2025 AFL Elimination Final 1: Greater Western Sydney v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 2025 between Greater Western Sydney and Hawthorn in the first elimination final of the 2025 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted Hawthorn at ENGIE Stadium. Toby Greene captained the hosts. James Sicily captained the visitors with Dylan Moore as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Adam Kingsley and the visitors were coached by Sam Mitchell.

Greater Western Sydney
Back: C. Idun, S. Taylor, J. Fonti
Half-back: L. Whitfield, L. Aleer, L. Ash
Centre: H. Thomas, S. Coniglio, R. Angwin
Half-forward: T. Bedford, A. Cadman, D. Jones
Forward: T. Greene (capt.), J. Hogan, J. Stringer
Follower: K. Briggs, F. Callaghan, T. Green
Int.: C. Brown, H. Himmelberg, X. O'Halloran, J. Riccardi
Sub.: J. Kelly

Hawthorn
Back: J. Battle, T. Barrass, B. Hardwick
Half-back: J. Impey, J. Sicily (capt.), M. D'Ambrosio
Centre: K. Amon, J. Ward, D. Moore (vice-capt.)
Half-forward: J. Weddle, M. Chol, N. Watson
Forward: J. Gunston, C. Dear, J. Ginnivan
Follower: L. Meek, J. Newcombe, C. Nash
Int.: S. Butler, C. MacDonald, J. Scrimshaw, J. Worpel
Sub.: C. Jiath

Greater Western Sydney (13.10.88) were defeated by Hawthorn (16.11.107).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: J. Hogan (3), T. Bedford (2), J. Kelly (2), K. Briggs, F. Callaghan, D. Jones, X. O'Halloran, J. Riccardi, H. Thomas
Hawthorn: J. Ginnivan (3), J. Gunston (3), C. MacDonald (3), M. Chol (2), K. Amon, S. Butler, C. Dear, J. Newcombe, N. Watson

As a result of this match, Hawthorn faced Adelaide in the first semi final and Greater Western Sydney were eliminated (finishing 7th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 1
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 6 September 2025
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: ENGIE Stadium
Attendance: 20,634

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. by Hawthorn
Score: 13.10.88 - 16.11.107

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Greater Western Sydney	3	.	2	6	.	5	12	.	7	13	.	10	13	.	10	(88)
Hawthorn	7	.	2	11	.	3	13	.	7	16	.	11	16	.	11	(107)
Margin	HWTH by 24			HWTH by 28			HWTH by 6			HWTH by 19			HWTH by 19
Duration	37:51			35:17			36:09			32:18			2:21:35

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adam Kingsley (Greater Western Sydney), Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
Captains: Toby Greene (Greater Western Sydney), James Sicily (Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Greater Western Sydney), Dylan Moore (Hawthorn)

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	70%	0	0	10	5	5	3	0	3	1	1	1	0	1	2
9	Angwin, Ryan	WR	79%	0	0	18	10	8	5	0	4	3	3	0	0	1	4
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFR	86%	0	0	28	19	9	4	0	0	3	3	1	0	4	9
14	Bedford, Toby	HFFL	77%	2	0	13	7	6	2	0	6	0	2	0	2	1	3
32	Briggs, Kieren	RU	76%	1	0	16	8	8	2	45	3	8	10	5	1	1	5
46	Brown, Callum	INT	88%	0	0	11	4	7	2	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	3
5	Cadman, Aaron	CHF	74%	0	1	10	6	4	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1
17	Callaghan, Finn	RR	83%	1	0	34	19	15	4	0	8	6	7	0	1	7	7
3	Coniglio, Stephen	C	68%	0	0	14	10	4	0	0	9	4	4	1	2	2	4
37	Fonti, Joe	BPR	83%	0	0	9	4	5	3	0	5	0	1	0	1	2	0
12	Green, Tom	RO	85%	0	0	34	8	26	1	0	5	12	3	1	1	0	7
4	Greene, Toby (c)	FPL	86%	0	2	12	9	3	4	0	5	2	5	0	1	0	1
27	Himmelberg, Harry	INT	85%	0	0	9	5	4	2	0	4	0	2	0	1	4	0
23	Hogan, Jesse	FF	83%	3	1	9	5	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
39	Idun, Connor	BPL	86%	0	0	9	6	3	3	0	0	0	4	0	2	4	0
2	Jones, Darcy	HFFR↓	35%	1	1	5	4	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	4
22	Kelly, Josh	SUB↑	43%	2	0	18	9	9	1	0	1	9	2	2	1	0	6
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	INT	86%	1	0	17	10	7	0	0	3	3	8	1	4	1	4
26	Riccardi, Jake	INT	74%	1	1	15	11	4	8	5	3	0	2	1	0	0	4
20	Stringer, Jake	FPR	80%	0	2	10	6	4	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	96%	0	0	8	6	2	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	0
1	Thomas, Harvey	WL	84%	1	0	14	4	10	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	0	3
6	Whitfield, Lachie	HBFL	92%	0	0	36	21	15	5	0	3	1	2	1	0	7	3
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				13	10	359	196	163	60	50	76	55	70	17	21	38	72

