Western Bulldogs v GWS Giants, Round 1 2026
2026 AFLRound 1
| Club | QT | HT | 3QT | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBD | 5.1 31 | 11.1 67 | 16.6 102 | 21.8 134 |
| GWS | 2.3 15 | 4.5 29 | 6.8 44 | 7.11 53 |
Marvel Stadium, MelbourneLead changes 2
Recap
Bulldogs thrash GWS by 81
The Western Bulldogs 21.8 (134) beat GWS 7.11 (53) at Marvel Stadium in Round 1, a 81-point win.
Bulldogs led at every change.
Aaron Naughton kicked six goals for Bulldogs and Sam Darcy four; Finn Callaghan kicked two for GWS.
Marcus Bontempelli led the way with 33 disposals, three goals and 6 clearances.
A run of six straight goals in the second quarter stretched the lead from 10 to 44.
Bulldogs won the clearances 45–26.
In context
- The Western Bulldogs have now beaten GWS 5 times in a row.
- Milestones: James O'Donnell’s 50th game, Ed Richards’s 150th game, Oskar Baker’s 50th game.
- AFL debut for Will Lewis.
Best on ground
Bulldogs · #4 · 83% game time
- 33
- D
- 3
- G
- 6
- M
- 3
- T
6 clearances · 11 inside 50s · AFL Fantasy 135
Brownlow votes2026 count
Score worm
Bulldogs aheadGWS aheadGoalFour or more goals in a row
- 6 goals in a row to BulldogsQ2 6:05 – 23:24
- 4 goals in a row to BulldogsQ3 1:55 – 6:19
- 4 goals in a row to BulldogsQ4 0:45 – 10:43
- Bulldogs lead by 82Q4 22:15
BulldogsGoals
- A. Naughton 6.1
- S. Darcy 4.1
- M. Bontempelli 3.1
- O. Baker 2
- S. Davidson 2
- M. Kennedy 1.1
- L. Bramble 1
- C. Hynes 1
- T. Liberatore 1
GWSGoals
- Field umpires
- Alex Whetton, Craig Fleer, Brent Wallace, Peter Bailes
Western BulldogsFinal team
Interchange
EmergenciesH. Gallagher, L. Kennedy, L. Emmett
In
- +Ryley Sanders
- +Will Lewis
Out
- −Arthur Jones · Injured
- −Jordan Croft · Injured
Milestones
- James O'Donnell · 50th game
- Ed Richards · 150th game
- Oskar Baker · 50th game
- Will Lewis · Debut game
First game for the club
- Will Lewis · Old Brighton/Foostcray VFL
GWS GiantsFinal team
Interchange
- 27Himmelberg
- 24Rowston
- 26Riccardi
- 33O'Halloran
- 46Brown
EmergenciesC. Stone, J. Leake, O. Hannaford
How the FanCrew rating works
FanCrew rating: Champion Data rating points and AFL Fantasy points together, on a 0–10 scale against every AFL game since 2001 (Fantasy points alone before 2012). 6.5 is a typical game, 8.5 and up a standout. Players need 15% game time to be rated.
Bulldogs won the clearances 45–26.
WBDAttackGWS
- Inside 50s 50
- Scoring shots 7.1118
- Accuracy 39%
55
2921.8
72%
The ball
- Disposals 387
- Contested possessions 118
- Clearances 26
- Marks 127
- Tackles 56
- Free kicks 16
- Biggest lead 1
406
125
45
118
43
25
82
Disposals
- BontempelliWBD33
- AshGWS31
- LiberatoreWBD29
Goals
- NaughtonWBD6.1
- DarcyWBD4.1
- BontempelliWBD3.1
Marks
Tackles
- LiberatoreWBD6
- RichardsWBD5
- WilliamsWBD5
Western Bulldogs21.8134
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4M. Bontempelli | 33 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 135 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 0 | |
| 33A. Naughton | 15 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 123 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 21T. Liberatore | 29 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 122 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 0 | |
| 44T. English | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 121 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 23 | |
| 8M. Kennedy | 27 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 110 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | |
| 11L. Jaques | 29 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 112 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| 10S. Darcy | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 86 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 6 | |
| 20E. Richards | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 83 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | |
| 19C. Budarick | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 86 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 31B. Dale | 23 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34B. Williams | 17 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7R. Lobb | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29L. BrambleInt | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| 13O. BakerInt | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 42S. Davidson | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 9R. Sanders | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
| 27J. FreijahInt | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 77 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24B. Khamis | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14R. West | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
| 6C. Hynes | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37M. SellwoodInt | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18J. O'Donnell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 28W. LewisInt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Team | 406 | 21 | 6 | 118 | 43 | 45 | 1722 | 243 | 163 | 55 | 32 |
GWS Giants7.1153
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7L. Ash | 31 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 136 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |
| 17F. Callaghan | 27 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 109 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 0 | |
| 39C. Idun | 23 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| 26J. RiccardiInt | 19 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 95 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 12 | |
| 44J. Buckley | 16 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4T. Greene | 26 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 92 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 | |
| 10C. Oliver | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 79 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | |
| 6L. Whitfield | 25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37J. Fonti | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 27H. HimmelbergInt | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 25J. Laverde | 19 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9R. Angwin | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| 3S. Coniglio | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 65 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1H. Thomas | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | |
| 24H. RowstonInt | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 33X. O'HalloranInt | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| 11P. Gothard | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 67 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 23J. Hogan | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 32K. Briggs | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| 38J. Delana | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 46C. BrownInt | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 20J. Stringer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 35M. Gruzewski | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team | 387 | 7 | 10 | 127 | 56 | 26 | 1640 | 241 | 146 | 50 | 27 |
Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.
