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Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood
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| Round: 17 Venue: Docklands Date: Sun, 26-07-2015 1:10 pm Crowd: 40,581 | |||||
| Western Bulldogs | 5.5.35 | 9.6.60 | 13.9.87 | 15.14.104 | C: Luke Beveridge |
| Collingwood | 3.4.22 | 7.7.49 | 9.7.61 | 13.8.86 | C: Nathan Buckley |
| WB by 13 | WB by 11 | WB by 26 | WB by 18 | ||
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| Brownlow Medal | 3 Matthew Boyd (WB) | 2 Steele Sidebottom (COLL) | 1 Marcus Bontempelli (WB) |
Match Report
The Western Bulldogs have consolidated sixth place on the ladder and further strengthened its credentials as a worthy final contender with a hard-fought 18-point win over Collingwood at Docklands on Sunday. In an entertaining match, the Dogs regained the free-flowing style it had lacked in recent weeks, and kicked 15 goals to condemn the Magpies to a fifth loss in a row and send them tumbling down to 11th place on the ladder.
Collingwood made a lightning fast start, with a free kick at the opening bounce leading to a centre clearance and Scott Pendlebury goaling on the run after just 20 seconds. The Dogs settled down after that and after a registering a couple of behinds got their first through skipper Bob Murphy who unusually started up forward. Marcus Bontempelli and Tory Dickson added goals over the next six minutes to give the Dogs an 11-point lead. Free flowing footy saw each side add another two majors before the siren and at the first break it was the Western Bulldogs leading by 13.
A mark and goal to Heath Grundy saw Collingwood cut the margin back to seven points early in the second term, but the Dogs responded with two, one each to Luke Dahlhaus and Dickson - playing his 50th match - saw the Bulldogs take a game-high 18-point lead at the six-minute mark. Levi Greenwood pulled one back for the Pies but Lachie Hunter marked and goaled to put the Dogs 17 points clear after 17 minutes. Goals to Darcy Moore and Brodie Grundy saw Collingwood close to within five points but a mark and goal to Jack Redpath gave the Western Bulldogs an 11-point half-time buffer.
The Dogs dominated the early stages of the third term but could not translate that to scoreboard pressure, registering only two behinds before Jack Stringer and Dickson kicked two in two minutes between them. The Bulldogs then led by 25 points, a margin more reflective of the difference between the two sides in general play. Both sides added a further two goals each for the term, with Magpie Darcy Moore - son of dual Brownlow Medallist Peter - getting his second and third in just his third AFL game. At the last change, the Bulldogs led by 26.
Three minutes into the last term, Moore added his fourth after a free kick, and when Jesse White added another after a free kick and a 50-metre penalty, Collingwood was within 16 points and back in the match. Steele Sidebottom kicked another major four minutes later and the Bulldogs were looking wobbly, leading by just 11 points. But a two goals in a minute via Mitch Wallis and Bailey Dale eased all nerves as the Dogs lead stretched back out to 24. A fifth goal to Moore was mere consolation and the Western Bulldogs held on for an important win.
Best for the Dogs included Hunter (32 touches, 10 marks) and Matthew Boyd (38 disposals, 12 marks), while Collingwood's Sidebottom (33 possessions, eight marks) and Moore (five goals) had fine games.
The Dogs have a winnable game against Essendon next Sunday and a top-four berth is not out of the question for a side written off by most at the beginning of the season. Collingwood will attempt to arrest its slump with a win over Melbourne at the MCG on Saturday.
GOALS
Western Bulldogs: Dickson 4; Crameri 2; Murphy, Bontempelli, Dahlhaus, Hunter, Redpath, Stringer, Daniel, Wallis, Dale
Collingwood: Moore 5; Grundy, White 2; Pendlebury, Varcoe, Greenwood, Sidebottom
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Western Bulldogs: Hunter, Boyd, Biggs, Dickson, Dahlhaus, Bontempelli, Wallis, Picken
Collingwood: Sidebottom, Moore, Swan, Pendlebury, Grundy, Langdon, Williams, Varcoe
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Western Bulldogs: Hunter, Boyd, Picken, Dickson, Crameri, Biggs, Murphy
Collingwood: Sidebottom, Swan, Moore, Langdon, Pendlebury
INJURIES
Western Bulldogs: Nil
Collingwood: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
Western Bulldogs: Jarrad Grant replaced Josh Prudden at three-quarter time.
Collingwood: Jarryd Blair replaced Adam Oxley in the third quarter.
REPORTS: Jack Macrae (Western Bulldogs) reported for rough conduct on Brayden Maynard (Collingwood) in the last quarter.
