2012 AFL Round 1: Greater Western Sydney v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 24 March 2012 between Greater Western Sydney and Sydney during round 1 of the 2012 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted Sydney at ANZ Stadium. Callan Ward captained the hosts. Adam Goodes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Greater Western Sydney
Back: A. Kennedy, P. Davis, T. Bugg
Half-back: J. Hombsch, T. Mohr, W. Hoskin-Elliott
Centre: T. Greene, C. Ward (capt.), C. Cornes
Half-forward: S. Coniglio, I. Folau, R. Palmer
Forward: C. Hampton, J. Cameron, D. Smith
Follower: J. Giles, D. Shiel, J. McDonald
Int.: A. Tomlinson, J. Townsend, N. Wilson
Sub.: D. Tyson

Sydney
Back: M. Mattner, H. Grundy, N. Smith
Half-back: A. Johnson, T. Richards, A. Everitt
Centre: N. Malceski, K. Jack, L. Parker
Half-forward: J. McVeigh, A. Goodes (capt.), L. Jetta
Forward: L. Roberts-Thomson, S. Reid, B. McGlynn
Follower: S. Mumford, J. Bolton, J. Kennedy
Int.: C. Bird, D. Hannebery, G. Rohan
Sub.: H. Cunningham

Greater Western Sydney (5.7.37) were defeated by Sydney (14.16.100).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: J. Giles, W. Hoskin-Elliott, J. McDonald, C. Ward, N. Wilson
Sydney: C. Bird (2), L. Jetta (2), J. Kennedy (2), J. Bolton, A. Everitt, K. Jack, B. McGlynn, J. McVeigh, S. Mumford, L. Roberts-Thomson, G. Rohan

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney were then 18th on the ladder and Sydney were then 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Sydney
Date: Saturday 24 March 2012
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 38,203

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. by Sydney
Score: 5.7.37 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Greater Western Sydney	1	.	2	3	.	3	3	.	4	5	.	7	5	.	7	(37)
Sydney	4	.	1	8	.	4	13	.	8	14	.	16	14	.	16	(100)
Margin	SYDN by 17			SYDN by 31			SYDN by 64			SYDN by 63			SYDN by 63
Duration	27:28			31:47			29:00			29:58			1:58:13

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Greater Western Sydney), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Callan Ward (Greater Western Sydney), Adam Goodes (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Meredith (#21), J. Mollison (#32), M. Stevic (#9), E: B. Ritchie (#5)
Goal Umpire: C. Appleton, D. Wilson, E: S. Villagra
Boundary Umpire: C. Gordon, L. Roberts, M. Saunders, D. Wilson

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Josh Kennedy	SYDN	12	3
Kieren Jack	SYDN	15	2
Shane Mumford	SYDN	41	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Josh Kennedy	SYDN	12	10	2	0	0	0	0
Ted Richards	SYDN	25	7	0	1	1	0	0
Kieren Jack	SYDN	15	6	0	1	0	1	0
Craig Bird	SYDN	14	3	0	0	1	0	0
Chad Cornes	GWSY	11	2	0	0	0	1	0
Toby Greene	GWSY	35	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rhys Palmer	GWSY	7	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
14	Bugg, Tomas	BPR	80%	0	0	28	15	13	5	0	4	1	3	1	1	2	0
18	Cameron, Jeremy	FF	94%	0	0	8	6	2	5	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	0
3	Coniglio, Stephen	HFFL	81%	0	0	17	6	11	3	0	1	3	1	0	0	3	1
11	Cornes, Chad	WR	91%	0	0	24	17	7	8	0	6	1	6	1	1	5	1
1	Davis, Phil	FB	93%	0	0	18	13	5	5	0	0	0	4	1	0	4	1
4	Folau, Israel	CHF	82%	0	0	3	1	2	1	7	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
26	Giles, Jonathan	RU	93%	1	0	12	6	6	3	26	2	2	1	1	1	2	0
35	Greene, Toby	WL	87%	0	0	27	12	15	3	0	5	5	3	4	0	2	5
2	Hampton, Curtly	FPL	87%	0	3	17	14	3	7	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	1
36	Hombsch, Jack	HBFL	96%	0	0	18	9	9	8	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	1
33	Hoskin-Elliott, Will	HBFR	82%	1	0	18	14	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	3	4
40	Kennedy, Adam	BPL	85%	0	1	28	17	11	11	0	2	0	4	1	0	5	0
38	McDonald, James	RO	80%	1	0	24	10	14	6	0	6	3	3	1	2	2	0
39	Mohr, Tim	CHB	96%	0	0	16	9	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	6	0
7	Palmer, Rhys	HFFR	88%	0	0	25	13	12	4	1	7	6	3	3	3	3	4
5	Shiel, Dylan	RR↓	53%	0	0	11	4	7	1	0	3	2	3	1	2	1	1
34	Smith, Devon	FPR	83%	0	2	17	10	7	3	0	5	0	1	0	0	2	3
20	Tomlinson, Adam	INT	80%	0	0	13	9	4	5	0	1	2	3	0	0	2	0
31	Townsend, Jacob	INT	79%	0	0	9	6	3	2	0	4	1	3	2	2	2	0
29	Tyson, Dom	SUB↑	27%	0	0	10	2	8	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0
8	Ward, Callan (c)	C	87%	1	0	22	17	5	3	3	7	6	2	3	1	3	3
16	Wilson, Nathan	INT	76%	1	0	10	8	2	1	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	3
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				5	7	375	218	157	96	37	63	40	53	24	16	51	28

