2023 AFL Round 18: Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 15 July 2023 between Adelaide and Greater Western Sydney during round 18 of the 2023 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Greater Western Sydney at Adelaide Oval. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

Adelaide
Back: B. Smith, N. Murray, J. Butts
Half-back: M. Hinge, M. Michalanney, W. Milera
Centre: L. Pedlar, J. Dawson, R. Sloane
Half-forward: L. Sholl, D. Fogarty, S. McAdam
Forward: L. Murphy, T. Walker, I. Rankine
Follower: R. O'Brien, R. Laird, C. Jones
Int.: B. Keays, J. Rachele, R. Thilthorpe, J. Worrell
Sub.: N. McHenry

Greater Western Sydney
Back: J. Buckley, S. Taylor, C. Idun
Half-back: L. Ash, H. Himmelberg, L. Whitfield
Centre: J. Kelly, C. Ward, J. Wehr
Half-forward: D. Lloyd, J. Riccardi, T. Bedford
Forward: B. Daniels, J. Hogan, T. Greene
Follower: K. Briggs, R. Angwin, S. Coniglio
Int.: C. Brown, A. Cadman, I. Cumming, H. Perryman
Sub.: J. Fahey

Adelaide (8.9.57) were defeated by Greater Western Sydney (10.11.71).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: T. Walker (2), C. Jones, B. Keays, R. Laird, S. McAdam, J. Rachele, R. Thilthorpe
Greater Western Sydney: T. Greene (3), C. Brown, A. Cadman, J. Fahey, H. Himmelberg, J. Hogan, J. Kelly, D. Lloyd

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 12th on the ladder (down from 9th) and Greater Western Sydney were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 15 July 2023
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 36,674

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. by Greater Western Sydney
Score: 8.9.57 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 4 . 3 6 . 5 8 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Greater Western Sydney 3 . 4 3 . 6 5 . 9 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin ADEL by 5 ADEL by 17 ADEL by 17 GWSY by 14 GWSY by 14
Duration 32:21 28:59 30:17 31:31 2:03:08

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Nicks (Adelaide), Adam Kingsley (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: unknown (Adelaide), unknown (Greater Western Sydney)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Toby Greene GWSY 4 3
Josh Kelly GWSY 22 2
Rory Laird ADEL 29 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Sam Taylor GWSY 15 10 2 0 0 0 0
Josh Kelly GWSY 22 7 0 1 1 0 0
Toby Greene GWSY 4 6 0 1 0 1 0
Jordan Dawson ADEL 12 4 0 0 1 0 1
Stephen Coniglio GWSY 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
Lachie Whitfield GWSY 6 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
41 Butts, Jordon BPR 89% 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 0
12 Dawson, Jordan C 86% 0 2 27 17 10 7 0 7 3 1 1 0 1 4
32 Fogarty, Darcy CHF 79% 0 2 10 6 4 3 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 3
20 Hinge, Mitch HBFL 93% 0 0 25 15 10 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 3
1 Jones, Chayce RO 87% 1 0 20 11 9 1 0 8 4 5 1 2 4 3
2 Keays, Ben INT 87% 1 0 17 7 10 1 0 5 5 2 0 0 2 2
29 Laird, Rory RR 86% 1 0 33 8 25 3 0 11 5 2 1 1 5 2
23 McAdam, Shane HFFR↓ 60% 1 0 7 3 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
25 McHenry, Ned SUB↑ 18% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 Michalanney, Max CHB 81% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 4 1 2 1 0 3 0
30 Milera, Wayne HBFR 84% 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 4 0 0 1 0 8 1
4 Murphy, Lachlan FPL 82% 0 1 19 11 8 2 0 3 4 3 2 1 0 6
28 Murray, Nick FB 88% 0 0 16 9 7 7 0 1 1 3 0 1 5 2
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 84% 0 0 11 5 6 0 44 3 2 2 0 1 1 3
10 Pedlar, Luke WL 80% 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 1 8 1 4 0 5
8 Rachele, Josh INT 69% 1 1 9 6 3 2 0 2 0 5 3 1 2 1
22 Rankine, Izak FPR 92% 0 1 10 9 1 2 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 3
38 Sholl, Lachlan HFFL 82% 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 5 1
9 Sloane, Rory WR 64% 0 0 17 6 11 1 0 5 3 4 0 2 0 4
33 Smith, Brodie BPL 88% 0 0 27 22 5 5 0 5 4 5 1 1 6 4
7 Thilthorpe, Riley INT 66% 1 0 8 5 3 2 8 3 2 2 2 1 1 0
13 Walker, Taylor FF 78% 2 2 8 5 3 3 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1
24 Worrell, Josh INT 78% 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 5
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 8 9 354 205 149 68 52 84 40 59 16 19 49 54