First quarterWBD 5.1 (31) · GWS 2.3 (15)
- 3:16GoalS. DarcyWBD1.0 (6) – 0.0 (0)
- 4:39GoalM. BontempelliWBD2.0 (12) – 0.0 (0)
- 8:11GoalX. O'HalloranGWS2.0 (12) – 1.0 (6)
- 11:11GoalJ. RiccardiGWSLevel2.0 (12) – 2.0 (12)
- 14:25RushedBulldogsWBD2.1 (13) – 2.0 (12)
- 17:02BehindJ. HoganGWSLevel2.1 (13) – 2.1 (13)
- 17:59BehindC. BrownGWSLead change2.1 (13) – 2.2 (14)
- 21:44GoalO. BakerWBDLead change3.1 (19) – 2.2 (14)
- 23:57GoalM. BontempelliWBD4.1 (25) – 2.2 (14)
- 25:26GoalC. HynesWBD5.1 (31) – 2.2 (14)
- 28:22BehindP. GothardGWS5.1 (31) – 2.3 (15)
Second quarterWBD 6.0 (36) · GWS 2.2 (14)
- 1:53GoalF. CallaghanGWS5.1 (31) – 3.3 (21)
- 6:05GoalA. NaughtonWBD6.1 (37) – 3.3 (21)
- 10:35RushedGWSGWS6.1 (37) – 3.4 (22)
- 11:37GoalS. DarcyWBD7.1 (43) – 3.4 (22)
- 13:42GoalS. DavidsonWBD8.1 (49) – 3.4 (22)
- 18:34BehindM. GruzewskiGWS8.1 (49) – 3.5 (23)
- 19:13GoalS. DavidsonWBD9.1 (55) – 3.5 (23)
- 21:44GoalM. BontempelliWBD10.1 (61) – 3.5 (23)
- 23:24GoalA. NaughtonWBD11.1 (67) – 3.5 (23)
- 26:39GoalF. CallaghanGWS11.1 (67) – 4.5 (29)
Third quarterWBD 5.5 (35) · GWS 2.3 (15)
- 0:43BehindB. WilliamsWBD11.2 (68) – 4.5 (29)
- 1:55GoalT. LiberatoreWBD12.2 (74) – 4.5 (29)
- 3:27GoalA. NaughtonWBD13.2 (80) – 4.5 (29)
- 5:06GoalA. NaughtonWBD14.2 (86) – 4.5 (29)
- 6:19GoalS. DarcyWBD15.2 (92) – 4.5 (29)
- 7:48RushedBulldogsWBD15.3 (93) – 4.5 (29)
- 11:31GoalT. GreeneGWS15.3 (93) – 5.5 (35)
- 13:45BehindM. BontempelliWBD15.4 (94) – 5.5 (35)
- 15:41BehindC. BrownGWS15.4 (94) – 5.6 (36)
- 16:59BehindT. GreeneGWS15.4 (94) – 5.7 (37)
- 19:34GoalO. BakerWBD16.4 (100) – 5.7 (37)
- 21:23BehindA. NaughtonWBD16.5 (101) – 5.7 (37)
- 22:24GoalH. RowstonGWS16.5 (101) – 6.7 (43)
- 29:38BehindP. GothardGWS16.5 (101) – 6.8 (44)
- 31:56BehindM. KennedyWBD16.6 (102) – 6.8 (44)
Last quarterWBD 5.2 (32) · GWS 1.3 (9)
- 0:45GoalS. DarcyWBD17.6 (108) – 6.8 (44)
- 3:19BehindT. GreeneGWS17.6 (108) – 6.9 (45)
- 6:23GoalA. NaughtonWBD18.6 (114) – 6.9 (45)
- 9:05GoalM. KennedyWBD19.6 (120) – 6.9 (45)
- 10:43GoalA. NaughtonWBD20.6 (126) – 6.9 (45)
- 12:08GoalS. ConiglioGWS20.6 (126) – 7.9 (51)
- 14:41BehindX. O'HalloranGWS20.6 (126) – 7.10 (52)
- 16:00GoalL. BrambleWBD21.6 (132) – 7.10 (52)
- 17:07BehindB. DaleWBD21.7 (133) – 7.10 (52)
- 22:15BehindS. DarcyWBD21.8 (134) – 7.10 (52)
- 26:56BehindK. BriggsGWS21.8 (134) – 7.11 (53)