AFL Season 2026 / Regular Season / Round 1
Sat 14 Mar 2026
1:15 pm
Marvel Stadium
FULL TIME
Bulldogs won by 81 points
WesternBulldogs
Bulldogs
134
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53
Giants
GWSGiants
1 2 3 4 T
team logo 31 36 35 32 134
team logo 15 14 15 9 53
Round 1
Last updated: Friday, April 3, 2026 at 3:58 am
Match Momentum Bulldogs won by 81
Bulldogs (134)
Final Margin: 81
(53) Giants
Pick A Tab
Summary
Player Stats
Team Stats
Line-Ups
Match Leaders
Fantasy Points
# PLAYER TEAM AF
1 Lachie Ash
136
2 Marcus Bontempelli
135
3 Aaron Naughton
123
4 Tom Liberatore
122
5 Tim English
121
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Goals
# PLAYER TEAM G
1 Aaron Naughton
6
2 Sam Darcy
4
3 Marcus Bontempelli
3
4 Finn Callaghan
2
4 Oskar Baker
2
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Behinds
# PLAYER TEAM B
1 Callum Brown
2
1 Phoenix Gothard
2
1 Toby Greene
2
4 Jesse Hogan
1
4 Kieren Briggs
1
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Disposals
# PLAYER TEAM D
1 Marcus Bontempelli
33
2 Lachie Ash
31
3 Lachie Jaques
29
3 Tom Liberatore
29
5 Finn Callaghan
27
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Kicks
# PLAYER TEAM K
1 Lachie Ash
26
2 Lachie Jaques
21
2 Marcus Bontempelli
21
4 Matthew Kennedy
17
5 Connor Budarick
16
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Handballs
# PLAYER TEAM H
1 Ryley Sanders
18
2 Clayton Oliver
15
3 Tom Liberatore
14
4 Connor Idun
12
4 Finn Callaghan
12
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Marks
# PLAYER TEAM M
1 Jayden Laverde
13
1 Lachie Ash
13
3 Aaron Naughton
11
4 Connor Idun
10
5 Jack Buckley
9
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Tackles
# PLAYER TEAM T
1 Tom Liberatore
6
2 Josaia Delana
5
2 Phoenix Gothard
5
2 Bailey Williams
5
2 Ed Richards
5
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Hitouts
# PLAYER TEAM HO
1 Tim English
23
2 Kieren Briggs
15
3 Jake Riccardi
12
4 Sam Darcy
6
5 Will Lewis
2
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Clearances
# PLAYER TEAM CLR
1 Matthew Kennedy
8
2 Toby Greene
6
2 Ed Richards
6
2 Marcus Bontempelli
6
2 Tom Liberatore
6
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Metres Gained
# PLAYER TEAM MG
1 Lachie Ash
697
2 Marcus Bontempelli
677
3 Matthew Kennedy
583
4 Lachie Jaques
562
5 Finn Callaghan
489
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Goal Assists
# PLAYER TEAM GA
1 Aaron Naughton
3
2 Ed Richards
2
2 Joel Freijah
2
2 Marcus Bontempelli
2
2 Matthew Kennedy
2
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Time on Ground %
# PLAYER TEAM ToG%
1 Harvey Thomas
95
2 Connor Idun
94
2 Buku Khamis
94
2 Rory Lobb
94
5 Ryan Angwin
92
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Rating Points
# PLAYER TEAM R
1 Marcus Bontempelli
28.7
2 Aaron Naughton
28.6
3 Finn Callaghan
19.3
4 Lachie Ash
19
5 Tim English
17.1
