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Geelong
16.7.103
Western Bulldogs
11.12.78
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Geelong
Western Bulldogs
Q1
5.2.32
5.1.31

    Geelong Events

  • 8 mins - Behind, D.Menzel
  • 9 mins - Goal, R.Stanley
  • 16 mins - Goal, D.Menzel
  • 17 mins - Goal, S.Motlop
  • 22 mins - Goal, R.Stanley
  • 23 mins - Goal, T.Hawkins
  • 25 mins - Behind, Z.Smith

    Geelong and Western Bulldogs Events

  • 4 mins - Goal, T.Dickson
  • 6 mins - Behind, J.Stringer
  • 11 mins - Goal, T.Boyd
  • 20 mins - Goal, J.Dunkley
  • 26 mins - Goal, J.Stringer
  • 28 mins - Goal, T.Dickson
Q2
9.2.56
8.2.50

    Geelong Events

  • 8 mins - Goal, R.Stanley
  • 19 mins - Goal, P.Dangerfield
  • 21 mins - Goal, T.Hawkins
  • 24 mins - Goal, S.Motlop

    Geelong and Western Bulldogs Events

  • 9 mins - Goal, T.Boyd
  • 12 mins - Goal, T.Dickson
  • 30 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 32 mins - Goal, C.Smith
Q3
13.5.83
8.8.56

    Geelong Events

  • 10 mins - Goal, M.Duncan
  • 12 mins - Behind, J.Bartel
  • 14 mins - Goal, P.Dangerfield
  • 21 mins - Behind, D.Menzel
  • 24 mins - Goal, P.Dangerfield
  • 26 mins - Behind, N.Cockatoo
  • 27 mins - Goal, R.Stanley

    Geelong and Western Bulldogs Events

  • 1 mins - Behind, L.Jong
  • 5 mins - Behind, M.Bontempelli
  • 7 mins - Behind, C.Smith
  • 8 mins - Behind, C.Daniel
  • 17 mins - Behind, J.Stringer
  • 23 mins - Behind, J.Stringer
Q4
16.7.103
11.12.78

    Geelong Events

  • 9 mins - Goal, R.Stanley
  • 18 mins - Behind, D.Menzel
  • 23 mins - Behind, S.Menegola
  • 25 mins - Goal, S.Motlop
  • 29 mins - Goal, J.Bartel

    Geelong and Western Bulldogs Events

  • 1 mins - Goal, L.Jong
  • 15 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 15 mins - Behind, K.Stevens
  • 18 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 19 mins - Goal, Z.Cordy
  • 27 mins - Behind, J.Dunkley
  • 28 mins - Goal, T.Boyd

Scorers

Geelong
Western Bulldogs
Goal Scorers Geelong Western Bulldogs
Goals and Behinds Stanley (5.0), Dangerfield (3.0), Motlop (3.0), Hawkins (2.0), Menzel (1.3), Bartel (1.1), Duncan (1.0), Cockatoo (0.1), Menegola (0.1), Smith (0.1) Boyd (3.0), Dickson (3.0), Stringer (1.3), Dunkley (1.1), Jong (1.1), Smith (1.1), Cordy (1.0), Bontempelli (0.1), Daniel (0.1), Stevens (0.1)

Team Statistics

Geelong
Western Bulldogs

Statistics

Geelong Western Bulldogs
Goals 16 11
Behinds 7 12
Scoring shots 26 26
Goals/scoring shots 62 42
Disposals 396 367
GeelongGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
J.Bartel 25 12 7 13 11 2 0 0 0 2
J.Bews 12 7 6 5 2 2 0 0 0 0
M.Blicavs 17 5 4 12 8 8 0 0 10 0
N.Cockatoo 11 8 2 3 7 5 2 0 0 2
J.Cowan 15 10 5 5 3 4 1 3 0 0
P.Dangerfield 33 21 5 12 17 4 2 1 0 6
M.Duncan 25 10 4 15 10 5 0 0 1 3
C.Enright 27 19 2 8 12 4 1 1 0 2
C.Guthrie 15 9 3 6 10 9 1 1 0 3
T.Hawkins 15 6 2 9 12 2 2 0 0 0
J.Kolodjashnij 15 9 3 6 3 2 1 0 0 0
T.Lonergan 15 8 5 7 8 2 2 2 1 1
A.Mackie 26 16 7 10 5 4 2 1 0 0
L.McCarthy 11 6 3 5 5 1 2 0 0 1
S.Menegola 19 11 3 8 10 6 1 1 1 3
D.Menzel 15 7 1 8 7 1 1 2 0 1
S.Motlop 21 16 2 5 8 5 1 1 0 3
T.Ruggles 17 9 4 8 6 2 1 0 0 2
J.Selwood 22 6 1 16 12 10 1 1 0 4
Z.Smith 15 5 5 10 13 2 0 4 31 4
R.Stanley 16 9 7 7 7 2 1 3 11 1
H.Taylor 9 6 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0
Western BulldogsGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
J.Adcock 18 16 6 2 7 2 1 2 0 0
S.Biggs 24 18 7 6 2 4 0 1 0 0
M.Bontempelli 23 11 2 12 8 6 2 2 1 4
T.Boyd 18 10 4 8 9 1 5 1 6 3
Z.Cordy 11 7 3 4 3 2 1 0 0 0
L.Dahlhaus 26 12 2 14 13 5 1 1 0 4
C.Daniel 20 7 1 13 6 5 0 2 0 2
T.Dickson 10 5 1 5 6 4 1 1 0 0
J.Dunkley 15 8 6 7 7 5 1 1 0 2
J.Hamling 7 3 2 4 2 4 1 1 0 0
L.Hunter 25 14 4 11 8 2 4 1 0 3
J.Johannisen 26 16 4 10 9 2 0 0 0 1
L.Jong 15 8 1 7 8 5 1 1 1 3
T.Liberatore 17 5 3 12 10 2 0 2 0 2
J.Macrae 20 7 3 13 8 4 1 1 0 3
L.Picken 26 4 2 22 13 4 0 2 0 1
F.Roberts 9 3 2 6 0 3 0 0 1 0
J.Roughead 9 4 3 5 6 7 0 1 19 0
C.Smith 11 7 3 4 7 6 1 1 0 3
K.Stevens 14 6 3 8 7 5 0 0 0 1
J.Stringer 12 8 3 4 7 2 0 0 0 1
E.Wood 11 8 4 3 4 1 2 1 0 0

