2026 AFL Season Round 9: Western Bulldogs v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 2026 between the Western Bulldogs and Fremantle during round nine of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Fremantle at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts. Alex Pearce captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

The Western Bulldogs (15.12.102) were defeated by Fremantle (17.12.114).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Fremantle
Date: Friday 1 May 2026
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 23,071

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Fremantle
Score: 15.12.102 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 6 . 3 9 . 6 11 . 9 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Fremantle 2 . 1 7 . 4 12 . 7 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Margin WBUL by 26 WBUL by 14 FREM by 4 FREM by 12 FREM by 12
Duration 30:44 30:49 31:35 33:34 2:06:42

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
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Fremantle

Captain: Alex Pearce
Coach: Justin Longmuir

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3
Shai Bolton FREM 10 2
Hayden Young FREM 26 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) C 82% 2 1 33 16 17 4 0 2 6 6 0 3 3 6
29 Bramble, Lachie INT 84% 1 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2
5 Busslinger, Jedd CHB 95% 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 1
17 Coffield, Nick BPR 73% 0 0 16 12 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 1
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 89% 0 0 32 23 9 7 0 5 2 1 1 0 9 2
42 Davidson, Sam HFFL 77% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Dolan, Josh INT 63% 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
25 Emmett, Louis INT 47% 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
44 English, Tim RU 74% 0 0 15 8 7 3 21 3 1 2 1 1 2 2
27 Freijah, Joel FPL 90% 0 1 19 10 9 4 0 5 6 2 1 0 1 4
12 Gallagher, Harvey INT 67% 0 2 13 9 4 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 3
32 Jones, Arthur WL 78% 1 2 15 6 9 3 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2
8 Kennedy, Matthew RR 80% 0 0 30 17 13 4 0 5 9 5 2 0 3 3
24 Khamis, Buku FB 94% 0 0 18 9 9 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
28 Lewis, Will CHF 63% 2 1 11 5 6 1 0 1 0 2 4 2 0 0
30 McNeil, Lachlan HBFL 81% 2 0 11 8 3 4 0 4 0 3 2 1 1 3
33 Naughton, Aaron FF 84% 2 1 9 4 5 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2
20 Richards, Ed RO 83% 1 0 25 18 7 3 0 6 7 2 1 1 4 6
9 Sanders, Ryley INT 85% 1 0 25 6 19 2 0 5 2 1 1 1 0 2
37 Sellwood, Michael BPL 82% 0 0 13 5 8 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 4 1
23 Vandermeer, Laitham HFFR 50% 1 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4
14 West, Rhylee FPR 84% 2 0 17 9 8 4 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 5
34 Williams, Bailey WR 94% 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 1 0 5 2 0 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 15 12 371 207 164 81 23 58 37 43 27 17 44 52

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Amiss, Jye FPR 91% 0 3 12 8 4 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
10 Bolton, Shai HFFL 83% 1 1 30 14 16 2 0 3 9 3 0 2 1 8
8 Brayshaw, Andrew C 79% 1 0 22 12 10 3 0 8 6 3 1 1 1 4
5 Chapman, Heath BPR 88% 1 0 15 7 8 5 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 1
6 Clark, Jordan HBFL 88% 0 0 22 15 7 5 0 2 3 5 0 3 3 4
36 Cox, Brennan BPL 85% 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 3 3
18 Cox, Mason INT 48% 0 2 8 7 1 2 25 3 2 0 2 0 1 0
43 Dudley, Isaiah INT 68% 1 0 6 2 4 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0
28 Erasmus, Neil WL 69% 1 0 15 11 4 4 0 4 4 5 1 1 3 2
32 Frederick, Michael INT 78% 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 2
9 Jackson, Luke RU 80% 1 2 18 8 10 3 36 8 3 4 3 1 0 5
44 Johnson, Matthew WR 84% 0 0 11 2 9 0 0 1 2 6 0 4 2 2
25 Pearce, Alex (c) FB 92% 0 0 7 3 4 4 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 0
16 Reid, Murphy CHF 81% 1 0 22 10 12 3 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 4
13 Ryan, Luke CHB 85% 0 0 22 20 2 8 0 3 0 1 2 1 4 2
3 Serong, Caleb RO 80% 0 0 17 11 6 0 0 8 4 3 1 1 1 5
14 Sharp, Jeremy INT 64% 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
39 Switkowski, Sam HFFR 77% 3 0 12 7 5 3 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 1
35 Treacy, Josh FF 86% 3 3 17 12 5 8 0 2 0 5 2 2 0 4
20 Voss, Patrick FPL 70% 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 3 1 3 1 2 0 2
34 Wagner, Corey HBFR 71% 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 0 1 4 0 1 6 2
23 Worner, Karl INT 77% 0 0 21 16 5 8 0 2 1 1 2 0 5 6
26 Young, Hayden RR 76% 3 0 20 10 10 1 0 7 3 3 0 1 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 17 12 353 209 144 75 61 78 45 62 17 27 37 63

