2021 AFL Round 18: Greater Western Sydney v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 2021 between Greater Western Sydney and Sydney during round 18 of the 2021 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted Sydney at Metricon Stadium. Stephen Coniglio captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Leon Cameron and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Greater Western Sydney
Back: S. Taylor, P. Davis, S. Reid
Half-back: H. Perryman, N. Haynes, I. Cumming
Centre: J. Kelly, C. Ward, A. Kennedy
Half-forward: B. Daniels, H. Himmelberg, T. Taranto
Forward: D. Lloyd, J. Hogan, T. Bruhn
Follower: M. Flynn, S. Coniglio (capt.), J. Hopper
Int.: J. Finlayson, T. Green, C. Idun, X. O'Halloran
Sub.: Z. Sproule

Sydney
Back: R. Fox, D. Rampe, D. Stephens
Half-back: N. Blakey, T. McCartin, J. Lloyd
Centre: J. McInerney, G. Hewett, J. Kennedy
Half-forward: T. Papley, J. Amartey, I. Heeney
Forward: E. Gulden, L. Franklin, W. Hayward
Follower: T. Hickey, O. Florent, L. Parker
Int.: J. Bell, J. Dawson, J. Rowbottom, S. Wicks
Sub.: B. Ronke

Greater Western Sydney (11.6.72) were defeated by Sydney (15.8.98).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: H. Himmelberg (3), J. Hogan (2), D. Lloyd (2), T. Bruhn, J. Finlayson, A. Kennedy, H. Perryman
Sydney: L. Franklin (4), T. Papley (4), J. McInerney (2), S. Wicks (2), W. Hayward, T. Hickey, L. Parker

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney were then 12th on the ladder (down from 10th) and Sydney remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Sydney
Date: Sunday 18 July 2021
Time: 6:10 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 2,374

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. by Sydney
Score: 11.6.72 - 15.8.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Greater Western Sydney 6 . 1 9 . 2 9 . 5 11 . 6 11 . 6 (72)
Sydney 1 . 2 6 . 4 12 . 6 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
Margin GWSY by 29 GWSY by 16 SYDN by 19 SYDN by 26 SYDN by 26
Duration 31:43 34:15 28:17 29:02 2:03:17

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Broadbent (#20), C. Donlon (#1), J. Mollison (#32), E: A. Adair (#35)
Goal Umpire: B. Kenny-Bell, A. McKenzie-Wills, E: A. Chisholm
Boundary Umpire: M. Barlow, D. Field-Read, A. Reardon, D. Wood

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Parker SYDN 26 3
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 2
Tim Taranto GWSY 14 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tom Papley SYDN 11 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Luke Parker SYDN 26 8 ? ? ? 0 0
George Hewett SYDN 29 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Harry Perryman GWSY 36 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Lance Franklin SYDN 23 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Justin McInerney SYDN 27 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
5 Bruhn, Tanner FPR 75% 1 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
3 Coniglio, Stephen (c) RR 85% 0 0 19 6 13 1 0 5 7 2 0 1 0 0
13 Cumming, Isaac HBFR 81% 0 1 19 12 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 4 1
16 Daniels, Brent HFFL 80% 0 1 18 11 7 2 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 4
1 Davis, Phil FB 85% 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0
31 Finlayson, Jeremy INT 70% 1 0 13 9 4 2 8 1 5 1 2 0 0 2
30 Flynn, Matt RU 55% 0 0 12 6 6 1 22 4 3 1 0 0 1 1
12 Green, Tom INT 82% 0 0 22 8 14 1 0 4 3 3 1 0 0 4
19 Haynes, Nick CHB 88% 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 0
27 Himmelberg, Harry CHF 95% 3 0 8 6 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 2
23 Hogan, Jesse FF 85% 2 0 12 8 4 7 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1
2 Hopper, Jacob RO 78% 0 0 23 13 10 5 0 9 3 4 0 2 1 1
39 Idun, Connor INT 84% 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1
22 Kelly, Josh WL↓ 56% 0 1 19 12 7 2 0 7 4 1 1 0 2 2
40 Kennedy, Adam WR 91% 1 0 16 6 10 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 4
38 Lloyd, Daniel FPL 84% 2 0 10 7 3 5 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2
33 O'Halloran, Xavier INT 83% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 1
36 Perryman, Harry HBFL 79% 1 0 23 11 12 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 4 3
50 Reid, Sam BPR 87% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 2 0 5 0 2 1 0
28 Sproule, Zach SUB↑ 23% 0 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
14 Taranto, Tim HFFR 77% 0 0 27 18 9 4 0 7 4 5 2 2 2 7
15 Taylor, Sam BPL 96% 0 0 12 7 5 7 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 0
8 Ward, Callan C 83% 0 0 24 9 15 5 0 3 1 1 1 0 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 11 6 344 186 158 69 35 66 35 49 18 16 31 41

