2018 AFL Semi Final 2: Collingwood v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 15 September 2018 between Collingwood and Greater Western Sydney in the second semi final of the 2018 AFL season. Collingwood hosted Greater Western Sydney at MCG. Scott Pendlebury captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Nathan Buckley and the visitors were coached by Leon Cameron.

Collingwood
Back: B. Maynard, T. Langdon, J. Crisp
Half-back: J. Howe, T. Goldsack, J. Aish
Centre: A. Treloar, S. Pendlebury (capt.), T. Phillips
Half-forward: W. Hoskin-Elliott, B. Mihocek, J. De Goey
Forward: J. Thomas, M. Cox, J. Stephenson
Follower: B. Grundy, T. Adams, S. Sidebottom
Int.: L. Greenwood, C. Mayne, B. Sier, T. Varcoe

Greater Western Sydney
Back: Z. Williams, P. Davis, A. Kennedy
Half-back: N. Haynes, L. Keeffe, M. Buntine
Centre: L. Whitfield, C. Ward, M. de Boer
Half-forward: Z. Langdon, H. Himmelberg, B. Deledio
Forward: T. Taranto, J. Cameron, T. Greene
Follower: R. Lobb, S. Coniglio, D. Shiel
Int.: R. Griffen, J. Hopper, S. Reid, A. Tomlinson

Collingwood (9.15.69) defeated Greater Western Sydney (9.5.59).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: J. De Goey (3), W. Hoskin-Elliott (2), J. Thomas (2), B. Mihocek, T. Varcoe
Greater Western Sydney: S. Coniglio (2), J. Cameron, M. de Boer, R. Griffen, H. Himmelberg, Z. Langdon, R. Lobb, A. Tomlinson

As a result of this match, Collingwood faced Richmond in the first preliminary final and Greater Western Sydney were eliminated (finishing 6th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Collingwood v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 15 September 2018
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 72,504

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 9.15.69 - 9.5.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 6 4 . 9 6 . 12 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Greater Western Sydney 0 . 2 4 . 2 7 . 3 9 . 5 9 . 5 (59)
Margin COLL by 22 COLL by 7 COLL by 3 COLL by 10 COLL by 10
Duration 25:50 29:30 28:39 29:14 1:53:13

Honour Roll

Coaches: Nathan Buckley (Collingwood), Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood), unknown (Greater Western Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), R. Findlay (#23), S. Ryan (#25)

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Steele Sidebottom COLL 22 10 2 0 0 0 0
Brayden Maynard COLL 37 8 0 2 0 0 0
Lachie Whitfield GWSY 6 4 0 0 ? ? ?
Stephen Coniglio GWSY 3 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Jordan De Goey COLL 2 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Adam Treloar COLL 7 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Adams, Taylor RR 84% 0 0 24 15 9 3 0 10 5 5 1 1 3 5
14 Aish, James HBFR 86% 0 1 19 12 7 7 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 5
46 Cox, Mason FF 91% 0 0 11 7 4 3 6 5 1 1 2 1 1 1
25 Crisp, Jack BPR 88% 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 4
2 De Goey, Jordan HFFR 86% 3 2 14 11 3 8 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3
6 Goldsack, Tyson CHB 89% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
19 Greenwood, Levi INT 78% 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 3
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 85% 0 0 18 10 8 2 38 5 2 5 1 0 1 1
32 Hoskin-Elliott, Will HFFL 90% 2 0 19 12 7 10 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 5
38 Howe, Jeremy HBFL 85% 0 0 23 14 9 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 5 3
8 Langdon, Tom FB 91% 0 0 21 9 12 10 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 1
37 Maynard, Brayden BPL 84% 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 2 0
16 Mayne, Chris INT 78% 0 0 19 9 10 7 0 4 2 3 1 0 2 0
41 Mihocek, Brody CHF 78% 1 1 9 7 2 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
10 Pendlebury, Scott (c) C 82% 0 0 25 12 13 1 0 11 4 4 0 1 2 2
21 Phillips, Tom WR 90% 0 2 29 23 6 5 0 2 1 3 1 0 3 3
22 Sidebottom, Steele RO 87% 0 0 31 20 11 6 0 3 5 4 2 1 5 6
36 Sier, Brayden INT 51% 0 0 19 7 12 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4
35 Stephenson, Jaidyn FPR 72% 0 3 10 7 3 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0
24 Thomas, Josh FPL 79% 2 1 15 9 6 4 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 4
7 Treloar, Adam WL 75% 0 2 29 11 18 4 0 5 4 3 1 0 0 2
18 Varcoe, Travis INT 70% 1 0 9 4 5 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 3
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 9 15 399 232 167 95 44 70 33 58 16 12 34 58

