Where and when: Giants Stadium, Sunday August 18, 3.20pm AEST
What it means for GWS: Last week’s loss to Hawthorn all but ended the Giants’ top four hopes, but they must beat the Dogs to ensure they’re a chance to host an elimination final.
What it means for the Bulldogs: Sitting outside the top eight the Dogs simply can’t lose any of their final two games if they hope to sneak into September.
The stat: Star Giant Toby Greene had 20 contested possessions against the Hawks last week and played almost a lone hand in the midfield at times. If he doesn’t get more support inside this week, the hungry Dogs could have too many onball options for the home side.
The match-up: Toby Greene v Josh Dunkley
Two of the game’s brightest young stars could go head to head in the midfield and both are in sublime form, so the duel will be a cracker. Greene (rated No.202 overall in the Official AFL Player Ratings) and Dunkley (No.41) both relish the hard stuff and are outstanding around stoppages, but they’ll also look to get forward when they can to help their teams on the scoreboard.
It’s a big week for: Shane Mumford
The veteran struggled against Jon Ceglar last week and comes up against the young and athletic Tim English on Sunday. If Mumford gets hurt around the ground the Giants will struggle to win the midfield battle.
Big call: Tagger Matt de Boer will return from injury and lock onto Doggies ball magnet Jackson Macrae, keeping him to less than 20 possessions for the first time since round 13 last year.
Schwarz says: Bulldogs by 17pts
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Greater Western Sydney v Western Bulldogs
LATE CHANGES
Greater Western Sydney: Shane Mumford (illness) replaced by Dawson Simpson
Western Bulldogs: Tim English (illness) replaced by Lewis Young
FINAL INTERCHANGES
Greater Western Sydney: Jye Caldwell, Adam Tomlinson, Adam Kennedy, Sam Reid
Western Bulldogs: Taylor Duryea, Sam Lloyd, Pat Lipinski, Will Hayes
You forgot the thread for the best game of the round
Richmond – West Coast Eagles
Are WCE the best second half side in the comp? I hope not.
Pouring down now. Gonna be a humdinger 🙂
Oh bugger. I sure did. It is up now, just in case….
Sorry everyone, rough day.
Thanks FD. We are all human. I hope that your day improves. You do a great job here.
De Boer to the Bont
So who is De Boer tagging ?
Bont
QTR TIME SCORES
Western Sydney Giants: 5.3.33
Toby Greene 35
Tim Taranto 32
Lachlan Keeffe 32
Lachie Whitfield 30
H. Himmelberg 29
Adam Kennedy 26
Brent Daniels 23
Matthew de Boer 23
Zac Williams 22
Josh Kelly 22
Heath Shaw 19
Jake Stein 19
Phil Davis 17
Ian Hill 16
Jye Caldwell 15
Nick Haynes 13
Zachary Sproule 12
Dawson Simpson 11
Harry Perryman 11
Adam Tomlinson 8
Sam J. Reid 7
Aidan Corr 7
Western Bulldogs : 7.1.43
Josh Dunkley 43
Tory Dickson 37
Lachie Hunter 28
M. Bontempelli 26
Matt Suckling 25
Jack Macrae 25
Aaron Naughton 23
Sam Lloyd 22
Patrick Lipinski 21
Jackson Trengove 19
Taylor Duryea 19
Jason Johannisen 19
Will Hayes 18
Easton Wood 17
Toby McLean 15
Hayden Crozier 14
Josh Schache 13
Bailey Dale 13
Bailey Smith 12
Zaine Cordy 11
Lewis Young 10
Ed Richards 7
866pts allocated, that’s 41 over so expect down-scaling
now need Greene to go huUge 🙁
HALF-TIME SCORES
Western Sydney Giants: 9.6.60
Toby Greene 69
Tim Taranto 62
Nick Haynes 60
Lachie Whitfield 60
Zac Williams 52
H. Himmelberg 52
Josh Kelly 52
Phil Davis 44
Dawson Simpson 41
Adam Tomlinson 40
Harry Perryman 35
Adam Kennedy 34
Lachlan Keeffe 34
Brent Daniels 30
Jake Stein 29
Aidan Corr 29
Ian Hill 25
Matthew de Boer 24
Heath Shaw 22
Sam J. Reid 22
Jye Caldwell 22
Zachary Sproule 20
Western Bulldogs : 9.3.57
Lachie Hunter 68
Josh Dunkley 65
Patrick Lipinski 56
Matt Suckling 56
M. Bontempelli 51
Lewis Young 49
Jack Macrae 46
Jason Johannisen 42
Sam Lloyd 41
Bailey Smith 35
Tory Dickson 35
Will Hayes 32
Jackson Trengove 31
Toby McLean 30
Ed Richards 29
Taylor Duryea 27
Aaron Naughton 27
Hayden Crozier 27
Zaine Cordy 24
Easton Wood 23
Bailey Dale 19
Josh Schache 19
needs to be scaled DOWN 40pts. Though just took 7 off Greene for no reason I could see 🙁
lm going well in my sc prelim. Just need 97 from Williams and Lipinski. Then watching the game I hear the name Young mentioned. I HAVE L YOUNG AS MY C FFS !! He was a late in…..means I miss gawn score as c and sicily as my loop……my season is over.
