2021 Western Bulldogs season

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Western Bulldogs
2021 season
CoachLuke Beveridge
(7th season)
Captain(s)Marcus Bontempelli
(2nd season)
Home groundMarvel Stadium
Leading goalkickerJosh Bruce (48)
Highest home attendance52,402 vs. Richmond (Round 7)
Lowest home attendance0 (multiple times); 7,387 vs. Brisbane Lions (Round 4) (excluding matches played behind closed doors)
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The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football team based in Melbourne, Victoria. Their 2021 season is their 96th season in the Australian Football League (AFL), their seventh season under premiership coach Luke Beveridge, and their second season with Marcus Bontempelli as captain. By the end of the home-and-away season, they finished fifth with 15 wins and 7 losses despite topping the ladder for eight weeks.[1] Nevertheless, they were able to make the 2021 Grand Final against Melbourne, scheduled for Saturday 25 September 2021.

Background[]

Marcus Bontempelli (captain) and Luke Beveridge (coach)

The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football team based in Melbourne, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). They ended the 2020 home-and-away season seventh on the ladder. Their season ended after St Kilda beat them in the first week of the finals; however, they were able to make the 2021 Grand Final against Melbourne, scheduled for Saturday 25 September 2021.

In the off season, Marcus Bontempelli was named captain of the Western Bulldogs for the second year in a row. Mitch Wallis was named as the vice-captain, which was a role formerly held by Easton Wood. The leadership group was abolished, with players being asked to 'take on more responsibility to guide the team forward'.[2]

Luke Beveridge was head coach for a seventh season.

The Western Bulldogs continued with Mexican foods supplier company Mission Foods as their major sponsor for 2021.

Playing list[]

2020 off-season changes[]

At the end of their 2020 season, the Western Bulldogs delisted 2018 leading goalkicker Billy Gowers and 2016 draftees Fergus Greene and Brad Lynch.[3] Veterans Jackson Trengove and Matthew Suckling, as well as 2017 draftee Callum Porter, were delisted after the trade period.[4] The Western Bulldogs only traded one player, Lachie Young, in the trade period, who went to North Melbourne in a three-way trade that saw the Western Bulldogs receive Brisbane Lions ruckman Stefan Martin; Brisbane and North Melbourne trade picks 63 and 70, respectively; and Lachie Young be sent to North Melbourne.[5] They received out-of-favour Collingwood midfielder Adam Treloar and picks 26, 33 and 42 in exchange for a first-round and future second-round pick.[6] Finally, Mitch Hannan was also traded to the Bulldogs in exchange for a future third-round pick.[7]

In the 2020 AFL draft, the Bulldogs drafted Next Generation Academy graduate Jamarra Ugle-Hagan with the first pick of the 2020 AFL draft[8] as well as small forward with pick 55.[9] They also obtained midfielder/forward Lachlan McNeil at the rookie draft with pick 11.[10]

Removals from playing list
Player Reason Games played Ref.
Billy Gowers Delisted 33 [3]
Fergus Greene Delisted 5 [3]
Brad Lynch Delisted 9 [3]
Callum Porter Delisted 1 [4]
Matt Suckling Delisted 178 (76 at the Western Bulldogs) [4]
Jackson Trengove Delisted 185 (32 at the Western Bulldogs) [4]
Lachie Young Traded to North Melbourne 8 [5]
Tory Dickson Retired 114 [11]
Sam Lloyd Retired 89 (32 at the Western Bulldogs) [12]
Additions to playing list
Player Acquired Former club Former league Ref.
Mitch Hannan Traded from Melbourne Melbourne AFL [7]
Stefan Martin Traded from Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions AFL [13]
Adam Treloar Traded from Collingwood Collingwood AFL [6]
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan No. 1, 2020 national draft Oakleigh Chargers NAB League [8]
No. 55, 2020 national draft Murray Bushrangers NAB League [9]
Lachlan McNeil No. 11, 2020 AFL Rookie draft Woodville-West Torrens SANFL [10]

Statistics[]

