2021 AFL 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 AFL season. 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
Back: H. Cunningham, L. Melican, D. Rampe
Half-back: J. Lloyd, T. McCartin, J. McInerney
Centre: J. Dawson, G. Hewett, I. Heeney
Half-forward: W. Hayward, H. McLean, E. Gulden
Forward: T. Papley, L. Franklin, S. Wicks
Follower: T. Hickey, L. Parker, J. Rowbottom
Int.: J. Bell, O. Florent, C. O'Riordan, C. Warner
Sub.: R. Fox

Greater Western Sydney
Back: J. Stein, S. Taylor, I. Cumming
Half-back: S. Reid, N. Haynes, L. Whitfield
Centre: J. Kelly, S. Coniglio (capt.), H. Perryman
Half-forward: T. Taranto, H. Himmelberg, T. Greene
Forward: Z. Sproule, J. Hogan, M. de Boer
Follower: S. Mumford, J. Hopper, C. Ward
Int.: L. Ash, T. Green, C. Idun, D. Lloyd
Sub.: T. Bruhn

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

Goalkickers
Sydney: I. Heeney (4), L. Franklin (3), T. Papley (2), J. Bell
Greater Western Sydney: T. Greene (3), H. Himmelberg (2), J. Hogan (2), Z. Sproule (2), D. Lloyd, T. Taranto

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney faced Geelong in the second semi final and Sydney were eliminated (finishing 7th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 2
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

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Stephen Coniglio (Greater Western Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), M. Nicholls (#15), M. Stevic (#9), E: H. Gavine (#14)
Goal Umpire: B. Kenny-Bell, S. Walsh, E: L. Edwards
Boundary Umpire: 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

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