2011 Western Bulldogs season
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The 2011 Western Bulldogs
season is the club's 86th since their introduction to the VFL/AFL
in 1925. Matthew Boyd
was confirmed to be the captain for the season, and Rodney Eade
remains as coach.
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
season is the club's 86th since their introduction to the VFL/AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
in 1925. Matthew Boyd
Matthew Boyd
Matthew Boyd is an Australian rules football player who has come through the Western Bulldogs' rookie list, debuting in 2003. Prior to that he had played for Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup and Frankston in the VFL...
was confirmed to be the captain for the season, and Rodney Eade
Rodney Eade
Rodney "Rocket" Eade is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Sydney Swans and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League...
remains as coach.
NAB Cup
| Round | Opposition | Time | Date | Home/Away | Venue | Score | Result/Margin | Broadcaster | TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Melbourne North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world... |
4:50pm | Sunday 20 February | Away | Skilled Stadium | 1.2.2 (23) - 0.8.6 (54) | WON by 31 points | ||
| 1 | Geelong Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also... |
5:55pm | Sunday 20 February | Away | Skilled Stadium | 0.7.4 (46) - 0.4.1 (21) | Lost by 25 points |
NAB Challenge
| Round | Opposition | Time | Date | Home/Away | Venue | Score | Result/Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996... |
1:10pm | Saturday 26 February | Visy Park | Home | 20.8 (128) - 8.10 (58) | WON by 70 points |
| 2 | Fremantle Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia... |
7:10pm | Saturday 5 March | Hands Oval Hands Oval JE Hands Memorial Park, more commonly known as Hands Oval, is a stadium in South Bunbury, Western Australia. The ground is mainly used for cricket and football matches, but has also hosted soccer and rugby union games.-Australian rules football:... |
Away | 9.14 (68) - 14.14 (98) | WON by 30 points |
| 3 | North Melbourne North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world... |
1:00pm | Saturday 12 March | Eureka Stadium Eureka Stadium Eureka Stadium, formerly known as Northern Oval, is an Australian rules football ground in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.Eureka Stadium is the home ground of the North Ballarat Football Club of the Victorian Football League and the North Ballarat Rebels of the TAC Cup.The ground has been flagged as... |
Away | 18.10 (118) - 16.9 (105) | Lost by 13 points |
Home and Away season
| Round | Opposition | Time | Date | Home/Away | Venue | Score | Result/Margin | Broadcaster | TV | Ladder Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essendon Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League... |
1:10pm | Saturday 27 March | Away | Etihad Stadium | 16.17 (113) - 8.10 (58) | Lost by 55 points | Fox Sports 1 | Live | 16th |
| 2 | Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996... |
1:10pm | Sunday 3 April | Home | Etihad Stadium | 19.9 (123) - 6.9 (45) | WON by 78 points | Fox Sports 1 | Live | 8th |
| 3 | Gold Coast | 2:10pm | Saturday 9 April | Home | Etihad Stadium | 18.14 (122) - 7.9 (51) | WON by 71 points | Ten Network | Delayed | 5th |
| 4 | BYE | 9th | ||||||||
| 5 | Fremantle Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia... |
6:40pm | Monday 25 April | Away | Subiaco Oval Subiaco Oval Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia... |
12.13 (85) - 11.12 (78) | Lost by 7 points | Fox Sports 1 | Live | 9th |
| 6 | Collingwood Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League... |
4:40pm | Sunday 1 May | Away | MCG Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light... |
15.15 (105) - 8.9 (57) | Lost by 48 points | Fox Sports 1 | Live | 11th |
| 7 | Sydney Sydney Swans The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney... |
1:10pm | Saturday 7 May | Home | Manuka Oval Manuka Oval Manuka Oval is a 13,550 capacity ground located in the suburb of Griffith, adjacent to Manuka, a business district of Canberra, Australia's capital.... |
