2021 AFL Season 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 eighteen of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League.
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 (11.6.72) were defeated by Sydney (15.8.98).
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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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 (Sydney) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Greater Western Sydney
Captain: Stephen ConiglioCoach: Leon Cameron
Sydney
Captain: unknownCoach: John Longmire
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
J. Broadbent (#20)C. Donlon (#1)
J. Mollison (#32)
E: A. Adair (#35)
Goal Umpires
B. Kenny-BellA. McKenzie-Wills
E: A. Chisholm
Boundary Umpires
M. BarlowD. 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Greater Western Sydney | Coach: Leon Cameron | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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| 22 | N. Blakey | 30 | T. McCartin | 44 | J. Lloyd |
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| 27 | J. McInerney | 29 | G. Hewett | 12 | J. Kennedy |
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| 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 |
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| 21 | E. Gulden | 23 | L. Franklin | 9 | W. Hayward |
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| 50 | S. Reid | 1 | P. Davis | 15 | S. Taylor |
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| Sydney | Coach: John Longmire | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| 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 | |