2021 AFL Round 5: Sydney v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 2021 between Sydney and Greater Western Sydney during round 5 of the 2021 AFL season. Sydney hosted Greater Western Sydney at SCG. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Leon Cameron.

Sydney
Back: G. Hewett, L. Melican, T. McCartin
Half-back: H. Cunningham, J. Dawson, J. Lloyd
Centre: J. McInerney, O. Florent, C. Warner
Half-forward: S. Wicks, W. Hayward, L. Parker
Forward: E. Gulden, L. Franklin, S. Reid
Follower: T. Hickey, C. Mills, T. Papley
Int.: N. Blakey, B. Campbell, J. Kennedy, L. McDonald
Sub.: D. Stephens

Greater Western Sydney
Back: J. Buckley, S. Taylor, L. Keeffe
Half-back: S. Reid, I. Cumming, L. Ash
Centre: X. O'Halloran, J. Hopper, N. Haynes
Half-forward: B. Hill, T. Greene, B. Daniels
Forward: J. Kelly, J. Finlayson, H. Himmelberg
Follower: S. Mumford, T. Taranto, C. Ward
Int.: T. Green, C. Idun, J. Riccardi, C. Stone
Sub.: M. Buntine

Sydney (10.9.69) were defeated by Greater Western Sydney (9.17.71).

Goalkickers
Sydney: L. Franklin (5), W. Hayward (3), T. Papley (2)
Greater Western Sydney: J. Finlayson (2), H. Himmelberg (2), B. Daniels, T. Greene, J. Kelly, X. O'Halloran, J. Riccardi

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 3rd on the ladder and Greater Western Sydney were then 12th on the ladder (up from 15th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Sydney v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 17 April 2021
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 33,541

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Greater Western Sydney
Score: 10.9.69 - 9.17.71

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney	3	.	3	6	.	4	8	.	8	10	.	9	10	.	9	(69)
Greater Western Sydney	1	.	4	3	.	7	5	.	11	9	.	17	9	.	17	(71)
Margin	SYDN by 11			SYDN by 15			SYDN by 15			GWSY by 2			GWSY by 2
Duration	31:44			32:25			31:02			33:54			2:09:05

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Brown (#13), A. Stephens (#12), N. Williamson (#22), E: D. Garroway (#52)
Goal Umpire: B. Kenny-Bell, A. McKenzie-Wills, E: A. Chisholm
Boundary Umpire: M. Baker, M. Barlow, D. Field-Read, D. Wood

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Jacob Hopper	GWSY	2	3
Lance Franklin	SYDN	23	2
Tom Green	GWSY	12	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Lance Franklin	SYDN	23	9	1	1	0	0	0
Jacob Hopper	GWSY	2	9	1	1	0	0	0
Josh Kelly	GWSY	22	6	0	0	2	0	0
Tom Green	GWSY	12	3	0	0	0	1	1
Toby Greene	GWSY	4	2	0	0	0	1	0
Will Hayward	SYDN	9	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
22	Blakey, Nick	INT	79%	0	0	13	5	8	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	4
16	Campbell, Braeden	INT	62%	0	0	14	9	5	2	0	1	0	4	0	1	1	2
7	Cunningham, Harry	HBFL	79%	0	0	14	10	4	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	1
34	Dawson, Jordan	CHB	90%	0	0	23	18	5	3	0	4	0	6	0	2	9	2
13	Florent, Oliver	C	83%	0	1	15	7	8	4	0	3	2	2	1	1	2	2
23	Franklin, Lance	FF	86%	5	0	14	12	2	8	0	4	0	5	0	4	0	4
21	Gulden, Errol	FPL	91%	0	0	18	9	9	4	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	2
9	Hayward, Will	CHF	89%	3	1	18	11	7	6	0	3	1	4	1	1	1	3
29	Hewett, George	BPL	87%	0	0	13	8	5	2	0	4	1	0	2	0	4	0
31	Hickey, Tom	RU↓	66%	0	0	16	7	9	3	24	3	4	4	0	1	1	2
12	Kennedy, Josh	INT	76%	0	0	19	11	8	1	0	6	8	2	2	1	1	1
44	Lloyd, Jake	HBFR	86%	0	1	28	21	7	7	0	1	4	3	0	1	10	4
30	McCartin, Tom	BPR	100%	0	0	11	8	3	3	0	2	0	3	2	1	3	1
6	McDonald, Logan	INT	62%	0	1	6	2	4	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0
27	McInerney, Justin	WL	83%	0	0	13	7	6	2	0	2	1	3	1	2	3	4
43	Melican, Lewis	FB	95%	0	0	15	12	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1
14	Mills, Callum	RR	81%	0	0	20	9	11	5	0	9	3	4	1	0	3	4
11	Papley, Tom	RO	87%	2	1	10	8	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2
26	Parker, Luke	HFFR	77%	0	1	21	9	12	1	0	6	3	5	1	1	0	4
20	Reid, Sam	FPR	80%	0	0	16	11	5	4	15	5	6	2	7	1	0	6
3	Stephens, Dylan	SUB↑	13%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Warner, Chad	WR	75%	0	2	13	10	3	2	0	5	2	2	0	2	0	5
45	Wicks, Sam	HFFL	73%	0	0	6	4	2	2	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				10	9	337	209	128	77	39	69	40	61	22	21	47	55

