2023 AFL Season 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 twenty-one of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (12.13.85) were defeated by Sydney (15.6.96).

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

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Kingsley

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Longmire

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

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