Playing list and statistics as of Round 4[14]
Player No. Games Goals Behinds Kicks Handballs Disposals Marks Tackles Notes/Milestone(s)
Adam Treloar 1 6 5 4 81 79 160 17 26 Western Bulldogs debut (Round 1)[15]
Lewis Young 2 2 0 0 16 13 29 7 1
Mitch Wallis 3 2 0 2 12 16 28 10 3
Marcus Bontempelli 4 6 8 4 87 69 156 22 25 150th game (Round 5)"[16]
Josh Dunkley 5 6 4 7 70 112 182 33 34
Bailey Smith 6 6 4 5 71 71 142 32 14
Lachie Hunter 7 6 3 1 72 57 129 32 16
Stefan Martin 8 5 1 0 18 40 58 6 6 Western Bulldogs debut (Round 1)[15]
Hayden Crozier 9 2 0 0 26 5 31 17 6
Easton Wood 10 4 1 0 34 20 54 21 8
Jack Macrae 11 6 2 2 106 110 216 26 27
Zaine Cordy 12 1 0 0 8 3 11 4 0
Josh Schache 13 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Rhylee West 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taylor Duryea 15 6 0 0 74 39 113 41 12
Toby McLean 16 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Josh Bruce 17 6 19 4 51 25 76 39 7
Louis Butler 18 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Cody Weightman 19 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Ed Richards 20 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Tom Liberatore 21 6 4 3 76 71 147 12 35 150th game (Round 2)[17]
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan 22 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Laitham Vandermeer 23 5 3 4 21 26 47 8 12
Buku Khamis 24 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Category-B Rookie
Ben Cavarra 25 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
26 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Patrick Lipinski 27 5 1 0 39 36 75 16 9
Anthony Scott 28 6 2 2 35 38 73 10 10 Rookie, AFL debut (Round 1)[15]
Mitch Hannan 29 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Lachlan McNeil 30 6 5 6 32 27 59 11 8 Rookie, AFL debut (Round 1)[15]
Bailey Dale 31 6 4 0 82 44 126 30 7
Will Hayes 32 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Rookie
Aaron Naughton 33 6 13 15 65 20 85 45 11
Bailey Williams 34 5 0 0 63 32 95 25 11
Caleb Daniel 35 5 1 0 63 48 111 15 9
Roarke Smith 37 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Rookie
Riley Garcia 38 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Jason Johannisen 39 5 1 1 28 26 54 8 6
Jordon Sweet 41 1 0 0 4 4 8 2 4 Rookie, AFL debut (Round 5)[18]
Alex Keath 42 6 0 0 60 33 93 40 16 50th game (Round 2)[17]
Ryan Gardner 43 3 0 0 15 6 21 11 2 Rookie
Tim English 44 6 9 6 44 36 80 36 9 50th game (Round 3)[19]
Lin Jong 46 1 0 1 2 2 4 2 0

Season summary[]

The fixture for the 2021 season was revealed in December 2020, with each team scheduled to play 22 matches and have a mid-season bye, as was normal prior to COVID-19. Only the first six rounds had times and dates set for the matches, with the remaining dates being confirmed at a later date.[20] The Bulldogs played Gold Coast, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide and West Coast twice, and the other teams once each.[21]

The Western Bulldogs' first match of the season was against Collingwood at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Bulldogs secured their first win of the season, a 16-point win, after leading the entire game. This saw former Collingwood player Adam Treloar play against his old club for the first time.[22] In Round 2, the Bulldogs played West Coast at Marvel Stadium. The game was very even, with the lead switching 11 times throughout the game. Although the Eagles lead by 2 goals at three quarter time, the Bulldogs kicked 5 goals to 2, with Bontempelli kicking the sealer, in order to secure the win, which was described as 'the best game of 2021 so far'.[23]

Round 3 saw the team make history as they brutally demolished North Melbourne in the Good Friday marquee match by 128 points, their biggest winning margin in the club's history.[24][25] Josh Bruce kicked 10 goals, the biggest amount kicked by an AFL player since Ben Brown in 2019.[26] The win propelled them to the top spo of the ladder, with a percentage of 181.6. Round 4 saw the club continue their undefeated streak, after they beat 2020 preliminary finalists Brisbane Lions by 19 points on a windy day at Mars Stadium in Ballarat.[27] Ruckman turned forward Tim English, new recruit Adam Treloar and the ever-consistent Jack Macrae were named as the team's best on ground after they collected a combined 78 disposals and 4 goals.[28]

