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Western Bulldogs vs Port Adelaide

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Round: 12   Venue: Docklands   Date: Sun, 17-06-2012 7:40 pm   Crowd: 16,036  
Western Bulldogs 3.6.245.10.409.16.7013.17.95 C:  Brendan McCartney
Port Adelaide 1.0.64.4.287.6.488.9.57 C:  Matthew Primus
  WBULL by 18WBULL by 12WBULL by 22WBULL by 38  
Brownlow Medal 3 Bob Murphy (WBULL)2 Brian Lake (WBULL)1 Matthew Boyd (WBULL)

Match Report

The Western Bulldogs powered to victory in memory of a club legend. The Dogs’ only premiership captain, Charlie Sutton, was farewelled during an emotional service only two days before the game. There was no way the Dogs could have possibly lost this contest as they evoked the spirit of Sutton. It was the Dogs fifth win of the season and they jumped up from 15th to 13th on the ladder with the vital victory. Tory Dickson continued to surprise up forward for the Bulldogs, kicking four out of the side’s 13 goals. Two of the Western Bulldogs’ most senior players, Robert Murphy (who spoke at Sutton’s funeral) and Matthew Boyd, played crucial roles in the win. Port Adelaide were in striking distance for the majority of the game, but they could never get close enough to seriously challenge. Port coach Matthew Primus was extremely disappointed in the post-match after his side had been more than competitive during the past month, which included an easy win over finals contender, Carlton.

GOALS

Western Bulldogs: Dickson 4; Cordy 2; Jones, Higgins, Roughead, Cooney, Giansiracusa, Dahlhaus, Griffen

Port Adelaide: Schulz 3; Brett Ebert 2; Moore, Broadbent, Brad Ebert

BEST - THE AGE
Western Bulldogs: Murphy, Wallis, Lake, Boyd, Dickson, Howard, Higgins, Giansiracusa
Port Adelaide: Broadbent, Brett Ebert, McCarthy, Schulz

BEST - SPORTAL
Western Bulldogs: Murphy, Boyd, Dickson, Wallis, Cordy, Giansiracusa, Higgins

Port Adelaide: Broadbent, Cornes, Schulz, Brad Ebert

COACHES COMMENTS
Brendan McCartney (WB): Two weeks ago, the game got away from really early on us because of how we set up and what happened 20 or 30 metres away from where the ball was. So (we were) much better (in that area) and it set the scene for the day

Matthew Primus (Port): Full credit to the Bulldogs - they came out and really went hard at the contest and we were really pretty second-rate in that regard. All game we were lucky to stay within striking distance because of their inaccuracy, but they certainly gave us a lesson in some hardness at the footy.

Umpires: Nicholls, Findlay, Mollison


Source

Match report by Oliver Caffrey

Match stats

Western Bulldogs Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
22 Addison, Dylan 12 8 7 19 0 0 0 1 0 1 24y 254d 69 11
47 Austin, Mark 7 3 7 14 0 0 0 0 2 1 23y 114d 23 1
5 Boyd, Matthew 26 6 8 34 0 0 0 5 1 0 29y 295d 196 69
17 Cooney, Adam 13 4 5 18 1 0 0 1 0 3 26y 261d 177 152
49 Cordy, Ayce 6 6 2 8 2 2 0 2 0 0 21y 316d 9 6
4 Cross, Daniel 12 6 14 26 0 0 1 4 1 0 29y 79d 191 28
40 Dahlhaus, Luke 11 5 6 17 1 2 0 6 2 0 19y 301d 22 18
29 Dickson, Tory 8 7 5 13 4 1 0 3 1 1 24y 265d 7 9
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel 17 7 7 24 1 2 0 4 0 2 30y 98d 223 268
16 Griffen, Ryan 10 4 16 26 1 0 0 4 1 1 25y 326d 153 104
7 Higgins, Shaun 8 3 12 20 1 2 0 5 0 1 24y 105d 98 107
30 Howard, Christian 12 6 8 20 0 0 0 5 0 1 21y 90d 8 1
19 Jones, Liam 7 4 2 9 1 1 0 3 3 1 21y 114d 34 34
36 Lake, Brian 20 15 3 23 0 0 0 1 0 1 30y 111d 187 29
21 Liberatore, Tom 10 1 7 17 0 0 0 5 1 4 20y 32d 26 6
27 Minson, Will 3 2 6 9 0 2 24 1 1 0 27y 67d 126 62
2 Murphy, Bob 23 6 9 32 0 0 0 4 1 1 30y 8d 220 153
42 Picken, Liam 14 8 4 18 0 1 0 2 1 0 25y 321d 76 26
23 Roughead, Jordan 10 6 7 17 1 1 9 5 2 3 21y 227d 27 9
14 Smith, Clay 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 19y 37d 6 4
3 Wallis, Mitch 8 6 21 29 0 1 0 1 2 0 19y 237d 15 5
10 Wood, Easton 12 9 8 20 0 0 0 2 0 0 22y 287d 36 5
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 252 122 164 416 13 17 34 65 20 21 24y 195d 1929 1107
Port Adelaide Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
5 Broadbent, Matthew 18 5 8 26 1 1 0 4 2 1 21y 321d 45 21
1 Cassisi, Dom 8 1 6 14 0 0 0 4 2 1 29y 269d 196 73
30 Chaplin, Troy 13 7 6 19 0 0 0 4 0 1 26y 115d 134 10
18 Cornes, Kane 10 2 15 25 0 0 0 3 1 2 29y 164d 235 84
7 Ebert, Brad 10 2 13 23 1 0 0 7 2 0 22y 76d 88 45
33 Ebert, Brett 8 8 4 12 2 2 0 3 2 0 28y 212d 156 223
8 Hartlett, Hamish 3 1 8 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 21y 308d 43 18
16 Jacobs, Ben 12 4 5 17 0 0 0 2 1 0 20y 160d 24 5
44 Logan, Tom 2 2 8 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 26y 351d 95 22
35 McCarthy, John 18 6 6 24 0 2 0 3 0 0 22y 211d 29 14
26 Moore, Andrew 8 4 4 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 21y 18d 16 4
6 Pearce, Danyle 14 0 10 24 0 0 0 2 0 0 26y 71d 144 74
31 Pfeiffer, Darren 10 4 8 18 0 0 0 0 1 1 24y 263d 15 5
34 Redden, Jarrad 2 2 5 7 0 0 16 2 0 2 21y 173d 6 1
4 Renouf, Brent 1 1 3 4 0 0 8 3 0 3 24y 45d 61 11
28 Schulz, Jay 10 6 3 13 3 1 0 6 2 0 27y 60d 113 150
14 Stewart, Paul 8 3 8 16 0 0 0 1 0 1 24y 343d 56 11
9 Surjan, Jacob 4 2 7 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 26y 307d 120 17
21 Thomas, Matt 6 1 4 10 0 0 0 6 3 2 25y 111d 75 24
12 Trengove, Jackson 1 3 5 6 0 0 0 3 1 2 21y 228d 52 6
39 Westhoff, Justin 12 7 6 18 0 0 0 5 3 2 25y 260d 101 133
20 Wingard, Chad 2 1 4 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 18y 324d 10 3
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 180 72 146 326 8 9 25 66 21 20 24y 166d 1814 954

Match highlights

Matthew Boyd had 26 kicks for Western Bulldogs vs. Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R12)
Mitch Wallis had 21 handballs for Western Bulldogs vs. Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R12)
Brian Lake took 15 marks for Western Bulldogs vs. Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R12)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.