2023 AFL Elimination Final 2: St Kilda v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 9 September 2023 between St Kilda and Greater Western Sydney in the second elimination final of the 2023 AFL season. St Kilda hosted Greater Western Sydney at MCG. Jack Steele captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ross Lyon and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

St Kilda
Back: J. Battle, C. Wilkie, Z. Cordy
Half-back: J. Webster, J. Sinclair, N. Wanganeen-Milera
Centre: B. Hill, S. Ross, M. Wood
Half-forward: J. Gresham, J. Higgins, C. Sharman
Forward: M. Owens, A. Caminiti, M. King
Follower: R. Marshall, J. Steele (capt.), B. Crouch
Int.: D. Butler, H. Clark, M. Phillipou, M. Windhager
Sub.: L. Stocker

Greater Western Sydney
Back: J. Buckley, S. Taylor, I. Cumming
Half-back: L. Ash, H. Himmelberg, L. Whitfield
Centre: F. Callaghan, T. Green, J. Kelly
Half-forward: T. Bedford, J. Riccardi, B. Daniels
Forward: D. Lloyd, J. Hogan, T. Greene
Follower: K. Briggs, C. Ward, H. Perryman
Int.: C. Brown, C. Idun, L. Keeffe, X. O'Halloran
Sub.: N. Haynes

St Kilda (11.11.77) were defeated by Greater Western Sydney (15.11.101).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: M. King (3), B. Hill (2), C. Sharman (2), J. Higgins, R. Marshall, M. Owens, N. Wanganeen-Milera
Greater Western Sydney: J. Riccardi (3), T. Bedford (2), C. Brown (2), J. Hogan (2), J. Kelly (2), F. Callaghan, B. Daniels, T. Greene, D. Lloyd

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney faced Port Adelaide in the second semi final and St Kilda were eliminated (finishing 7th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 2
Teams: St Kilda v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 9 September 2023
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 68,465

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Greater Western Sydney
Score: 11.11.77 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
St Kilda	2	.	3	6	.	6	9	.	8	11	.	11	11	.	11	(77)
Greater Western Sydney	5	.	3	10	.	5	13	.	9	15	.	11	15	.	11	(101)
Margin	GWSY by 18			GWSY by 23			GWSY by 25			GWSY by 24			GWSY by 24
Duration	32:10			35:51			28:25			28:38			2:05:04

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ross Lyon (St Kilda), Adam Kingsley (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: Jack Steele (St Kilda), unknown (Greater Western Sydney)

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Josh Kelly	GWSY	22	10	2	0	0	0	0
Tom Green	GWSY	12	7	0	1	1	0	0
Connor Idun	GWSY	39	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lachie Ash	GWSY	7	3	0	0	?	?	?
Lachie Whitfield	GWSY	6	3	0	0	?	?	?
Rowan Marshall	STKL	19	2	0	0	0	1	0
Brent Daniels	GWSY	16	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
26	Battle, Josh	BPL	94%	0	0	18	14	4	8	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	1
16	Butler, Dan	INT	78%	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	5	0	2	2	0	1	2
47	Caminiti, Anthony	FF↓	40%	0	1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
11	Clark, Hunter	INT	62%	0	0	19	11	8	4	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	3
21	Cordy, Zaine	BPR	88%	0	0	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1
5	Crouch, Brad	RO	70%	0	1	21	7	14	4	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	3
4	Gresham, Jade	HFFL	90%	0	0	17	6	11	4	0	7	3	0	0	0	1	3
22	Higgins, Jack	CHF	81%	1	0	14	5	9	3	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	1
8	Hill, Bradley	WL	93%	2	1	29	19	10	5	0	2	0	3	0	1	6	2
12	King, Max	FPR	91%	3	1	8	5	3	4	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	2
19	Marshall, Rowan	RU	86%	1	0	31	21	10	5	18	4	9	3	3	1	3	4
10	Owens, Mitch	FPL	87%	1	1	12	6	6	2	0	6	2	0	2	0	0	4
25	Phillipou, Mattaes	INT	62%	0	0	9	2	7	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1
6	Ross, Sebastian	C	73%	0	1	24	14	10	1	0	4	3	5	3	1	3	3
43	Sharman, Cooper	HFFR	86%	2	1	16	11	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6
35	Sinclair, Jack	CHB	90%	0	0	25	14	11	4	0	6	4	6	0	0	5	4
9	Steele, Jack (c)	RR	86%	0	0	38	13	25	6	0	2	8	4	2	1	0	3
14	Stocker, Liam	SUB↑	42%	0	0	10	9	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	2
7	Wanganeen-Milera, Nasiah	HBFR	79%	1	0	23	17	6	6	0	2	0	4	2	1	4	2
29	Webster, Jimmy	HBFL	80%	0	0	14	7	7	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	2
44	Wilkie, Callum	FB	100%	0	0	10	6	4	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	2
17	Windhager, Marcus	INT	74%	0	0	13	3	10	3	0	3	1	2	0	1	0	1
32	Wood, Mason	WR	70%	0	0	19	12	7	3	0	2	0	5	0	2	2	2
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				11	11	384	212	172	81	18	55	35	57	17	16	39	55

