2024 AFL Round 16: Greater Western Sydney v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 2024 between Greater Western Sydney and Sydney during round 16 of the 2024 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted Sydney at ENGIE Stadium. Toby Greene captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Adam Kingsley and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Greater Western Sydney
Back: C. Idun, J. Buckley, H. Himmelberg
Half-back: L. Whitfield, L. Aleer, L. Ash
Centre: C. Ward, T. Green, T. Bedford
Half-forward: B. Daniels, J. Riccardi, C. Brown
Forward: T. Greene (capt.), J. Hogan, H. Thomas
Follower: K. Briggs, F. Callaghan, J. Kelly
Int.: R. Angwin, M. Gruzewski, T. McMullin, X. O'Halloran
Sub.: J. Peatling

Sydney
Back: D. Rampe, T. McCartin, L. Melican
Half-back: O. Florent, H. Cunningham, N. Blakey
Centre: J. McInerney, C. Warner, E. Gulden
Half-forward: J. Jordon, L. McDonald, T. Adams
Forward: T. Papley, J. Amartey, W. Hayward
Follower: B. Grundy, I. Heeney, J. Rowbottom
Int.: B. Campbell, J. Lloyd, H. McLean, S. Wicks
Sub.: C. Cleary

Greater Western Sydney (11.9.75) were defeated by Sydney (15.12.102).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: M. Gruzewski (2), J. Riccardi (2), C. Ward (2), B. Daniels, T. Greene, J. Hogan, J. Kelly, H. Thomas
Sydney: W. Hayward (2), H. McLean (2), T. Papley (2), C. Warner (2), T. Adams, C. Cleary, E. Gulden, J. Jordon, J. Lloyd, L. McDonald, J. McInerney

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) and Sydney remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Sydney
Date: Saturday 22 June 2024
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: ENGIE Stadium
Attendance: 19,751

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. by Sydney
Score: 11.9.75 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Greater Western Sydney 2 . 1 3 . 3 7 . 4 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Sydney 2 . 4 9 . 7 13 . 10 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin SYDN by 3 SYDN by 40 SYDN by 42 SYDN by 27 SYDN by 27
Duration 30:23 32:54 31:46 31:14 2:06:17

Honour Roll

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

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 3
James Rowbottom SYDN 8 2
Chad Warner SYDN 1 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 9 1 1 0 0 0
James Rowbottom SYDN 8 9 1 1 0 0 0
Brodie Grundy SYDN 4 6 0 0 2 0 0
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 4 0 0 0 2 0
Tom Green GWSY 12 2 0 0 0 0 2

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Aleer, Leek CHB 89% 0 0 16 7 9 5 0 2 0 3 3 1 2 1
9 Angwin, Ryan INT↓ 61% 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
7 Ash, Lachie HBFR 77% 0 0 20 14 6 8 0 2 2 1 0 0 6 0
14 Bedford, Toby WR 82% 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 9 2 3 3 0 0 4
32 Briggs, Kieren RU 72% 0 1 13 8 5 2 28 2 4 3 0 0 1 0
46 Brown, Callum HFFR 83% 0 0 13 8 5 2 2 3 0 3 1 0 0 5
44 Buckley, Jack FB 94% 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 2 0 3 2 1 2 0
17 Callaghan, Finn RR 79% 0 0 27 13 14 4 0 4 6 3 3 0 3 8
16 Daniels, Brent HFFL 78% 1 0 19 14 5 2 0 5 4 5 1 0 0 5
12 Green, Tom C 83% 0 0 35 15 20 8 0 5 4 2 1 1 5 4
4 Greene, Toby (c) FPL 95% 1 2 18 13 5 7 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 5
35 Gruzewski, Max INT 56% 2 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0
27 Himmelberg, Harry BPR 91% 0 1 20 19 1 7 0 5 0 4 1 3 9 0
23 Hogan, Jesse FF 89% 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
39 Idun, Connor BPL 96% 0 0 20 10 10 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0
22 Kelly, Josh RO 83% 1 1 23 11 12 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 4
31 McMullin, Toby INT 67% 0 0 16 5 11 1 0 3 4 2 0 0 3 0
33 O'Halloran, Xavier INT 84% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 2
20 Peatling, James SUB↑ 21% 0 0 8 1 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
26 Riccardi, Jake CHF 84% 2 0 10 7 3 5 7 1 1 5 0 1 0 3
28 Thomas, Harvey FPR 79% 1 0 17 9 8 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 4
8 Ward, Callan WL 76% 2 0 19 9 10 4 0 2 6 2 0 0 1 3
6 Whitfield, Lachie HBFL 81% 0 0 25 21 4 8 0 4 2 3 0 1 2 6
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 11 9 375 217 158 87 37 63 40 57 20 11 42 55