N. McHenry replaced S. McAdam.

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Angwin, Ryan RR 81% 0 0 14 6 8 1 0 7 3 1 2 1 1 3
7 Ash, Lachie HBFL 80% 0 0 21 13 8 5 0 2 1 4 1 2 6 1
14 Bedford, Toby HFFR 79% 0 2 14 6 8 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 1
32 Briggs, Kieren RU 74% 0 0 16 13 3 1 30 4 7 8 1 3 4 5
46 Brown, Callum INT 85% 1 0 11 5 6 2 7 4 1 1 0 0 1 1
44 Buckley, Jack BPL 93% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 7 0 1 0 0 2 0
5 Cadman, Aaron INT↓ 44% 1 0 6 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
3 Coniglio, Stephen RO 84% 0 0 23 15 8 4 0 9 3 5 2 2 1 4
13 Cumming, Isaac INT 70% 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 5 1 2 1 0 4 3
16 Daniels, Brent FPL 78% 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 2 6 1 0 0 0 4
34 Fahey, Josh SUB↑ 15% 1 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 2
4 Greene, Toby FPR 95% 3 0 20 17 3 3 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 11
27 Himmelberg, Harry CHB 83% 1 0 17 11 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1
23 Hogan, Jesse FF 88% 1 2 12 5 7 4 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0
39 Idun, Connor BPR 91% 0 0 15 9 6 7 0 3 0 2 0 1 4 1
22 Kelly, Josh WL 86% 1 0 28 11 17 4 0 6 9 5 2 1 0 3
38 Lloyd, Daniel HFFL 80% 1 0 12 5 7 2 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 2
36 Perryman, Harry INT 73% 0 0 22 10 12 2 0 7 2 5 1 2 2 4
26 Riccardi, Jake CHF 76% 0 2 11 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
15 Taylor, Sam FB 100% 0 0 21 15 6 6 0 3 1 0 3 0 7 2
8 Ward, Callan C 73% 0 1 16 9 7 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 4
10 Wehr, Jacob WR 86% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 5 2 4 1 2 0 2
6 Whitfield, Lachie HBFR 85% 0 0 28 21 7 6 0 2 1 1 1 1 6 4
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 10 11 358 218 140 69 37 86 43 58 19 16 44 60

J. Fahey replaced A. Cadman.

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

Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
44 J. Buckley 15 S. Taylor 39 C. Idun 43 R. O'Brien 2 B. Keays
22 I. Rankine 13 T. Walker 4 L. Murphy 29 R. Laird 8 J. Rachele
FORWARD 1 C. Jones 7 R. Thilthorpe
HALF-BACK

24 J. Worrell
7 L. Ash 27 H. Himmelberg 6 L. Whitfield

25 N. McHenry
23 S. McAdam 32 D. Fogarty 38 L. Sholl



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 J. Kelly 8 C. Ward 10 J. Wehr



9 R. Sloane 12 J. Dawson 10 L. Pedlar FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 K. Briggs 46 C. Brown
HALF-FORWARD 9 R. Angwin 5 A. Cadman
38 D. Lloyd 26 J. Riccardi 14 T. Bedford 3 S. Coniglio 13 I. Cumming
30 W. Milera 16 M. Michalanney 20 M. Hinge

36 H. Perryman
HALF-BACK

34 J. Fahey
FORWARD



16 B. Daniels 23 J. Hogan 4 T. Greene



41 J. Butts 28 N. Murray 33 B. Smith



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Rory Laird goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:47
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:06
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 07:06
GWSY Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 09:34
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 12:02
GWSY Callum Brown goal 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 14:52
GWSY Toby Greene goal 2.1.13 - 3.1.19 19:47
GWSY Callan Ward behind 2.1.13 - 3.2.20 22:19
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 2.1.13 - 3.3.21 23:39
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 2.2.14 - 3.3.21 25:32
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 2.3.15 - 3.3.21 27:33
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 3.3.21 - 3.3.21 27:53
GWSY Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 3.4.22 29:29
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 4.3.27 - 3.4.22 32:19
Q2 ADEL Taylor Walker goal 5.3.33 - 3.4.22 01:19
GWSY Toby Bedford behind 5.3.33 - 3.5.23 03:46
ADEL Jordan Dawson behind 5.4.34 - 3.5.23 09:39
ADEL Ben Keays goal 6.4.40 - 3.5.23 12:48
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 6.5.41 - 3.5.23 14:36
GWSY Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 3.6.24 20:36
Q3 GWSY Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 3.7.25 00:46
GWSY Toby Bedford behind 6.5.41 - 3.8.26 03:29
GWSY Toby Greene goal 6.5.41 - 4.8.32 08:13
GWSY Aaron Cadman goal 6.5.41 - 5.8.38 11:18
ADEL Josh Rachele behind 6.6.42 - 5.8.38 12:46
ADEL Shane McAdam goal 7.6.48 - 5.8.38 14:08
ADEL Chayce Jones goal 8.6.54 - 5.8.38 17:01
ADEL Lachlan Murphy behind 8.7.55 - 5.8.38 22:39
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 8.7.55 - 5.9.39 27:07
ADEL Jordan Dawson behind 8.8.56 - 5.9.39 28:54
Q4 GWSY Jake Riccardi behind 8.8.56 - 5.10.40 00:17
GWSY Toby Greene goal 8.8.56 - 6.10.46 04:28
GWSY Jake Riccardi behind 8.8.56 - 6.11.47 08:50
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 8.8.56 - 7.11.53 09:29
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 8.8.56 - 8.11.59 14:19
GWSY Josh Fahey goal 8.8.56 - 9.11.65 21:47
ADEL Izak Rankine behind 8.9.57 - 9.11.65 24:03
GWSY Daniel Lloyd goal 8.9.57 - 10.11.71 30:12