{"id":716983,"date":"2026-06-05T13:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/716983\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T13:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:07:10","slug":"hawthorn-vs-western-bulldogs-live-afl-round-13-2026-scores-results-odds-stats-and-start-time-from-the-mcg-as-cody-weightman-returns-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/716983\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawthorn vs Western Bulldogs LIVE: AFL round 13 2026, scores, results, odds, stats and start time from the MCG, as Cody Weightman returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bulldogs defender Michael Sellwood has become a club hero in just a handful of games and his captain Marcus Bontempelli already sees traits from some greats in his defensive work.<\/p>\n<p>Sellwood recovered from Nick Watson kicking three goals in the first half to shut him down despite close attention from the Hawks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nick Watson and Michael Sellwood go head to head.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6eec3adaf6f1711fa16ab36410ea23c15e03a110.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ioInpc\"\/>Nick Watson and Michael Sellwood go head to head.AFL Photos<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s made like that, Michael,\u201d Bontempelli told Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally quickly, he has become one of our more reliable players in about 10 games and that comes with those guys who join late as they have to make the most of every opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe reminds me of some of the guys I\u2019ve played with in the past like Liam Picken, guys who have this unbelievable courage and keep going about their business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the toughest tasks in football is playing on Nick Watson. He\u2019s so nippy, he challenges every mistake you make and he\u2019s an unbelievable finisher but I thought Michael had some amazing moments getting in the way and spoiling, especially with what he did last week.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bulldogs defender Michael Sellwood has become a club hero in just a handful of games and his captain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-716983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}