2023 AFL Round 21: Greater Western Sydney v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 2023 between Greater Western Sydney and Sydney during round 21 of the 2023 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted Sydney at GIANTS Stadium. The hosts were coached by Adam Kingsley and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

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

Sydney
Back: T. McCartin, A. Francis, R. Fox
Half-back: H. Cunningham, O. Florent, J. Lloyd
Centre: C. Warner, E. Gulden, B. Campbell
Half-forward: S. Wicks, H. McLean, I. Heeney
Forward: R. Clarke, J. Amartey, T. Papley
Follower: T. Hickey, C. Mills, L. Parker
Int.: N. Blakey, W. Hayward, L. McDonald, J. Rowbottom
Sub.: D. Stephens

Greater Western Sydney (12.13.85) were defeated by Sydney (15.6.96).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: T. Greene (3), C. Brown (2), J. Hogan (2), T. Bedford, N. Haynes, D. Lloyd, J. Riccardi, C. Ward
Sydney: H. McLean (4), J. Amartey (2), E. Gulden (2), I. Heeney (2), O. Florent, W. Hayward, T. Papley, C. Warner, S. Wicks

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney were then 8th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Sydney remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Sydney
Date: Saturday 5 August 2023
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: GIANTS Stadium
Attendance: 19,332

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. by Sydney
Score: 12.13.85 - 15.6.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Greater Western Sydney 4 . 2 7 . 6 10 . 9 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Sydney 5 . 0 11 . 0 13 . 2 15 . 6 15 . 6 (96)
Margin SYDN by 4 SYDN by 18 SYDN by 11 SYDN by 11 SYDN by 11
Duration 31:30 32:16 32:10 35:43 2:11:39

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adam Kingsley (Greater Western Sydney), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: unknown (Greater Western Sydney), unknown (Sydney)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 3
Luke Parker SYDN 26 2
Hayden McLean SYDN 2 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 10 2 0 0 0 0
Hayden McLean SYDN 2 7 0 1 1 0 0
Tom Green GWSY 12 6 0 1 0 1 0
Jake Lloyd SYDN 44 5 0 0 1 1 0
Lachie Ash GWSY 7 1 0 0 0 0 1
James Rowbottom SYDN 8 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Angwin, Ryan SUB↑ 22% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
7 Ash, Lachie HBFL 83% 0 1 28 24 4 5 0 0 2 3 1 0 6 7
14 Bedford, Toby HFFR 82% 1 1 14 5 9 2 0 8 1 2 3 0 0 2
32 Briggs, Kieren RU 83% 0 0 20 16 4 6 28 5 8 3 1 3 0 5
46 Brown, Callum INT 79% 2 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 3
44 Buckley, Jack BPL 88% 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 Coniglio, Stephen RO 80% 0 0 25 18 7 4 0 2 5 1 2 0 1 11
13 Cumming, Isaac WR 71% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 2
16 Daniels, Brent HFFL 82% 0 2 18 11 7 1 0 6 1 5 1 1 1 3
12 Green, Tom C 91% 0 0 38 16 22 4 0 10 7 7 0 1 3 6
4 Greene, Toby FPR 94% 3 1 14 8 6 3 0 6 3 6 2 4 0 3
19 Haynes, Nick BPR 75% 1 1 17 11 6 6 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 4
27 Himmelberg, Harry CHB 91% 0 0 22 13 9 5 0 1 1 4 0 1 8 1
23 Hogan, Jesse FF 87% 2 1 14 8 6 5 0 0 0 7 0 3 0 2
39 Idun, Connor INT 79% 0 0 9 2 7 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
25 Keeffe, Lachie INT 74% 0 0 7 0 7 0 8 2 1 4 0 3 0 0
22 Kelly, Josh WL 82% 0 2 23 13 10 2 0 1 2 3 0 0 3 4
38 Lloyd, Daniel FPL 78% 1 0 12 6 6 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 3
36 Perryman, Harry RR 81% 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 0 1 5 0 1 3 2
26 Riccardi, Jake CHF↓ 44% 1 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
15 Taylor, Sam FB 100% 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0
8 Ward, Callan INT 77% 1 0 26 15 11 4 0 5 3 3 3 1 2 3
6 Whitfield, Lachie HBFR 79% 0 0 19 9 10 1 0 7 1 4 2 1 2 4
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 12 13 377 223 154 68 36 69 40 68 20 23 39 68