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Score Involvements
# PLAYER TEAM SI
1 Tom Liberatore
12
2 Marcus Bontempelli
11
3 Aaron Naughton
10
4 Matthew Kennedy
8
5 Bailey Williams
7
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Contested Possessions
# PLAYER TEAM CP
1 Marcus Bontempelli
14
2 Finn Callaghan
11
2 Tim English
11
4 Toby Greene
9
4 Ed Richards
9
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Coaches Votes
# PLAYER TEAM CV
1 Marcus Bontempelli
10
2 Aaron Naughton
8
3 Tom Liberatore
6
4 Matthew Kennedy
3
5 Tim English
2
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Past Meeting
Thu 31 Jul 2025 7:30 pm
Western Bulldogs Bulldogs
Full Time
132 : 44
Bulldogs won by 88 pts
GWS Giants Giants
📍 Marvel Stadium
Sat 26 Apr 2025 7:35 pm
GWS Giants Giants
Full Time
81 : 113
Bulldogs won by 32 pts
Western Bulldogs Bulldogs
📍 Corroboree Group Oval, Manuka
Players Stats
Western Bulldogs - team logo
Western Bulldogs
Player MP AF R FF FA B OP ToG% D DE% ED K EK KE% C H KHB R50s i50s MG CP UP IP T CPR GBG F50GBG HO HTA CLR CC SC HTW% HTA% RC M Mi50 MOL IM CM G B GA GA% SAG SI SL T Ti50 PA DHPA S CD000 CDL CV
C. Budarick 1 86 9.9 2 77 23 78.3 18 16 13 81.3 3 7 2.3 6 1 350 4 17 1 3 19.0 2 3 3 6 4 1 7 6
A. Naughton 1 123 28.6 1 1 81 15 73.3 11 14 10 71.4 1 14.0 2 335 6 7 2 46.2 1 11 7 5 5 6 1 3 85.7 7 10 2 2 7 8
B. Dale 1 75 12.4 1 1 2 81 23 82.6 19 15 12 80.0 3 8 1.9 4 381 3 13 4 2 18.8 3 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 4 4 2
B. Williams 1 76 9.8 2 1 86 17 88.2 15 7 5 71.4 10 0.7 1 2 193 6 12 5 1 33.3 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 7 3 5 1 13 5
B. Khamis 1 62 6.7 1 6 94 13 84.6 11 8 7 87.5 2 5 1.6 70 2 11 5 1 15.4 1 9 1 3 1 2 1 1 3 3 5 2 1
C. Hynes 1 43 5.9 77 14 64.3 9 6 3 50.0 3 8 0.8 1 105 7 7 3 2 50.0 6 1 2 2 1 1 50.0 2 1 19 7
E. Richards 1 83 16.9 1 1 2 78 19 84.2 16 12 9 75.0 1 7 1.7 2 6 369 9 10 1 4 47.4 5 1 6 4 2 5 1 2 1 6 1 5 1 13 10
J. O'Donnell 1 29 4.8 1 6 82 7 100.0 7 4 4 100.0 2 3 1.3 2 1 192 2 5 3 1 28.6 2 1 2 1 2 5 5 5 4 1
J. Freijah 1 77 2.2 1 1 82 20 65.0 13 9 6 66.7 4 11 0.8 1 131 3 15 2 2 16.7 3 1 1 5 1 2 5 2 4 15 5
L. Jaques 1 112 9.7 2 1 1 83 29 69.0 20 21 13 61.9 5 8 2.6 7 3 562 6 21 6 6 22.2 4 2 1 1 9 2 1 4 2 1 8 6 1 1 1
L. Bramble 1 56 10.2 1 1 1 69 16 81.3 13 5 4 80.0 11 0.5 1 1 142 3 13 2 1 18.8 3 1 1 4 1 100.0 1 6 7 4
M. Bontempelli 1 135 28.7 2 1 1 3 83 33 72.7 24 21 13 61.9 6 12 1.8 11 677 14 20 4 7 41.2 8 6 4 2 1 6 4 1 1 3 1 2 60.0 5 11 2 3 17 10 10
M. Kennedy 1 110 14.3 1 1 2 77 27 74.1 20 17 10 58.8 3 10 1.7 3 6 583 9 18 6 33.3 6 2 8 4 4 6 1 1 1 1 2 33.3 3 8 3 4 2 24 15 3
M. Sellwood 1 39 5.4 2 2 79 9 88.9 8 6 5 83.3 3 3 2.0 2 71 3 6 4 33.3 2 7 2 1 1 2 1 1
O. Baker 1 58 9.1 1 3 68 11 90.9 10 9 8 88.9 1 2 4.5 2 3 332 1 10 1 9.1 1 1 6 1 1 2 1 100.0 2 4 7 1 2
R. West 1 44 7.3 3 4 81 13 92.3 12 7 6 85.7 4 6 1.2 4 207 6 9 2 4 40.0 4 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 11 2
