2012 AFL Season 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 one of the 2012 season of the Australian Football League.
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 (5.7.37) were defeated by Sydney (14.16.100).
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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Sydney) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Greater Western Sydney
Captain: Callan WardCoach: Kevin Sheedy
Sydney
Captain: Adam GoodesCoach: John Longmire
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
S. Meredith (#21)J. Mollison (#32)
M. Stevic (#9)
E: B. Ritchie (#5)
Goal Umpires
C. AppletonD. Wilson
E: S. Villagra
Boundary Umpires
C. GordonL. 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Greater Western Sydney | Coach: Kevin Sheedy | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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| 34 | A. Johnson | 25 | T. Richards | 13 | A. Everitt |
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| 9 | N. Malceski | 15 | K. Jack | 26 | L. Parker |
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| 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 |
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| 30 | L. Roberts-Thomson | 20 | S. Reid | 21 | B. McGlynn |
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| Sydney | Coach: John Longmire | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| 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 | |