The Bulldogs went undefeated for the first five games in a season for the first time since 1946 as they beat Gold Coast by 62 points in a fierce display at Marvel Stadium, scoring 11 goals to 1 in the opening half as 150 gamer Marcus Bontempelli led the way. After conceding the third quarter to the Suns, they pulled away in the final quarter to win by their 2nd biggest margin up to that point.[29][30][16] Their undefeated streak continued the following week as the Bulldogs pulled away in a back and forward slog against Greater Western Sydney to claim the victory by 39 points.[31][32] Lin Jong came back into the team only to injure his hamstring in his fourth game in the senior team since 2018, while the ever-consistent Josh Dunkley dislocated his shoulder and ruckman-turned forward Tim English suffered a head knock.[33][34]

The Bulldogs suffered their first loss for the season in Round 7 after they lost to reigning premiers Richmond by 22 points. Despite leading at half time, they could not hold out against the Tigers, who had been inaccurate in the first half.[35][36] After being down 27 points at one stage in the third quarter, the Bulldogs grinded out a win against Carlton in Round 8, with Bruce and Bontempelli among the best performers for that game after collecting 32 disposals and 5 goals, respectively.[37][38] The next week saw the team travel to Adelaide Oval to face Port Adelaide, where they secured a 19-point win.[39] After kicking 6 goals to 2 in the first term, the exact opposite occurred in the second, with the Bulldogs conceding 6 goals and kicking 2 themselves.[40] However, they managed to pull through with late goals to Cody Weightman and Aaron Naughton, sealing the win.[41]

The Bulldogs again made history in Round 10, recording their biggest-ever win against the Saints[42] and recording two 100-point wins for the first time in one season.[43] Their 111-point victory saw the Bulldogs narrowly keep on top in the first quarter, with a 3-goal-to-2 quarter seeing inaccurate kicking from both sides. However, from there, the Bulldogs would kick 18 of the next 21 goals, with 5 players for the Bulldogs scoring multiple goals.[44][45][46] Round 11 saw the Bulldogs get handed their second loss for the season after they were dominated by Melbourne for the majority of the game, resulting in a 28-point loss.[47] The game was played without crowds due to the impact of the pandemic lockdown occurring in Victoria that week.[48][49] The team secured another win against Fremantle at Perth Stadium in Round 12, running out 28-point victors after some inaccurate kicking at goal.[50][51] It was their first win in the state of Western Australia since the 2016 Elimination Final against the West Coast Eagles, which that year saw them progress into the 2016 finals series.[52]

The Western Bulldogs lost their ladder position in the last few weeks of the home-and-away season, slipping from first to fifth. However, they scored wins against Essendon, Brisbane, and Port Adelaide in the finals to qualify for the 2021 Grand Final against Melbourne.

Results[]

