2026 AFL Season Wildcard Final 2: Western Bulldogs v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 2026 between the Western Bulldogs and Collingwood in the second wildcard final of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs "hosted" Collingwood at the MCG. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts. In the absence of Darcy Moore, vice-captain Nick Daicos captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Craig McRae.

The Western Bulldogs (14.12.96) defeated Collingwood (14.9.93).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Second Wildcard Final
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Collingwood
Date: Friday 28 August 2026
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 81,036

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Collingwood
Score: 14.12.96 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 4 . 1 7 . 6 10 . 8 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Collingwood 4 . 0 6 . 2 8 . 8 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin WBUL by 1 WBUL by 10 WBUL by 12 WBUL by 3 WBUL by 3
Duration 35:30 31:39 30:37 33:23 2:11:09

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 (Collingwood) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Collingwood

Captain: Nick Daicos (acting)
Coach: Craig McRae

AFLCA Gary Ayres 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) FF 88% 1 2 32 17 15 7 0 0 8 1 1 0 0 7
29 Bramble, Lachie HBFL 89% 0 0 22 13 9 3 0 4 4 2 0 0 4 3
19 Budarick, Connor BPL 66% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 87% 0 0 24 21 3 7 0 0 1 4 1 0 4 3
42 Davidson, Sam INT 78% 1 2 19 10 9 5 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 6
26 Dolan, Josh FPL 74% 0 1 9 5 4 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3
44 English, Tim RU 73% 0 0 20 7 13 2 33 6 4 3 2 0 2 2
27 Freijah, Joel C 85% 0 0 27 14 13 3 0 6 8 5 1 1 1 3
43 Gardner, Ryan INT 16% 0 0 3 2 1 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
6 Hynes, Cooper WR 83% 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 2 3 3 0 0 2 3
32 Jones, Arthur HFFR 83% 4 2 17 11 6 4 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3
35 Kennedy, Luke INT 64% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1
8 Kennedy, Matthew RR 71% 1 0 27 20 7 8 0 5 4 3 1 1 2 9
24 Khamis, Buku FB 90% 0 0 5 5 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1
7 Lobb, Rory FPR 81% 0 1 10 3 7 3 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 82% 4 0 16 10 6 5 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 2
18 O'Donnell, James CHB 91% 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
20 Richards, Ed RO 86% 1 0 25 15 10 2 0 5 7 5 1 0 1 5
9 Sanders, Ryley WL 82% 0 0 25 10 15 4 0 2 4 4 0 1 1 2
37 Sellwood, Michael INT 82% 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 1
3 Weightman, Cody HFFL 81% 2 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 3
14 West, Rhylee INT 74% 0 2 21 10 11 3 0 3 3 4 2 1 0 4
34 Williams, Bailey BPR 95% 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 14 12 388 226 162 89 43 59 54 53 16 10 29 64

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Allan, Ed RR 74% 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 10 1 7 1 2 0 3
41 Anderson, Angus INT 64% 2 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 2
14 Cameron, Darcy RU 85% 1 0 19 14 5 6 46 4 4 7 0 2 2 4
25 Crisp, Jack INT 79% 1 0 21 12 9 4 0 6 0 4 0 1 5 2
7 Daicos, Josh CHB 81% 0 0 26 14 12 5 0 7 4 4 0 1 6 0
35 Daicos, Nick (ac) C 88% 2 0 30 17 13 3 0 5 4 6 3 2 3 4
2 De Goey, Jordan RO 84% 1 0 15 6 9 1 0 3 2 5 0 2 2 2
17 Frampton, Billy BPR 100% 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 3 1 5 2 2 1 1
36 Harrison, Harvey HFFL 53% 0 0 8 2 6 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 2 1
39 Hayes, Will INT 56% 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Houston, Dan HBFR 83% 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 3 0
38 Howe, Jeremy FB 97% 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1
1 Lipinski, Patrick WR 83% 0 1 24 9 15 6 0 2 3 3 0 0 4 4
44 Long, Ned INT 76% 1 0 16 12 4 1 0 11 4 2 1 1 1 3
31 McCreery, Beau HFFR 79% 0 1 22 11 11 1 0 2 5 4 0 0 1 6
11 McStay, Daniel FPL 83% 4 1 12 6 6 7 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
28 Membrey, Tim FPR 76% 1 2 12 5 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Quaynor, Isaac BPL 83% 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 5 0 4 0 1 6 1
8 Schultz, Lachie FF 81% 0 0 14 4 10 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 2
22 Sidebottom, Steele CHF 73% 0 0 8 7 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
45 Steele, Roan WL 80% 0 1 14 9 5 0 0 7 3 3 0 1 0 3
32 Swadling, Sam HBFL 82% 0 0 32 18 14 8 0 0 1 3 0 0 8 3
29 West, Charlie INT 58% 1 0 7 3 4 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 14 9 361 197 164 75 48 86 35 67 10 16 48 45