Then I remember there are two L Young at dogs…Lewis Young was the in….I have Lachlan Young. There is a sc god.
nice one Wighty.
i NEED de Boer to not let the Bont escape in the second-half. he did in the last 5 mins of that first half … pretty please SC gods 🙂
My opponent C macrae so De Boer jump on Macrae reduce his scores and two good games are on want to watch both
Yes the risk is paying off Dunkley is on 104 keep it going
3QTR TIME SCORES
Western Sydney Giants: 9.10.64
Toby Greene 96
Zac Williams 90
Lachie Whitfield 88
Nick Haynes 87
Tim Taranto 84
Dawson Simpson 80
Heath Shaw 65
Phil Davis 64
Josh Kelly 63
Harry Perryman 54
H. Himmelberg 52
Adam Kennedy 52
Brent Daniels 52
Aidan Corr 45
Matthew de Boer 45
Adam Tomlinson 42
Jake Stein 38
Lachlan Keeffe 36
Sam J. Reid 28
Ian Hill 28
Zachary Sproule 24
Jye Caldwell 22
Western Bulldogs : 14.9.93
Josh Dunkley 128
Patrick Lipinski 84
Lachie Hunter 80
Jack Macrae 79
Bailey Smith 73
Matt Suckling 72
M. Bontempelli 70
Lewis Young 68
Jason Johannisen 63
Sam Lloyd 61
Taylor Duryea 61
Jackson Trengove 53
Easton Wood 52
Ed Richards 48
Josh Schache 42
Aaron Naughton 42
Will Hayes 39
Hayden Crozier 37
Toby McLean 35
Tory Dickson 34
Zaine Cordy 30
Bailey Dale 28
2514 pts allocated. needs to be scaled down by 39pts
now get Toby back in the guts. getting smashed since you moved him FWD
#HULC
DUNKLEY is an absolute lock, possibly #1 pick for 2020 for mine. Just gets it done.
had since rd 1! Luckily i didnt trade him out after he had some shit rds
same here 😉
Wait wait i got no trade left what happen to Greene??
Dunks has averaged 130 in my team since round 7. What a
I traded him out round 3 and back in round 12 has averaged 133 for me 😛
FULL-TIME SCORES
Western Sydney Giants: 9.11.65
Nick Haynes 114
Toby Greene 113
Lachie Whitfield 112
Tim Taranto 107
Zac Williams 104
Dawson Simpson 95
Josh Kelly 81
Heath Shaw 76
Phil Davis 76
Adam Kennedy 73
Harry Perryman 67
Brent Daniels 65
Matthew de Boer 61
H. Himmelberg 56
Aidan Corr 54
Adam Tomlinson 51
Jake Stein 48
Lachlan Keeffe 43
Ian Hill 40
Sam J. Reid 39
Zachary Sproule 27
Jye Caldwell 26
Western Bulldogs : 19.12.126
Josh Dunkley 165
Patrick Lipinski 111
Lachie Hunter 107
Jack Macrae 103
Jason Johannisen 97
Bailey Smith 92
Lewis Young 92
Matt Suckling 90
M. Bontempelli 89
Sam Lloyd 87
Taylor Duryea 81
Jackson Trengove 69
Easton Wood 66
Aaron Naughton 61
Josh Schache 57
Ed Richards 56
Toby McLean 55
Hayden Crozier 55
Will Hayes 54
Bailey Dale 44
Zaine Cordy 41
Tory Dickson 37
63pts still to be allocated. this could make or break my GF chances …
needed 230 from Whits and J Kelly … you’d think I could get that wouldn’t you?? … FFS … bloody GWS … useless … no players from them next year!!
3 pts up v Catta in Contribs, but still 60pts to be allocated. Think I’m done 🙁
he beat me by 5 points last week … thanks to dodgy players playing … and dodgy scoring system …
so who wants to own up putting thumbs down on all my comments??? Been noticing it a bit lately??
looks like you scraped through to the GF by 4 points AS … nice!