D. Stephens replaced T. Hickey.

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFR	83%	0	0	18	14	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	0
44	Buckley, Jack	BPL	87%	0	0	16	8	8	4	0	3	1	3	0	3	3	0
21	Buntine, Matt	SUB↑	37%	0	0	6	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	Cumming, Isaac	CHB	78%	0	0	22	13	9	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	6	1
16	Daniels, Brent	HFFR	81%	1	1	18	12	6	5	0	3	2	2	1	0	1	8
31	Finlayson, Jeremy	FF	73%	2	0	11	10	1	1	1	1	0	4	2	2	1	4
12	Green, Tom	INT	64%	0	0	24	10	14	3	0	3	6	5	2	2	0	3
4	Greene, Toby	CHF	93%	1	7	18	15	3	4	0	0	3	5	0	4	1	4
19	Haynes, Nick	WR	86%	0	0	18	11	7	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1
37	Hill, Bobby	HFFL	58%	0	2	11	9	2	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	3
27	Himmelberg, Harry	FPR	91%	2	2	11	8	3	5	0	2	0	5	0	2	0	3
2	Hopper, Jacob	C	84%	0	0	26	10	16	1	0	3	6	0	1	0	2	3
39	Idun, Connor	INT	85%	0	0	10	3	7	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	1
25	Keeffe, Lachie	BPR	95%	0	0	10	7	3	3	0	1	0	3	1	1	5	1
22	Kelly, Josh	FPL	89%	1	1	26	14	12	4	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	5
41	Mumford, Shane	RU	88%	0	0	15	5	10	3	28	6	8	4	4	4	1	2
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	WL	81%	1	0	15	12	3	5	0	1	1	4	0	1	1	6
50	Reid, Sam	HBFL↓	43%	0	0	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0
26	Riccardi, Jake	INT	81%	1	0	12	6	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
18	Stone, Conor	INT	68%	0	0	13	6	7	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4
14	Taranto, Tim	RR	80%	0	0	27	12	15	4	0	4	4	4	0	1	2	2
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	92%	0	0	18	6	12	4	0	3	1	4	3	0	4	2
8	Ward, Callan	RO	82%	0	0	26	10	16	2	0	3	2	3	3	1	2	2
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				9	17	375	208	167	71	29	42	39	58	21	22	43	56

