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2025 Toyota AFL Premiership
Western Bulldogs v Collingwood
Round 2 •
Friday 21 March 2025 • 8:40 AM (UTC)
7010.10
Full Time
7610.16
Magpies Won By 6
MCG,
Melbourne
• Wurundjeri
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Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide Saturday 3May | 1:20pm AEST Mars Stadium, Ballarat • Wadawurrung Broadcast: Kayo/Foxtel
Ticketing Information
Tickets for the 2025 AFL Round 8 Match between Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide on Saturday, May 3 at Mars Stadium are now exhausted.
This match is a fully ticketed event and should further tickets become available, they will be released via Ticketmaster on a date to be announced.
Ballarat Reserved Seat Members can still use their season barcode to redeem a ticket.
Key Match Timings
1:20pm - First bounce
More timings to be confirmed closer to the date. All times are estimate and in local time
Getting to Mars Stadium
Ballarat Bus Shuttle
From 10:30am, the shuttle bus service will be ready to depart Ballarat Station Bus Terminal and travel to Mars Stadium for patrons.
From 3:00pm, the return shuttle bus service will be ready to depart Mars Stadium and drop passengers off in Lydiard St North outside the train station, a second drop off will be made in Sturt Street opposite the Ballarat Town Hall.
(Services are expected to operate until all patrons have left, approximately 4:30pm)
V/Line Train Services
Regular trains will be operating from Melbourne to the Ballarat train station. This will be reversed for the return trip after the game.
Travelling by Car
For those heading to the match by car, additional on-street parking will be available for drivers in Howitt and Norman Streets, as well as Creswick Road (north of Norman Street).
Note: there will be no parking available at C.E Brown Reserve, due to local football match being played.
Drivers are reminded there is accessible parking at the North Ballarat Sports Club, however all other traffic will be directed to park at one of the other designated parking areas. A drop-off and pick-up zone will also be set up directly outside Gate 2 on Creswick Road.
NEED HELP ON MATCH DAY?
The Bulldogs’ membership team will be at the match-day pavilion near Gate 1 (Barkly Street end).
To contact us before match day:
📆 Monday – Friday, 10 AM – 4 PM
📧membership@westernbulldogs.com.au
📞1300 46 36 47
Today's Must Read
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Deep Heat Medical Room: Round 8
The latest on Adam Treloar, Nick Coffield and more ahead of Saturday's clash in Ballarat.
R7 coaches’ votes: Seven Dogs poll against GWS
The Bulldogs have enjoyed a second-consecutive clean sweep of the coaches’ votes.
Analysis
Analysis
Off The Charts: Round 7
The stats you may have missed from our win over the GWS Giants.
Match Report
Match Report
AFL Match report: Dogs defeat Giants in second-half blitz
The Bulldogs have recorded an impressive 32-point victory in Canberra.
Must Watch
08:04
AFL R7 | Match Highlights
The Giants and Bulldogs clash in round seven of the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season.
13:12
Luke Beveridge | Post Match (R7)
Bevo speaks to the media following the victory over GWS in Canberra.
01:49
James Harmes | "When we play like that, we're hard to play against"
James Harmes reflects on the dominant victory over GWS, as well as his own 4-goal performance.
00:20
AFL R7 | Team Song
Watch the Bulldogs celebrate their round seven win.
00:43
AFL R7 | Hot Harmes double spells trouble for Giants
James Harmes steals a quick soccer and follows up shortly after with another slick finish through heavy traffic.
00:42
AFL R7 | Johannisen steers arrow after Bont brilliance
Jason Johannisen kicks a great goal thanks to a clever knock from captain Marcus Bontempelli after a period of forward pressure.
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AFL Match report: Dogs fall short in centenary clash
Footscray has fallen six points short in a thriller at the MCG.
Footscray has fallen six points short to Collingwood on Friday evening at the MCG.
Scores were level with just minutes left on the clock, before the Pies snapped truly to steal the win 10.16 (76) to 10.10 (70).
The Bulldogs, reverting back to the Footscray name to celebrate their 100th season in the VFL/AFL competition, came out of the blocks firing with the first three goals.
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Collingwood responded after the first break, marking the first lead change of the match, before the Dogs booted three of the next four to gain the upper hand once again.
The second half was hotly contested, with both teams exchanging scores throughout a competitive third term.
The Dogs conceded the first of the last quarter, but managed to arrest momentum back through Sam Darcy and Tom Liberatore - two famous bloodlines of the Club - to come within three points.
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Emerging youngster Joel Freijah kicked a stunner on the run halfway through the term to level scores once again, but unfortunately would be the Dogs' final major of the game.
Darcy finished with four goals from 15 disposals, while stand-in skipper Tom Liberatore collected 34 disposals, nine clearances and seven inside 50s.
Bailey Dale (31, nine intercepts, seven rebound 50s) was important in defence, while Ed Richards (27, five clearances, 644 metres gained) was impressive.
Off-field, the Dogs celebrated a Club record home-and-away attendance with 78,027 filling the stands.
Footscray will look to bounce back against Carlton next Friday night at Marvel Stadium.
SUBSTITUTES Footscray: Baker (replaced Jones at three-quarter time) Collingwood: Long (replaced McInnes in the first quarter)
Crowd: 78,027 at the MCG
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Mic'd Up | Tony Liberatore
We mic'd up Libba Senior before our 100-year celebration at the MCG.
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Bevo's Brief | Round 2
Luke Beveridge provides a recap of the round 2 match against Collingwood at the MCG.
R2 coaches’ votes: Liberatore, Darcy impress
The duo impressed the coaches in the Round 2 loss to Collingwood.
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Forever in Footscray
Take a look back at our 100-year celebrations from Friday night at the MCG.
What they said: Bevo on Round 2 game
Senior Coach Luke Beveridge reflects on Footscray's Round 2 game against Collingwood.
11:47
Luke Beveridge | Post Match (R2)
Watch Footscray’s press conference after round two’s match against Collingwood
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AFL Match report: Dogs fall short in centenary clash
Footscray has fallen six points short in a thriller at the MCG.
08:08
AFL R2 | Match Highlights
The Bulldogs and Magpies clash in round two of the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season
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AFL R2 | Emerging Dog sends ‘G into frenzy
Young gun Joel Freijah electrifies the stadium with this thrilling goal bursting into the 50
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