10.5 (65) - 10.13 (73) | Lost by 8 points | Fox Sports 1 | Live | 12th |
| 8 | Richmond Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,... |
2:10pm | Sunday 15 May | Home | Etihad Stadium | 23.15 (153) - 18.10 (118) | WON by 35 points | Seven Network Seven Network The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach... |
Delayed | 11th |
| 9 | West Coast West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval... |
2:40pm | Sunday 22 May | Away | Subiaco Oval Subiaco Oval Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia... |
26.19 (175) - 8.4 (52) | Lost by 123 points | Fox Sports 1 | Live | 11th |
| 10 | Hawthorn Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys... |
4:40pm | Sunday 29 May | Home | Etihad Stadium | 9.8 (62) - 13.13 (91) | Lost by 29 points | Fox Sports 1 | Live | 12th |
| 11 | Geelong Cats Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also... |
2:10pm | Saturday 4 June | Away | Skilled Stadium | 23.10 (148) - 13.9 (87) | Lost by 61 points | Ten Network | Delayed | 13th |
| 12 | St Kilda | 1:10pm | Friday 10 June | Away | Etihad Stadium | 12.9 (81) - 8.9 (57) | Lost by 24 points | Seven Network Seven Network The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach... |
Delayed | 13th |
| 13 | Adelaide | 7:40pm | Friday 17 June | Home | Etihad Stadium | 14.16 (100) - 10.10 (70) | WON by 30 points | Seven Network Seven Network The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach... |
Delayed | 13th |
| 14 | Gold Coast | 2:10pm | Saturday 25 June | Away | Carrara Stadium Carrara Stadium Carrara Stadium is a sporting venue on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Carrara.... |
13.10 (88) - 17.8 (110) | WON by 22 points | Ten Network | Delayed | 13th |
| 15 | Melbourne Melbourne Football Club The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria.... |
7:40pm | Friday 1 July | Home | Etihad Stadium | 19.13 (127) - 8.15 (63) | WON by 64 points | Seven Network Seven Network The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach... |
Delayed | 12th |
| 16 | Carlton Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897... |
4:40pm | Sunday 10 July | Home | Etihad Stadium | 14.12 (96) - 9.15 (69) | WON by 27 points | Fox Sports 1 | Live | 9th |
| 17 | North Melbourne North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world... |
4:40pm | Sunday 17 July | Away | Etihad Stadium | 21.16 (142) - 17.9 (111) | Lost by 31 points | Fox Sports 1 | Live | 12th |
| 18 | Sydney Sydney Swans The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney... |
7:10pm | Saturday 23 July | Away | SCG Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian... |
16.18 (114) - 11.9 (75) | Lost by 39 points | Fox Sports 1 | Live | 12th |
| 19 | West Coast West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval... |
2:10pm | Saturday 30 July | Home | Etihad Stadium | 15.5 (95) - 15.13 (103) | Lost by 8 points | Ten Network | Delayed | 12th |
| 20 | BYE | 12th | ||||||||
| 21 | Essendon Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League... |
7:10pm | Saturday 13 August | Home | Etihad Stadium | 15.11 (101) - 23.12 (150) | Lost by 49 points | Ten Network | Delayed | 12th |
| 22 | Port Adelaide Port Adelaide Football Club The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League... |
3:10pm | Sunday 21 August | Away | AAMI Stadium AAMI Stadium Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia... |
15.7 (97) - 24.13 (157) | WON by 60 points | Seven Network Seven Network The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach... |
Live | 11th |
| 23 | Hawthorn Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys... |
2:10pm | Saturday 27 August | Away | MCG Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light... |
16.17 (113) - 10.7 (67) | Lost by 46 points | Ten Network | Delayed | TBD |
| 24 | Fremantle Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia... |
2:10 pm | Saturday 3 September | Home | Etihad Stadium | 15.17 (107) 8.13 (61) | Won by 46 points | Ten Newtwork | Delayed | 10th |