2021 AFL Semi Final 2: Geelong v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 3 September 2021 between Geelong and Greater Western Sydney in the second semi final of the 2021 AFL season. Geelong hosted Greater Western Sydney at Optus Stadium. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. Stephen Coniglio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Leon Cameron.

Geelong
Back: J. Henry, L. Henderson, J. Kolodjashnij
Half-back: Z. Tuohy, M. Blicavs, T. Atkins
Centre: C. Guthrie, M. Duncan, I. Smith
Half-forward: E. Ratugolea, J. Cameron, G. Rohan
Forward: S. Menegola, T. Hawkins, G. Miers
Follower: R. Stanley, J. Selwood (capt.), P. Dangerfield
Int.: J. Bews, B. Close, M. Holmes, B. Parfitt
Sub.: Z. Guthrie

Greater Western Sydney
Back: J. Stein, S. Taylor, I. Cumming
Half-back: P. Davis, N. Haynes, L. Whitfield
Centre: J. Kelly, S. Coniglio (capt.), H. Perryman
Half-forward: T. Taranto, H. Himmelberg, C. Stone
Forward: Z. Sproule, B. Hill, M. de Boer
Follower: S. Mumford, J. Hopper, C. Ward
Int.: L. Ash, T. Bruhn, C. Idun, D. Lloyd
Sub.: J. Peatling

Geelong (15.13.103) defeated Greater Western Sydney (10.8.68).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Hawkins (5), J. Cameron (2), B. Close (2), S. Menegola (2), G. Rohan (2), E. Ratugolea, I. Smith
Greater Western Sydney: H. Himmelberg (2), C. Stone (2), N. Haynes, B. Hill, J. Kelly, D. Lloyd, S. Mumford, C. Ward

As a result of this match, Geelong faced Melbourne in the first preliminary final and Greater Western Sydney were eliminated (finishing 6th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Geelong v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Friday 3 September 2021
Time: 5:50 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 44,091

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 15.13.103 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	2	.	5	5	.	8	10	.	9	15	.	13	15	.	13	(103)
Greater Western Sydney	0	.	3	3	.	5	5	.	7	10	.	8	10	.	8	(68)
Margin	GEEL by 14			GEEL by 15			GEEL by 32			GEEL by 35			GEEL by 35
Duration	29:48			32:58			30:26			35:03			2:08:15

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), C. Donlon (#1), S. Meredith (#21), E: J. Mollison (#32)
Goal Umpire: D. Benwell, A. McKenzie-Wills, E: M. Dervan
Boundary Umpire: N. Doig, C. Esler, M. Konetschka, D. Main

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Tom Hawkins	GEEL	26	10	2	0	0	0	0
Zach Tuohy	GEEL	2	8	0	2	0	0	0
Lachie Whitfield	GWSY	6	4	0	0	1	0	1
Jack Henry	GEEL	38	3	0	0	1	0	0
Sam Menegola	GEEL	27	2	0	0	0	1	0
Rhys Stanley	GEEL	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Cameron Guthrie	GEEL	29	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
30	Atkins, Tom	HBFR	86%	0	0	11	6	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0
24	Bews, Jed	INT	64%	0	0	14	6	8	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3
46	Blicavs, Mark	CHB	100%	0	0	9	5	4	4	0	2	0	1	1	1	3	0
5	Cameron, Jeremy	CHF	90%	2	2	14	10	4	4	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	2
45	Close, Brad	INT	70%	2	0	13	7	6	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2
35	Dangerfield, Patrick	RO	71%	0	0	20	11	9	3	0	4	7	5	2	1	2	4
22	Duncan, Mitch	C	84%	0	0	22	13	9	8	0	2	2	3	1	2	2	3
29	Guthrie, Cameron	WL	73%	0	0	25	16	9	3	0	4	3	2	1	1	2	2
39	Guthrie, Zach	SUB↑	54%	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0
26	Hawkins, Tom	FF	98%	5	1	19	9	10	8	2	1	1	6	1	1	0	1
25	Henderson, Lachie	FB	100%	0	0	9	9	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	0
38	Henry, Jack	BPL	100%	0	0	11	9	2	6	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	2
9	Holmes, Max	INT	71%	0	0	10	6	4	1	0	8	5	2	2	0	1	3
8	Kolodjashnij, Jake	BPR	79%	0	0	16	9	7	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
27	Menegola, Sam	FPL	82%	2	1	29	19	10	8	0	5	5	3	0	2	5	3
32	Miers, Gryan	FPR	88%	0	1	18	10	8	6	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	3
3	Parfitt, Brandan	INT↓	12%	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0
17	Ratugolea, Esava	HFFL	64%	1	1	5	3	2	1	4	1	0	1	2	1	0	0
23	Rohan, Gary	HFFR	92%	2	2	13	10	3	3	0	3	1	2	3	2	0	6
14	Selwood, Joel (c)	RR	79%	0	0	14	8	6	2	0	8	2	4	0	2	0	4
7	Smith, Isaac	WR	83%	1	2	23	20	3	5	0	1	4	1	1	0	7	6
1	Stanley, Rhys	RU	78%	0	0	19	15	4	7	35	3	4	1	2	0	1	3
2	Tuohy, Zach	HBFL	81%	0	0	31	17	14	5	0	1	4	1	1	1	6	2
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				15	13	355	223	132	92	41	59	41	42	24	17	38	49

