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Round: 23 Venue: Docklands Date: Sun, 01-09-2013 4:40 pm Crowd: 22,176 | |||||
Western Bulldogs | 4.3.27 | 13.6.84 | 14.8.92 | 16.11.107 | C: Brendan McCartney |
Melbourne | 4.5.29 | 6.5.41 | 9.7.61 | 13.8.86 | C: Neil Craig |
MELB by 2 | WBULL by 43 | WBULL by 31 | WBULL by 21 |
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Brownlow Medal | 3 Matthew Boyd (WBULL) | 2 Adam Cooney (WBULL) | 1 Tom Liberatore (WBULL) |
Two of the also-rans of 2013, the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne, have signed off on the season by providing their fans with hope for 2014. The Bulldogs defeated the Demons by a relatively slim 20-point margin but gave a glimpse of what they might be able to display more consistently in the future, with a scintillating nine-goal-to-two second quarter, which left the Dogs with a commanding 43-point lead at the long break.
But Melbourne fans would have been heartened by the second-half performance of the players. Faced with the prospect of another thrashing, the side galvanised in the third term and kicked three goals to one to reduce the margin to 31 points at the last change. To their credit, the Demons then pressed hard again in the final term, kicking four goals to two to cut the final deficit to just over three goals.
That second half would have given fans at least some semblance of confidence for next season, especially if Paul Roos comes on board as has been widely tipped.
Meanwhile the Dogs second term burst was further evidence that Brendan McCartney has his charges heading in the right direction. The Bulldogs have won five of their last nine games in 2013 and have been amongst the AFL's top three in most key indicators.
The Dogs' best on Sunday included skipper Matt Boyd (40 possessions), Tom Liberatore (36 touches and a goal) and Lachie Hunter (two goals and 22 possessions), the latter two likely to be very much the core of the Dogs' future. For Melbourne, Jack Grimes (23 disposals) and Jack Viney (16 touches and a goal) also gave glimpses of better Demon times ahead.
GOALS
Western Bulldogs: Dickson 3; Hunter, Cooney, Giansiracusa, Jones 2; Wallis, Grant, Cross, Liberatore, Minson
Melbourne: Watts 4; Kent 2; N. Jones, Garland, Howe, Sellar, Viney, M.Jones, Dunn
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Western Bulldogs: Liberatore, Murphy, Minson, Hunter, Boyd
Melbourne: Trengove, Viney, Garland, Watts, Frawley
BEST - THE AGE
Western Bulldogs: Boyd, Minson, Liberatore, Cooney, Murphy, Hunter
Melbourne: Grimes, N. Jones, Watts, McKenzie, Viney, Trengove.
COACHES COMMENTS
Brendan McCartney (WB): None of us thought we played our best footy early and in the second half but coming into the game today and watching them train over the last few weeks, I just sensed from experienced footy person's point of view that we may be tipping over a bit because we have been pretty competitive for about an eight or nine week period, and that seems to be what most clubs can endure before they hit a little hiccup. But they got the job done and played some scintillating footy in the second quarter. We've been talking for awhile about where we want to go and how we are going to get there but we're not forgetting for one second where we're at either. We saw that again today - the good and the not so good.
Neil Craig (Melb): I thought out first quarter was quite good but we lost total control both visually and statistically in the contested ball. We absolutely got smashed in the second quarter. You don't necessarily have to win it, but I think the differential was huge. When we were able to address that at half time, I thought our players showed enormous fight and probably played at a level of intensity in that area of the game which they haven't played at, certainly since I've been coaching them.
INJURIES
Western Bulldogs: Daniel Giansiracusa (ankle)
Melbourne: Chris Dawes (calf) injured in warm-up
SUBSTITUTES
Western Bulldogs: Koby Stevens replaced Mark Austin in the third quarter
Melbourne: Luke Tapscott replaced Max Gawn in the third quarter
UMPIRES: Hosking, Armstrong, Fisher
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy
COMMENTATORS: Anthony Hudson, Gerard Healy, Danny Frawley, David King
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 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24y 189d | 33 | 2 |
5 | Boyd, Matthew | 23 | 8 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31y 5d | 220 | 75 |
45 | Campbell, Tom | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21y 303d | 13 | 12 |
17 | Cooney, Adam | 14 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 27y 336d | 201 | 173 |
4 | Cross, Daniel | 11 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30y 155d | 210 | 33 |
6 | Dahlhaus, Luke | 8 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21y 11d | 50 | 52 |
29 | Dickson, Tory | 10 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25y 340d | 30 | 45 |
13 | Giansiracusa, Daniel | 9 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 31y 174d | 250 | 316 |
1 | Grant, Jarrad | 6 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24y 57d | 58 | 70 |
16 | Griffen, Ryan | 8 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 27y 36d | 183 | 120 |
26 | Hunter, Lachie | 15 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18y 262d | 9 | 4 |
19 | Jones, Liam | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22y 189d | 56 | 56 |
21 | Liberatore, Tom | 15 | 3 | 21 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 21y 108d | 55 | 11 |
27 | Minson, Will | 4 | 1 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 28y 143d | 158 | 73 |
38 | Morris, Dale | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30y 246d | 173 | 3 |
2 | Murphy, Bob | 23 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31y 84d | 249 | 167 |
42 | Picken, Liam | 15 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27y 31d | 107 | 30 |
23 | Roughead, Jordan | 11 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22y 302d | 57 | 12 |
25 | Stevens, Koby | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22y 75d | 30 | 11 |
3 | Wallis, Mitch | 8 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20y 312d | 43 | 13 |
10 | Wood, Easton | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 23y 362d | 47 | 6 |
31 | Young, Tom | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21y 128d | 24 | 4 |
Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 210 | 99 | 194 | 404 | 16 | 11 | 52 | 57 | 23 | 16 | 25y 109d | 2256 | 1288 |
Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
36 | Davey, Aaron | 9 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 30y 83d | 178 | 174 |
14 | Dunn, Lynden | 10 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26y 110d | 117 | 91 |
8 | Frawley, James | 10 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24y 346d | 118 | 3 |
20 | Garland, Colin | 12 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25y 126d | 101 | 14 |
37 | Gawn, Max | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21y 245d | 17 | 8 |
31 | Grimes, Jack | 12 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24y 113d | 68 | 5 |
38 | Howe, Jeremy | 8 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23y 64d | 56 | 65 |
39 | Jetta, Neville | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23y 201d | 41 | 19 |
45 | Jones, Matt | 7 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25y 318d | 22 | 3 |
2 | Jones, Nathan | 9 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 25y 224d | 157 | 76 |
34 | Kent, Dean | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19y 189d | 15 | 10 |
25 | McDonald, Tom | 9 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20y 348d | 39 | 0 |
13 | McKenzie, Jordie | 6 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23y 72d | 69 | 10 |
30 | Sellar, James | 7 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24y 161d | 44 | 14 |
42 | Spencer, Jake | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23y 327d | 24 | 3 |
12 | Sylvia, Colin | 7 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27y 297d | 157 | 129 |
35 | Tapscott, Luke | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 22y 65d | 45 | 11 |
46 | Terlich, Dean | 9 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23y 262d | 20 | 0 |
5 | Toumpas, Jimmy | 7 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19y 242d | 14 | 0 |
9 | Trengove, Jack | 9 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21y 364d | 79 | 38 |
7 | Viney, Jack | 8 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19y 141d | 13 | 3 |
4 | Watts, Jack | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22y 159d | 73 | 60 |
Totals | 162 | 79 | 133 | 295 | 13 | 8 | 37 | 61 | 16 | 23 | 23y 236d | 1467 | 736 |