2021 AFL Round 21: Geelong v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 2021 between Geelong and Greater Western Sydney during round 21 of the 2021 AFL season. Geelong hosted Greater Western Sydney at GMHBA Stadium. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Leon Cameron.

Geelong
Back: J. Henry, M. Blicavs, N. Kreuger
Half-back: T. Stewart, J. Bews, J. Kolodjashnij
Centre: M. Holmes, C. Guthrie, Z. Tuohy
Half-forward: L. Dahlhaus, E. Ratugolea, S. Higgins
Forward: P. Dangerfield, T. Hawkins, G. Rohan
Follower: R. Stanley, J. Selwood (capt.), J. Clark
Int.: B. Close, Z. Guthrie, S. Menegola, B. Parfitt
Sub.: Q. Narkle

Greater Western Sydney
Back: J. Stein, S. Taylor, I. Cumming
Half-back: H. Perryman, N. Haynes, C. Brown
Centre: J. Peatling, M. de Boer, L. Whitfield
Half-forward: B. Daniels, H. Himmelberg, T. Greene
Forward: Z. Sproule, J. Riccardi, T. Taranto
Follower: K. Briggs, C. Ward, L. Ash
Int.: T. Bruhn, M. Buntine, C. Idun, X. O'Halloran
Sub.: N. Shipley

Geelong (8.17.65) were defeated by Greater Western Sydney (13.6.84).

Goalkickers
Geelong: J. Henry (2), E. Ratugolea (2), M. Blicavs, T. Hawkins, J. Kolodjashnij, Z. Tuohy
Greater Western Sydney: T. Greene (4), C. Brown (2), H. Himmelberg (2), T. Taranto (2), T. Bruhn, M. Buntine, Z. Sproule

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) and Greater Western Sydney were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Geelong v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Friday 6 August 2021
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Greater Western Sydney
Score: 8.17.65 - 13.6.84

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	1	.	3	3	.	9	5	.	10	8	.	17	8	.	17	(65)
Greater Western Sydney	4	.	3	7	.	4	11	.	5	13	.	6	13	.	6	(84)
Margin	GWSY by 18			GWSY by 19			GWSY by 31			GWSY by 19			GWSY by 19
Duration	32:01			31:01			32:29			29:44			2:05:15

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: Joel Selwood (Geelong), unknown (Greater Western Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), R. O'Gorman (#10), M. Stevic (#9), E: C. Dore (#28)
Goal Umpire: J. Baird, D. Wilson, E: D. Rodan
Boundary Umpire: I. Burrows, P. Cran, D. Main, J. Scully

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Tim Taranto	GWSY	14	3
Isaac Cumming	GWSY	13	2
Lachie Whitfield	GWSY	6	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Tim Taranto	GWSY	14	9	1	1	0	0	0
Sam Taylor	GWSY	15	9	1	1	0	0	0
Isaac Cumming	GWSY	13	3	0	0	?	?	?
Toby Greene	GWSY	4	3	0	0	?	?	?
Callan Ward	GWSY	8	3	0	0	?	?	?
Jed Bews	GEEL	24	2	0	0	0	1	0
Lachie Whitfield	GWSY	6	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
24	Bews, Jed	CHB	93%	0	0	23	17	6	7	0	3	1	2	1	2	4	2
46	Blicavs, Mark	FB	92%	1	0	11	6	5	2	10	6	2	0	4	0	0	4
6	Clark, Jordan	RO	66%	0	1	18	10	8	4	0	5	0	4	0	0	1	3
45	Close, Brad	INT	82%	0	1	3	2	1	2	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	0
40	Dahlhaus, Luke	HFFL	73%	0	0	12	4	8	4	0	3	0	4	1	2	0	3
35	Dangerfield, Patrick	FPL↓	9%	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
29	Guthrie, Cameron	C	81%	0	0	24	10	14	2	0	9	6	1	2	0	2	2
39	Guthrie, Zach	INT	86%	0	0	15	12	3	4	0	5	0	4	1	0	1	5
26	Hawkins, Tom	FF	98%	1	1	10	6	4	5	3	3	1	3	0	2	0	2
38	Henry, Jack	BPL	100%	2	0	16	9	7	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1
4	Higgins, Shaun	HFFR	89%	0	1	21	12	9	6	0	1	4	1	0	0	2	5
9	Holmes, Max	WL	79%	0	2	12	10	2	4	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
8	Kolodjashnij, Jake	HBFR	88%	1	0	20	14	6	10	0	2	0	3	0	1	2	3
15	Kreuger, Nathan	BPR	86%	0	0	8	6	2	3	0	6	0	2	2	2	2	0
27	Menegola, Sam	INT	76%	0	1	22	18	4	7	0	5	3	5	0	2	2	7
19	Narkle, Quinton	SUB↑	52%	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	0
3	Parfitt, Brandan	INT	74%	0	1	20	12	8	1	0	5	4	0	1	0	0	6
17	Ratugolea, Esava	CHF	92%	2	0	6	4	2	3	5	2	0	2	1	1	0	0
23	Rohan, Gary	FPR	57%	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
14	Selwood, Joel (c)	RR	81%	0	1	27	18	9	4	0	5	9	5	2	1	1	7
1	Stanley, Rhys	RU	81%	0	1	20	13	7	7	31	1	5	4	2	1	0	4
44	Stewart, Tom	HBFL	86%	0	1	22	18	4	10	0	3	1	4	1	2	4	3
2	Tuohy, Zach	WR	77%	1	0	18	13	5	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	6
Rushed					6
Total (23 players)				8	17	344	223	121	103	49	77	39	51	20	18	29	64