Z. Guthrie replaced B. Parfitt.

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Ash, Lachie	INT	83%	0	0	21	15	6	2	0	5	3	4	2	1	3	5
5	Bruhn, Tanner	INT	58%	0	0	9	6	3	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	5
3	Coniglio, Stephen (c)	C	82%	0	1	14	7	7	2	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	2
13	Cumming, Isaac	BPR	81%	0	0	16	8	8	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0
1	Davis, Phil	HBFL	82%	0	0	9	3	6	4	0	2	0	3	0	3	1	0
24	de Boer, Matt	FPR	85%	0	0	23	9	14	5	0	2	3	2	1	0	0	5
19	Haynes, Nick	CHB	88%	1	0	21	13	8	9	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	1
37	Hill, Bobby	FF	55%	1	0	6	5	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3
27	Himmelberg, Harry	CHF	89%	2	1	8	5	3	2	0	4	0	1	1	1	0	1
2	Hopper, Jacob	RR	81%	0	1	27	11	16	4	0	7	6	6	2	2	2	4
39	Idun, Connor	INT	79%	0	0	11	6	5	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	2
22	Kelly, Josh	WL	90%	1	0	25	14	11	3	0	7	6	2	1	1	3	4
38	Lloyd, Daniel	INT	86%	1	1	5	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
41	Mumford, Shane	RU	88%	1	0	10	4	6	2	35	8	8	5	1	0	1	1
45	Peatling, James	SUB↑	11%	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
36	Perryman, Harry	WR	83%	0	0	15	12	3	2	0	2	1	4	1	1	2	2
28	Sproule, Zach	FPL↓	70%	0	1	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	5	0	4	0	2
42	Stein, Jake	BPL	86%	0	0	8	5	3	4	0	1	0	4	0	4	0	0
18	Stone, Conor	HFFR	78%	2	1	8	6	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
14	Taranto, Tim	HFFL	84%	0	0	20	14	6	3	0	4	5	0	1	0	0	5
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	95%	0	0	6	4	2	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1
8	Ward, Callan	RO	82%	1	0	22	10	12	0	0	5	5	3	2	1	1	2
6	Whitfield, Lachie	HBFR	83%	0	0	34	22	12	5	0	4	3	6	1	3	11	3
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				10	8	325	185	140	65	35	68	43	57	17	24	34	49

