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Blog log from R18 of 2026: Western Bulldogs vs West Coast

Blog log for Western Bulldogs vs West Coast, R18 of 2026

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Reid snaps off his left from 30m on a slight angle from a stoppage but that one flies left. (Q1 1:40)
Kelly sharks Dale’s pressured handball on outer wing, Graham passes to Shanahan 40m out on a slight angle for the first goal of the day. (Q1 5:52)
Starcevich turns the ball over by foot to Bontempelli in the centre, Weightman bombs long to the pocket, Young stops Croft marking but Croft roves and snaps the goal from 20m. (Q1 8:23)
BJ Williams taps behind in ruck 20m out on a slight angle, Waterman is on his own to rove and snap the goal, Busslinger lost in traffic. (Q1 9:48)
Review shows the ball snicked the right fingertip of Busslinger, reversed to a behind. (Q1 11:01)
Naughton marks a Matthew Kennedy kick from members wing to the hotspot in front of Bazzo for his first goal. (Q1 13:31)
Young spoils Naughton 20m out from the next centre clearance but the ball bounces in the square and sits up for Naughton to gather and goal. (Q1 14:49)
Davidson leaps in front of McCarthy for a mark 25m out on a slight angle from Richards’ tumbler from a ball up on the HFF. He converts. (Q1 17:39)
Cole is slightly surprised to be given a holding free on Cleary near the hotspot, he accepts the goal opportunity. (Q1 19:54)
Liberatore encroaches to bring Yeo from outer wing to 50m on a slight angle, the set shot falls on the goal line for O’Donnell to knuckle through. (Q1 23:49)
Weightman tries a grubber from 45m out on a slingshot but the ball refuses to keep rolling, eventually Starcevich rushes in the square. (Q1 25:39)
McCarthy punches a loose ball outside defensive 50 but Cleary roves and goes straight back in to the pocket for Weightman 40m out, whose set shot is wide and rushed. (Q1 27:48)
Reid tries a skidder on the run from the HFF, Bramble gets back and shepherds it into the left post. (Q1 29:25)
Murdock hits the lead of Jack Williams 30m out in front, Khamis trailing behind. The set shot flies to the left, disappointingly. (Q2 2:15)
Waterman centres with a high ball to the hotspot, Jack Williams is the rover to BJ Williams’ contest and he floats through a snap off the right. (Q2 3:45)
West receives from Richards and passes low and hard from the centre to Jones 30m out on a slight angle, who leaves his set shot to the right. (Q2 5:16)
Bontempelli catches Reid HTB at a stoppage 40m out on a slight angle but hooks his set shot to the right. (Q2 9:31)
Shanahan marks on the boundary 30m out and curls in a nice right-foot set shot. (Q2 10:16)
West Coast into the lead, and well-deserved as they have worked bloody hard for it. (Q2 10:37)
Reid fends off West for the next centre clearance, Shanahan marks in the other pocket 30m out in front of Busslinger, but misses near side right. (Q2 11:42)
Cleary baulks past Kelly in the centre and passes long over Baker to the flank for Jones 45m out, but his set shot is a bit of a shank for no score. (Q2 14:46)
Naughton draws a holding free on Young 40m out on the flank but misses narrow left. (Q2 16:55)
Liberatore rolls a behind to the right from the left post. (Q2 17:52)
Waterman intercepts a poor Frasier kick across half back for a goal from 20m. (Q2 19:16)
Naughton marks a Matthew Kennedy pass from the centre to 40m in the corridor, his set shot is rightish but falls in for his third goal. (Q2 22:17)
Naughton marks again 20m out on the boundary from Bontempelli’s long pass, but he shoots OOTF across the face to the right. (Q2 23:59)
Graham passes to Murdock 45m out in the corridor after both sides exchange turnovers in midfield. Murdock kicks it like gorillaz do for the goal. (Q2 25:54)
Richards breaks a Yeo tackle for the next centre clearance, Croft marks over Jack Williams 40m out but misses to the right. (Q2 27:07)
Lobb takes a link mark on members wing and passes inboard to Richards 45m out on a slight angle. Big Red fades in the set shot for the first goal of Q3. (Q3 0:09)
Allan marks a Graham kick over Dolan 30m out on a slight angle but kicks poorly to the left. (Q3 6:54)
Graham marks a McCarthy pass 45m out and roosts through a nice set shot. (Q3 10:39)
Duursma speeds away from the next centre contest and rams through a classic goal from CHF! (Q3 10:39)
That kick came from inside the centre square, leaving Matthew Kennedy well behind. (Q3 10:39)
Bontempelli does the same up the other end! (Q3 14:44)
That one was from a secondary stoppage in the centre, with an assist by Liberatore’s scrub kick. (Q3 14:44)
Lobb catches out of ruck 20m out but fumbles under pressure, crumb falls into the lap of Bontempelli who does the rest off the left. (Q3 14:44)
Shanahan gathers a crumb from Hutchinson’s contest at the top of the square but Busslinger smothers to prevent a goal. (Q3 20:40)
Matthew Kennedy marks a Weightman speculator from outer wing to the flank 30m out over Starcevich, but his set shot flies across the face to the left. (Q3 22:40)
Hutchinson snaps wide right from the flank 30m out with two Dogs on his collar. (Q3 23:33)
Weightman drops the knees to suck a high contact free on Hough 45m out on the flank, he plays on and bombs to the top of the square for Lobb to mark and goal. Dogs in front! (Q3 25:09)
Duursma throws the head back to suck a high contact free on Lobb at a stoppage 50m out on a slight angle. No score, but Waterman intercepts Richards’ dump kick 35m out… (Q3 28:31)
Waterman leaves his set shot narrow to the left. (Q3 28:52)
Naughton is over the back for a West kick but Bazzo somehow spoils coming back with the flight to prevent a red time score! (Q3 29:51)
Reid snaps very high and straight from a stoppage hard in the pocket 20m out to change the lead again! Credit to BJ Williams for catching the ball out of ruck and giving. (Q4 1:03)
Bailey Williams of the Bulldogs marks a swerving inside 50 pass by Dale near the hotspot, his set shot starts rightish but falls in for another go-ahead goal. (Q4 6:04)
Naughton marks in front of Bazzo on the HFF but tries a pass that doesn’t work. (Q4 11:00)
Naughton marks coming back with the flight 45m out on the flank and decides to take the set shot this time, he converts. (Q4 12:28)
Bontempelli storms away from the next centre contest with a feed by Freijah and bombs long for Jones to mark over Hough 30m out in front, he kicks straight. (Q4 14:13)
West Coast have fought valiantly all day, but they look like giving up a late burst and falling short. (Q4 14:43)
Cleary’s dump kick from the back pocket is straight to Waterman just inside 50m on the flank. His set shot is long enough but just hits the far right post. (Q4 17:54)
Reid spoils Matthew Kennedy at half back, Cole roves and passes to Jack Williams 40m out on the flank. His drop punt goes to the left. (Q4 18:32)
Five minutes to go and the Eagles have to start scoring. (Q4 22:04)
Lobb sends a high speculator to a pack 35m out on a slight angle, Naughton leaps for a chest mark and boots his fifth goal to put the game to bed. (Q4 23:14)
Reid has Shanahan over the back but Shanahan drops it going back with the flight, Busslinger prevents the score. (Q4 25:17)
Cole misses from 30m on a slight angle. (Q4 27:01)
Reid receives from Graham and misses on the turn to the left from 45m. (Q4 28:16)

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