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Round: 5 Venue: Docklands Date: Sat, 27-04-2013 7:40 pm Crowd: 26,153 | |||||
Western Bulldogs | 3.1.19 | 6.3.39 | 10.6.66 | 13.8.86 | C: Brendan McCartney |
Geelong | 5.5.35 | 10.9.69 | 15.12.102 | 15.17.107 | C: Chris Scott |
GEEL by 16 | GEEL by 30 | GEEL by 36 | GEEL by 21 |
Brownlow Medal | 3 Harry Taylor (GEEL) | 2 Steve Johnson (GEEL) | 1 Matthew Boyd (WBULL) |
Geelong has maintained its unbeaten run in 2013 with a relatively comfortable 21-point win over the Western Bulldogs at Docklands stadium. Both sides were undermanned due to injury, with the Dogs missing Griffen, Murphy, Higgins and Dickson among others, while Tom Hawkins and Paul Chapman were sidelined for the Cats.
The Bulldogs got away to an early lead with a goal to Liam Jones after a big mark followed by another via a clever kick off the ground from Luke Dahlhaus. But the Cats then got into their stride with goals to captain Joel Selwood, Steven Motlop and Harry Taylor who started the game up forward in the absence of Hawkins. From there, Geelong gradually took control to lead by 16 points at quarter time.
Geelong stamped its authority on the match in the first half of the second quarter, with Motlop and Taylor kicking their second goals and Stevie Johnson his first. Jake Stringer kicked his first AFL goal and Liam Jones followed up with his third to cut the margin back to 22 points at the 20-minute mark. But the Cats steadied again with goals to James Kelly and Selwood and they took a comfortable 30-point lead into the long break.
Though the Cats threatened to break the game apart at times in the third quarter, the Bulldogs managed to respond throughout the quarter, Geelong eventually winning the term 5.3 to 4.3. The Bulldogs dominated the first 15 minutes of the last quarter and when Adam Cooney, Jones and Jordan Roughead all goaled within a five-minute period, the Bulldogs had suddenly cut the margin to just 18 points and an unlikely victory seemed on the cards.
But the Geelong defence settled and the two sides traded only behinds for the remainder of the match, the Cats running out 21-point winners in the end.
Harry Taylor (5 goals), Steven Motlop (3 goals and 19 touches) and Steve Johnson (30 possessions) were amongst Geelong's best while Liam Jones (4 goals) was excellent for the Dogs.
The Bulldogs now travel to Perth to take on West Coast, which has an identical 1-4 record, while Geelong will take on the improved Richmond at the MCG next Saturday night.
GOALS
Western Bulldogs: Jones 4; Stringer 3; Smith, Cooney 2; Dahlhaus, Roughead
Geelong: Taylor 5; Motlop 3; Selwood 2; Podsiadly, Smedts, Johnson, Kelly, Christensen
BEST - HERALD SUN
Western Bulldogs: Jones, Johannisen, Liberatore, Dahlhaus, Minson, Boyd, Stringer
Geelong: Taylor, Johnson, Mackie, Bartel, Podsiadly, Enright, Motlop, Kelly
BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Western Bulldogs: Boyd, Jones, Picken, Minson, Cooney, Liberatore
Geelong: Johnson, Taylor, Kelly, Enright, Selwood, Motlop, Bartel
COACHES' COMMENTS
Brendan McCartney (WB): We kept finding a bit of space in the second half and that happens when you're prepared to run and work. We're learning to do that better. I think we probably played the club tonight that do it better than anyone. We did it well [but] would probably have liked to do it better in the last eight or nine minutes.
Chris Scott (Geel): We played poorly in that last quarter. The Bulldogs were certainly good in and around the contest. That didn't take us by surprise, we knew that was going to happen. To hang on and win the game is a positive. We did what we needed to do.