J. Peatling replaced R. Angwin.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Adams, Taylor HFFR 81% 1 0 22 14 8 3 0 4 3 6 0 2 0 3
36 Amartey, Joel FF 73% 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 4 0 6 1 4 0 3
22 Blakey, Nick HBFR 85% 0 0 22 16 6 4 0 2 0 3 1 2 7 2
16 Campbell, Braeden INT 56% 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1
33 Cleary, Caiden SUB↑ 20% 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Cunningham, Harry CHB 88% 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Florent, Oliver HBFL 86% 0 0 21 14 7 3 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 2
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 75% 0 0 28 9 19 2 31 5 4 5 0 0 1 3
21 Gulden, Errol WR 98% 1 1 41 31 10 12 0 0 2 4 1 1 5 7
9 Hayward, Will FPR 79% 2 0 14 8 6 4 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1
5 Heeney, Isaac RR 82% 0 1 23 10 13 1 0 7 10 2 1 1 1 6
17 Jordon, James HFFL 84% 1 3 12 7 5 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 2
44 Lloyd, Jake INT 82% 1 0 16 14 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 4
30 McCartin, Tom FB 96% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 1
6 McDonald, Logan CHF 92% 1 0 10 8 2 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1
27 McInerney, Justin WL 88% 1 0 18 10 8 6 0 2 0 3 1 0 4 2
2 McLean, Hayden INT 78% 2 1 8 7 1 2 11 5 1 2 3 1 0 2
43 Melican, Lewis BPR↓ 64% 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
11 Papley, Tom FPL 82% 2 2 19 14 5 3 0 0 2 4 0 1 2 3
24 Rampe, Dane BPL 80% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
8 Rowbottom, James RO 85% 0 0 32 19 13 2 0 6 11 3 2 1 4 5
1 Warner, Chad C 80% 2 1 20 15 5 3 0 5 5 5 0 0 2 4
15 Wicks, Sam INT 64% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 2 1 5 0 2 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 15 12 355 225 130 67 44 55 43 65 11 20 42 58

C. Cleary replaced L. Melican.

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
24 D. Rampe 30 T. McCartin 43 L. Melican 32 K. Briggs 9 R. Angwin
28 H. Thomas 23 J. Hogan 4 T. Greene (c) 17 F. Callaghan 35 M. Gruzewski
FORWARD 22 J. Kelly 31 T. McMullin
HALF-BACK

33 X. O'Halloran
13 O. Florent 7 H. Cunningham 22 N. Blakey

20 J. Peatling
46 C. Brown 26 J. Riccardi 16 B. Daniels



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 J. McInerney 1 C. Warner 21 E. Gulden



14 T. Bedford 12 T. Green 8 C. Ward FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 B. Grundy 16 B. Campbell
HALF-FORWARD 5 I. Heeney 44 J. Lloyd
17 J. Jordon 6 L. McDonald 3 T. Adams 8 J. Rowbottom 2 H. McLean
7 L. Ash 21 L. Aleer 6 L. Whitfield

15 S. Wicks
HALF-BACK

33 C. Cleary
FORWARD



11 T. Papley 36 J. Amartey 9 W. Hayward



27 H. Himmelberg 44 J. Buckley 39 C. Idun



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN James Jordon behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 03:41
SYDN Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 09:06
GWSY Josh Kelly behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 16:44
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 17:49
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 0.1.1 - 1.3.9 19:28
GWSY Toby Greene goal 1.1.7 - 1.3.9 22:18
SYDN Justin McInerney goal 1.1.7 - 2.3.15 23:22
GWSY Jake Riccardi goal 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 24:59
SYDN Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 2.4.16 26:32
Q2 GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 3.1.19 - 2.4.16 01:08
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 3.1.19 - 3.4.22 03:41
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 3.1.19 - 4.4.28 05:58
GWSY Toby Greene behind 3.2.20 - 4.4.28 07:08
GWSY Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 4.4.28 10:41
SYDN Tom Papley goal 3.3.21 - 5.4.34 11:34
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 3.3.21 - 6.4.40 13:20
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 3.3.21 - 6.5.41 17:33
SYDN Taylor Adams goal 3.3.21 - 7.5.47 19:52
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 3.3.21 - 8.5.53 21:32
SYDN James Jordon behind 3.3.21 - 8.6.54 22:54
SYDN Chad Warner goal 3.3.21 - 9.6.60 30:41
SYDN James Jordon behind 3.3.21 - 9.7.61 32:51
Q3 SYDN Tom Papley goal 3.3.21 - 10.7.67 00:33
SYDN Chad Warner goal 3.3.21 - 11.7.73 03:59
SYDN Will Hayward goal 3.3.21 - 12.7.79 05:20
GWSY Brent Daniels goal 4.3.27 - 12.7.79 09:18
SYDN Tom Papley behind 4.3.27 - 12.8.80 10:25
GWSY Max Gruzewski goal 5.3.33 - 12.8.80 11:43
SYDN Tom Papley behind 5.3.33 - 12.9.81 13:43
SYDN Will Hayward goal 5.3.33 - 13.9.87 17:50
GWSY Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 13.9.87 19:48
GWSY Max Gruzewski goal 6.4.40 - 13.9.87 20:46
SYDN Chad Warner behind 6.4.40 - 13.10.88 26:31
GWSY Callan Ward goal 7.4.46 - 13.10.88 28:22
Q4 GWSY Harvey Thomas goal 8.4.52 - 13.10.88 00:45
GWSY Harry Himmelberg behind 8.5.53 - 13.10.88 04:39
GWSY Jake Riccardi goal 9.5.59 - 13.10.88 07:52
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 10.5.65 - 13.10.88 09:38
SYDN Caiden Cleary goal 10.5.65 - 14.10.94 10:53
SYDN Joel Amartey behind 10.5.65 - 14.11.95 15:39
SYDN James Jordon goal 10.5.65 - 15.11.101 18:23
GWSY Rushed behind 10.6.66 - 15.11.101 19:39
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 10.6.66 - 15.12.102 20:30
GWSY Rushed behind 10.7.67 - 15.12.102 24:40
GWSY Kieren Briggs behind 10.8.68 - 15.12.102 26:14
GWSY Callan Ward goal 11.8.74 - 15.12.102 28:00
GWSY Toby Greene behind 11.9.75 - 15.12.102 30:22