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Western Bulldogs vs Brisbane

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Round: 13   Venue: Docklands   Date: Sat, 23-06-2012 1:40 pm   Crowd: 20,146  
Western Bulldogs 2.3.155.6.365.10.407.14.56 C:  Brendan McCartney
Brisbane 6.1.378.5.5312.5.7718.6.114 C:  Michael Voss
  BRIS by 22BRIS by 17BRIS by 37BRIS by 58  
Brownlow Medal 3 Tom Rockliff (BRIS)2 Daniel Merrett (BRIS)1 Pearce Hanley (BRIS)

Match Report

The Brisbane Lions paid tribute to their past by defeating a disappointing Western Bulldogs outfit. It was a huge build up for the Lions, with extra motivation to honour club greats at the first Lions Hall of Fame Function later that night. Wearing an old Maroon Fitzroy strip, the Lions smashed the Dogs with slick ball use and frenetic pressure. Tom Rockliff further confirmed his status as a new star of competition, amassing 40 possessions and slotting two key goals in the third quarter. Brisbane moved past the Bulldogs on the ladder with the 58-point victory – their first win in Melbourne against the Dogs since 2003. The Bulldogs’ forward line had been heavily criticised all season in the absence of the retired Barry Hall, and it was basically non-functional against the Lions. Brownlow medalist Adam Cooney continued to struggle – looking a shadow of his former self – finishing the game with just seven disposals. Both sides ended round 13 with a 5-7 record.

GOALS

Western Bulldogs: Giansiracusa 2; Cross, Dickson, Higgins, Murphy, Roughead

Brisbane: McGrath 5; Merrett 4; Bewick, Rich, Rockliff 2; Hanley, Raines, Redden



BEST - SPORTAL
Western Bulldogs: Howard, Liberatore, Campbell, Murphy

Brisbane: Rockliff, Hanley Merrett, Raines, McGrath, Brown

BEST - COURIER MAIL
Western Bulldogs: Cross, Liberatore, Howard, Higgins
Brisbane: Rockliff, Hanley, Rich, Black, Merrett, McGrath

COACHES COMMENTS
Brendan McCartney (WB): We're not going to hide behind this performance. We move on [and] hopefully play a bit more maturely and a bit more mature brand of footy next week.

Michael Voss (Bris): It's an emerging group but it's about being able to share that workload until a point in time when they become individually brilliant in their own rights. We had to play in a manner that [the club] was proud of, but … the guys also wanted to work towards being respected in the competition.

Umpires: Wenn, Jeffery, Mitchell


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 6 4 5 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 24y 260d 70 11
47 Austin, Mark 7 6 6 13 0 0 0 1 1 1 23y 120d 24 1
5 Boyd, Matthew 11 4 9 20 0 1 1 2 0 1 29y 301d 197 69
45 Campbell, Tom 4 4 7 11 0 0 28 1 0 0 20y 234d 1 0
17 Cooney, Adam 8 4 4 12 0 3 0 4 1 2 26y 267d 178 152
49 Cordy, Ayce 4 2 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 21y 322d 10 6
4 Cross, Daniel 12 7 12 24 1 0 1 3 0 0 29y 85d 192 29
40 Dahlhaus, Luke 8 1 12 20 0 2 0 4 1 0 19y 307d 23 18
29 Dickson, Tory 7 5 11 18 1 1 0 5 1 0 24y 271d 8 10
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel 7 2 7 14 2 0 0 3 1 0 30y 104d 224 270
16 Griffen, Ryan 11 1 11 22 0 0 0 8 4 1 25y 332d 154 104
7 Higgins, Shaun 15 6 7 22 1 1 0 2 1 0 24y 111d 99 108
30 Howard, Christian 17 3 8 25 0 1 0 1 0 0 21y 96d 9 1
19 Jones, Liam 3 2 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 21y 120d 35 34
36 Lake, Brian 13 11 4 17 0 0 0 0 1 1 30y 117d 188 29
21 Liberatore, Tom 12 3 17 29 0 0 0 3 0 0 20y 38d 27 6
2 Murphy, Bob 14 2 4 18 1 0 0 0 1 0 30y 14d 221 154
42 Picken, Liam 4 0 9 13 0 0 0 11 0 1 25y 327d 77 26
23 Roughead, Jordan 5 4 7 12 1 1 17 4 2 0 21y 233d 28 10
14 Smith, Clay 7 3 5 12 0 0 0 5 1 0 19y 43d 7 4
3 Wallis, Mitch 7 1 10 17 0 0 0 5 0 0 19y 243d 16 5
10 Wood, Easton 11 5 8 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 22y 293d 37 5
  Rushed   3  
  Totals 193 80 168 361 7 14 47 69 15 8 24y 92d 1825 1052
Brisbane Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
7 Adcock, Jed 9 2 8 17 0 0 0 5 0 1 26y 221d 131 36
43 Bewick, Rohan 14 8 5 19 2 1 1 1 0 0 22y 257d 19 10
20 Black, Simon 8 2 15 23 0 0 0 6 1 0 33y 81d 305 165
16 Brown, Jonathan 12 11 3 15 0 1 0 2 1 0 30y 238d 220 517
39 Drummond, Josh 12 6 4 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 29y 65d 88 35
41 Golby, Mitchell 11 5 11 22 0 0 0 2 0 2 20y 264d 20 0
6 Green, Josh 3 2 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 19y 304d 10 5
11 Hanley, Pearce 21 13 8 29 1 0 1 2 1 0 23y 221d 46 9
2 Harwood, Ryan 11 5 7 18 0 0 0 3 0 2 20y 321d 19 4
22 Hudson, Ben 3 5 4 7 0 0 23 5 0 1 33y 120d 151 17
35 Lester, Ryan 4 2 6 10 0 0 0 6 0 0 19y 302d 14 4
36 Maguire, Matt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 28y 24d 140 19
9 McGrath, Ashley 9 7 2 11 5 0 0 1 0 1 29y 34d 187 143
40 McKeever, Niall 2 3 9 11 0 0 0 3 1 1 23y 128d 16 1
21 Merrett, Daniel 10 7 3 13 4 0 3 3 1 2 27y 194d 125 37
24 Patfull, Joel 5 3 6 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 27y 199d 129 21
31 Polkinghorne, James 8 4 7 15 0 0 2 1 0 0 23y 154d 71 42
29 Raines, Andrew 8 0 13 21 1 1 0 3 1 3 26y 107d 91 5
30 Redden, Jack 13 6 18 31 1 0 0 6 2 0 21y 197d 66 28
10 Rich, Daniel 15 7 7 22 2 1 0 4 0 0 22y 16d 74 46
38 Rockliff, Tom 19 8 21 40 2 0 0 3 0 2 22y 122d 52 28
15 Zorko, Dayne 17 8 12 29 0 1 0 5 0 0 23y 135d 6 6
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 214 114 172 386 18 6 30 69 8 15 25y 85d 1980 1178

Match highlights

Tom Rockliff had 40 disposals for Brisbane vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R13)
Tom Rockliff had 21 handballs for Brisbane vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R13)
Liam Picken had 11 tackles for Western Bulldogs vs. Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R13)

Footnotes

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