2021 AFL Season Elimination Final 2: Sydney v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 2021 between Sydney and Greater Western Sydney in the second elimination final of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Greater Western Sydney at University of Tasmania Stadium. Stephen Coniglio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Leon Cameron.

Sydney (10.13.73) were defeated by Greater Western Sydney (11.8.74).

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Second Elimination Final
Teams: Sydney v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 28 August 2021
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: University of Tasmania Stadium
Attendance: 8,635

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Greater Western Sydney
Score: 10.13.73 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 2 5 . 4 8 . 6 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Greater Western Sydney 3 . 2 9 . 3 11 . 7 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Margin level GWSY by 23 GWSY by 19 GWSY by 1 GWSY by 1
Duration 32:36 32:15 29:26 28:00 2:02:17

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Sydney) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Longmire

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: Stephen Coniglio
Coach: Leon Cameron

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Findlay (#23)
M. Nicholls (#15)
M. Stevic (#9)
E: H. Gavine (#14)

Goal Umpires

B. Kenny-Bell
S. Walsh
E: L. Edwards

Boundary Umpires

C. Gordon
B. MacDonald
M. Marantelli
A. Reardon

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Josh Kelly GWSY 22 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Luke Parker SYDN 26 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Harry Perryman GWSY 36 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Jesse Hogan GWSY 23 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Tim Taranto GWSY 14 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bell, James INT 56% 1 1 6 5 1 3 0 4 0 3 1 1 0 2
7 Cunningham, Harry BPL 85% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 3
34 Dawson, Jordan WL 92% 0 0 18 12 6 8 0 6 1 4 0 2 0 7
13 Florent, Oliver INT 73% 0 1 16 9 7 0 0 3 2 3 3 1 2 1
42 Fox, Robbie SUB↑ 18% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
23 Franklin, Lance FF 96% 3 1 14 9 5 5 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 2
21 Gulden, Errol HFFR 78% 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 2 2 3 0 2 2 6
9 Hayward, Will HFFL 79% 0 2 12 8 4 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
5 Heeney, Isaac WR 93% 4 1 21 11 10 5 0 2 0 6 0 1 1 3
29 Hewett, George C 79% 0 0 19 6 13 4 0 13 6 2 1 1 1 2
31 Hickey, Tom RU 86% 0 1 15 11 4 5 33 0 5 3 0 2 0 3
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFL 88% 0 0 21 17 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
30 McCartin, Tom CHB 92% 0 0 8 6 2 7 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1
27 McInerney, Justin HBFR 73% 0 0 14 6 8 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 2 2
41 McLean, Hayden CHF↓ 71% 0 1 9 5 4 2 11 4 3 1 0 0 1 1
43 Melican, Lewis FB 96% 0 0 17 12 5 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 5
38 O'Riordan, Colin INT 73% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
11 Papley, Tom FPL 89% 2 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 4
26 Parker, Luke RR 87% 0 1 34 17 17 5 0 5 8 5 3 3 4 2
24 Rampe, Dane BPR 92% 0 0 21 11 10 3 0 6 0 4 1 1 2 4
8 Rowbottom, James RO 65% 0 1 15 9 6 1 0 9 2 0 0 0 2 4
1 Warner, Chad INT 62% 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 2
45 Wicks, Sam FPR 79% 0 1 11 7 4 3 0 5 1 1 1 1 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 10 13 332 202 130 86 45 68 35 55 18 20 34 65

R. Fox replaced H. McLean.

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Ash, Lachie INT 77% 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 3
5 Bruhn, Tanner SUB↑ 23% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Coniglio, Stephen (c) C 73% 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 6 2 4 1 2 1 2
13 Cumming, Isaac BPR↓ 60% 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 2 1 3 0 1 4 2
24 de Boer, Matt FPR 77% 0 1 9 3 6 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1
12 Green, Tom INT 56% 0 0 12 2 10 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0
4 Greene, Toby HFFR 89% 3 1 10 9 1 1 0 3 1 5 3 3 0 5
19 Haynes, Nick CHB 87% 0 0 17 14 3 11 0 2 0 1 0 0 7 1
27 Himmelberg, Harry CHF 89% 2 0 10 5 5 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
23 Hogan, Jesse FF 81% 2 2 10 9 1 8 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
2 Hopper, Jacob RR 77% 0 1 23 11 12 2 0 9 3 2 1 1 1 2
39 Idun, Connor INT 82% 0 0 11 9 2 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0
22 Kelly, Josh WL 82% 0 1 28 15 13 1 0 6 9 3 1 1 2 6
38 Lloyd, Daniel INT 81% 1 1 13 10 3 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4
41 Mumford, Shane RU 85% 0 0 14 6 8 2 36 3 5 3 5 2 2 2
36 Perryman, Harry WR 88% 0 0 29 22 7 5 0 1 6 2 3 0 10 2
50 Reid, Sam HBFL 76% 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 2 1
28 Sproule, Zach FPL 78% 2 0 11 6 5 7 3 4 0 3 0 2 2 0
42 Stein, Jake BPL 88% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 3 0 2 1 0 4 0
14 Taranto, Tim HFFL 86% 1 0 25 16 9 5 0 5 5 4 2 0 3 7
15 Taylor, Sam FB 96% 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 4 0 1 2 1 7 1
8 Ward, Callan RO 79% 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 2
6 Whitfield, Lachie HBFR 91% 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 4 0 3 0 0 5 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 8 342 217 125 90 39 64 43 51 20 18 55 46

