AFL

Melbourne
12.10.82
Western Bulldogs
17.12.114
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Match Tracker

Melbourne
Western Bulldogs
Q1
2.2.14
5.5.35

    Melbourne Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, J.Viney
  • 14 mins - Behind, J.Hogan
  • 16 mins - Goal, C.Petracca
  • 24 mins - Behind, B.Kennedy

    Melbourne and Western Bulldogs Events

  • 5 mins - Goal, J.Redpath
  • 7 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 7 mins - Goal, L.Picken
  • 10 mins - Behind, J.Roughead
  • 11 mins - Goal, J.Redpath
  • 13 mins - Behind, B.Williams
  • 20 mins - Goal, T.Dickson
  • 24 mins - Goal, J.Stringer
  • 28 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 31 mins - Behind, J.Redpath
Q2
5.5.35
8.9.57

    Melbourne Events

  • 5 mins - Goal, B.Kennedy
  • 8 mins - Goal, J.Garlett
  • 16 mins - Behind, C.Pedersen
  • 19 mins - Behind, J.Hogan
  • 20 mins - Goal, B.Kennedy
  • 25 mins - Rushed Behind

    Melbourne and Western Bulldogs Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, J.Stringer
  • 3 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 10 mins - Goal, T.McLean
  • 13 mins - Behind, T.McLean
  • 21 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 24 mins - Goal, J.Redpath
  • 28 mins - Behind, L.Picken
Q3
7.9.51
12.10.82

    Melbourne Events

  • 4 mins - Behind, M.Gawn
  • 5 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 16 mins - Behind, J.Garlett
  • 21 mins - Behind, J.Hogan
  • 24 mins - Goal, J.Watts
  • 27 mins - Goal, C.Oliver

    Melbourne and Western Bulldogs Events

  • 5 mins - Goal, T.Liberatore
  • 8 mins - Goal, M.Wallis
  • 22 mins - Goal, B.Dale
  • 26 mins - Goal, L.Hunter
  • 31 mins - Behind, T.McLean
Q4
12.10.82
17.12.114

    Melbourne Events

  • 12 mins - Goal, J.Watts
  • 16 mins - Goal, T.McDonald
  • 18 mins - Goal, J.Hogan
  • 22 mins - Goal, J.Watts
  • 24 mins - Behind, C.Pedersen
  • 32 mins - Goal, J.Garlett

    Melbourne and Western Bulldogs Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, J.Stringer
  • 3 mins - Behind, C.Daniel
  • 8 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 10 mins - Goal, T.Dickson
  • 19 mins - Goal, J.Stringer
  • 25 mins - Goal, J.Stringer
  • 30 mins - Goal, L.Picken

Scorers

Melbourne
Western Bulldogs
Goal Scorers Melbourne Western Bulldogs
Goals and Behinds Watts (3.0), Garlett (2.1), Kennedy (2.1), Hogan (1.3), McDonald (1.0), Oliver (1.0), Petracca (1.0), Viney (1.0), Pedersen (0.2), Gawn (0.1) Stringer (5.0), Redpath (3.1), Picken (2.1), Dickson (2.0), McLean (1.2), Dale (1.0), Hunter (1.0), Liberatore (1.0), Wallis (1.0), Daniel (0.1), Roughead (0.1), Williams (0.1)

Team Statistics

Melbourne
Western Bulldogs

Statistics

Melbourne Western Bulldogs
Goals 12 17
Behinds 10 12
Scoring shots 22 31
Goals/scoring shots 55 55
Disposals 373 426
MelbourneGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
T.Bugg 13 8 1 5 5 9 1 1 0 2
C.Garland 9 6 3 3 2 5 0 2 0 0
J.Garlett 9 5 1 4 5 3 1 0 0 0
M.Gawn 6 3 2 3 6 1 0 3 42 2
J.Harmes 15 6 2 9 3 5 1 0 0 0
J.Hogan 17 10 9 7 10 0 0 0 0 0
J.Hunt 9 5 1 4 3 3 0 0 0 2
N.Jetta 18 8 4 10 10 3 2 0 0 0
N.Jones 21 9 2 12 6 8 1 2 0 4
B.Kennedy 18 8 5 10 4 4 1 1 0 0
T.McDonald 25 13 11 12 4 2 0 0 1 0
V.Michie 13 6 6 7 2 0 0 0 0 0
C.Oliver 15 3 2 12 4 5 0 0 0 1
C.Pedersen 15 6 6 9 4 1 0 1 6 0
C.Petracca 20 10 4 10 9 2 2 0 0 4
C.Salem 16 11 2 5 5 6 0 0 0 3
B.Stretch 25 10 6 15 10 2 1 0 0 2
D.Tyson 32 8 3 24 12 4 0 0 1 3
B.Vince 24 18 5 6 5 7 0 1 0 5
J.Viney 25 10 4 15 11 16 2 3 0 6
J.Wagner 14 11 3 3 3 1 0 1 0 1
J.Watts 14 12 11 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
Western BulldogsGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
J.Adcock 17 8 2 9 4 3 0 0 0 0
S.Biggs 19 8 2 11 4 3 0 0 0 1
M.Bontempelli 33 13 5 20 17 2 1 1 5 8
M.Boyd 31 23 8 8 5 1 0 0 0 0
T.Campbell 7 2 3 5 2 5 1 0 34 1
L.Dahlhaus 29 11 4 18 9 7 0 2 0 3
B.Dale 15 6 6 9 2 1 0 1 0 0
C.Daniel 20 11 4 9 3 1 0 1 0 3
T.Dickson 10 5 1 5 5 4 1 0 0 0
L.Hunter 34 14 4 20 14 3 1 0 0 4
T.Liberatore 25 12 2 13 15 19 1 3 0 7
J.Macrae 27 15 5 12 7 5 2 0 0 1
T.McLean 18 11 5 7 6 1 2 0 0 0
D.Morris 13 5 4 8 7 2 1 0 0 0
L.Picken 30 19 5 11 9 5 0 0 0 1
J.Redpath 14 11 11 3 9 2 1 1 0 1
F.Roberts 7 3 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 0
J.Roughead 9 6 1 3 6 3 3 0 2 3
J.Stringer 16 13 7 3 3 1 0 0 0 2
M.Wallis 25 11 3 14 14 6 1 0 1 2
B.Williams 14 7 2 7 5 4 0 1 0 1
E.Wood 13 8 3 5 5 5 0 2 0 1