UMPIRES: Dalgleish, Stevic, O'Gorman
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy
COMMENTATORS: Sandy Roberts, Anthony Hudson, Jason Dunstall, Danny Frawley, Cameron Mooney
Source
Match Report by Andrew GigaczFootnotes
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the AFL.
Match stats
Western Bulldogs |
Match Stats
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Career
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# |
Player |
K |
M |
H |
D |
G |
B |
HO |
T |
FF |
FA |
Age |
Games |
G |
| 24 | Biggs, Shane | 19 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23y 355d | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | Bontempelli, Marcus | 11 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19y 244d | 30 | 25 |
| 5 | Boyd, Matthew | 16 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32y 333d | 253 | 83 |
| 45 | Campbell, Tom | 5 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23y 266d | 22 | 16 |
| 8 | Crameri, Stewart | 11 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26y 350d | 90 | 145 |
| 6 | Dahlhaus, Luke | 11 | 5 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22y 339d | 87 | 83 |
| 31 | Dale, Bailey | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19y 4d | 8 | 6 |
| 35 | Daniel, Caleb | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19y 19d | 4 | 2 |
| 29 | Dickson, Tory | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27y 303d | 50 | 78 |
| 1 | Grant, Jarrad | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26y 20d | 74 | 78 |
| 7 | Hunter, Lachie | 19 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20y 225d | 29 | 15 |
| 39 | Johannisen, Jason | 15 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22y 260d | 43 | 9 |
| 11 | Macrae, Jack | 11 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20y 357d | 48 | 14 |
| 38 | Morris, Dale | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 32y 209d | 201 | 3 |
| 2 | Murphy, Bob | 17 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33y 47d | 287 | 173 |
| 42 | Picken, Liam | 18 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28y 359d | 144 | 43 |
| 28 | Prudden, Josh | 7 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20y 323d | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | Redpath, Jack | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 24y 225d | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Stringer, Jake | 16 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21y 92d | 43 | 70 |
| 32 | Talia, Michael | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22y 165d | 26 | 3 |
| 3 | Wallis, Mitch | 12 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22y 275d | 69 | 26 |
| 10 | Wood, Easton | 8 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25y 325d | 80 | 12 |
| Totals | 232 | 122 | 220 | 452 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 43 | 22 | 23 | 24y 181d | 1608 | 892 | |
Collingwood |
Match Stats
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Career
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# |
Player |
K |
M |
H |
D |
G |
B |
HO |
T |
FF |
FA |
Age |
Games |
G |
| 11 | Blair, Jarryd | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25y 103d | 117 | 91 |
| 16 | Brown, Nathan | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26y 221d | 109 | 7 |
| 25 | Crisp, Jack | 8 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21y 297d | 34 | 23 |
| 35 | De Goey, Jordan | 7 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19y 133d | 11 | 5 |
| 1 | Fasolo, Alex | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23y 48d | 63 | 67 |
| 45 | Frost, Jack | 8 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23y 151d | 40 | 0 |
| 6 | Goldsack, Tyson | 9 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28y 65d | 137 | 48 |
| 19 | Greenwood, Levi | 14 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 26y 157d | 76 | 27 |
| 4 | Grundy, Brodie | 12 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 21y 102d | 35 | 11 |
| 7 | Kennedy, Ben | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21y 145d | 24 | 13 |
| 8 | Langdon, Tom | 9 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21y 47d | 35 | 0 |
| 37 | Maynard, Brayden | 11 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18y 309d | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | Moore, Darcy | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19y 182d | 3 | 5 |
| 43 | Oxley, Adam | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22y 267d | 18 | 5 |
| 10 | Pendlebury, Scott | 15 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27y 200d | 208 | 138 |
| 22 | Sidebottom, Steele | 21 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24y 205d | 137 | 104 |
| 36 | Swan, Dane | 13 | 6 | 20 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 31y 151d | 252 | 204 |
| 34 | Toovey, Alan | 8 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 28y 125d | 146 | 9 |
| 18 | Varcoe, Travis | 12 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27y 107d | 154 | 137 |
| 9 | White, Jesse | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 27y 198d | 105 | 116 |
| 26 | Williams, Marley | 11 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 4d | 52 | 5 |
| 15 | Witts, Jarrod | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22y 316d | 37 | 17 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 192 | 81 | 164 | 356 | 13 | 8 | 37 | 66 | 23 | 22 | 24y 44d | 1797 | 1032 | |
Match highlights
Dane Swan had 20 handballs for Collingwood vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)Matthew Boyd had 22 handballs for Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)