2023 AFL Season Preliminary Final 1: Collingwood v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 22 September 2023 between Collingwood and Greater Western Sydney in the first preliminary final of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. Collingwood hosted Greater Western Sydney at the MCG. Darcy Moore captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Craig McRae and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

Collingwood (8.10.58) defeated Greater Western Sydney (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: First Preliminary Final
Teams: Collingwood v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Friday 22 September 2023
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 97,665

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 8.10.58 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Collingwood	2	.	2	2	.	6	7	.	7	8	.	10	8	.	10	(58)
Greater Western Sydney	0	.	3	4	.	4	6	.	9	8	.	9	8	.	9	(57)
Margin	COLL by 11			GWSY by 10			COLL by 4			COLL by 1			COLL by 1
Duration	28:16			28:30			31:38			28:53			1:57:17

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Collingwood) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Darcy Moore
Coach: Craig McRae

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Kingsley

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Jordan De Goey	COLL	2	10	2	0	0	0	0
Tom Green	GWSY	12	5	0	1	0	0	1
Jack Crisp	COLL	25	4	0	1	0	0	0
Nick Daicos	COLL	35	3	0	0	1	0	0
Connor Idun	GWSY	39	3	0	0	1	0	0
Josh Kelly	GWSY	22	2	0	0	0	1	0
Isaac Quaynor	COLL	3	2	0	0	0	1	0
Steele Sidebottom	COLL	22	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Collingwood

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
14	Cameron, Darcy	INT	70%	0	0	13	9	4	8	18	2	2	1	2	0	0	2
46	Cox, Mason	RU	71%	1	0	9	6	3	4	27	3	1	0	0	0	1	1
25	Crisp, Jack	RO	75%	1	1	19	15	4	5	0	5	4	4	0	1	1	5
7	Daicos, Josh	WR	77%	0	0	18	12	6	3	0	1	2	4	1	0	3	2
35	Daicos, Nick	INT	80%	0	1	28	15	13	4	0	4	6	4	0	0	3	5
2	De Goey, Jordan	C	83%	0	0	34	17	17	6	0	2	13	5	3	0	2	5
5	Elliott, Jamie	FPL	78%	1	2	10	6	4	4	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	1
33	Ginnivan, Jack	SUB↑	25%	0	1	7	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2
23	Hill, Bobby	HFFL	81%	1	0	9	8	1	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	1
32	Hoskin-Elliott, Will	FPR	76%	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1
38	Howe, Jeremy	HBFR	83%	0	0	15	11	4	10	0	4	0	2	0	0	6	0
1	Lipinski, Patrick	HFFR	75%	0	0	17	9	8	1	0	5	1	4	1	1	2	2
37	Markov, Oleg	INT	70%	0	0	10	5	5	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	3
4	Maynard, Brayden	HBFL	86%	0	0	18	12	6	5	0	5	0	1	0	1	4	3
31	McCreery, Beau	RR	83%	1	1	8	5	3	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
11	McStay, Daniel	FF↓	66%	2	1	5	4	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0
41	Mihocek, Brody	CHF	94%	1	2	8	6	2	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2
6	Mitchell, Tom	INT	68%	0	0	24	9	15	3	0	10	4	2	1	0	0	1
30	Moore, Darcy (c)	FB	100%	0	0	12	8	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3
28	Murphy, Nathan	BPL	100%	0	0	14	9	5	1	0	3	0	3	1	1	4	0
10	Pendlebury, Scott	CHB	83%	0	0	25	16	9	8	0	0	2	5	0	0	3	6
3	Quaynor, Isaac	BPR	85%	0	0	19	13	6	8	0	4	0	4	1	1	5	3
22	Sidebottom, Steele	WL	92%	0	0	24	18	6	6	0	4	7	6	0	1	2	3
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				8	10	356	223	133	98	45	68	44	61	12	12	39	52

J. Ginnivan replaced D. McStay.

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFL	79%	0	0	22	15	7	7	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	1
14	Bedford, Toby	HFFL	76%	0	1	8	2	6	0	0	6	1	2	0	2	0	1
32	Briggs, Kieren	RU	61%	0	0	11	9	2	3	15	3	3	3	1	0	1	4
46	Brown, Callum	INT	85%	1	2	14	5	9	4	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	1
44	Buckley, Jack	BPL	94%	0	0	16	9	7	6	0	3	1	2	1	0	1	0
17	Callaghan, Finn	INT	63%	0	0	21	4	17	3	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	1
3	Coniglio, Stephen	RO	87%	0	0	25	14	11	3	0	4	1	4	1	0	0	2
13	Cumming, Isaac	WL	73%	1	0	14	12	2	7	0	2	0	4	0	1	2	1
16	Daniels, Brent	HFFR	79%	0	1	19	14	5	6	0	4	2	2	0	0	1	4
12	Green, Tom	C	91%	1	0	31	19	12	2	0	1	6	8	0	1	2	8
4	Greene, Toby	FPR	92%	2	0	17	12	5	2	0	1	2	5	1	0	0	2
27	Himmelberg, Harry	INT	78%	0	0	16	10	6	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	2
23	Hogan, Jesse	FF	84%	1	0	11	6	5	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
39	Idun, Connor	BPR	94%	0	0	16	7	9	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	7	1
25	Keeffe, Lachie	INT	77%	0	1	8	5	3	3	13	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
22	Kelly, Josh	WR	85%	0	0	34	18	16	4	0	2	2	6	0	0	1	8
38	Lloyd, Daniel	FPL	88%	1	1	14	12	2	8	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	2
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	SUB↑	12%	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	0
36	Perryman, Harry	CHB	82%	0	0	14	10	4	5	0	6	0	2	0	1	6	3
26	Riccardi, Jake	CHF	77%	1	1	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	100%	0	0	16	8	8	3	0	6	0	2	3	1	2	1
8	Ward, Callan	RR↓	69%	0	0	13	5	8	2	0	4	3	4	0	1	1	0
6	Whitfield, Lachie	HBFR	72%	0	0	26	19	7	3	0	3	1	5	0	2	6	4
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				8	9	377	223	154	89	28	60	26	64	12	12	44	48

