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Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood

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Round: 21   Venue: Docklands   Date: Fri, 12-08-2016 7:50 pm   Crowd: 35,010  
Western Bulldogs 3.3.217.6.4811.7.7314.11.95 C:  Luke Beveridge
Collingwood 2.4.167.5.4711.7.7314.8.92 C:  Nathan Buckley
  WB by 5WB by 1Scores levelWB by 3  
Weather
min temp  7.7°C      max temp  14.1°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  69%    air pressure  1017.1mb
wind speed 22km/h      wind direction  N
Brownlow Medal 3 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)2 Adam Treloar (COLL)1 Luke Dahlhaus (WB)

Match Report

It was much closer than they would have liked it to be but the Western Bulldogs have finally recorded a win on a Friday night, their first since 2011, pipping Collingwood by four points in a thrilling encounter to kick off round 21. The Dogs looked likely to cruise to victory when they jumped out to an 18-point lead half way through the second quarter but by midway through the next term it was the Magpies ahead by that margin, having kicked seven of the next eight goals. The Bulldogs eventually regained control, largely through the brilliant efforts of Marcus Bontempelli, and withstood a strong last-quarter challenge from the Pies to hold on for a narrow win, guaranteeing a place in the finals and keeping their slim top-four hopes alive.

The game got off to a dour start with neither side finding the big sticks until Darcy Moore marked and goaled at the seven-minute mark to set Collingwood on its way. Both teams had further chances after that but registered only behinds until Josh Dunkley gathered a loose ball to kick the Bulldogs' first at the 16-minute mark. A classic Jake Stringer goal on the turn gave the Bulldogs a one-goal lead four minutes later and each side added a further goal before the siren which saw the Dogs with a five-point quarter-time lead.

A snap from Nathan Hrovat extended the Bulldogs' advantage to 11 points at the two-minute mark of the second term, and when Clay Smith ran into an open goal and kicked truly seven minutes later and kicked truly, the margin was out to 18 and the Dogs looked like going on with the job. Collingwood had other ideas, however, and a great mark and goal to Darcy Moore had the Pies back within 11 points. Zane Cordy's second goal and a behind to Dunkley had the Bulldogs' lead back out to 18 midway through the term but the tide turned dramatically after that, Collingwood dominating and goals to Jordan de Goey, Steele Sidebottom and Adam Oxley levelling the scores. Each side added one further goal to round out a high-scoring quarter and the Dogs led by a single point at the half. 

Neither side gave an inch in the early stage of the third quarter, a behind after a mark by Moore to tie up the match being the only score of the first eight minutes. Jesse White broke the drought with a goal after a free kick putting the Pies ahead by that margin. The Dogs couldn't find an avenue to goal and looked to be in serious trouble when de Goey and Tom Phillips added further majors for Collingwood to extend its lead to three goals. It was at that moment that Bontempelli came to the fore, dominating over the next few minutes, having a hand in two goals kicked by Lin Jong and kicking one himself as the Dogs reclaimed the lead. Tory Dickson added another to put them seven points clear ak. but a third goal to Moore had scores tied at the last break.

With marks and goals to Dickson and Bontempelli within the first six minutes of the last term, it looked as if the Bulldogs had finally broken the back of Collingwood's resistance but the Magpies had other ideas, and majors to Levi Greenwood and Adam Oxley had scores level once more 10 minutes into the quarter. From there it was a thrilling arm wrestle. A strong mark and goal to Hrovat put the Dogs a goal ahead 16 minutes in but a great running goal from Brayden Maynard had scores tied for the 11th time in the match early in time on. The Dogs had several chances to land a killer punch after that, but three chances led to a rushed behind and misses to Hrovat and Jordan Roughead. Collingwood attacked again after that and the ball was deep in the Magpie forward line when the final siren sounded, the Bulldogs holding on to record a thrilling and important win in a highly entertaining match. 

Bontempelli was hugely influential, particularly in the second half. He finished with 26 disposals and eight tackles. For Collingwood, ex-Giant Adam Treloar played possibly his best game for his new club, collecting 35 touches and laying nine tackles.

With a top-eight place sewn up, the Bulldogs will look to finish the season with big wins over Essendon and Fremantle in the hope of sneaking into the top four should sides above them falter. The Magpies, 12th on the ladder with eight wins, will play Gold Coast at Docklands and Hawthorn at the MCG to close out their season.

GOALS
Western Bulldogs: Jong, Dickson, Bontempelli, Hrovat, Cordy 2; Dunkley, Stringer, Smith, Hunter,
Collingwood: Moore 3; Sidebottom, De Goey, Oxley 2; Treloar, White, Phillips, Greenwood, Maynard

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Western Bulldogs: Bontempelli, Picken, Dahlhaus, Jong, Hunter, Johannisen, M Boyd
Collingwood: Treloar, Sidebottom, Aish, Moore, Goldsack, Grundy

BEST - THE SATURDAY AGE
Western Bulldogs: Bontempelli, Dahlhaus, Hunter, Daniel, Picken, Johanissen
Collingwood: Treloar, Grundy, Aish, Moore, Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Wills

INJURIES
Western Bulldogs: Nil
Collingwood: Adams (corked calf), Moore (cut eye)

UMPIRES: Margetts, Kamolins, Meredith

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network

COMMENTATORS: Dennis Cometti, Brian Taylor, Wayne Carey, Cameron Ling, Matthew Richardson

Source

Match Report by Andrew Gigacz

Footnotes

Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the AFL.

