Western Bulldogs

The Western Bulldogs have charged home to stun reigning premiers Melbourne by 10 points in an enthralling AFL grand final rematch at Marvel Stadium.

"It was a typical game against the Western Bulldogs, it had momentum swings all the way throughout the night ... and they were able to lock us in that third quarter." After starting their premiership defence with 10 straight victories, Melbourne have lost five of their last eight to be in danger of finishing outside of the top-two. Superstar defender Steven May had an outstanding game but made a critical mistake in the last quarter that led to an important Bulldogs goal. Melbourne led at every change, and by as many as 27 points, but the Bulldogs had more run in the final term with five goals to one. "It's a really good platform for the future to win a game like that and I think many of our people were a bit emotional." "We haven't had a win like that for a while and it's a testament to their perseverance, to be so far down against a team, along with Geelong, who are probably the benchmark of the competition," Beveridge said.

A CAREER-HIGH five goals from former No.1 pick Jamarra Ugle-Hagan has steered the Western Bulldogs to a thrilling 10-point win over reigning premier ...

Starting his career in the Ovens and Murray league in country Victoria, Mollison graduated to the VFL before making his AFL debut in 2008. Ben Brown's absence (knee) gave Sam Weideman another opportunity to prove he belongs at the top level, and his composure in crucial moments would have had coach Simon Goodwin beaming. It's difficult to pick a winner in the ruck duel, with Tim English performing very well around the ground against Max Gawn and Luke Jackson – the Demon pairing having game-breaking moments of their own. The highlight came off the boot of Tim English from 50m on the run, cutting the margin to just seven points. We literally can't have a game without umpires, and field whistleblower Jacob Mollison recorded his 300th AFL match on Saturday night. After some early dominance from the Bulldogs, the Demons finished the first term with a rush, piling on four straight goals (and the first of the second quarter), including two from inclusion Sam Weideman.

The Western Bulldogs have produced a stunning come-from-behind win over Melbourne in a Saturday night thriller.

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The 30-year-old ex-Bomber had more tackles (seven) than touches (six) last week, but was sharp early in this one and more than did enough to maintain his spot. Bayley Fritsch starred with four goals but Weideman, who came in for the injured Brown, added three and Jake Melksham and Kozzy Pickett helped themselves to two apiece in a balanced attack. The 20-year-old, who has copped his share of criticism already for on- and off-field matters, kicked multiple goals only twice in his first 15 career games and had only seven in 10 matches to start this year. Bailey Smith and Riley Garcia combined to put the Bulldogs in front for good, with the moment also seeing the Dees concede 100 points for the first time in three years, in this exact round in 2019. But the Dogs kicked five of the next six goals either side of the main break to slash the deficit and eventually chased down Melbourne in sensational fashion. In a classic encounter with wild swings of momentum from the first siren, the Demons shot out to a game-high 27-point lead shortly before halftime.