2021 AFL Season Round 17: Greater Western Sydney v Gold Coast
This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 2021 between Greater Western Sydney and Gold Coast during round seventeen of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League.
Greater Western Sydney hosted Gold Coast at Mars Stadium.
David Swallow captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Leon Cameron and the visitors were coached by Stuart Dew.
Greater Western Sydney (9.10.64) were defeated by Gold Coast (10.5.65).
Match Details
Season:
2021 AFL Season
Round:
Round 17
Teams:
Greater Western Sydney
v
Gold Coast
Date:
Sunday 11 July 2021
Time:
12:40 PM
Venue:
Mars Stadium
Attendance:
2,952
Match Results
Outcome:
Greater Western Sydney
def. by
Gold Coast
Score:
9.10.64 - 10.5.65
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Greater Western Sydney | 2 | . | 4 | 3 | . | 4 | 8 | . | 10 | 9 | . | 10 | 9 | . | 10 | (64) |
| Gold Coast | 1 | . | 1 | 5 | . | 3 | 7 | . | 3 | 10 | . | 5 | 10 | . | 5 | (65) |
| Margin | GWSY by 9 | GCST by 11 | GWSY by 13 | GCST by 1 | GCST by 1 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 29:07 | 32:49 | 34:38 | 31:57 | 2:08:31 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Gold Coast) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Greater Western Sydney
Captain: unknownCoach: Leon Cameron
Gold Coast
Captain: David SwallowCoach: Stuart Dew
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
M. Nicholls (#15)E. Tee (#34)
N. Williamson (#22)
E: N. Jankovskis (#48)
Goal Umpires
D. BenwellD. Rodan
E: D. Wilson
Boundary Umpires
K. FergusonP. Jackson
T. Lougoon
B. MacDonald
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Touk Miller | GCST | 11 | 3 |
| Jacob Hopper | GWSY | 2 | 2 |
| Charlie Ballard | GCST | 10 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touk Miller | GCST | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Hopper | GWSY | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Ellis | GCST | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Toby Greene | GWSY | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Ballard | GCST | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Burgess | GCST | 29 | 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 |
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| 7 | Ash, Lachie | INT | 78% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Cumming, Isaac | HBFR | 81% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 16 | Daniels, Brent | HFFL | 74% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | Davis, Phil | FB | 82% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 31 | Finlayson, Jeremy | SUB↑ | 45% | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Green, Tom | INT | 72% | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Greene, Toby | CHF | 98% | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Haynes, Nick | CHB | 85% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 37 | Hill, Bobby | FPL | 67% | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Himmelberg, Harry | FF | 89% | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Hogan, Jesse | FPR | 87% | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Hopper, Jacob | RO | 83% | 0 | 0 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 39 | Idun, Connor | INT | 87% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Kelly, Josh | WL | 81% | 0 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 40 | Kennedy, Adam | WR | 83% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 38 | Lloyd, Daniel | INT | 80% | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 | Mumford, Shane | RU | 78% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 36 | Perryman, Harry | HBFL | 86% | 0 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 50 | Reid, Sam | BPR | 83% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Taranto, Tim | RR | 82% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Taylor, Sam | BPL | 96% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | Ward, Callan | C | 74% | 0 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Whitfield, Lachie | HFFR↓ | 29% | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 9 | 10 | 377 | 207 | 170 | 52 | 57 | 84 | 53 | 86 | 12 | 22 | 48 | 53 | |||