Match stats

Western Bulldogs
Match Stats
Career
#
Player
K
M
H
D
G
B
HO
T
FF
FA
Age
Games
G
24 Biggs, Shane 9 2 7 16 0 0 0 3 1 0 25y 7d 36 7
4 Bontempelli, Marcus 13 8 13 26 2 0 4 8 0 0 20y 262d 57 54
5 Boyd, Matthew 14 5 10 24 0 0 0 2 0 0 33y 351d 276 83
17 Boyd, Tom 3 2 10 13 0 0 9 5 2 1 20y 356d 32 33
12 Cordy, Zaine 5 5 3 8 2 0 0 1 0 1 19y 290d 5 4
6 Dahlhaus, Luke 16 4 15 31 0 0 0 5 2 0 23y 357d 109 93
35 Daniel, Caleb 15 2 8 23 0 1 0 2 0 1 20y 36d 28 12
29 Dickson, Tory 6 4 2 8 2 0 0 1 0 2 28y 321d 73 122
20 Dunkley, Josh 9 5 9 18 1 2 2 10 2 1 19y 216d 11 6
30 Hamling, Joel 7 4 4 11 0 0 0 1 1 2 23y 125d 17 0
13 Hrovat, Nathan 14 5 4 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 22y 66d 28 14
7 Hunter, Lachie 13 4 14 27 1 0 0 4 3 3 21y 243d 56 24
39 Johannisen, Jason 15 7 7 22 0 0 0 0 1 0 23y 278d 58 18
46 Jong, Lin 8 3 10 18 2 0 0 5 1 3 23y 69d 36 24
42 Picken, Liam 15 6 5 20 0 1 0 9 1 2 30y 11d 170 54
18 Roberts, Fletcher 3 2 5 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 23y 70d 33 0
23 Roughead, Jordan 8 4 4 12 0 2 22 5 0 1 25y 283d 108 21
14 Smith, Clay 6 3 5 11 1 1 0 4 0 1 23y 93d 41 24
9 Stringer, Jake 4 1 7 11 1 0 0 2 1 1 22y 109d 69 131
1 Suckling, Matt 8 2 7 15 0 2 0 2 0 1 28y 18d 116 58
19 Webb, Lukas 3 1 10 13 0 0 0 4 1 0 20y 161d 14 1
10 Wood, Easton 7 4 8 15 0 0 0 2 1 1 26y 343d 102 13
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 201 83 167 368 14 11 37 76 17 21 23y 351d 1475 796
Collingwood
Match Stats
Career
#
Player
K
M
H
D
G
B
HO
T
FF
FA
Age
Games
G
13 Adams, Taylor 13 3 8 21 0 0 0 5 2 2 22y 327d 75 27
14 Aish, James 17 4 11 28 0 0 0 4 3 1 20y 278d 45 18
11 Blair, Jarryd 7 5 14 21 0 0 0 3 0 0 26y 120d 141 108
16 Brown, Nathan 6 6 11 17 0 0 0 4 0 0 27y 239d 128 7
25 Crisp, Jack 8 3 12 20 0 0 1 8 0 2 22y 315d 60 33
2 De Goey, Jordan 11 7 8 19 2 0 0 3 0 2 20y 150d 34 17
6 Goldsack, Tyson 13 7 6 19 0 0 0 1 3 1 29y 82d 140 48
19 Greenwood, Levi 8 0 7 15 1 0 0 2 0 0 27y 175d 101 44
4 Grundy, Brodie 6 3 7 13 0 0 47 8 2 1 22y 119d 60 22
38 Howe, Jeremy 14 11 9 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 26y 44d 118 83
17 Marsh, Jonathon 5 4 4 9 0 0 0 3 1 2 20y 300d 13 0
37 Maynard, Brayden 8 2 2 10 1 1 0 2 2 0 19y 327d 27 6
30 Moore, Darcy 7 6 6 13 3 3 0 1 1 0 20y 200d 25 33
43 Oxley, Adam 4 2 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 23y 285d 30 9
10 Pendlebury, Scott 11 2 13 24 0 0 0 7 1 1 28y 218d 234 151
21 Phillips, Tom 7 6 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 20y 97d 4 2
22 Sidebottom, Steele 12 2 8 20 2 0 0 6 0 1 25y 223d 161 122
40 Smith, Josh 12 8 5 17 0 0 0 1 1 0 22y 223d 16 3
7 Treloar, Adam 13 1 22 35 1 1 0 9 2 1 23y 156d 99 58
18 Varcoe, Travis 6 2 12 18 0 1 0 6 0 0 28y 124d 175 146
9 White, Jesse 7 3 5 12 1 1 3 2 1 2 28y 216d 121 138
33 Wills, Rupert 7 3 9 16 0 1 0 12 1 0 23y 84d 3 1
  Totals 202 90 184 386 14 8 51 88 21 17 24y 62d 1810 1076

Footnotes

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