Q. Narkle replaced P. Dangerfield.

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Ash, Lachie	RO	81%	0	0	16	9	7	2	0	8	0	4	0	2	1	4
32	Briggs, Kieren	RU	69%	0	0	9	6	3	1	20	9	5	2	2	2	2	1
46	Brown, Callum	HBFR	71%	2	0	6	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2
5	Bruhn, Tanner	INT	63%	1	0	12	8	4	4	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	3
21	Buntine, Matt	INT	78%	1	1	6	3	3	0	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	0
13	Cumming, Isaac	BPR	84%	0	1	34	26	8	4	0	3	1	2	0	1	18	3
16	Daniels, Brent	HFFL↓	59%	0	0	11	3	8	1	0	4	3	3	0	0	0	2
24	de Boer, Matt	C	85%	0	0	17	8	9	4	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	2
4	Greene, Toby	HFFR	90%	4	1	16	13	3	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	0	4
19	Haynes, Nick	CHB	83%	0	0	19	12	7	6	0	1	1	3	1	0	3	2
27	Himmelberg, Harry	CHF	90%	2	1	18	8	10	6	0	1	0	6	1	3	0	1
39	Idun, Connor	INT	81%	0	0	13	8	5	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	2
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	INT	79%	0	1	15	8	7	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	2
45	Peatling, James	WL	82%	0	0	11	8	3	4	0	1	0	3	1	1	3	0
36	Perryman, Harry	HBFL	81%	0	1	19	12	7	3	0	3	1	3	0	0	3	2
26	Riccardi, Jake	FF	84%	0	0	9	4	5	3	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	2
34	Shipley, Nick	SUB↑	22%	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
28	Sproule, Zach	FPL	83%	1	0	11	7	4	4	3	7	1	1	1	1	0	3
42	Stein, Jake	BPL	88%	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	1	1	0
14	Taranto, Tim	FPR	87%	2	0	34	12	22	3	0	9	5	10	1	2	0	1
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	98%	0	0	21	12	9	12	0	3	0	1	1	0	10	0
8	Ward, Callan	RR	78%	0	0	24	11	13	2	0	3	7	7	0	3	3	3
6	Whitfield, Lachie	WR	84%	0	0	34	23	11	5	0	1	2	3	2	0	8	3
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				13	6	359	207	152	74	26	71	32	63	18	20	56	43