R. Lobb 1 55 11.7 9 94 12 91.7 11 9 8 88.9 1 3 3.0 3 316 2 10 3 2 16.7 1 1 33.3 3 7 1 1 2 1 8 8 9 4
R. Sanders 1 48 10.5 76 21 81.0 17 3 3 100.0 2 18 0.2 2 1 125 8 12 4 1 40.0 8 1 1 1 1 1 5 3 17 7
S. Darcy 1 86 16.7 2 1 2 77 16 56.3 9 11 6 54.5 3 5 2.2 2 332 7 9 5 43.8 2 1 6 3 2 2 54.5 50.0 11 3 1 1 4 1 80.0 5 6 2 1 1 9 2 1 1 1
S. Davidson 1 60 8.7 75 11 63.6 7 10 7 70.0 2 1 10.0 2 240 2 6 2 2 25.0 2 1 4 2 1 2 100.0 2 4 1 1 15 4
T. English 1 121 17.1 5 2 78 22 77.3 17 15 10 66.7 2 7 2.1 2 4 329 11 14 6 5 44.0 3 23 9 5 4 1 43.4 39.1 53 6 2 4 6 4 1 7 6 2
T. Liberatore 1 122 16.7 1 1 1 74 29 75.9 22 15 11 73.3 4 14 1.1 4 5 390 9 21 3 4 30.0 7 6 3 3 7 1 1 1 100.0 1 12 3 6 1 20 8 6
W. Lewis 1 22 0.9 2 50 6 66.7 4 3 3 100.0 1 3 1.0 1 72 2 4 2 33.3 2 1 14.3 50.0 14 1 3 11 2
Totals 23 1722 264.2 25 16 7 42 1802 406 1802.2 313 243 176 1757.2 55 163 59.0 43 55 6504 125 270 60 64 706.1 75 11 32 13 45 20 25 145.5 139.1 84 118 19 11 12 10 21 6 17 709.0 33 113 29 43 11 247 120 27 13 4 30
GWS Giants - team logo
GWS Giants
Player MP AF R FF FA B OP ToG% D DE% ED K EK KE% C H KHB R50s i50s MG CP UP IP T CPR GBG F50GBG HO HTA CLR CC SC HTW% HTA% RC M Mi50 MOL IM CM G B GA GA% SAG SI SL T Ti50 PA DHPA S CD000 CDL CV
J. Laverde 1 94 2.4 2 2 84 19 89.5 17 15 13 86.7 3 4 3.8 2 1 272 2 17 3 2 10.5 1 13 2 1 2 8 5 2 2 2
C. Brown 1 43 0.8 62 9 66.7 6 6 3 50.0 1 3 2.0 1 110 7 2 3 2 2 1 3 4 2 2 8 1
C. Idun 1 88 14.0 1 4 94 23 95.7 22 11 10 90.9 2 12 0.9 3 1 162 6 18 7 3 25.0 6 10 2 1 1 5 5 4 3
F. Callaghan 1 109 19.3 1 1 83 27 74.1 20 15 11 73.3 4 12 1.3 1 4 489 11 13 4 4 45.8 9 2 4 1 3 5 1 1 1 2 100.0 2 5 2 4 18 14 1
H. Himmelberg 1 70 11.4 1 3 64 17 82.4 14 11 8 72.7 2 6 1.8 4 2 250 5 12 4 4 29.4 4 8 5 1 4 3 3
H. Rowston 1 61 8.6 1 2 70 15 80.0 12 8 5 62.5 6 7 1.1 2 1 213 4 12 4 25.0 3 3 2 2 4 1 1 50.0 2 3 2 11 4 1
H. Thomas 1 70 5.9 3 3 95 21 71.4 15 14 11 78.6 4 7 2.0 2 4 302 3 16 2 4 15.8 3 5 2 2 19 10 2 1
J. Buckley 1 68 14.6 1 2 6 90 16 87.5 14 10 9 90.0 2 6 1.7 2 197 7 11 8 3 38.9 4 9 1 3 2 4 1 1 8 7 6 3 2
J. Riccardi 1 95 11.3 1 58 19 84.2 16 14 11 78.6 3 5 2.8 1 1 171 6 13 2 3 31.6 3 2 12 5 2 2 29.3 41.7 41 8 2 1 1 1 50.0 2 3 2 1 11 7
J. Stringer 1 30 5.2 1 2 90 5 60.0 3 4 3 75.0 2 1 4.0 2 82 4 2 1 3 66.7 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 9
J. Hogan 1 47 4.6 1 83 10 60.0 6 4 3 75.0 1 6 0.7 1 55 6 4 2 1 60.0 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 8 1
J. Fonti 1 84 7.9 3 3 5 85 20 90.0 18 13 12 92.3 4 7 1.9 5 1 257 7 14 8 3 33.3 4 7 1 3 1 4 7 4 4 2
J. Delana 1 38 3.1 1 1 82 7 71.4 5 3 2 66.7 1 4 0.8 1 2 64 3 4 2 1 42.9 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 21 8
K. Briggs 1 55 1.9 2 1 51 9 33.3 3 9 3 33.3 5 9.0 1 65 4 3 2 2 57.1 15 2 5 2 3 35.7 13.3 42 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 14 3 1