L. Stocker replaced A. Caminiti.

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFL	86%	0	0	31	20	11	9	0	1	1	4	0	0	10	3
14	Bedford, Toby	HFFL	81%	2	2	16	10	6	2	0	4	3	0	2	0	0	3
32	Briggs, Kieren	RU	79%	0	1	17	10	7	4	28	5	9	2	0	1	0	7
46	Brown, Callum	INT	76%	2	1	7	5	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
44	Buckley, Jack	BPL	99%	0	0	14	9	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	1
17	Callaghan, Finn	WL	75%	1	0	18	9	9	6	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	3
13	Cumming, Isaac	BPR↓	78%	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	3	1	4	0	1	0	0
16	Daniels, Brent	HFFR	86%	1	0	19	13	6	3	0	6	2	4	2	1	1	5
12	Green, Tom	C	86%	0	0	35	21	14	1	0	5	5	6	1	1	4	9
4	Greene, Toby	FPR	93%	1	2	19	13	6	3	0	1	2	2	0	1	1	4
19	Haynes, Nick	SUB↑	11%	0	0	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0
27	Himmelberg, Harry	CHB	88%	0	0	19	13	6	4	0	3	0	3	1	2	6	0
23	Hogan, Jesse	FF	90%	2	0	11	4	7	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1
39	Idun, Connor	INT	86%	0	0	18	9	9	5	0	2	0	2	2	1	4	1
25	Keeffe, Lachie	INT	58%	0	0	4	1	3	1	7	1	0	3	0	1	0	0
22	Kelly, Josh	WR	87%	2	1	27	17	10	3	0	1	7	2	0	1	1	8
38	Lloyd, Daniel	FPL	76%	1	1	12	8	4	3	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	INT	69%	0	0	10	3	7	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1
36	Perryman, Harry	RO	74%	0	0	16	7	9	3	0	6	0	1	0	0	5	1
26	Riccardi, Jake	CHF	72%	3	2	9	7	2	3	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	88%	0	0	13	5	8	4	0	3	0	2	1	1	2	0
8	Ward, Callan	RR	84%	0	0	16	3	13	3	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	0
6	Whitfield, Lachie	HBFR	79%	0	0	31	21	10	5	0	2	2	5	2	3	4	7
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				15	11	376	217	159	77	35	56	36	58	16	17	45	54