T. Bruhn replaced I. Cumming.

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

Sydney Coach: John Longmire
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
42 J. Stein 15 S. Taylor 13 I. Cumming 31 T. Hickey 32 J. Bell
45 S. Wicks 23 L. Franklin 11 T. Papley 26 L. Parker 13 O. Florent
FORWARD 8 J. Rowbottom 38 C. O'Riordan
HALF-BACK

1 C. Warner
50 S. Reid 19 N. Haynes 6 L. Whitfield

42 R. Fox
21 E. Gulden 41 H. McLean 9 W. Hayward



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 J. Kelly 3 S. Coniglio (c) 36 H. Perryman



5 I. Heeney 29 G. Hewett 34 J. Dawson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 41 S. Mumford 7 L. Ash
HALF-FORWARD 2 J. Hopper 12 T. Green
14 T. Taranto 27 H. Himmelberg 4 T. Greene 8 C. Ward 39 C. Idun
27 J. McInerney 30 T. McCartin 44 J. Lloyd

38 D. Lloyd
HALF-BACK

5 T. Bruhn
FORWARD



28 Z. Sproule 23 J. Hogan 24 M. de Boer



24 D. Rampe 43 L. Melican 7 H. Cunningham



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Leon Cameron

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Tom Papley goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 03:44
GWSY Toby Greene behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 08:01
GWSY Toby Greene goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 10:43
GWSY Toby Greene goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 14:58
SYDN James Bell goal 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 17:58
GWSY Matt de Boer behind 2.0.12 - 2.2.14 19:54
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 3.0.18 - 2.2.14 23:24
SYDN Will Hayward behind 3.1.19 - 2.2.14 25:40
GWSY Tim Taranto goal 3.1.19 - 3.2.20 30:10
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 3.2.20 - 3.2.20 31:53
Q2 SYDN Lance Franklin goal 4.2.26 - 3.2.20 02:38
GWSY Zach Sproule goal 4.2.26 - 4.2.26 07:01
GWSY Toby Greene goal 4.2.26 - 5.2.32 09:27
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 4.2.26 - 6.2.38 13:06
GWSY Daniel Lloyd goal 4.2.26 - 7.2.44 14:26
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 4.2.26 - 8.2.50 19:12
SYDN James Rowbottom behind 4.3.27 - 8.2.50 22:19
SYDN Luke Parker behind 4.4.28 - 8.2.50 25:57
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 5.4.34 - 8.2.50 28:00
GWSY Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 8.3.51 30:57
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 5.4.34 - 9.3.57 32:11
Q3 GWSY Zach Sproule goal 5.4.34 - 10.3.63 01:11
SYDN Tom Papley goal 6.4.40 - 10.3.63 03:51
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 6.4.40 - 10.4.64 09:20
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 6.4.40 - 10.5.65 11:00
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 7.4.46 - 10.5.65 14:04
SYDN Oliver Florent behind 7.5.47 - 10.5.65 16:59
GWSY Daniel Lloyd behind 7.5.47 - 10.6.66 18:53
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 8.5.53 - 10.6.66 20:36
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 8.6.54 - 10.6.66 24:34
GWSY Josh Kelly behind 8.6.54 - 10.7.67 26:49
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 8.6.54 - 11.7.73 29:17
Q4 SYDN Will Hayward behind 8.7.55 - 11.7.73 03:19
GWSY Jacob Hopper behind 8.7.55 - 11.8.74 05:17
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 9.7.61 - 11.8.74 07:01
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 10.7.67 - 11.8.74 09:15
SYDN Tom Hickey behind 10.8.68 - 11.8.74 11:54
SYDN Sam Wicks behind 10.9.69 - 11.8.74 13:49
SYDN James Bell behind 10.10.70 - 11.8.74 15:41
SYDN Rushed behind 10.11.71 - 11.8.74 23:08
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 10.12.72 - 11.8.74 24:27
SYDN Rushed behind 10.13.73 - 11.8.74 25:34