Match

GWS Giants vs Western Bulldogs

Commentary / 25 Mar 2018

Pre Game

00:00
In his fourth season in 2017, emerging Giant Josh Kelly averaged 29.5 disposals, 11.1 contested possessions, 6.5 tackles and 5.0 clearances per game, all career highs.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:56
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jordan Roughead)
03:13
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jonathon Patton)
04:09
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
04:10
Jeremy Cameron with the first goal for the Giants in season 2018. Cameron has topped the goal kicking at Greater Western Sydney every season of the club's six year existence.
05:39
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jonathon Patton)
10:12
Kicking efficiency in the early going comfortably favours the Giants 71 per cent to 43.
14:43
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
15:14
The Giants are dominating the disposal count, 71 at 77 per cent efficiency compared to the Western Bulldogs 37 disposals at 59 per cent.
16:31
Toby Greene's four first quarter marks matches the total of the entire Bulldogs team.
16:47
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
17:03
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Stephen Coniglio)
18:21
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Bailey Williams)
18:41
The Western Bulldogs are yet to produce an effective kick inside their forward 50.
21:27
Bulldogs Interchange - Tom Liberatore and is possibly out for the game.
22:00
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Matthew Suckling)
22:54
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
25:13
The Dogs have eight of the last nine inside 50s, yet have just the one goal during this period of dominance.
26:50
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Billy Gowers)
31:43
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jordan Roughead)
33:20
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:01
After the Giants dominated the early going in the first term, the final ten minutes of the quarter saw the Dogs win the disposal count 25 to 16, win the clearances six to one, and kick 3.1 to the Giants' nil.
01:29
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Bailey Dale)
02:05
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
02:06
Toby Greene becomes the first player with multiple goals in today's game. Greene kicked two or more majors in 13 of his 19 games in 2017.
04:08
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
08:13
After the Giants' Callan Ward won the first clearance of the second term, the Bulldogs have followed up by winning the next five.
09:15
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jonathon Patton)
10:51
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Josh Kelly)
12:20
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
12:21
The Giants have produced a goal from each of their last three inside 50s.
19:32
GWS captain Phil Davis has three marks from opposition kicks, the only player on the ground with multiple intercept marks.
19:45
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)
20:45
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
25:47
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Josh Dunkley)
25:48
All four of the Bulldogs goals have been sourced from a disposal chain that began with winning the ball from a boundary throw-in.
26:51
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
28:29
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
32:39
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:16
Giants Interchange - Brett Deledio off due to the blood rule.
02:23
Stephen Coniglio has generated a match-leading 409 metres for the GWS Giants. The most for the Dogs so far is Matthew Suckling with 320.
06:24
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Luke Dahlhaus)
06:33
Dylan Shiels' 11 contested possessions leads all players on the ground. The next best are Dogs Billy Gowers and Toby McLean, who have each won the contested ball eight times.
07:38
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jordan Roughead)
08:37
After the Giants opened the second half with the first two clearances, the Bulldogs have won the next five, including two to Luke Dahlhaus.
10:10
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Josh Kelly)
15:14
Rory Lobb has directed ten of his match-high 23 hitouts to a teammate's advantage. The most rucktaps for the Dogs is ten for Jordan Roughead, but only one has been directed to a fellow Bulldog.
15:35
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
18:47
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
20:03
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Stephen Coniglio)
24:07
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
26:53
Four of the five goals kicked in the third term (three to GWS, one to the Bulldogs) have been the outcome of a disposal chain that began with an opposition turnover.
29:17
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Dylan Shiel)
32:44
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
32:45
Six goals to Giant Jeremy Cameron matches his 2017 best, which he achieved twice. His career high is seven, a tally he has reached on three occasions.
35:23
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:33
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Lachie Hunter)
03:13
In just his third AFL game, Tim English has ten disposals, ten hitouts and four marks. Three of his marks have been contested, leading all players on the ground in this measure, a rare highlight for the Dogs in today's match.
03:51
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
05:48
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Bailey Dale)
06:15
Since the ten minute mark of the third term, the Giants have had 18 inside 50s to the Dogs six. The goal count during this period favours GWS seven to one.
08:43
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Honeychurch)
13:05
Five Greater Western Sydney Giants have contributed 25 disposals or more for their team. Stephen Coniglio leads this group with 32. Most for the Western Bulldogs' is 30 disposals recorded by Lachie Hunter.
13:14
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
15:02
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
16:48
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Zac Langdon)
16:49
GWS' Zac Langdon has six disposals and one goal on debut, and is the equal-high tackler on the ground, with six in his first game.
18:47
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jonathon Patton)
19:25
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
20:23
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
21:02
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
24:06
Phil Davis continues to do the little things to help his team. He has a match-high ten one percenters. No other player on the ground has more than seven.
24:21
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Adam Tomlinson)
25:12
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Adam Tomlinson)
28:11
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jack Macrae)
28:41
Lachie Whitfield's 34 disposals have come at an outstanding 85 per cent efficiency. The most efficient of his five previous AFL seasons was 2017, where he got rid of the ball at 78.2 per cent across 18 matches.
29:31
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jason Johannisen)
30:08
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Callan Ward)
31:08
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Callan Ward)
31:15
The siren has sounded to end Q4.