N. Haynes replaced I. Cumming.

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

St Kilda							Coach: Ross Lyon
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	44	J. Buckley	15	S. Taylor	13	I. Cumming	19	R. Marshall	16	D. Butler
	12	M. King	47	A. Caminiti	10	M. Owens	9	J. Steele (c)	11	H. Clark
FORWARD							5	B. Crouch	25	M. Phillipou
HALF-BACK									17	M. Windhager
	7	L. Ash	27	H. Himmelberg	6	L. Whitfield			14	L. Stocker
	43	C. Sharman	22	J. Higgins	4	J. Gresham
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	17	F. Callaghan	12	T. Green	22	J. Kelly
	32	M. Wood	6	S. Ross	8	B. Hill	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							32	K. Briggs	46	C. Brown
HALF-FORWARD							8	C. Ward	39	C. Idun
	14	T. Bedford	26	J. Riccardi	16	B. Daniels	36	H. Perryman	25	L. Keeffe
	7	N. Wanganeen-Milera	35	J. Sinclair	29	J. Webster			33	X. O'Halloran
HALF-BACK									19	N. Haynes
FORWARD
	38	D. Lloyd	23	J. Hogan	4	T. Greene
	21	Z. Cordy	44	C. Wilkie	26	J. Battle
BACK
Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	STKL	Cooper Sharman goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:58
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	02:24
	STKL	Anthony Caminiti behind	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	05:08
	GWSY	Daniel Lloyd behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	07:05
	STKL	Rowan Marshall goal	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	08:23
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	2.1.13	-	2.1.13	17:21
	GWSY	Toby Bedford behind	2.1.13	-	2.2.14	20:03
	GWSY	Toby Bedford goal	2.1.13	-	3.2.20	21:03
	STKL	Mitch Owens behind	2.2.14	-	3.2.20	22:47
	GWSY	Callum Brown goal	2.2.14	-	4.2.26	25:35
	GWSY	Brent Daniels goal	2.2.14	-	5.2.32	28:59
	GWSY	Josh Kelly behind	2.2.14	-	5.3.33	30:15
	STKL	Cooper Sharman behind	2.3.15	-	5.3.33	31:14
Q2	GWSY	Toby Bedford behind	2.3.15	-	5.4.34	05:53
	STKL	Sebastian Ross behind	2.4.16	-	5.4.34	07:52
	STKL	Rushed behind	2.5.17	-	5.4.34	09:29
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	2.5.17	-	6.4.40	10:59
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	2.5.17	-	6.5.41	12:23
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi goal	2.5.17	-	7.5.47	14:10
	GWSY	Daniel Lloyd goal	2.5.17	-	8.5.53	15:51
	GWSY	Josh Kelly goal	2.5.17	-	9.5.59	20:35
	STKL	Cooper Sharman goal	3.5.23	-	9.5.59	23:00
	STKL	Max King behind	3.6.24	-	9.5.59	24:47
	STKL	Max King goal	4.6.30	-	9.5.59	27:33
	STKL	Max King goal	5.6.36	-	9.5.59	29:21
	GWSY	Josh Kelly goal	5.6.36	-	10.5.65	31:03
	STKL	Bradley Hill goal	6.6.42	-	10.5.65	34:56
Q3	STKL	Bradley Hill behind	6.7.43	-	10.5.65	01:41
	STKL	Brad Crouch behind	6.8.44	-	10.5.65	05:43
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	6.8.44	-	10.6.66	10:28
	GWSY	Callum Brown behind	6.8.44	-	10.7.67	11:22
	GWSY	Callum Brown goal	6.8.44	-	11.7.73	12:22
	GWSY	Kieren Briggs behind	6.8.44	-	11.8.74	16:54
	GWSY	Rushed behind	6.8.44	-	11.9.75	18:11
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi goal	6.8.44	-	12.9.81	20:16
	GWSY	Toby Bedford goal	6.8.44	-	13.9.87	21:18
	STKL	Mitch Owens goal	7.8.50	-	13.9.87	23:14
	STKL	Bradley Hill goal	8.8.56	-	13.9.87	26:30
	STKL	Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera goal	9.8.62	-	13.9.87	28:17
Q4	STKL	Rushed behind	9.9.63	-	13.9.87	01:49
	STKL	Jack Higgins goal	10.9.69	-	13.9.87	02:55
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi goal	10.9.69	-	14.9.93	04:28
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi behind	10.9.69	-	14.10.94	06:17
	GWSY	Finn Callaghan goal	10.9.69	-	15.10.100	07:10
	STKL	Rushed behind	10.10.70	-	15.10.100	09:07
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi behind	10.10.70	-	15.11.101	15:07
	STKL	Max King goal	11.10.76	-	15.11.101	20:08
	STKL	Rushed behind	11.11.77	-	15.11.101	25:55

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