L. Ash 1 136 19.0 1 1 81 31 93.5 29 26 24 92.3 3 5 5.2 2 6 697 5 25 6 2 16.7 5 13 1 1 5 3 8 5
L. Whitfield 1 92 5.1 1 1 82 25 80.0 20 15 11 73.3 3 10 1.5 3 307 3 17 4 2 15.0 1 7 1 1 2 1 2 11 6
M. Gruzewski 1 34 2.6 66 7 57.1 4 3 1 33.3 4 0.8 1 72 4 3 57.1 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 8
P. Gothard 1 67 1.2 2 1 76 12 25.0 3 10 1 10.0 3 2 5.0 3 233 6 6 2 3 50.0 4 2 1 1 4 2 1 2 2 4 3 1 5 4 18 3
R. Angwin 1 65 10.2 1 2 92 15 93.3 14 8 7 87.5 1 7 1.1 2 281 4 12 2 1 25.0 2 6 1 5 2 11 5 1 1 1
S. Coniglio 1 65 10.4 1 83 15 80.0 12 7 5 71.4 2 8 0.9 1 3 197 5 9 3 1 35.7 5 1 1 1 3 1 100.0 1 2 2 4 1 14 6
T. Greene 1 92 4.7 2 4 79 26 53.8 14 16 7 43.8 12 10 1.6 1 7 401 9 18 1 9 33.3 6 6 5 1 6 1 1 1 2 33.3 3 4 2 1 19 11
X. O'Halloran 1 58 8.7 76 13 69.2 9 8 5 62.5 2 5 1.6 3 263 6 7 1 2 46.2 5 2 3 1 1 50.0 2 3 1 2 1 17 9
C. Oliver 1 79 8.8 2 1 1 75 26 80.8 21 11 8 72.7 5 15 0.7 1 4 188 8 16 1 33.3 4 2 4 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 15 3
Totals 23 1640 181.7 16 25 2 32 1801 387 1678.9 297 241 173 1572.4 71 146 52.2 32 50 5328 118 259 64 60 794.3 79 21 27 7 26 10 16 65.0 55.0 84 127 9 10 14 10 7 10 3 383.3 25 66 17 56 18 272 120 22 15 5 0
Team Stats
Western Bulldogs - team logo
Western Bulldogs
GWS Giants - team logo
GWS Giants
406
Disposals
387
243
Kicks
241
163
Handballs
146
55
Inside 50s
50
77.1%
Disposal Efficiency %
76.7%
60%
Efficiency Inside 50 %
50%
25
Free Kicks
16
32
Hit-Outs
27
45
Clearances
26
20
Centre Clearances
10
25
Stoppage Clearances
16
125
Contested Possessions
118
270
Uncontested Possessions
259
64
Turn Overs
60
45%
Possession Match
40%
47%
Possession This Quarter
42%
47%
Possession Last 10 Mins
43%
118
Marks
127
19
Marks Inside 50
9
10
Contested Marks
10
21
Goals
7
8
Behinds
11
114:15
Time In Front
03:45
Q4 16:00
Last Goal
Q4 12:08
82 pts, Q4 22:15
Biggest Lead
1 pts, Q1 17:59
43
Tackles
56
11
Tackles Inside 50
18
7
Bounces
2
42
One Percenters
32
Line-Ups
Western Bulldogs
GWS Giants
PLAYERS
Western Bulldogs
4 Marcus Bontempelli
6 Cooper Hynes
7 Rory Lobb
8 Matthew Kennedy
9 Ryley Sanders
10 Sam Darcy
11 Lachie Jaques
13 Oskar Baker
14 Rhylee West
18 James O'Donnell
19 Connor Budarick
20 Ed Richards
21 Tom Liberatore
24 Buku Khamis
27 Joel Freijah
28 Will Lewis
29 Lachlan Bramble
31 Bailey Dale
33 Aaron Naughton
34 Bailey Williams
37 Michael Sellwood
42 Sam Davidson
44 Tim English
GWS Giants
1 Harvey Thomas
3 Stephen Coniglio
4 Toby Greene
6 Lachie Whitfield
7 Lachie Ash
9 Ryan Angwin
10 Clayton Oliver
11 Phoenix Gothard
17 Finn Callaghan
20 Jake Stringer
23 Jesse Hogan
24 Harry Rowston
25 Jayden Laverde
26 Jake Riccardi
27 Harry Himmelberg
32 Kieren Briggs
33 Xavier O'Halloran
35 Max Gruzewski
37 Joe Fonti
38 Josaia Delana
39 Connor Idun
44 Jack Buckley
46 Callum Brown
Staff
Western Bulldogs - team logo
Western Bulldogs
Luke Beveridge
Senior Coach
GWS Giants - team logo
GWS Giants
Adam Kingsley
Senior Coach