INJURIES
Western Bulldogs: Nil
Geelong: Rivers (knee), Caddy (head)
SUBSTITUTES
Western Bulldogs: Jackson Macrae replaced Patrick Veszpremi in the third quarter
Geelong: Taylor Hunt replaced Jared Rivers at quarter-time
UMPIRES: Hay, Findlay, Fisher
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
Western Bulldogs | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
47 | Austin, Mark | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24y 62d | 27 | 1 |
5 | Boyd, Matthew | 11 | 5 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30y 243d | 209 | 72 |
17 | Cooney, Adam | 13 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27y 209d | 187 | 162 |
4 | Cross, Daniel | 9 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30y 28d | 202 | 31 |
6 | Dahlhaus, Luke | 7 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20y 249d | 33 | 31 |
44 | Goodes, Brett | 12 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29y 69d | 5 | 0 |
39 | Johannisen, Jason | 18 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20y 170d | 7 | 2 |
19 | Jones, Liam | 8 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22y 62d | 42 | 43 |
21 | Liberatore, Tom | 14 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20y 346d | 38 | 8 |
33 | Lower, Nick | 11 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 25y 308d | 47 | 10 |
11 | Macrae, Jack | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18y 267d | 2 | 1 |
27 | Minson, Will | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 28y 16d | 141 | 66 |
38 | Morris, Dale | 7 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30y 119d | 156 | 3 |
42 | Picken, Liam | 9 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26y 269d | 92 | 29 |
23 | Roughead, Jordan | 8 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22y 175d | 40 | 11 |
14 | Smith, Clay | 13 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19y 351d | 20 | 9 |
25 | Stevens, Koby | 11 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21y 313d | 16 | 3 |
9 | Stringer, Jake | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19y 2d | 2 | 3 |
15 | Tutt, Jason | 12 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21y 347d | 10 | 7 |
8 | Veszpremi, Patrick | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23y 238d | 23 | 17 |
3 | Wallis, Mitch | 8 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20y 185d | 30 | 7 |
31 | Young, Tom | 14 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21y 1d | 14 | 2 |
Totals | 211 | 99 | 151 | 362 | 13 | 8 | 42 | 40 | 13 | 14 | 23y 333d | 1343 | 518 |
Geelong | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
3 | Bartel, Jimmy | 12 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29y 144d | 230 | 149 |
46 | Blicavs, Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22y 30d | 5 | 0 |
23 | Caddy, Josh | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20y 211d | 29 | 18 |
28 | Christensen, Allen | 8 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21y 343d | 41 | 35 |
11 | Corey, Joel | 6 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31y 69d | 258 | 74 |
22 | Duncan, Mitch | 13 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21y 321d | 56 | 53 |
44 | Enright, Corey | 16 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31y 225d | 249 | 53 |
29 | Guthrie, Cameron | 8 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20y 251d | 21 | 1 |
33 | Horlin-Smith, George | 10 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20y 126d | 6 | 3 |
19 | Hunt, Taylor | 9 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22y 173d | 46 | 14 |
20 | Johnson, Steve | 19 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29y 297d | 199 | 384 |
9 | Kelly, James | 15 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 29y 119d | 215 | 78 |
13 | Lonergan, Tom | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28y 345d | 102 | 48 |
4 | Mackie, Andrew | 15 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28y 263d | 178 | 81 |
32 | Motlop, Steven | 12 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22y 46d | 32 | 38 |
31 | Podsiadly, James | 9 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31y 229d | 65 | 142 |
25 | Rivers, Jared | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28y 191d | 153 | 18 |
14 | Selwood, Joel | 10 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24y 336d | 140 | 67 |
2 | Smedts, Billie | 9 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20y 323d | 19 | 12 |
27 | Stokes, Mathew | 11 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28y 156d | 136 | 183 |
7 | Taylor, Harry | 10 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26y 319d | 117 | 32 |
12 | West, Trent | 9 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 25y 192d | 46 | 19 |
Rushed | 6 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 211 | 102 | 179 | 390 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 49 | 14 | 13 | 25y 297d | 2343 | 1502 |