Match

Western Bulldogs vs GWS Giants

Commentary / 30 Aug 2014

Pre Game

00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:38
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Rhys Palmer)
07:08
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Nathan Hrovat)
10:55
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Adam Treloar)
12:06
SCORE GOAL - Giants (James Stewart)
16:34
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jake Stringer)
18:18
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
20:44
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Matthew Boyd)
22:02
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jake Stringer)
25:55
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
27:11
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Will Minson)
29:27
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:16
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
02:16
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jake Stringer)
05:39
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Lachie Plowman)
06:21
Bulldogs Interchange - Stewart Crameri off due to an injury.
06:57
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Nathan Hrovat)
08:03
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Zac Williams)
09:18
SCORE GOAL - Giants (James Stewart)
10:37
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Dylan Shiel)
12:24
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Daniel Giansiracusa)
14:59
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Adam Treloar)
16:02
SCORE GOAL - Giants (James Stewart)
17:37
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
19:50
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tom Boyd)
22:58
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Zac Williams)
23:58
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Ryan Griffen)
26:18
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Stewart Crameri)
29:14
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
31:16
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Dylan Shiel)
31:59
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:19
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jake Stringer)
04:45
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
04:58
Bulldogs Interchange - Stewart Crameri off due to an injury.
05:46
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
07:59
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Liam Picken)
08:47
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
10:12
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Ryan Griffen)
12:29
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Adam Tomlinson)
14:10
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Daniel Giansiracusa)
15:01
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Daniel Giansiracusa)
18:35
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Stewart Crameri)
22:20
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Zac Williams)
23:49
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Stewart Crameri)
25:18
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Luke Dahlhaus)
27:32
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
28:25
Bulldogs Interchange - Ryan Griffen off due to the blood rule.
29:53
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Rhys Palmer)
32:51
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
34:35
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:13
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
05:33
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Stewart Crameri)
06:57
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Adam Treloar)
07:26
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
09:01
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
10:22
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
10:23
Giants Interchange - Tomas Bugg off due to an injury.
12:16
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
14:28
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jake Stringer)
16:09
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Cam McCarthy)
17:48
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
17:53
Giants Interchange - Zac Williams and is possibly out for the game.
18:55
GOAL GIANTS - The Giants are slotting them from everywhere! Kelly pulls in a superb juggling mark before swinging his left footed set shot straight through the major opening.
19:15
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Josh Kelly)
21:20
Last roll of the dice here with the Bulldogs needing to score from this forward foray if they are to have any hope of stealing this one.
22:40
GOAL BULLDOGS - Murphy hits up Bontempelli at centre half forward and the youngster delivers with an accurate drop punt that gives the Bulldogs the slightest of sniffs.
22:53
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
24:15
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jake Stringer)
24:25
BEHIND BULLDOGS - Stringer rounds the would be tackler before throwing the ball onto his left boot however it never looked likely and only just scrapes through for a minor score.
26:02
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Daniel Giansiracusa)
26:20
BEHIND BULLDOGS - Giansiracusa drags in the mark just 40m out from goal however it is not to be a fairytale finish as he misses to the left hand side.
26:58
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Stewart Crameri)
27:50
GOAL BULLDOGS - Crameri rakes in the mark and, wasting no time, he goes back before slotting the crucial goal that ties the scores up with a tick over three minutes left on the clock.
29:50
It seems the fairytale finish is not to be as another chance for Giansiracusa to score goes begging with his hurried snap out of bounds on the full.
31:01
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Devon Smith)
31:50
GOAL GIANTS - What a finish! Smith with all the composure in the world runs to 55m before unloading a towering drop punt that sails through to secure the Giants a famous victory!
32:24
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
32:25
FULL TIME - There it is! The final siren sounds on the fabulous careers of Hunt and Giansiracusa with the Giants hanging on for a thoroughly deserved 6 point victory over the Bulldogs.