GWS Giants vs Bulldogs

Greene's stunning seven-goal haul not enough to stop red hot Dogs: 3-2-1.

That’s why he’s such a difficult matchup. “He can do it in any style; he can take a big contested mark, he can do it at ground level, he can do it on the run. He had a seventh late in the contest, but it was too little too late for the Giants as the Bulldogs hung on to a 20-point win. In yet another throwback to yesteryear, there was even the sight of a player braving a gruesome injury blow to return to the field, with Weightman playing on despite a nasty elbow dislocation It was a throwback to the matches of old, with two forwards kicking bags of goals at either end. “We’ve spoken about the Bulldogs’ ball use and he has got on the end of that, but he has been a player who for his size has been able to impact aerially,” Nathan Buckley said of Weightman. Back-to-back goals to Aaron Naughton made it a 13-point game, but yet again the Giants were up to the task, kicking back-to-back goals of their own. While he was off, the Dogs made their move with four straight goals, including a fourth to Naughton, to open up a 25-point lead. A goal to Stephen Coniglio just before quarter-time made it just a three-point lead to the Dogs at quarter-time. The Giants missed some chances early, while the sharpshooting Cody Weightman got the Dogs off to a strong start with a goal. But the Giants couldn’t keep up the scoring rate in the third as the Dogs set up the 19.11 (125) to 16.9 (105) win with six goals to two. The match turned into a shoot out in the first half, with 19 goals kicked – including five to Cody Weightman by the main break.