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Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn

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Round: 16   Venue: Docklands   Date: Sun, 15-07-2012 3:15 pm   Crowd: 24,754  
Western Bulldogs 3.2.205.4.345.5.356.8.44 C:  Brendan McCartney
Hawthorn 4.3.278.5.5314.10.9417.14.116 C:  Alastair Clarkson
  HAW by 7HAW by 19HAW by 59HAW by 72  
Brownlow Medal 3 Sam Mitchell (HAW)2 Brad Sewell (HAW)1 Matthew Boyd (WBULL)

Match Report

This game was a good indicator of where both sides are at in the second half of 2012. The Hawks are firing and look better equipped to win a premiership than any other time since their 2008 triumph. On the other hand, the Bulldogs’ fighting spirit that was evident in the first half of the season has all but evaporated and they appear to be a shattered side. As has been the problem all season, the lack of options up forward is what really hurt them. They were brave for the first half of this contest, but they kicked just one goal for the remainder of the afternoon as Hawthorn booted nine. Jack Gunston (four goals) played his best game for Hawks since crossing over from Adelaide at the end of 2011, while Sam Mitchell was irrepressible in the midfield. Matthew Boyd could be headed for another Charlie Sutton Medal after an impressive display. Brian Lake kept in-form Hawks forward Jarryd Roughead to two goals.

GOALS
Western Bulldogs: Higgins 3; Cordy, Dickson, Williams
Hawthorn: Gunston 4; Breust, Lewis, Rioli, Roughead, Schoenmakers 2; Mitchell, Sewell, Whitecross

BEST - SPORTAL
Western Bulldogs: Lake, Boyd, Murphy, Higgins, Williams
Hawthorn: Mitchell, Gibson, Lewis, Sewell, Gunston, Roughead, Birchall

BEST - THE AGE
Western Bulldogs: Boyd, Murphy, Picken, Griffen, Higgins, Lake
Hawthorn: Mitchell, Gibson, Gunston, Birchall, Whitecross, Lewis

COACHES COMMENTS
Brendan McCartney (WB): I'm not camouflaging it - [there] wasn't enough grunt out there today. That little 10-minute patch in the third quarter is not what we want to be.

Alastair Clarkson (Haw): We've been particularly conscious of making sure that when we get opportunities to put some scoreboard pressure on the opposition that we try to take advantage of that. But, by and large, the most critical thing for us to build is not percentage, it's [to build] four points and to just keep getting those.

Umpires: Foot, Armstrong, Jeffery

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
5 Boyd, Matthew 21 7 16 37 0 1 0 4 1 1 29y 323d 200 70
49 Cordy, Ayce 7 5 1 8 1 1 0 1 1 0 21y 344d 12 7
4 Cross, Daniel 10 10 16 26 0 0 0 5 2 0 29y 107d 195 29
40 Dahlhaus, Luke 8 5 6 14 0 0 0 3 1 1 19y 329d 26 20
29 Dickson, Tory 12 6 1 13 1 2 0 3 0 1 24y 293d 11 14
33 Djerrkura, Nathan 9 4 5 14 0 0 0 2 0 2 23y 300d 19 8
9 Gilbee, Lindsay 9 4 6 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 31y 7d 204 118
16 Griffen, Ryan 15 4 7 22 0 0 0 10 1 0 25y 354d 157 105
25 Hargrave, Ryan 11 3 7 18 0 0 0 3 1 1 30y 355d 202 37
7 Higgins, Shaun 14 6 4 18 3 0 0 6 1 0 24y 133d 102 112
30 Howard, Christian 6 5 4 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 21y 118d 12 1
36 Lake, Brian 12 8 6 18 0 0 1 0 0 2 30y 139d 191 29
21 Liberatore, Tom 5 4 12 17 0 0 0 4 0 0 20y 60d 30 8
37 Markovic, Lukas 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 25y 192d 22 0
27 Minson, Will 3 3 5 8 0 0 38 3 0 0 27y 95d 129 66
2 Murphy, Bob 18 3 6 24 0 0 0 2 2 1 30y 36d 223 154
42 Picken, Liam 13 4 8 21 0 0 0 1 2 1 25y 349d 80 26
11 Sherman, Justin 4 3 6 10 0 0 0 1 2 0 25y 171d 137 106
14 Smith, Clay 11 4 3 14 0 1 2 7 1 4 19y 65d 10 5
15 Tutt, Jason 3 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 21y 61d 5 5
3 Wallis, Mitch 9 10 10 19 0 0 0 5 0 1 19y 265d 18 5
12 Williams, Tom 11 8 1 12 1 1 0 0 1 0 25y 364d 74 5
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 212 109 135 347 6 8 41 61 17 17 25y 70d 2059 930
Hawthorn Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
14 Birchall, Grant 11 7 17 28 0 0 0 1 1 0 24y 169d 142 16
22 Breust, Luke 8 1 8 16 2 0 0 3 1 0 21y 247d 31 55
9 Burgoyne, Shaun 8 1 6 14 0 1 0 1 0 0 29y 268d 211 198
13 Cheney, Kyle 2 2 5 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 22y 325d 27 2
6 Gibson, Josh 18 7 12 30 0 0 0 2 0 1 28y 124d 115 2
27 Gilham, Stephen 5 2 5 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 27y 317d 97 3
19 Gunston, Jack 10 9 3 13 4 1 0 0 0 1 20y 273d 23 34
20 Hale, David 4 2 14 18 0 1 23 2 1 0 28y 54d 164 151
3 Lewis, Jordan 10 6 13 23 2 0 2 1 1 1 26y 82d 160 81
5 Mitchell, Sam 19 4 15 34 1 0 0 5 3 1 29y 277d 212 53
29 Murphy, Tom 9 6 4 13 0 0 0 2 0 1 26y 118d 92 4
28 Puopolo, Paul 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 3 1 2 24y 226d 31 18
33 Rioli, Cyril 10 5 5 15 2 1 0 4 0 2 23y 1d 98 129
2 Roughead, Jarryd 8 3 10 18 2 3 9 4 0 0 25y 174d 150 284
25 Schoenmakers, Ryan 7 5 7 14 2 1 0 1 2 1 21y 250d 50 3
12 Sewell, Brad 10 3 13 23 1 1 0 6 0 1 28y 164d 159 23
26 Shiels, Liam 10 1 8 18 0 1 0 5 0 0 21y 77d 55 15
16 Smith, Isaac 7 7 15 22 0 0 1 2 0 0 23y 198d 28 27
24 Stratton, Ben 9 4 11 20 0 0 0 4 1 2 23y 136d 42 1
4 Suckling, Matt 5 2 4 9 0 0 0 2 0 2 23y 356d 44 16
37 Whitecross, Brendan 18 9 7 25 1 0 1 4 2 1 22y 172d 64 33
11 Young, Clinton 15 2 7 22 0 2 1 2 3 1 26y 150d 107 55
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 204 88 192 396 17 14 37 56 17 17 25y 6d 2102 1203

Match highlights

Ryan Griffen had 10 tackles for Western Bulldogs vs. Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R16)
Jarryd Roughead played his 150th V/AFL game: Hawthorn vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R16)
Matthew Boyd played his 200th V/AFL game: Western Bulldogs vs. Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R16)

Footnotes

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