R. Angwin replaced J. Riccardi.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Amartey, Joel FF 63% 2 0 3 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0
22 Blakey, Nick INT 70% 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 1
16 Campbell, Braeden WR 78% 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 2 1 4 0 2 0 1
4 Clarke, Ryan FPL 76% 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 1
7 Cunningham, Harry HBFL 91% 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 1
13 Florent, Oliver CHB 84% 1 0 12 10 2 2 0 5 2 6 1 4 5 3
42 Fox, Robbie BPR 94% 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 1
10 Francis, Aaron FB 83% 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 3 2 1 4 0
21 Gulden, Errol C 95% 2 2 32 25 7 5 0 7 1 9 1 5 3 7
9 Hayward, Will INT 77% 1 1 7 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
5 Heeney, Isaac HFFR 88% 2 0 7 5 2 3 0 3 0 3 2 1 0 1
31 Hickey, Tom RU 77% 0 0 13 8 5 2 21 3 6 2 2 0 2 3
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 77% 0 0 27 23 4 4 0 1 1 4 2 1 13 4
30 McCartin, Tom BPL 93% 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 1
6 McDonald, Logan INT↓ 58% 0 0 10 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 McLean, Hayden CHF 80% 4 0 10 8 2 4 11 2 1 2 1 1 1 0
14 Mills, Callum RR 83% 0 1 28 12 16 9 0 5 1 5 1 0 0 4
11 Papley, Tom FPR 85% 1 0 18 16 2 2 0 1 7 8 1 1 1 4
26 Parker, Luke RO 79% 0 0 26 12 14 3 0 5 5 5 1 2 0 4
8 Rowbottom, James INT 79% 0 0 24 15 9 2 0 7 7 4 1 0 4 3
3 Stephens, Dylan SUB↑ 27% 0 1 9 4 5 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 4
1 Warner, Chad WL 77% 1 0 22 14 8 2 0 4 3 3 3 0 2 4
15 Wicks, Sam HFFL 86% 1 1 12 9 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 15 6 339 209 130 61 35 64 37 68 23 20 53 54

D. Stephens replaced L. McDonald.

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

Greater Western Sydney Coach: Adam Kingsley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
30 T. McCartin 10 A. Francis 42 R. Fox 32 K. Briggs 46 C. Brown
4 T. Greene 23 J. Hogan 38 D. Lloyd 36 H. Perryman 39 C. Idun
FORWARD 3 S. Coniglio 25 L. Keeffe
HALF-BACK

8 C. Ward
7 H. Cunningham 13 O. Florent 44 J. Lloyd

9 R. Angwin
14 T. Bedford 26 J. Riccardi 16 B. Daniels



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



1 C. Warner 21 E. Gulden 16 B. Campbell



13 I. Cumming 12 T. Green 22 J. Kelly FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 T. Hickey 22 N. Blakey
HALF-FORWARD 14 C. Mills 9 W. Hayward
15 S. Wicks 2 H. McLean 5 I. Heeney 26 L. Parker 6 L. McDonald
6 L. Whitfield 27 H. Himmelberg 7 L. Ash

8 J. Rowbottom
HALF-BACK

3 D. Stephens
FORWARD



4 R. Clarke 36 J. Amartey 11 T. Papley



19 N. Haynes 15 S. Taylor 44 J. Buckley



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GWSY Daniel Lloyd goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:38
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:45
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 05:03
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 07:14
SYDN Tom Papley goal 1.1.7 - 3.0.18 11:17
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 2.1.13 - 3.0.18 13:18
GWSY Toby Bedford goal 3.1.19 - 3.0.18 20:23
GWSY Callum Brown goal 4.1.25 - 3.0.18 22:31
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 4.1.25 - 4.0.24 24:56
GWSY Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 4.0.24 28:11
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 4.2.26 - 5.0.30 29:59
Q2 GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 5.2.32 - 5.0.30 00:40
GWSY Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 5.0.30 02:59
GWSY Toby Bedford behind 5.4.34 - 5.0.30 06:06
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 5.4.34 - 6.0.36 06:43
GWSY Brent Daniels behind 5.5.35 - 6.0.36 08:25
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 5.5.35 - 7.0.42 11:01
GWSY Nick Haynes goal 6.5.41 - 7.0.42 13:45
SYDN Will Hayward goal 6.5.41 - 8.0.48 17:09
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 6.5.41 - 9.0.54 19:06
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 6.5.41 - 10.0.60 21:44
GWSY Toby Greene goal 7.5.47 - 10.0.60 24:50
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 7.5.47 - 11.0.66 27:03
GWSY Lachie Ash behind 7.6.48 - 11.0.66 32:12
Q3 SYDN Hayden McLean goal 7.6.48 - 12.0.72 00:59
SYDN Callum Mills behind 7.6.48 - 12.1.73 04:35
GWSY Jake Riccardi goal 8.6.54 - 12.1.73 05:51
GWSY Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 12.1.73 11:01
GWSY Nick Haynes behind 8.8.56 - 12.1.73 13:32
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 8.8.56 - 13.1.79 15:00
GWSY Callum Brown goal 9.8.62 - 13.1.79 16:16
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 9.8.62 - 13.2.80 19:44
GWSY Toby Greene goal 10.8.68 - 13.2.80 22:54
GWSY Josh Kelly behind 10.9.69 - 13.2.80 25:34
Q4 GWSY Brent Daniels behind 10.10.70 - 13.2.80 03:32
SYDN Will Hayward behind 10.10.70 - 13.3.81 07:39
GWSY Toby Greene behind 10.11.71 - 13.3.81 10:54
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 10.11.71 - 14.3.87 12:10
SYDN Dylan Stephens behind 10.11.71 - 14.4.88 14:59
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 10.11.71 - 14.5.89 16:48
GWSY Callan Ward goal 11.11.77 - 14.5.89 19:57
GWSY Toby Greene goal 12.11.83 - 14.5.89 21:31
SYDN Sam Wicks behind 12.11.83 - 14.6.90 23:49
SYDN Chad Warner goal 12.11.83 - 15.6.96 28:18
GWSY Josh Kelly behind 12.12.84 - 15.6.96 31:29
GWSY Rushed behind 12.13.85 - 15.6.96 34:52