J. Finlayson replaced L. Whitfield.
Gold Coast
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 9 | Ainsworth, Ben | FPR | 76% | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Atkins, Rory | SUB↑ | 57% | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Ballard, Charlie | CHB | 91% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Bowes, Jack | HBFR | 73% | 0 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 29 | Burgess, Chris | RU | 82% | 1 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 25 | Collins, Sam | FB | 99% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Day, Sam | CHF | 74% | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Ellis, Brandon | WL | 96% | 0 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | Fiorini, Brayden | INT | 70% | 0 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 26 | Flanders, Sam | INT | 72% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | Greenwood, Hugh | INT↓ | 2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Holman, Nick | HFFR | 88% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | King, Ben | FF | 84% | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Lemmens, Sean | BPR | 89% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Lukosius, Jack | HBFL | 95% | 0 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 17 | Markov, Oleg | INT | 70% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Miller, Touk | C | 88% | 2 | 0 | 35 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 27 | Powell, Wil | BPL | 89% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Rankine, Izak | FPL | 85% | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Rowell, Matt | RR | 73% | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Sexton, Alex | HFFL | 83% | 2 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | Sharp, Jeremy | WR | 79% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Swallow, David (c) | RO | 82% | 1 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Rushed | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 10 | 5 | 369 | 224 | 145 | 86 | 50 | 92 | 38 | 64 | 22 | 12 | 42 | 59 | |||
R. Atkins replaced H. Greenwood.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Greater Western Sydney | Coach: Leon Cameron | ||||||||||||||
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| 27 | W. Powell | 25 | S. Collins | 23 | S. Lemmens | 41 | S. Mumford | 7 | L. Ash | ||||||
| 23 | J. Hogan | 27 | H. Himmelberg | 37 | B. Hill | 14 | T. Taranto | 12 | T. Green | ||||||
| FORWARD | 2 | J. Hopper | 39 | C. Idun | |||||||||||
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| 13 | J. Lukosius | 10 | C. Ballard | 3 | J. Bowes |
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| 4 | B. Ellis | 11 | T. Miller | 37 | J. Sharp |
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| 40 | A. Kennedy | 8 | C. Ward | 22 | J. Kelly | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 29 | C. Burgess | 8 | B. Fiorini | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 18 | M. Rowell | 26 | S. Flanders | |||||||||||
| 6 | A. Sexton | 12 | S. Day | 39 | N. Holman | 24 | D. Swallow (c) | 1 | H. Greenwood | ||||||
| 13 | I. Cumming | 19 | N. Haynes | 36 | H. Perryman |
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| 22 | I. Rankine | 34 | B. King | 9 | B. Ainsworth |
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| 50 | S. Reid | 1 | P. Davis | 15 | S. Taylor |
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| Gold Coast | Coach: Stuart Dew | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | GWSY | Callan Ward behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.0.0 | 04:42 |
| GWSY | Toby Greene goal | 1.1.7 | - | 0.0.0 | 06:59 | |
| GWSY | Toby Greene behind | 1.2.8 | - | 0.0.0 | 08:38 | |
| GWSY | Jesse Hogan behind | 1.3.9 | - | 0.0.0 | 11:53 | |
| GCST | Touk Miller goal | 1.3.9 | - | 1.0.6 | 15:32 | |
| GWSY | Harry Himmelberg goal | 2.3.15 | - | 1.0.6 | 23:33 | |
| GWSY | Rushed behind | 2.4.16 | - | 1.0.6 | 26:11 | |
| GCST | Sam Day behind | 2.4.16 | - | 1.1.7 | 28:32 | |
| Q2 | GWSY | Lachie Whitfield goal | 3.4.22 | - | 1.1.7 | 09:12 |
| GCST | Alex Sexton behind | 3.4.22 | - | 1.2.8 | 12:46 | |
| GCST | Alex Sexton goal | 3.4.22 | - | 2.2.14 | 13:37 | |
| GCST | Rory Atkins goal | 3.4.22 | - | 3.2.20 | 19:17 | |
| GCST | Alex Sexton goal | 3.4.22 | - | 4.2.26 | 25:28 | |
| GCST | Brayden Fiorini behind | 3.4.22 | - | 4.3.27 | 27:58 | |
| GCST | Sam Day goal | 3.4.22 | - | 5.3.33 | 30:51 | |
| Q3 | GWSY | Jeremy Finlayson behind | 3.5.23 | - | 5.3.33 | 02:47 |
| GWSY | Harry Himmelberg goal | 4.5.29 | - | 5.3.33 | 06:01 | |
| GCST | Chris Burgess goal | 4.5.29 | - | 6.3.39 | 08:26 | |
| GCST | Sam Day goal | 4.5.29 | - | 7.3.45 | 13:22 | |
| GWSY | Rushed behind | 4.6.30 | - | 7.3.45 | 14:38 | |
| GWSY | Bobby Hill goal | 5.6.36 | - | 7.3.45 | 16:05 | |
| GWSY | Toby Greene behind | 5.7.37 | - | 7.3.45 | 18:55 | |
| GWSY | Jesse Hogan behind | 5.8.38 | - | 7.3.45 | 20:49 | |
| GWSY | Harry Himmelberg behind | 5.9.39 | - | 7.3.45 | 21:30 | |
| GWSY | Daniel Lloyd goal | 6.9.45 | - | 7.3.45 | 22:34 | |
| GWSY | Rushed behind | 6.10.46 | - | 7.3.45 | 23:59 | |
| GWSY | Toby Greene goal | 7.10.52 | - | 7.3.45 | 27:53 | |
| GWSY | Jeremy Finlayson goal | 8.10.58 | - | 7.3.45 | 30:46 | |
| Q4 | GCST | Touk Miller goal | 8.10.58 | - | 8.3.51 | 02:17 |
| GCST | Ben Ainsworth behind | 8.10.58 | - | 8.4.52 | 08:32 | |
| GWSY | Toby Greene goal | 9.10.64 | - | 8.4.52 | 13:41 | |
| GCST | Izak Rankine behind | 9.10.64 | - | 8.5.53 | 16:12 | |
| GCST | Matt Rowell goal | 9.10.64 | - | 9.5.59 | 24:32 | |
| GCST | David Swallow goal | 9.10.64 | - | 10.5.65 | 27:10 | |