Z. Sproule replaced J. Kelly.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Amartey, Joel CHF 67% 0 0 7 4 3 1 13 3 2 2 0 2 0 2
32 Bell, James INT 71% 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
22 Blakey, Nick HBFL 74% 0 0 18 8 10 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 3
34 Dawson, Jordan INT 89% 0 0 21 13 8 4 0 7 3 0 2 0 4 3
13 Florent, Oliver RR 92% 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 3 1 3 0 1 2 1
42 Fox, Robbie BPL 74% 0 0 20 10 10 3 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 1
23 Franklin, Lance FF 97% 4 2 11 9 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 Gulden, Errol FPL 98% 0 0 19 10 9 4 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 4
9 Hayward, Will FPR 86% 1 2 13 11 2 5 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 3
5 Heeney, Isaac HFFR 77% 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 6
29 Hewett, George C 85% 0 0 30 10 20 2 0 6 9 2 1 2 2 1
31 Hickey, Tom RU 78% 1 0 17 9 8 1 36 4 4 9 1 3 0 2
12 Kennedy, Josh WR 85% 0 1 30 12 18 3 0 4 9 2 0 2 2 3
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 86% 0 0 25 18 7 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3
30 McCartin, Tom CHB 91% 0 0 15 12 3 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0
27 McInerney, Justin WL 89% 2 0 23 15 8 7 0 2 0 4 0 2 2 4
11 Papley, Tom HFFL 87% 4 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2
26 Parker, Luke RO 87% 1 0 31 14 17 4 0 6 9 2 2 1 2 4
24 Rampe, Dane FB 100% 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
25 Ronke, Ben SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Rowbottom, James INT 46% 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
3 Stephens, Dylan BPR 66% 0 0 12 4 8 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0
45 Wicks, Sam INT 74% 2 1 8 6 2 3 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 15 8 378 213 165 88 49 56 44 47 16 18 29 47

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
42 R. Fox 24 D. Rampe 3 D. Stephens 30 M. Flynn 31 J. Finlayson
5 T. Bruhn 23 J. Hogan 38 D. Lloyd 3 S. Coniglio (c) 12 T. Green
FORWARD 2 J. Hopper 39 C. Idun
HALF-BACK

33 X. O'Halloran
22 N. Blakey 30 T. McCartin 44 J. Lloyd

28 Z. Sproule
14 T. Taranto 27 H. Himmelberg 16 B. Daniels



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 J. McInerney 29 G. Hewett 12 J. Kennedy



40 A. Kennedy 8 C. Ward 22 J. Kelly FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 T. Hickey 32 J. Bell
HALF-FORWARD 13 O. Florent 34 J. Dawson
11 T. Papley 36 J. Amartey 5 I. Heeney 26 L. Parker 8 J. Rowbottom
13 I. Cumming 19 N. Haynes 36 H. Perryman

45 S. Wicks
HALF-BACK

25 B. Ronke
FORWARD



21 E. Gulden 23 L. Franklin 9 W. Hayward



50 S. Reid 1 P. Davis 15 S. Taylor



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Will Hayward behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:49
SYDN Tom Papley goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:34
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 04:21
GWSY Tanner Bruhn goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 09:01
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 3.0.18 - 1.1.7 10:59
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 4.0.24 - 1.1.7 12:43
GWSY Daniel Lloyd goal 5.0.30 - 1.1.7 15:28
SYDN Rushed behind 5.0.30 - 1.2.8 19:04
GWSY Isaac Cumming behind 5.1.31 - 1.2.8 26:07
GWSY Adam Kennedy goal 6.1.37 - 1.2.8 28:24
Q2 SYDN Rushed behind 6.1.37 - 1.3.9 02:20
GWSY Harry Perryman goal 7.1.43 - 1.3.9 05:18
GWSY Josh Kelly behind 7.2.44 - 1.3.9 09:22
SYDN Sam Wicks behind 7.2.44 - 1.4.10 10:08
SYDN Tom Papley goal 7.2.44 - 2.4.16 11:19
GWSY Daniel Lloyd goal 8.2.50 - 2.4.16 17:01
SYDN Justin McInerney goal 8.2.50 - 3.4.22 18:30
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 9.2.56 - 3.4.22 24:23
SYDN Justin McInerney goal 9.2.56 - 4.4.28 26:44
SYDN Tom Papley goal 9.2.56 - 5.4.34 32:06
SYDN Luke Parker goal 9.2.56 - 6.4.40 34:13
Q3 GWSY Rushed behind 9.3.57 - 6.4.40 00:38
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 9.3.57 - 7.4.46 02:20
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 9.3.57 - 8.4.52 04:09
SYDN Tom Hickey goal 9.3.57 - 9.4.58 06:54
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 9.3.57 - 10.4.64 09:48
GWSY Rushed behind 9.4.58 - 10.4.64 13:50
GWSY Brent Daniels behind 9.5.59 - 10.4.64 14:39
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 9.5.59 - 11.4.70 16:06
SYDN Will Hayward behind 9.5.59 - 11.5.71 18:49
SYDN Will Hayward goal 9.5.59 - 12.5.77 22:00
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 9.5.59 - 12.6.78 25:50
Q4 GWSY Jeremy Finlayson goal 10.5.65 - 12.6.78 02:09
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 10.5.65 - 13.6.84 06:25
SYDN Tom Papley goal 10.5.65 - 14.6.90 12:01
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 10.5.65 - 15.6.96 16:04
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 11.5.71 - 15.6.96 17:20
SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 11.5.71 - 15.7.97 22:45
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 11.5.71 - 15.8.98 23:42
GWSY Zach Sproule behind 11.6.72 - 15.8.98 25:27