J. Peatling replaced Z. Sproule.

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	24	J. Bews
	32	G. Miers	26	T. Hawkins	27	S. Menegola	14	J. Selwood (c)	45	B. Close
FORWARD							35	P. Dangerfield	9	M. Holmes
HALF-BACK									3	B. Parfitt
	1	P. Davis	19	N. Haynes	6	L. Whitfield			39	Z. Guthrie
	23	G. Rohan	5	J. Cameron	17	E. Ratugolea
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	22	J. Kelly	3	S. Coniglio (c)	36	H. Perryman
	7	I. Smith	22	M. Duncan	29	C. Guthrie	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							41	S. Mumford	7	L. Ash
HALF-FORWARD							2	J. Hopper	5	T. Bruhn
	14	T. Taranto	27	H. Himmelberg	18	C. Stone	8	C. Ward	39	C. Idun
	30	T. Atkins	46	M. Blicavs	2	Z. Tuohy			38	D. Lloyd
HALF-BACK									45	J. Peatling
FORWARD
	28	Z. Sproule	37	B. Hill	24	M. de Boer
	8	J. Kolodjashnij	25	L. Henderson	38	J. Henry
BACK
Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Leon Cameron

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEEL	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:52
	GWSY	Zach Sproule behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	02:23
	GEEL	Isaac Smith behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	03:40
	GWSY	Jacob Hopper behind	0.2.2	-	0.2.2	06:13
	GWSY	Stephen Coniglio behind	0.2.2	-	0.3.3	10:11
	GEEL	Sam Menegola behind	0.3.3	-	0.3.3	11:43
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	1.3.9	-	0.3.3	16:49
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins behind	1.4.10	-	0.3.3	19:37
	GEEL	Brad Close goal	2.4.16	-	0.3.3	25:05
	GEEL	Esava Ratugolea behind	2.5.17	-	0.3.3	27:00
Q2	GWSY	Josh Kelly goal	2.5.17	-	1.3.9	06:54
	GEEL	Gary Rohan behind	2.6.18	-	1.3.9	08:48
	GWSY	Conor Stone goal	2.6.18	-	2.3.15	11:20
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	3.6.24	-	2.3.15	13:09
	GEEL	Gary Rohan behind	3.7.25	-	2.3.15	19:01
	GWSY	Daniel Lloyd behind	3.7.25	-	2.4.16	20:02
	GEEL	Esava Ratugolea goal	4.7.31	-	2.4.16	24:00
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron behind	4.8.32	-	2.4.16	25:36
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	5.8.38	-	2.4.16	28:15
	GWSY	Daniel Lloyd goal	5.8.38	-	3.4.22	29:54
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg behind	5.8.38	-	3.5.23	31:28
Q3	GWSY	Bobby Hill goal	5.8.38	-	4.5.29	01:37
	GEEL	Gary Rohan goal	6.8.44	-	4.5.29	04:52
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	7.8.50	-	4.5.29	08:26
	GWSY	Rushed behind	7.8.50	-	4.6.30	10:37
	GEEL	Rushed behind	7.9.51	-	4.6.30	15:40
	GWSY	Rushed behind	7.9.51	-	4.7.31	17:13
	GEEL	Gary Rohan goal	8.9.57	-	4.7.31	18:32
	GEEL	Isaac Smith goal	9.9.63	-	4.7.31	20:13
	GEEL	Sam Menegola goal	10.9.69	-	4.7.31	27:41
	GWSY	Shane Mumford goal	10.9.69	-	5.7.37	30:21
Q4	GEEL	Brad Close goal	11.9.75	-	5.7.37	00:38
	GWSY	Nick Haynes goal	11.9.75	-	6.7.43	02:14
	GWSY	Conor Stone goal	11.9.75	-	7.7.49	03:54
	GWSY	Callan Ward goal	11.9.75	-	8.7.55	05:51
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	12.9.81	-	8.7.55	08:53
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg goal	12.9.81	-	9.7.61	10:42
	GEEL	Rushed behind	12.10.82	-	9.7.61	13:01
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	13.10.88	-	9.7.61	14:29
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron behind	13.11.89	-	9.7.61	16:45
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	14.11.95	-	9.7.61	18:30
	GEEL	Gryan Miers behind	14.12.96	-	9.7.61	19:54
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg goal	14.12.96	-	10.7.67	21:14
	GWSY	Conor Stone behind	14.12.96	-	10.8.68	24:28
	GEEL	Isaac Smith behind	14.13.97	-	10.8.68	26:57
	GEEL	Sam Menegola goal	15.13.103	-	10.8.68	28:37

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