.8.44 31:56
Q4 WBUL Sam Darcy goal 17.6.108 - 6.8.44 00:45
GWSY Toby Greene behind 17.6.108 - 6.9.45 03:19
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 18.6.114 - 6.9.45 06:23
WBUL Matthew Kennedy goal 19.6.120 - 6.9.45 09:05
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 20.6.126 - 6.9.45 10:43
GWSY Stephen Coniglio goal 20.6.126 - 7.9.51 12:08
GWSY Xavier O'Halloran behind 20.6.126 - 7.10.52 14:41
WBUL Lachie Bramble goal 21.6.132 - 7.10.52 16:00
WBUL Bailey Dale behind 21.7.133 - 7.10.52 17:07
WBUL Sam Darcy behind 21.8.134 - 7.10.52 22:15
GWSY Kieren Briggs behind 21.8.134 - 7.11.53 26:56