Match Details

Geelong
Western Bulldogs
START TIME
7:50PM
WEATHER
Possible shower
VENUE
Simonds Stadium
Umpires
Mathew Nicholls, Simon Meredith, Chris Kamolins

Geelong vs Western Bulldogs: Liberatore, Macrae hurt as Geelong beat gallant Dogs

GEELONG 5.2    9.2    13.5    16.7    (103)
WESTERN BULLDOGS 5.1    8.2    8.8    11.12     (78)
GOALS - Geelong: Stanley 5, Dangerfield 3, Motlop 3, Hawkins 2, Menzel, Duncan, Bartel. W Bulldogs: Boyd 3, Dickson 3, Jong, Dunkley, Cordy, Smith, Stringer.
BEST- Geelong:  Dangerfield, Stanley, Enright, Ruggles, Mackie, Motlop. W Bulldogs: Dahlhaus, Daniel, Johannisen, Boyd, Macrae, Hunter.
INJURIES - W Bulldogs: Liberatore (ankle), Macrae (hamstring).
UMPIRES Nicholls, Kamolins, Meredith
CROWD 24,331 at Simonds Stadium

Luke Beveridge said during the week that the battle-worn Bulldogs' luck would eventually change.

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Cats put down spirited Bulldogs

Geelong jumps second place on the AFL ladder with a 103-78 defeat of the Western Bulldogs, with Jimmy Bartel slotting the final goal in his 300th game.

But with Tom Liberatore and Jack Macrae injured in their loss to Geelong on Friday night, Doggies fans would be forgiven for growing impatient.

The Dogs showed enormous heart, but the Cats made the most of their height and experience, outclassing the visitors to win by 25 points at Simonds Stadium.

Rhys Stanley was a stand-out for the Cats with five goals.
Rhys Stanley was a stand-out for the Cats with five goals. Photo: Michael Dodge

With Mitch Wallis (broken leg), Jack Redpath (knee) and Dale Morris (hamstring) already on their injury list, the Dogs revealed both Matt Suckling and Matthew Boyd were suffering from Achilles problems and would not play.

Jake Stringer and Luke Dahlhaus returned from injury, but Liberatore and Macrae could not see out the match.

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Which was not to say that this was not a game worth watching.

If you were to take a friend to their first AFL match, you would be hoping it would look something like this one.

Jimmy Bartel leads his side onto Simonds Stadium.
Jimmy Bartel leads his side onto Simonds Stadium. Photo: Getty Images

Both teams were good early on – Geelong noticeably bigger and stronger in the air, the Bulldogs quick and tough at ground level.

The Cats were good out of the centre in the first quarter, driven by the star partnership of Joel Selwood and Patrick Dangerfield.

Corey Enright walks out with his kids for his 326th game for the Cats, a club record.
Corey Enright walks out with his kids for his 326th game for the Cats, a club record.  Photo: Michael Dodge

They scored five goals – through  Tom Hawkins, Steven Motlop, Daniel Menzel and Rhys Stanley – from just eight inside 50s, while the Bulldogs needed 14 entries for their five goals to trail by a point at quarter-time.

The game looked like becoming a shoot-out, but the Doggies sought to shut it down after the break and it was not until seven minutes in that a speedy Stanley outpaced his opponent and scored the first goal of the second quarter. Liberatore was a picture of frustration as he limped off.

Bulldog Tom Liberatore hobbles off with an injury.
Bulldog Tom Liberatore hobbles off with an injury. Photo: Michael Dodge

His left ankle folded beneath him as Motlop laid a tackle and Bulldogs staff crowded around him as he crossed the boundary line.

They strapped his ankle and applied an icepack and it was clear the injury-plagued  24-year-old would not play again that night. The momentum was with Geelong and they made the most of it, kicking three goals in quick succession.

But a toe-poke off the ground from Clay Smith gave the Dogs another before the major break, which they went into just one goal behind.

It was in the third term that the Cats were really able to pull ahead.

The Bulldogs had their chances – sometimes they were desperate, scrambling half-chances, but they were there. About 23 minutes in, the Dogs' Jake Stringer missed a frantic snap shot in front of goal.

Moments later Dangerfield, about 40 metres out, managed to pull the ball out of a contest and snap a goal at the other end, as if to say, "that's how it's done."

Macrae sat out the rest of the match out with an icepack strapped to his leg, meanwhile the Cats' tall forwards were particularly good. Stanley kicked his fourth for the night and the home team were 27 up at three-quarter-time.

The Dogs were brave, though, as they almost always are. Lin Jong kicked a much-needed goal to start the final term and they tirelessly tried to work the ball forward.

But they lacked the Cats' experience and polish, Jimmy Bartel successfully picked out Stanley in a contest in front of goal and he scored goal number five.

With just seconds left, Bartel goaled on the run in a fine finish to his 300th game. It was also a night to remember for Corey Enright in his club-record 326th game.