2021 AFL Round 1: Greater Western Sydney v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 21 March 2021 between Greater Western Sydney and St Kilda during round 1 of the 2021 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted St Kilda at GIANTS Stadium. Stephen Coniglio captained the hosts. Jack Steele captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Leon Cameron and the visitors were coached by Brett Ratten.

Greater Western Sydney
Back: H. Perryman, L. Keeffe, N. Haynes
Half-back: I. Cumming, P. Davis, S. Reid
Centre: C. Ward, J. Kelly, L. Ash
Half-forward: T. Taranto, T. Bruhn, T. Greene
Forward: B. Hill, H. Himmelberg, S. Taylor
Follower: M. Flynn, S. Coniglio (capt.), J. Hopper
Int.: J. Buckley, M. de Boer, T. Green, C. Idun
Sub.: X. O'Halloran

St Kilda
Back: D. Howard, C. Wilkie, J. Webster
Half-back: N. Coffield, J. Sinclair, H. Clark
Centre: J. Steele (capt.), T. Highmore, B. Hill
Half-forward: D. Butler, J. Higgins, J. Billings
Forward: T. Membrey, S. McKernan, J. Lonie
Follower: P. Hunter, J. Battle, J. Gresham
Int.: J. Bytel, B. Long, D. McKenzie, S. Ross
Sub.: M. Wood

Greater Western Sydney (11.12.78) were defeated by St Kilda (13.8.86).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: H. Himmelberg (3), S. Coniglio, T. Green, T. Greene, B. Hill, J. Hopper, L. Keeffe, T. Taranto, C. Ward
St Kilda: T. Membrey (3), J. Higgins (2), J. Lonie (2), S. Ross (2), J. Battle, J. Billings, D. Butler, B. Hill

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney were then 11th on the ladder and St Kilda were then 8th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v St Kilda
Date: Sunday 21 March 2021
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: GIANTS Stadium
Attendance: 5,014

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. by St Kilda
Score: 11.12.78 - 13.8.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Greater Western Sydney 2 . 3 4 . 5 8 . 9 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
St Kilda 1 . 2 5 . 6 9 . 6 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Margin GWSY by 7 STKL by 7 STKL by 3 STKL by 8 STKL by 8
Duration 32:26 33:22 34:31 34:39 2:14:58

Honour Roll

Coaches: Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney), Brett Ratten (St Kilda)
Captains: Stephen Coniglio (Greater Western Sydney), Jack Steele (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), E. Glouftsis (#34), M. Stevic (#9), E: M. Baigent (#37)
Goal Umpire: B. Kenny-Bell, A. McKenzie-Wills, E: A. Chisholm
Boundary Umpire: M. Barlow, D. Field-Read, M. Saunders, D. Wood