N. Shipley replaced B. Daniels.

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

Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	42	J. Stein	15	S. Taylor	13	I. Cumming	1	R. Stanley	45	B. Close
	23	G. Rohan	26	T. Hawkins	35	P. Dangerfield	14	J. Selwood (c)	39	Z. Guthrie
FORWARD							6	J. Clark	27	S. Menegola
HALF-BACK									3	B. Parfitt
	36	H. Perryman	19	N. Haynes	46	C. Brown			19	Q. Narkle
	4	S. Higgins	17	E. Ratugolea	40	L. Dahlhaus
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	45	J. Peatling	24	M. de Boer	6	L. Whitfield
	2	Z. Tuohy	29	C. Guthrie	9	M. Holmes	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							32	K. Briggs	5	T. Bruhn
HALF-FORWARD							8	C. Ward	21	M. Buntine
	16	B. Daniels	27	H. Himmelberg	4	T. Greene	7	L. Ash	39	C. Idun
	8	J. Kolodjashnij	24	J. Bews	44	T. Stewart			33	X. O'Halloran
HALF-BACK									34	N. Shipley
FORWARD
	28	Z. Sproule	26	J. Riccardi	14	T. Taranto
	15	N. Kreuger	46	M. Blicavs	38	J. Henry
BACK
Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Leon Cameron

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEEL	Jake Kolodjashnij goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:37
	GEEL	Max Holmes behind	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	02:24
	GWSY	Xavier O'Halloran behind	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	10:18
	GEEL	Sam Menegola behind	1.2.8	-	0.1.1	12:13
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	1.2.8	-	0.2.2	15:00
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	1.2.8	-	1.2.8	19:47
	GWSY	Matt Buntine goal	1.2.8	-	2.2.14	22:24
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg goal	1.2.8	-	3.2.20	24:07
	GWSY	Callum Brown goal	1.2.8	-	4.2.26	25:47
	GEEL	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	4.2.26	29:44
	GWSY	Isaac Cumming behind	1.3.9	-	4.3.27	30:44
Q2	GWSY	Zach Sproule goal	1.3.9	-	5.3.33	01:13
	GWSY	Matt Buntine behind	1.3.9	-	5.4.34	02:33
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins behind	1.4.10	-	5.4.34	04:27
	GEEL	Mark Blicavs goal	2.4.16	-	5.4.34	06:32
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	3.4.22	-	5.4.34	12:20
	GEEL	Joel Selwood behind	3.5.23	-	5.4.34	15:14
	GWSY	Tim Taranto goal	3.5.23	-	6.4.40	17:06
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	3.5.23	-	7.4.46	18:33
	GEEL	Brad Close behind	3.6.24	-	7.4.46	20:39
	GEEL	Rushed behind	3.7.25	-	7.4.46	26:07
	GEEL	Rushed behind	3.8.26	-	7.4.46	27:08
	GEEL	Rushed behind	3.9.27	-	7.4.46	29:54
Q3	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg behind	3.9.27	-	7.5.47	04:07
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	3.9.27	-	8.5.53	06:07
	GWSY	Callum Brown goal	3.9.27	-	9.5.59	07:44
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	3.9.27	-	10.5.65	12:37
	GEEL	Jack Henry goal	4.9.33	-	10.5.65	16:08
	GWSY	Tim Taranto goal	4.9.33	-	11.5.71	21:32
	GEEL	Esava Ratugolea goal	5.9.39	-	11.5.71	23:19
	GEEL	Tom Stewart behind	5.10.40	-	11.5.71	30:55
Q4	GEEL	Jack Henry goal	6.10.46	-	11.5.71	00:35
	GEEL	Brandan Parfitt behind	6.11.47	-	11.5.71	03:49
	GEEL	Rushed behind	6.12.48	-	11.5.71	04:56
	GEEL	Rhys Stanley behind	6.13.49	-	11.5.71	06:52
	GEEL	Jordan Clark behind	6.14.50	-	11.5.71	10:17
	GEEL	Zach Tuohy goal	7.14.56	-	11.5.71	12:27
	GEEL	Rushed behind	7.15.57	-	11.5.71	13:55
	GWSY	Harry Perryman behind	7.15.57	-	11.6.72	14:46
	GEEL	Esava Ratugolea goal	8.15.63	-	11.6.72	18:30
	GWSY	Tanner Bruhn goal	8.15.63	-	12.6.78	21:06
	GEEL	Max Holmes behind	8.16.64	-	12.6.78	22:16
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg goal	8.16.64	-	13.6.84	23:48
	GEEL	Shaun Higgins behind	8.17.65	-	13.6.84	25:06

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