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Buntine, Matt HBFR 82% 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 0
18 Cameron, Jeremy FF 84% 1 3 15 11 4 9 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 3
3 Coniglio, Stephen RR 83% 2 0 30 19 11 7 0 6 4 6 2 1 4 4
1 Davis, Phil FB 86% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 3 0 6 0 1 3 2
24 de Boer, Matt WR 85% 1 0 6 3 3 1 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
7 Deledio, Brett HFFR 79% 0 0 18 6 12 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3
4 Greene, Toby FPR 85% 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 1
32 Griffen, Ryan INT 64% 1 0 8 5 3 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1
19 Haynes, Nick HBFL 82% 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 3
27 Himmelberg, Harry CHF 86% 1 1 10 5 5 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 2
2 Hopper, Jacob INT 73% 0 1 16 11 5 2 0 7 5 3 2 1 0 6
25 Keeffe, Lachie CHB 92% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0
40 Kennedy, Adam BPR 91% 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 5 1 1 0 0 6 1
17 Langdon, Zac HFFL 74% 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0
37 Lobb, Rory RU 84% 1 0 12 11 1 4 28 4 2 4 0 1 1 4
50 Reid, Sam INT 81% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 2 1 3 0 1 3 0
5 Shiel, Dylan RO 78% 0 0 22 18 4 2 0 5 4 7 0 0 3 6
14 Taranto, Tim FPL 78% 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 2
20 Tomlinson, Adam INT 85% 1 0 9 4 5 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0
8 Ward, Callan C 80% 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 7 3 4 1 0 1 3
6 Whitfield, Lachie WL 90% 0 0 31 23 8 8 0 3 3 3 1 0 8 4
29 Williams, Zac BPL 78% 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 3 0 5 0 1 6 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 9 5 310 207 103 79 29 76 33 62 12 16 46 47

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 COLL Jaidyn Stephenson behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:20
COLL Josh Thomas goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 00:42
COLL Tom Phillips behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 01:56
COLL Jordan De Goey behind 1.3.9 - 0.0.0 07:31
COLL Josh Thomas goal 2.3.15 - 0.0.0 08:25
COLL Rushed behind 2.4.16 - 0.0.0 11:51
GWSY Jeremy Cameron behind 2.4.16 - 0.1.1 14:18
GWSY Jeremy Cameron behind 2.4.16 - 0.2.2 15:21
COLL Adam Treloar behind 2.5.17 - 0.2.2 16:54
COLL Jaidyn Stephenson behind 2.6.18 - 0.2.2 18:27
COLL Will Hoskin-Elliott goal 3.6.24 - 0.2.2 25:45
Q2 GWSY Ryan Griffen goal 3.6.24 - 1.2.8 00:59
GWSY Stephen Coniglio goal 3.6.24 - 2.2.14 04:58
COLL Rushed behind 3.7.25 - 2.2.14 07:55
COLL Tom Phillips behind 3.8.26 - 2.2.14 15:17
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 3.8.26 - 3.2.20 17:51
COLL Adam Treloar behind 3.9.27 - 3.2.20 18:56
GWSY Rory Lobb goal 3.9.27 - 4.2.26 28:09
COLL Jordan De Goey goal 4.9.33 - 4.2.26 29:26
Q3 GWSY Jacob Hopper behind 4.9.33 - 4.3.27 02:31
GWSY Stephen Coniglio goal 4.9.33 - 5.3.33 03:47
GWSY Jeremy Cameron goal 4.9.33 - 6.3.39 05:31
COLL Rushed behind 4.10.34 - 6.3.39 07:58
COLL Jordan De Goey goal 5.10.40 - 6.3.39 09:12
COLL Brody Mihocek goal 6.10.46 - 6.3.39 11:33
COLL James Aish behind 6.11.47 - 6.3.39 15:04
GWSY Zac Langdon goal 6.11.47 - 7.3.45 19:48
COLL Jaidyn Stephenson behind 6.12.48 - 7.3.45 27:06
Q4 COLL Travis Varcoe goal 7.12.54 - 7.3.45 00:56
COLL Will Hoskin-Elliott goal 8.12.60 - 7.3.45 02:35
COLL Jordan De Goey goal 9.12.66 - 7.3.45 05:00
COLL Jordan De Goey behind 9.13.67 - 7.3.45 06:47
GWSY Matt de Boer goal 9.13.67 - 8.3.51 08:09
GWSY Harry Himmelberg behind 9.13.67 - 8.4.52 10:33
COLL Josh Thomas behind 9.14.68 - 8.4.52 11:59
GWSY Jeremy Cameron behind 9.14.68 - 8.5.53 15:31
COLL Brody Mihocek behind 9.15.69 - 8.5.53 18:16
GWSY Adam Tomlinson goal 9.15.69 - 9.5.59 26:40