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
36 B. Cox 25 A. Pearce (c) 5 H. Chapman 44 T. English 29 L. Bramble
14 R. West 33 A. Naughton 27 J. Freijah 8 M. Kennedy 26 J. Dolan
FORWARD 20 E. Richards 25 L. Emmett
HALF-BACK

12 H. Gallagher
6 J. Clark 13 L. Ryan 34 C. Wagner

9 R. Sanders
23 L. Vandermeer 28 W. Lewis 42 S. Davidson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 N. Erasmus 8 A. Brayshaw 44 M. Johnson



34 B. Williams 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 32 A. Jones FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 9 L. Jackson 18 M. Cox
HALF-FORWARD 26 H. Young 43 I. Dudley
10 S. Bolton 16 M. Reid 39 S. Switkowski 3 C. Serong 32 M. Frederick
31 B. Dale 5 J. Busslinger 30 L. McNeil

14 J. Sharp
HALF-BACK

23 K. Worner
FORWARD



20 P. Voss 35 J. Treacy 24 J. Amiss



17 N. Coffield 24 B. Khamis 37 M. Sellwood



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Ed Richards goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:35
WBUL Will Lewis goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 03:25
WBUL Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 05:56
WBUL Harvey Gallagher behind 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 08:42
FREM Sam Switkowski goal 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 11:12
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 15:39
FREM Luke Jackson goal 3.2.20 - 2.0.12 17:33
WBUL Rhylee West goal 4.2.26 - 2.0.12 19:15
FREM Luke Jackson behind 4.2.26 - 2.1.13 20:19
WBUL Harvey Gallagher behind 4.3.27 - 2.1.13 24:02
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 5.3.33 - 2.1.13 27:19
WBUL Lachlan McNeil goal 6.3.39 - 2.1.13 29:00
Q2 FREM Isaiah Dudley goal 6.3.39 - 3.1.19 01:44
FREM Michael Frederick goal 6.3.39 - 4.1.25 03:28
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 7.3.45 - 4.1.25 05:26
FREM Josh Treacy behind 7.3.45 - 4.2.26 07:02
WBUL Rhylee West goal 8.3.51 - 4.2.26 09:53
FREM Sam Switkowski goal 8.3.51 - 5.2.32 13:04
WBUL Arthur Jones behind 8.4.52 - 5.2.32 19:01
FREM Mason Cox behind 8.4.52 - 5.3.33 20:30
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer goal 9.4.58 - 5.3.33 21:21
WBUL Joel Freijah behind 9.5.59 - 5.3.33 22:42
FREM Rushed behind 9.5.59 - 5.4.34 23:49
FREM Neil Erasmus goal 9.5.59 - 6.4.40 25:07
WBUL Will Lewis behind 9.6.60 - 6.4.40 29:41
FREM Murphy Reid goal 9.6.60 - 7.4.46 30:46
Q3 WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 9.7.61 - 7.4.46 04:50
FREM Josh Treacy behind 9.7.61 - 7.5.47 06:01
WBUL Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 7.5.47 06:44
WBUL Ryley Sanders goal 10.8.68 - 7.5.47 08:38
FREM Sam Switkowski goal 10.8.68 - 8.5.53 11:36
FREM Jye Amiss behind 10.8.68 - 8.6.54 16:17
FREM Josh Treacy goal 10.8.68 - 9.6.60 17:56
WBUL Will Lewis goal 11.8.74 - 9.6.60 24:12
FREM Hayden Young goal 11.8.74 - 10.6.66 25:13
FREM Josh Treacy goal 11.8.74 - 11.6.72 27:03
FREM Hayden Young goal 11.8.74 - 12.6.78 28:54
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 11.9.75 - 12.6.78 30:20
FREM Jye Amiss behind 11.9.75 - 12.7.79 31:32
Q4 WBUL Rushed behind 11.10.76 - 12.7.79 01:24
WBUL Rushed behind 11.11.77 - 12.7.79 04:02
FREM Shai Bolton behind 11.11.77 - 12.8.80 04:52
FREM Heath Chapman goal 11.11.77 - 13.8.86 05:50
FREM Hayden Young goal 11.11.77 - 14.8.92 07:01
FREM Josh Treacy goal 11.11.77 - 15.8.98 08:43
FREM Josh Treacy behind 11.11.77 - 15.9.99 10:39
FREM Andrew Brayshaw goal 11.11.77 - 16.9.105 11:34
WBUL Arthur Jones goal 12.11.83 - 16.9.105 13:25
WBUL Arthur Jones behind 12.12.84 - 16.9.105 16:17
WBUL Lachie Bramble goal 13.12.90 - 16.9.105 18:29
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 14.12.96 - 16.9.105 19:42
FREM Mason Cox behind 14.12.96 - 16.10.106 23:32
FREM Luke Jackson behind 14.12.96 - 16.11.107 25:55
WBUL Lachlan McNeil goal 15.12.102 - 16.11.107 26:49
FREM Shai Bolton goal 15.12.102 - 17.11.113 29:09
FREM Jye Amiss behind 15.12.102 - 17.12.114 33:31