X. O'Halloran replaced C. Ward.

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

Collingwood							Coach: Craig McRae
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	44	J. Buckley	15	S. Taylor	39	C. Idun	46	M. Cox	14	D. Cameron
	32	W. Hoskin-Elliott	11	D. McStay	5	J. Elliott	31	B. McCreery	35	N. Daicos
FORWARD							25	J. Crisp	37	O. Markov
HALF-BACK									6	T. Mitchell
	7	L. Ash	36	H. Perryman	6	L. Whitfield			33	J. Ginnivan
	1	P. Lipinski	41	B. Mihocek	23	B. Hill
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	13	I. Cumming	12	T. Green	22	J. Kelly
	7	J. Daicos	2	J. De Goey	22	S. Sidebottom	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							32	K. Briggs	46	C. Brown
HALF-FORWARD							8	C. Ward	17	F. Callaghan
	14	T. Bedford	26	J. Riccardi	16	B. Daniels	3	S. Coniglio	27	H. Himmelberg
	38	J. Howe	10	S. Pendlebury	4	B. Maynard			25	L. Keeffe
HALF-BACK									33	X. O'Halloran
FORWARD
	38	D. Lloyd	23	J. Hogan	4	T. Greene
	3	I. Quaynor	30	D. Moore (c)	28	N. Murphy
BACK
Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	COLL	Daniel McStay goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:56
	COLL	Jack Crisp goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	06:08
	GWSY	Callum Brown behind	2.0.12	-	0.1.1	09:35
	COLL	Brody Mihocek behind	2.1.13	-	0.1.1	12:24
	COLL	Daniel McStay behind	2.2.14	-	0.1.1	18:33
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi behind	2.2.14	-	0.2.2	22:04
	GWSY	Brent Daniels behind	2.2.14	-	0.3.3	24:36
Q2	COLL	Jamie Elliott behind	2.3.15	-	0.3.3	01:58
	GWSY	Callum Brown behind	2.3.15	-	0.4.4	04:05
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	2.3.15	-	1.4.10	05:40
	GWSY	Tom Green goal	2.3.15	-	2.4.16	08:43
	GWSY	Isaac Cumming goal	2.3.15	-	3.4.22	13:21
	COLL	Beau McCreery behind	2.4.16	-	3.4.22	17:48
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi goal	2.4.16	-	4.4.28	21:09
	COLL	Brody Mihocek behind	2.5.17	-	4.4.28	22:20
	COLL	Nick Daicos behind	2.6.18	-	4.4.28	24:36
Q3	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	2.6.18	-	5.4.34	01:58
	GWSY	Rushed behind	2.6.18	-	5.5.35	03:54
	COLL	Bobby Hill goal	3.6.24	-	5.5.35	10:57
	COLL	Daniel McStay goal	4.6.30	-	5.5.35	13:21
	GWSY	Callum Brown goal	4.6.30	-	6.5.41	15:05
	COLL	Jamie Elliott goal	5.6.36	-	6.5.41	17:14
	COLL	Beau McCreery goal	6.6.42	-	6.5.41	19:38
	GWSY	Daniel Lloyd behind	6.6.42	-	6.6.42	20:51
	GWSY	Toby Bedford behind	6.6.42	-	6.7.43	22:02
	COLL	Brody Mihocek goal	7.6.48	-	6.7.43	23:04
	COLL	Jack Crisp behind	7.7.49	-	6.7.43	24:10
	GWSY	Rushed behind	7.7.49	-	6.8.44	27:23
	GWSY	Lachie Keeffe behind	7.7.49	-	6.9.45	29:51
Q4	COLL	Jack Ginnivan behind	7.8.50	-	6.9.45	00:28
	COLL	Rushed behind	7.9.51	-	6.9.45	01:50
	GWSY	Daniel Lloyd goal	7.9.51	-	7.9.51	05:02
	COLL	Mason Cox goal	8.9.57	-	7.9.51	07:13
	COLL	Jamie Elliott behind	8.10.58	-	7.9.51	10:13
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	8.10.58	-	8.9.57	19:38

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