M. Buntine replaced S. Reid.

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
	44	J. Buckley	15	S. Taylor	25	L. Keeffe	31	T. Hickey	22	N. Blakey
	20	S. Reid	23	L. Franklin	21	E. Gulden	14	C. Mills	16	B. Campbell
FORWARD							11	T. Papley	12	J. Kennedy
HALF-BACK									6	L. McDonald
	50	S. Reid	13	I. Cumming	7	L. Ash			3	D. Stephens
	26	L. Parker	9	W. Hayward	45	S. Wicks
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	33	X. O'Halloran	2	J. Hopper	19	N. Haynes
	1	C. Warner	13	O. Florent	27	J. McInerney	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							41	S. Mumford	12	T. Green
HALF-FORWARD							14	T. Taranto	39	C. Idun
	37	B. Hill	4	T. Greene	16	B. Daniels	8	C. Ward	26	J. Riccardi
	44	J. Lloyd	34	J. Dawson	7	H. Cunningham			18	C. Stone
HALF-BACK									21	M. Buntine
FORWARD
	22	J. Kelly	31	J. Finlayson	27	H. Himmelberg
	30	T. McCartin	43	L. Melican	29	G. Hewett
BACK
Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Leon Cameron

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GWSY	Bobby Hill behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	02:07
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	03:41
	SYDN	Will Hayward behind	0.1.1	-	0.2.2	05:18
	GWSY	Bobby Hill behind	0.1.1	-	0.3.3	06:36
	SYDN	Logan McDonald behind	0.2.2	-	0.3.3	09:27
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	0.2.2	-	0.4.4	16:03
	GWSY	Brent Daniels goal	0.2.2	-	1.4.10	17:51
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	1.2.8	-	1.4.10	21:03
	SYDN	Lance Franklin goal	2.2.14	-	1.4.10	22:53
	SYDN	Chad Warner behind	2.3.15	-	1.4.10	25:05
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	3.3.21	-	1.4.10	26:18
Q2	GWSY	Jake Riccardi goal	3.3.21	-	2.4.16	03:14
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	4.3.27	-	2.4.16	08:41
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	4.3.27	-	2.5.17	12:52
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg goal	4.3.27	-	3.5.23	16:25
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	4.3.27	-	3.6.24	19:04
	SYDN	Luke Parker behind	4.4.28	-	3.6.24	24:42
	GWSY	Brent Daniels behind	4.4.28	-	3.7.25	26:13
	SYDN	Lance Franklin goal	5.4.34	-	3.7.25	27:49
	SYDN	Lance Franklin goal	6.4.40	-	3.7.25	29:05
Q3	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg behind	6.4.40	-	3.8.26	01:26
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	7.4.46	-	3.8.26	03:12
	GWSY	Josh Kelly behind	7.4.46	-	3.9.27	07:19
	GWSY	Jeremy Finlayson goal	7.4.46	-	4.9.33	09:01
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg goal	7.4.46	-	5.9.39	13:08
	SYDN	Oliver Florent behind	7.5.47	-	5.9.39	14:45
	SYDN	Jake Lloyd behind	7.6.48	-	5.9.39	17:41
	GWSY	Rushed behind	7.6.48	-	5.10.40	19:29
	GWSY	Rushed behind	7.6.48	-	5.11.41	21:04
	SYDN	Lance Franklin goal	8.6.54	-	5.11.41	25:35
	SYDN	Rushed behind	8.7.55	-	5.11.41	27:14
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	8.8.56	-	5.11.41	29:32
Q4	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	9.8.62	-	5.11.41	02:24
	GWSY	Xavier O'Halloran goal	9.8.62	-	6.11.47	05:59
	SYDN	Chad Warner behind	9.9.63	-	6.11.47	07:08
	GWSY	Jeremy Finlayson goal	9.9.63	-	7.11.53	08:19
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	9.9.63	-	7.12.54	10:40
	SYDN	Lance Franklin goal	10.9.69	-	7.12.54	12:52
	GWSY	Rushed behind	10.9.69	-	7.13.55	14:24
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	10.9.69	-	7.14.56	16:47
	GWSY	Rushed behind	10.9.69	-	7.15.57	18:38
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg behind	10.9.69	-	7.16.58	19:43
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	10.9.69	-	7.17.59	25:21
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	10.9.69	-	8.17.65	26:18
	GWSY	Josh Kelly goal	10.9.69	-	9.17.71	30:39

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