D. Tyson replaced D. Shiel during the third quarter.

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
14	Bird, Craig	INT	81%	2	2	27	15	12	8	0	7	7	7	1	3	2	6
24	Bolton, Jude	RR	85%	1	0	25	12	13	2	1	6	5	1	1	1	0	4
44	Cunningham, Harry	SUB↑	20%	0	0	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	1
13	Everitt, Andrejs	HBFR	93%	1	2	13	6	7	1	0	6	0	3	0	1	0	6
37	Goodes, Adam (c)	CHF	92%	0	1	21	13	8	6	1	2	3	3	1	0	3	7
39	Grundy, Heath	FB	95%	0	0	16	12	4	10	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	1
4	Hannebery, Dan	INT	69%	0	0	10	5	5	3	0	3	1	3	1	1	0	1
15	Jack, Kieren	C	80%	1	1	30	20	10	2	0	7	3	4	0	2	0	9
32	Jetta, Lewis	HFFR	83%	2	0	20	11	9	8	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	4
34	Johnson, Alex	HBFL	91%	0	1	19	17	2	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4
12	Kennedy, Josh	RO	82%	2	0	27	13	14	2	0	4	7	4	2	3	1	6
9	Malceski, Nick	WL	82%	0	0	18	15	3	6	0	5	0	5	0	2	2	4
29	Mattner, Martin	BPL	86%	0	0	14	9	5	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
21	McGlynn, Ben	FPR	89%	1	0	14	7	7	4	0	5	1	1	2	1	0	2
3	McVeigh, Jarrad	HFFL	85%	1	1	22	12	10	4	0	1	3	3	0	2	3	0
41	Mumford, Shane	RU	89%	1	0	11	4	7	5	35	4	3	3	2	3	0	2
26	Parker, Luke	WR↓	50%	0	0	18	8	10	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	4
20	Reid, Sam	FF	97%	0	2	19	8	11	6	0	3	1	2	1	1	0	1
25	Richards, Ted	CHB	97%	0	0	15	12	3	10	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	1
30	Roberts-Thomson, Lewis	FPL	95%	1	0	11	5	6	2	6	1	1	3	0	1	0	1
16	Rohan, Gary	INT	66%	1	2	17	7	10	3	0	7	1	2	1	1	0	3
40	Smith, Nick	BPR	92%	0	0	19	11	8	5	0	6	0	2	2	1	2	3
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				14	16	390	226	164	107	43	79	40	60	16	24	23	71