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tim Membrey STKL 28 3
Jacob Hopper GWSY 2 2
Jade Gresham STKL 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tim Membrey STKL 28 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jade Gresham STKL 4 6 0 1 0 1 0
Jacob Hopper GWSY 2 5 0 1 0 0 1
Matt Flynn GWSY 30 3 0 0 1 0 0
Harry Perryman GWSY 36 3 0 0 1 0 0
Hunter Clark STKL 11 2 0 0 0 1 0
Sebastian Ross STKL 6 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
7 Ash, Lachie WR 83% 0 0 21 16 5 3 0 0 0 4 1 1 5 5
5 Bruhn, Tanner CHF 75% 0 0 9 2 7 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
44 Buckley, Jack INT 77% 0 1 10 6 4 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 2 1
3 Coniglio, Stephen (c) RR 86% 1 0 24 19 5 0 0 2 5 4 4 0 3 8
13 Cumming, Isaac HBFL 83% 0 0 22 13 9 3 0 3 1 6 0 0 7 1
1 Davis, Phil CHB 89% 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0
24 de Boer, Matt INT 79% 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 3 3 2 2 0 1 3
30 Flynn, Matt RU 68% 0 0 18 7 11 6 34 0 5 1 4 0 3 5
12 Green, Tom INT 68% 1 0 15 3 12 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 1
4 Greene, Toby HFFR 89% 1 3 19 13 6 2 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 3
19 Haynes, Nick BPR 89% 0 0 19 16 3 7 0 0 1 5 1 1 2 3
37 Hill, Bobby FPL 66% 1 0 8 6 2 2 0 6 0 3 0 2 1 3
27 Himmelberg, Harry FF 89% 3 1 12 9 3 3 1 2 1 3 3 1 0 3
2 Hopper, Jacob RO 83% 1 0 27 13 14 1 0 4 6 8 2 2 1 8
39 Idun, Connor INT 78% 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3
25 Keeffe, Lachie FB 86% 1 0 11 7 4 3 11 1 0 3 1 0 0 2
22 Kelly, Josh C 82% 0 0 26 15 11 3 0 4 5 4 2 1 4 3
33 O'Halloran, Xavier SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Perryman, Harry BPL 81% 0 1 26 15 11 7 0 3 0 4 0 0 7 4
50 Reid, Sam HBFR 85% 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1
14 Taranto, Tim HFFL 89% 1 2 26 19 7 3 0 4 3 3 2 1 0 7
15 Taylor, Sam FPR 95% 0 0 14 3 11 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1
8 Ward, Callan WL 79% 1 0 25 12 13 3 1 2 4 3 3 2 0 3
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 11 12 369 218 151 59 47 47 40 66 30 14 44 68

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Battle, Josh RR 81% 1 1 11 8 3 1 0 3 0 2 2 1 2 2
15 Billings, Jack HFFR 86% 1 0 30 15 15 5 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 4
16 Butler, Dan HFFL 90% 1 0 10 9 1 0 0 7 1 2 1 1 0 2
23 Bytel, Jack INT 78% 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 10 6 2 1 0 1 5
11 Clark, Hunter HBFR 78% 0 0 24 17 7 4 0 5 7 4 0 2 5 5
1 Coffield, Nick HBFL 93% 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 3 1 6 1 0 6 1
4 Gresham, Jade RO 67% 0 0 28 21 7 5 0 3 5 8 0 3 1 7
22 Higgins, Jack CHF 81% 2 1 12 8 4 3 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 4
34 Highmore, Tom C 70% 0 0 19 10 9 2 0 4 2 6 1 3 4 2
8 Hill, Bradley WR 80% 1 1 16 8 8 3 0 2 3 2 0 1 3 1
20 Howard, Dougal BPL 96% 0 0 17 15 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 9 1
41 Hunter, Paul RU 71% 0 0 9 5 4 1 19 2 1 4 0 3 1 0
21 Long, Ben INT 86% 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 1 3 3 0 1 4 2
13 Lonie, Jack FPR 89% 2 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
36 McKenzie, Daniel INT 70% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 2
27 McKernan, Shaun FF 72% 0 0 6 5 1 0 17 3 3 8 1 5 2 1
28 Membrey, Tim FPL 89% 3 0 21 15 6 7 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 7
6 Ross, Sebastian INT 79% 2 0 19 11 8 4 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 4
35 Sinclair, Jack CHB 83% 0 1 18 11 7 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 4 2
9 Steele, Jack (c) WL 87% 0 1 20 13 7 0 0 9 7 7 2 4 3 5
29 Webster, Jimmy BPR 81% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 4 0
44 Wilkie, Callum FB 92% 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 4 0
32 Wood, Mason SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 13 8 352 235 117 56 38 72 49 78 14 29 55 58

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: Leon Cameron
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
20 D. Howard 44 C. Wilkie 29 J. Webster 30 M. Flynn 44 J. Buckley
15 S. Taylor 27 H. Himmelberg 37 B. Hill 3 S. Coniglio (c) 24 M. de Boer
FORWARD 2 J. Hopper 12 T. Green
HALF-BACK

