Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast Suns – Round 5 2021 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2021 AFLRound 5Sat, 17 Apr, 4:35 pm AEST

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11856

17.168.8

Bulldogs by 62

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
WBD	4.1 25	11.4 70	13.9 87	17.16 118
GCS	0.2 2	1.3 9	7.4 46	8.8 56

Marvel Stadium, MelbourneLead changes 0

Recap

The Western Bulldogs 17.16 (118) beat Gold Coast 8.8 (56) at Marvel Stadium in Round 5, a 62-point win.

Bulldogs led at every change.

Marcus Bontempelli kicked three goals for Bulldogs and Aaron Naughton two; Josh Corbett kicked three for Gold Coast.

Josh Dunkley led the way with 38 disposals, two goals, 7 clearances and 8 tackles.

Bulldogs opened the game with eleven straight goals across the first and second quarters.

Bulldogs won the inside-50 count 64–39 and won the clearances 41–23.

The Western Bulldogs’ 5th win in a row.
Milestones: Jordon Sweet’s 1st game, Patrick Lipinski’s 50th game, Marcus Bontempelli’s 150th game.
First game for the Western Bulldogs: Jordon Sweet.

Best on ground

More from Round 5

Western Bulldogs17.16118

Gold Coast Suns8.856

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

7:20GoalE. WoodWBD1.0 (6) – 0.0 (0)
8:43GoalJ. DunkleyWBD2.0 (12) – 0.0 (0)
10:54GoalM. BontempelliWBD3.0 (18) – 0.0 (0)
15:38GoalM. BontempelliWBD4.0 (24) – 0.0 (0)
21:52BehindJ. CorbettGCS4.0 (24) – 0.1 (1)
23:09BehindA. SextonGCS4.0 (24) – 0.2 (2)
26:36BehindT. EnglishWBD4.1 (25) – 0.2 (2)

2:06GoalA. NaughtonWBD5.1 (31) – 0.2 (2)
4:32BehindJ. CorbettGCS5.1 (31) – 0.3 (3)
7:32BehindA. NaughtonWBD5.2 (32) – 0.3 (3)
10:43GoalT. EnglishWBD6.2 (38) – 0.3 (3)
13:38GoalL. HunterWBD7.2 (44) – 0.3 (3)
16:30BehindL. McNeilWBD7.3 (45) – 0.3 (3)
18:48GoalA. TreloarWBD8.3 (51) – 0.3 (3)
21:19GoalL. McNeilWBD9.3 (57) – 0.3 (3)
26:56GoalJ. DunkleyWBD10.3 (63) – 0.3 (3)
29:11GoalA. TreloarWBD11.3 (69) – 0.3 (3)
30:27BehindM. BontempelliWBD11.4 (70) – 0.3 (3)
31:48GoalJ. LukosiusGCS11.4 (70) – 1.3 (9)

1:23BehindJ. DunkleyWBD11.5 (71) – 1.3 (9)
3:29GoalI. RankineGCS11.5 (71) – 2.3 (15)
5:57BehindT. EnglishWBD11.6 (72) – 2.3 (15)
7:00RushedBulldogsWBD11.7 (73) – 2.3 (15)
9:43GoalJ. CorbettGCS11.7 (73) – 3.3 (21)
12:33BehindD. MacPhersonGCS11.7 (73) – 3.4 (22)
13:50GoalJ. BruceWBD12.7 (79) – 3.4 (22)
16:03GoalB. KingGCS12.7 (79) – 4.4 (28)
19:16BehindA. NaughtonWBD12.8 (80) – 4.4 (28)
21:15GoalJ. CorbettGCS12.8 (80) – 5.4 (34)
23:55GoalB. KingGCS12.8 (80) – 6.4 (40)
27:44GoalJ. CorbettGCS12.8 (80) – 7.4 (46)
31:10GoalM. BontempelliWBD13.8 (86) – 7.4 (46)
32:58RushedBulldogsWBD13.9 (87) – 7.4 (46)