AAMI Community Series results
Game Day Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance
G B T G B T
1 Sunday 8 March Won 15 16 106 Melbourne 10 7 67 Marvel Stadium 7,931
Regular season results[53]
Round Day Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance Ladder
G B T G B T
1 Sunday 19 March Won 10 9 69 Collingwood 7 11 53 Melbourne Cricket Ground A 46,051 6th
2 Sunday 28 March Won 14 16 100 West Coast 14 9 93 Marvel Stadium H 21,391 5th
3 Saturday 2 April Won 25 17 167 North Melbourne 5 9 39 Marvel Stadium A 28.483 1st
4 Saturday 10 April Won 10 13 73 Brisbane Lions 8 6 54 Mars Stadium H 7,387 1st
5 Friday 17 April Won 17 16 118 Gold Coast 8 8 56 Marvel Stadium H 18,920 1st
6 Saturday 23 April Won 15 14 104 Greater Western Sydney 9 11 65 Manuka Oval A 10,064 1st
7 Sunday 30 April Lost 7 13 55 Richmond 11 11 77 Melbourne Cricket Ground A 52,402 2nd
8 Sunday 9 May Won 16 11 107 Carlton 13 13 91 Marvel Stadium H 27,663 2nd
9 Sunday 15 May Won 15 6 96 Port Adelaide 12 5 77 Adelaide Oval A 32,787 2nd
10 Saturday 22 May Won 21 18 144 St Kilda 5 3 33 Marvel Stadium H 28,720 1st
11 Friday 28 May Lost 8 11 59 Melbourne 13 9 87 Marvel Stadium H 0[a] 2nd
12 Sunday 6 June Won 13 15 93 Fremantle 9 11 65 Optus Stadium A 32,875 2nd
13 Bye
14 Friday June 18 Lost 11 12 78 Geelong 12 11 83 GMHBA Stadium A 6,583 2nd
15 Sunday June 27 Won 13 20 98 West Coast 6 7 43 Optus Stadium A 0[b] 2nd
16 Sunday July 4 Won 16 12 108 North Melbourne 11 13 79 Marvel Stadium H 18,216 1st
17 Sunday July 11 Lost 8 12 60 Sydney 11 13 79 Marvel Stadium H 24,817 2nd
18 Saturday July 17 Won 14 6 90 Gold Coast 11 13 79 Metricon Stadium A 8,244 2nd
19 Saturday July 24 Won 13 7 85 Melbourne 9 11 65 Melbourne Cricket Ground H 0[c] 1st
20 Saturday July 31 Won 15 15 105 Adelaide 8 8 56 Mars Stadium H 0[d] 1st
21 Sunday August 8 Lost 12 12 84 Essendon 15 7 97 Marvel Stadium H 0[e] 2nd
22 Saturday August 14 Lost 9 10 64 Hawthorn 5 7 37 UTAS Stadium A 7,822 4th
23 Friday August 20 Lost 10 4 64 Port Adelaide 9 12 66 Marvel Stadium H 0[f] 5th
EF Sunday 29 August Won 13 7 85 Essendon 4 12 36 UTAS Stadium H 9,760 N/A
SF Friday 4 September Won 11 13 79 Brisbane Lions 11 12 78 The Gabba A 30,647
PF Saturday 11 September Won 17 14 116 Port Adelaide 6 9 45 Adelaide Oval A 26,400
Key
H Home game
A Away game
EF Elimination final
SF Semi-final
PF Preliminary final

Notelist[]

  1. ^ Crowds were not permitted for the Round 11 clash between the Western Bulldogs and the Demons due to the COVID-19 lockdown occurring at the time in Victoria.
  2. ^ Crowds were not permitted for the Round 15 clash between the Western Bulldogs and the Eagles due to the detection of a positive COVID-19 case in Western Australia.
  3. ^ Crowds were not permitted for the Round 19 clash between the Western Bulldogs and the Demons due to the COVID-19 lockdown occurring at the time in Victoria.
  4. ^ Crowds were not permitted for the Round 20 clash between the Western Bulldogs and the Crows due to the COVID-19 lockdown occurring at the time in Victoria.
  5. ^ Crowds were not permitted for the Round 21 clash between the Western Bulldogs and the Essendon Bombers due to the COVID-19 lockdown occurring at the time in Victoria.
  6. ^ Crowds were not permitted for the Round 23 clash between the Western Bulldogs and the Port Adelaide Power due to the COVID-19 lockdown occurring at the time in Victoria.

Ladder[]

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne 22 17 4 1 1888 1443 130.8 70 Finals series
2 Port Adelaide 22 17 5 0 1884 1492 126.3 68
3 Geelong 22 16 6 0 1845 1456 126.7 64
4 Brisbane Lions 22 15 7 0 2131 1599 133.3 60
5 Western Bulldogs 22 15 7 0 1994 1501 132.8 60
6 Sydney 22 15 7 0 1986 1656 119.9 60
7 Greater Western Sydney 22 11 10 1 1768 1773 99.7 46
8 Essendon 22 11 11 0 1953 1790 109.1 44
9 West Coast 22 10 12 0 1752 1880 93.2 40
10 St Kilda 22 10 12 0 1644 1796 91.5 40
11 Fremantle 22 10 12 0 1578 1825 86.5 40
12 Richmond 22 9 12 1 1743 1780 97.9 38
13 Carlton 22 8 14 0 1746 1972 88.5 32
14 Hawthorn 22 7 13 2 1629 1912 85.2 32
15 Adelaide 22 7 15 0 1616 1971 82.0 28
16 Gold Coast 22 7 15 0 1430 1863 76.8 28
17 Collingwood 22 6 16 0 1557 1818 85.6 24
18 North Melbourne 22 4 17 1 1458 2075 70.3 18
Updated to match(es) played on 21 August 2021. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.


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