39 C. Idun
1 N. Coffield 35 J. Sinclair 11 H. Clark

33 X. O'Halloran
4 T. Greene 5 T. Bruhn 14 T. Taranto



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 J. Steele (c) 34 T. Highmore 8 B. Hill



7 L. Ash 22 J. Kelly 8 C. Ward FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 41 P. Hunter 23 J. Bytel
HALF-FORWARD 26 J. Battle 21 B. Long
16 D. Butler 22 J. Higgins 15 J. Billings 4 J. Gresham 36 D. McKenzie
50 S. Reid 1 P. Davis 13 I. Cumming

6 S. Ross
HALF-BACK

32 M. Wood
FORWARD



28 T. Membrey 27 S. McKernan 13 J. Lonie



19 N. Haynes 25 L. Keeffe 36 H. Perryman



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Brett Ratten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GWSY Harry Perryman behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:38
GWSY Toby Greene behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 02:01
GWSY Rushed behind 0.3.3 - 0.0.0 05:51
STKL Rushed behind 0.3.3 - 0.1.1 12:05
STKL Jack Steele behind 0.3.3 - 0.2.2 14:31
GWSY Toby Greene goal 1.3.9 - 0.2.2 16:35
GWSY Tom Green goal 2.3.15 - 0.2.2 21:55
STKL Jack Billings goal 2.3.15 - 1.2.8 25:30
Q2 STKL Jack Higgins behind 2.3.15 - 1.3.9 02:12
STKL Jack Lonie goal 2.3.15 - 2.3.15 03:06
GWSY Bobby Hill goal 3.3.21 - 2.3.15 06:06
GWSY Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 2.3.15 09:59
STKL Jack Higgins goal 3.4.22 - 3.3.21 16:24
STKL Josh Battle behind 3.4.22 - 3.4.22 18:56
STKL Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 3.5.23 20:13
STKL Bradley Hill behind 3.4.22 - 3.6.24 21:49
STKL Bradley Hill goal 3.4.22 - 4.6.30 26:48
STKL Tim Membrey goal 3.4.22 - 5.6.36 28:42
GWSY Jack Buckley behind 3.5.23 - 5.6.36 30:32
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 4.5.29 - 5.6.36 32:22
Q3 GWSY Tim Taranto behind 4.6.30 - 5.6.36 00:54
GWSY Sam Reid behind 4.7.31 - 5.6.36 02:18
GWSY Stephen Coniglio goal 5.7.37 - 5.6.36 06:58
STKL Jack Higgins goal 5.7.37 - 6.6.42 09:26
STKL Sebastian Ross goal 5.7.37 - 7.6.48 12:49
GWSY Toby Greene behind 5.8.38 - 7.6.48 15:07
STKL Tim Membrey goal 5.8.38 - 8.6.54 18:31
GWSY Callan Ward goal 6.8.44 - 8.6.54 23:43
GWSY Rushed behind 6.9.45 - 8.6.54 25:20
GWSY Tim Taranto goal 7.9.51 - 8.6.54 27:04
STKL Josh Battle goal 7.9.51 - 9.6.60 29:39
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 8.9.57 - 9.6.60 32:01
Q4 GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 9.9.63 - 9.6.60 02:16
GWSY Toby Greene behind 9.10.64 - 9.6.60 05:00
GWSY Jacob Hopper goal 10.10.70 - 9.6.60 08:17
GWSY Harry Himmelberg behind 10.11.71 - 9.6.60 11:01
GWSY Tim Taranto behind 10.12.72 - 9.6.60 12:26
STKL Jack Lonie goal 10.12.72 - 10.6.66 14:50
STKL Rushed behind 10.12.72 - 10.7.67 16:11
STKL Sebastian Ross goal 10.12.72 - 11.7.73 20:25
STKL Tim Membrey goal 10.12.72 - 12.7.79 22:23
GWSY Lachie Keeffe goal 11.12.78 - 12.7.79 25:59
STKL Jack Sinclair behind 11.12.78 - 12.8.80 27:16
STKL Dan Butler goal 11.12.78 - 13.8.86 32:38