Blog log from R18 of 2024: Western Bulldogs vs Carlton

Ugle-Hagan snaps very high from a pack near the hotspot but it swerves to the right.
Gallagher misses a snap from the hotspot.
Owies wins a HTB free 35m out in the pocket for the first goal of the afternoon.
Williams kicks long to the square for Owies to mark and goal.
Dale bounces a long-range sap to the right.
Ugle-Hagan misses a very gettable set shot from 30m on a slight angle.
McKay marks unopposed 30m out on a slight angle for goal number two. (Q1 24:05)
Weightman curls in a set shot from the pocket for the first Bulldogs goal. (Q2 2:07)
Bontempelli lifts his team with a stoppage goal from near the hotspot. (Q2 4:37)
Dale spoils a Boyd pass in the centre and puts the Dogs in front with a snap from 45m! (Q2 5:52)
McKay marks on the lead 40m out on the flank for his second goal. (Q2 5:52)
McKay marks over Lobb 15m out in front for goal number three. (Q2 14:07)
Just too much supply for the Dogs tall defenders, Curnow marks over Khamis 35m out in front but pushes the kick left. (Q2 16:04)
Two Blue defenders are left on the deck after running into each other in a pack 20m out in the pocket, Darcy feeds West who goals. (Q2 17:17)
Ugle-Hagan marks just inside 50m in the corridor, his kick lands on the behind line and is tapped in, Macrae roves and feeds West who misses. (Q2 18:50)
The Blues rebound coast to coast and it’s the captain in his 200th game who lifts the roof off with a running goal from CHF! (Q2 19:37)
Oliver Hollands lays a goal-saving tackle on Bontempelli in the Dogs forward pocket. (Q2 21:38)
Bramble sends a torpedo from a pack on members wing to the HFF where Ugle-Hagan floats across to mark 45m out, he kicks his first goal. (Q2 22:39)
Williams flies over a pack at the top of the square to mark and goal, his man Acres staying down. (Q2 24:30)
Curnow gets a contact free on Khamis 50m out on a slight angle, wheels and bangs through a huge kick! (Q2 26:18)
Acres passes to the boundary 20m out for Curnow to mark over Khamis whose curling set shot is narrow. (Q2 27:48)
Weitering spoils Poulter 45m out near the boundary but a late whistle penalises him for an arm chop. Poulter threads a lovely drop punt to wrest the lead back in red time. (Q2 31:30)
Richards gets the first centre clearance of Q3, West roves Vandermeer’s kick and snaps across the body off the right for his second major! (Q3 1:03)
Cripps marks at CHB and goes long up the guts over Lobb to Curnow 45m out in the corridor, who tugs his set shot left. (Q3 5:43)
Ugle-Hagan marks in front of Weitering on the boundary 25m out but curls his set shot too far to the left. (Q3 7:54)
Darcy picks up a loose ball in a pack 30m out on the flank, his snap is touched off the boot and bounces into the far right post anyway. (Q3 10:28)
Carlton keep attacking the corridor on rebound, Saad is lucky to find Cripps at half forward with a shank but the resulting ball is marked by Curnow 20m out for the goal. (Q3 11:22)
Darcy puts his head over a loose ball in the centre to earn a contact free on Cripps, gives off to Friejah for the driving ball to the hotspot, Ugle-Hagan also caught high, goal. (Q3 12:47)
Poulter is front and centre for a Weightman contest 40m out on the flank but his grubber rolls across the face off the left. (Q3 15:14)
Newman isn’t looking at the ball and gets pinged for a block on Weightman 25m out in the pocket, the screwing snap is narrow. (Q3 17:22)
Walsh hits the post with a running checkside from the pocket 20m out after a ruck free against English to Pittonet on members wing. (Q3 20:38)
Curnow has Cripps running back to the square but bisects him and the goalface for a rolling behind. (Q3 22:13)
Elijah Hollands kicks high and long from the HFF, Curnow is there but Khamis bodies him under the flight and the ball bounces wide left. (Q3 24:16)
Repeat inside 50s for Carlton now, Cincotta mows down Dale 20m out to win a HTB free and goal. (Q3 24:47)
Surge by the Bulldogs from the next centre bounce, West rams through his third goal from near CHF! (Q3 25:57)
Ugle-Hagan spins and checksides off a step from 30m on the boundary, it’s on line but drops on the line and is rushed by Cottrell. (Q3 28:45)
Elijah Hollands marks a short Fogarty pass 25m out on a slight angle and converts. Margin back within a kick again. (Q3 29:44)
Ugle-Hagan wobbles through a high snap from 20m in the pocket after McNeil roves and gives from the top of the square. (Q3 32:05)
Darcy juggles a mark attempt over two Blues on the behind line, was the second grab over the line? Review says it’s a fair mark, the Unicorn screws it through! (Q4 2:06)
Another downhill play by the Dogs from the next bounce, Ugle-Hagan feeds Bontempelli who misses from 40m on a slight angle. (Q4 3:28)
Ugle-Hagan kicks long from members wing over Boyd to West 35m out on the flank who shoots for goal number four… sneaks inside the near right post! (Q4 5:26)
Curnow flashes through a throw-in from the pocket and snaps a rare stoppage goal with an inverted torpedo! (Q4 8:56)
Cripps from the next bounce, Coffield clears but it’s OOTF, Poulter goes to that man Cripps who marks over Liberatore 30m out in front and steers in a captain’s goal! (Q4 10:36)
Ugle-Hagan snaps his fourth goal from a ball up near the hotspot, Dogs aren’t letting this one get away! (Q4 12:35)
Gallagher catches Cripps over the shoulder in a tackle 45m out on a slight angle, he runs in rightish and tugs it left. (Q4 14:21)
Cripps rides a Bontempelli tackle to clear from a stoppage on outer wing, Blue convoy runs to half forward, Curnow marks 45m out on a slight angle and misses badly to the right. (Q4 19:26)
Weitering intercepts on outer wing and starts a switch on the counter, Curnow has position on Khamis for the long ball to the square, roves but snaps into the post under pressure! (Q4 22:25)
Liberatore wobbles a kick from a stoppage on the HFF, McNeil and Newman wrestle at the top of the square but McNeil marks it in his bicep… and then misses from 15m! (Q4 25:57)
Curnow marks a Saad kick just inside 50m on a slight angle. no time to waste so he hurries the set shot and misses to the right. (Q4 28:58)