Match Details

Melbourne
Western Bulldogs
START TIME
3:20PM
WEATHER
Mostly clear
VENUE
MCG
Umpires
Justin Schmitt, Brent Wallace, Robert Findlay

Libba leads Dogs home over Demons

WESTERN BULLDOGS 5.5 8.9 12.10 17.12 (114) MELBOURNE 2.2 5.5 7.9 12.10 (82)
GOALS Western Bulldogs: Stringer 5, Redpath 3, Picken 2, Dickson 2, Dale, Hunter, Wallis, Liberatore, McLean. Melbourne: Watts 3, Kennedy 2, Garlett 2, Oliver, Petracca, Hogan, Viney, McDonald.
BEST Western Bulldogs: Bontempelli, Hunter, Dahlhaus, Liberatore, Stringer, Wallis, Campbell, Boyd. Melbourne: Viney, Tyson, Vince, McDonald, Watts, Kennedy.
UMPIRES: Schmitt, Findlay, Wallace.
CROWD: 39,921 at MCG.

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Western Bulldogs scoop big win off Demons

The Dogs thump Melbourne into submission with a 32-point victory at the MCG.

At three quarter time at the MCG Tom Liberatore laid 17 tackles. He clamped seven tackles on in the first quarter alone. The record for the most tackles in a game is 19.

Liberatore equalled the record. He teased at the idea of breaking it, but it proved unnecessary to overly exert in a final quarter when the work had already been done and the heat was out of the game.

Bulldog spirit: Jake Stringer celebrates with Tom Liberatore after kicking a major.
Bulldog spirit: Jake Stringer celebrates with Tom Liberatore after kicking a major. Photo: Michael Dodge

Liberatore's effort overshadowed the fact that for the other team Jack Viney had 16 tackles. This would ordinarily be noteworthy but, in the context of Liberatore, was not.

His tackling also spoke to the depth of game that the Bulldogs possess. This was the team that excited with its high energy, fast sling shot run from the half back line last year but is still predicated on the ball and man hunting game. The Dogs defensively suffocate around the ball and create the real and implied pressure on the opposition when they have the ball. Melbourne was hurried into error.

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With the loss of the half back runners Bob Murphy, Jason Johannisen and Matthew Suckling there has needed to be more than just fast pace and punishing counter-punching.

Importantly the Bulldogs played well and won on the MCG a ground they have seldom visited and shaped as a potential impediment again this year when casting ahead to September. They looked as comfortable on the ground as any venue. The Bulldogs now sit third on the ladder and play GWS next week in Sydney. Generational change is upon us.

Kicking clear: Demon Jack Viney goes up against Bulldog Tom Liberatore.
Kicking clear: Demon Jack Viney goes up against Bulldog Tom Liberatore. Photo: Michael Dodge

Generational change is not yet upon Melbourne. This game reflected two teams separated by class but also a few years of depth of experience. Melbourne is not yet ready. They lack the spread of experienced talent of the Bulldogs and so were never able to bridge the five goal lead that

Max Gawn should have been able to offer the Demons an advantage in the ruck and first use of the ball but he had little to no impact on the contest. Tom Campbell was good in the ruck and nullified Gawn such that the clearance numbers were similar, the hit out figures negligible. This was also why the tackling figures were so important for the Bulldogs, they hunted the player with the ball around the stoppages.

Jack Viney was dogged and Dom Tyson reliably industrious but there was too little craft and run from outside and behind the ball. They relied on Jesse Hogan forward and had one of his miss-firing days. Not until late did Jack Watts began to exert an influence.

The Bulldogs in contrast had a plethora of runners. Marcus Bontempelli, particularly early was a relaxed presence while Luke Dahlhaus has become a week-in week-out player. With Lachie Hunter and Mitch Wallis the Dogs were far cleaner by hand around the packs than the double-handling Demons.

It's a brave strategy that asks a defender to not keep body contact on a player like Jake Stringer. Melbourne were zoning but it had no undue effect in holding the Bulldogs up because they had a blend of forwards able to find space and command the ball. Jack Redpath kicked goals, Tory Dickson, back in the side, finished with two.

There was a moment in the third quarter that illustrated the difference between the teams on the day. Jesse Hogan missed a set shot at goal from 25 metres out. It would have brought the margin back to 25 points after the Demons had been unable to kick a goal all quarter. He missed.

From the kick in the Dogs found Picken on a wing who went long to Stringer and he too moved it on quickly to little Caleb Daniel who kept the ball alive on the boundary, turned his opponent inside out and curled a kick to Bailey Dale in the goal square for a goal. Wasted opportunity at one end was met with fat ball movement and a goal at the other end. The five goal margin restored.

A Matthew Boyd forearm to the head of Tom Bugg might be a problem for the veteran looking ahead to next week's GWS clash while Bernie Vince was reported for a high bump that too could be problematic for the Demon already suspended this year.