DESPITE the wet and difficult conditions in the grand final, both teams managed to have a good day in the stats department. In fact, 17 players ended up with double-figure disposals on the day. The Bulldogs triumphed in the end, but the Lions did not give up all day which shows in the numbers from the game.<\/p>\n
Western Bulldogs vs Brisbane<\/strong><\/p>\n Brisbane had to accept back-to-back premiership defeats as the Bulldogs took a one-goal victory in their maiden grand final appearance. It was a wet, low-scoring affair that was controlled by the Lions early on with the Bulldogs scoreless to halftime. A three-goal \u201cpremiership\u201d third term saw the Bulldogs take back the lead. Despite a final term fight-back by the Lions lead by Jess Wuetschner<\/strong> (two goals, 11 disposals), the class of the Western Bulldogs saw them get over the line. Bulldogs regular stars Ellie Blackburn<\/strong> (17 disposals), Emma Kearney<\/strong> (12 disposals and a goal), Jenna Bruton<\/strong> (13 disposals, seven tackles) and Monique Conti<\/strong> (13 disposals and eventual Best on Ground) did not perform any differently in the high-pressure match. The runners-up also had a strong showing with commendable performances by Kate Lutkins<\/strong> (21 disposals), Jamie Stanton<\/strong> (20 disposals), Ally Anderson<\/strong> (16 disposals), Nat Exon<\/strong> (16 disposals, nine tackles) and Emily Bates<\/strong> (15 disposals).<\/p>\n Stat comparison<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Disposals:<\/strong> WBD 160 \u2013 Bris 205<\/p>\n Kicks:<\/strong> WBD 106 \u2013 Bris 131<\/p>\n Handballs:<\/strong> WBD 54 \u2013 Bris 74<\/p>\n Marks:<\/strong> WBD 12 \u2013 32<\/p>\n Hitouts:<\/strong> WBD 34 – Bris 25<\/p>\n Inside 50s:<\/strong> WBD 27 \u2013 Bris 27<\/p>\n Inside 50 efficiency:<\/strong> WBD 26 per cent – Bris 22 per cent<\/p>\n Tackles:<\/strong> WBD 69 \u2013 Bris 82<\/p>\n Rebound 50s<\/strong>: WBD 22 \u2013 Bris 23<\/p>\n Goals:<\/strong> WBD 4 \u2013 Bris 3<\/p>\n Behinds:<\/strong> WBD 3 \u2013 Bris 3<\/p>\n Conversion rate:<\/strong> WBD 57 per cent – Bris 50 per cent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DESPITE the wet and difficult conditions in the grand final, both teams managed to have a good day in the stats department. In fact, 17 players ended up with double-figure disposals on the day. The Bulldogs triumphed in the end, but the Lions did not give up all day which shows in the numbers from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":30496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3115,8,137],"tags":[157,3876,3076,479,3020,3078,3022,3103,3187,3039,3075,140,3236,1922],"class_list":["post-32577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aflw","category-news","category-womens","tag-aflw","tag-aflw-grand-final","tag-ally-anderson","tag-brisbane-lions","tag-ellie-blackburn","tag-emily-bates","tag-emma-kearney","tag-jamie-stanton","tag-jenna-bruton","tag-jess-wuetschner","tag-kate-lutkins","tag-monique-conti","tag-nat-exon","tag-western-bulldogs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}