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
3 I. Quaynor 38 J. Howe 17 B. Frampton 44 T. English 42 S. Davidson
7 R. Lobb 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 26 J. Dolan 8 M. Kennedy 43 R. Gardner
FORWARD 20 E. Richards 35 L. Kennedy
HALF-BACK

37 M. Sellwood
32 S. Swadling 7 J. Daicos 9 D. Houston

14 R. West
32 A. Jones 33 A. Naughton 3 C. Weightman



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



45 R. Steele 35 N. Daicos (ac) 1 P. Lipinski



6 C. Hynes 27 J. Freijah 9 R. Sanders FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 14 D. Cameron 41 A. Anderson
HALF-FORWARD 16 E. Allan 25 J. Crisp
36 H. Harrison 22 S. Sidebottom 31 B. McCreery 2 J. De Goey 39 W. Hayes
31 B. Dale 18 J. O'Donnell 29 L. Bramble

44 N. Long
HALF-BACK

29 C. West
FORWARD



11 D. McStay 8 L. Schultz 28 T. Membrey



34 B. Williams 24 B. Khamis 19 C. Budarick



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Craig McRae

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 COLL Daniel McStay goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:12
WBUL Josh Dolan behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 06:02
WBUL Matthew Kennedy goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 09:01
COLL Nick Daicos goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 13:23
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 2.1.13 - 2.0.12 14:51
COLL Charlie West goal 2.1.13 - 3.0.18 20:05
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 3.1.19 - 3.0.18 23:16
WBUL Arthur Jones goal 4.1.25 - 3.0.18 25:12
COLL Daniel McStay goal 4.1.25 - 4.0.24 31:22
Q2 WBUL Rhylee West behind 4.2.26 - 4.0.24 01:07
WBUL Arthur Jones behind 4.3.27 - 4.0.24 07:26
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 5.3.33 - 4.0.24 07:56
COLL Patrick Lipinski behind 5.3.33 - 4.1.25 12:25
COLL Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 4.2.26 13:18
WBUL Arthur Jones goal 6.3.39 - 4.2.26 15:54
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 7.3.45 - 4.2.26 17:23
WBUL Arthur Jones behind 7.4.46 - 4.2.26 19:12
COLL Ned Long goal 7.4.46 - 5.2.32 20:13
WBUL Rhylee West behind 7.5.47 - 5.2.32 22:02
COLL Daniel McStay goal 7.5.47 - 6.2.38 28:31
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 7.6.48 - 6.2.38 29:52
Q3 WBUL Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 6.2.38 00:58
COLL Beau McCreery behind 7.7.49 - 6.3.39 02:40
COLL Daniel McStay behind 7.7.49 - 6.4.40 04:53
COLL Daniel McStay goal 7.7.49 - 7.4.46 06:45
WBUL Sam Davidson goal 8.7.55 - 7.4.46 12:01
COLL Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 7.5.47 17:39
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 9.7.61 - 7.5.47 18:47
WBUL Arthur Jones goal 10.7.67 - 7.5.47 20:38
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 10.8.68 - 7.5.47 23:00
COLL Roan Steele behind 10.8.68 - 7.6.48 23:50
COLL Nick Daicos goal 10.8.68 - 8.6.54 25:12
COLL Tim Membrey behind 10.8.68 - 8.7.55 26:55
COLL Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 8.8.56 28:41
Q4 WBUL Rory Lobb behind 10.9.69 - 8.8.56 02:11
COLL Darcy Cameron goal 10.9.69 - 9.8.62 03:43
COLL Angus Anderson goal 10.9.69 - 10.8.68 08:42
WBUL Ed Richards goal 11.9.75 - 10.8.68 11:19
COLL Angus Anderson goal 11.9.75 - 11.8.74 13:37
WBUL Sam Davidson behind 11.10.76 - 11.8.74 15:07
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 12.10.82 - 11.8.74 18:48
WBUL Rushed behind 12.11.83 - 11.8.74 20:00
COLL Jordan De Goey goal 12.11.83 - 12.8.80 21:36
COLL Jack Crisp goal 12.11.83 - 13.8.86 22:41
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 13.11.89 - 13.8.86 24:03
COLL Tim Membrey goal 13.11.89 - 14.8.92 26:10
WBUL Arthur Jones goal 14.11.95 - 14.8.92 28:27
WBUL Sam Davidson behind 14.12.96 - 14.8.92 32:00
COLL Tim Membrey behind 14.12.96 - 14.9.93 33:11