H. Cunningham replaced L. Parker.

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Kevin Sheedy
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	29	M. Mattner	39	H. Grundy	40	N. Smith	26	J. Giles	20	A. Tomlinson
	34	D. Smith	18	J. Cameron	2	C. Hampton	5	D. Shiel	31	J. Townsend
FORWARD							38	J. McDonald	16	N. Wilson
HALF-BACK									29	D. Tyson
	34	A. Johnson	25	T. Richards	13	A. Everitt
	7	R. Palmer	4	I. Folau	3	S. Coniglio
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	9	N. Malceski	15	K. Jack	26	L. Parker
	11	C. Cornes	8	C. Ward (c)	35	T. Greene	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							41	S. Mumford	14	C. Bird
HALF-FORWARD							24	J. Bolton	4	D. Hannebery
	3	J. McVeigh	37	A. Goodes (c)	32	L. Jetta	12	J. Kennedy	16	G. Rohan
	33	W. Hoskin-Elliott	39	T. Mohr	36	J. Hombsch			44	H. Cunningham
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	30	L. Roberts-Thomson	20	S. Reid	21	B. McGlynn
	14	T. Bugg	1	P. Davis	40	A. Kennedy
BACK
Sydney							Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Kieren Jack goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:21
	SYDN	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	02:41
	GWSY	Curtly Hampton behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	04:15
	SYDN	Craig Bird goal	0.1.1	-	2.1.13	07:17
	SYDN	Craig Bird goal	0.1.1	-	3.1.19	10:44
	GWSY	Callan Ward goal	1.1.7	-	3.1.19	15:52
	GWSY	Devon Smith behind	1.2.8	-	3.1.19	19:42
	SYDN	Josh Kennedy goal	1.2.8	-	4.1.25	25:37
Q2	SYDN	Jarrad McVeigh behind	1.2.8	-	4.2.26	00:41
	SYDN	Lewis Roberts-Thomson goal	1.2.8	-	5.2.32	02:31
	SYDN	Sam Reid behind	1.2.8	-	5.3.33	05:47
	SYDN	Ben McGlynn goal	1.2.8	-	6.3.39	10:28
	GWSY	Nathan Wilson goal	2.2.14	-	6.3.39	12:23
	GWSY	Will Hoskin-Elliott goal	3.2.20	-	6.3.39	13:32
	GWSY	Curtly Hampton behind	3.3.21	-	6.3.39	15:15
	SYDN	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	6.4.40	17:34
	SYDN	Jude Bolton goal	3.3.21	-	7.4.46	22:57
	SYDN	Shane Mumford goal	3.3.21	-	8.4.52	30:28
Q3	SYDN	Jarrad McVeigh goal	3.3.21	-	9.4.58	01:23
	SYDN	Josh Kennedy goal	3.3.21	-	10.4.64	04:17
	GWSY	Curtly Hampton behind	3.4.22	-	10.4.64	05:32
	SYDN	Lewis Jetta goal	3.4.22	-	11.4.70	06:23
	SYDN	Lewis Jetta goal	3.4.22	-	12.4.76	09:48
	SYDN	Gary Rohan goal	3.4.22	-	13.4.82	12:58
	SYDN	Sam Reid behind	3.4.22	-	13.5.83	16:21
	SYDN	Rushed behind	3.4.22	-	13.6.84	20:24
	SYDN	Kieren Jack behind	3.4.22	-	13.7.85	23:06
	SYDN	Andrejs Everitt behind	3.4.22	-	13.8.86	28:51
Q4	SYDN	Craig Bird behind	3.4.22	-	13.9.87	03:03
	SYDN	Rushed behind	3.4.22	-	13.10.88	06:01
	GWSY	Devon Smith behind	3.5.23	-	13.10.88	07:23
	GWSY	Adam Kennedy behind	3.6.24	-	13.10.88	09:20
	GWSY	Jonathan Giles goal	4.6.30	-	13.10.88	10:31
	SYDN	Andrejs Everitt goal	4.6.30	-	14.10.94	13:27
	SYDN	Andrejs Everitt behind	4.6.30	-	14.11.95	15:37
	SYDN	Gary Rohan behind	4.6.30	-	14.12.96	16:07
	GWSY	Rushed behind	4.7.31	-	14.12.96	19:10
	SYDN	Gary Rohan behind	4.7.31	-	14.13.97	20:52
	GWSY	James McDonald goal	5.7.37	-	14.13.97	23:54
	SYDN	Adam Goodes behind	5.7.37	-	14.14.98	26:07
	SYDN	Alex Johnson behind	5.7.37	-	14.15.99	28:12
	SYDN	Craig Bird behind	5.7.37	-	14.16.100	29:53

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