J. Kelly replaced D. Jones.

Hawthorn

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
10	Amon, Karl	WL	83%	1	0	23	19	4	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	9	1
37	Barrass, Tom	FB	88%	0	0	8	5	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	0
24	Battle, Josh	BPL	96%	0	0	19	8	11	2	0	1	0	4	1	2	3	1
30	Butler, Sam	INT	59%	1	0	7	4	3	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
18	Chol, Mabior	CHF	86%	2	1	9	4	5	1	6	7	2	2	0	1	0	0
16	D'Ambrosio, Massimo	HBFR	82%	0	1	16	10	6	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	4
35	Dear, Calsher	FF↓	50%	1	1	5	2	3	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0
33	Ginnivan, Jack	FPR	68%	3	0	17	11	6	3	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	4
19	Gunston, Jack	FPL	91%	3	1	8	5	3	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	Hardwick, Blake	BPR	89%	0	0	20	13	7	2	0	5	0	5	2	1	7	1
4	Impey, Jarman	HBFL	85%	0	1	28	22	6	7	0	2	2	2	0	0	10	8
9	Jiath, Changkuoth	SUB↑	41%	0	1	7	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1
31	MacDonald, Connor	INT	81%	3	1	17	12	5	3	0	1	0	5	0	1	1	3
17	Meek, Lloyd	RU	87%	0	0	18	5	13	5	40	8	7	6	2	3	1	0
13	Moore, Dylan (vc)	WR	88%	0	1	19	6	13	6	0	1	2	5	2	1	1	2
11	Nash, Conor	RO	74%	0	0	24	8	16	1	0	6	4	7	1	2	0	8
3	Newcombe, Jai	RR	86%	1	0	32	10	22	4	0	3	12	6	1	2	2	4
14	Scrimshaw, Jack	INT	73%	0	0	13	11	2	7	0	4	0	0	0	0	6	1
6	Sicily, James (c)	CHB	89%	0	0	17	8	9	3	0	4	0	2	0	0	6	1
25	Ward, Josh	C	66%	0	0	19	10	9	1	0	3	5	0	1	0	2	4
34	Watson, Nick	HFFR	84%	1	0	9	4	5	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	1
23	Weddle, Josh	HFFL	82%	0	1	16	11	5	6	0	6	1	3	2	0	1	5
5	Worpel, James	INT	70%	0	0	20	10	10	1	0	3	9	3	4	1	2	5
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				16	11	371	200	171	61	46	71	49	63	21	17	57	56

C. Jiath replaced C. Dear.

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	J. Battle	37	T. Barrass	15	B. Hardwick	32	K. Briggs	46	C. Brown
	20	J. Stringer	23	J. Hogan	4	T. Greene (c)	17	F. Callaghan	27	H. Himmelberg
FORWARD							12	T. Green	33	X. O'Halloran
HALF-BACK									26	J. Riccardi
	4	J. Impey	6	J. Sicily (c)	16	M. D'Ambrosio			22	J. Kelly
	2	D. Jones	5	A. Cadman	14	T. Bedford
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	10	K. Amon	25	J. Ward	13	D. Moore (vc)
	9	R. Angwin	3	S. Coniglio	1	H. Thomas	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							17	L. Meek	30	S. Butler
HALF-FORWARD							3	J. Newcombe	31	C. MacDonald
	23	J. Weddle	18	M. Chol	34	N. Watson	11	C. Nash	14	J. Scrimshaw
	7	L. Ash	21	L. Aleer	6	L. Whitfield			5	J. Worpel
HALF-BACK									9	C. Jiath
FORWARD
	19	J. Gunston	35	C. Dear	33	J. Ginnivan
	37	J. Fonti	15	S. Taylor	39	C. Idun
BACK
Hawthorn							Coach: Sam Mitchell

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GWSY	Jesse Hogan behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	04:00
	GWSY	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	07:23
	HWTH	Jai Newcombe goal	0.2.2	-	1.0.6	13:30
	HWTH	Connor MacDonald goal	0.2.2	-	2.0.12	14:58
	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	0.2.2	-	3.0.18	16:34
	HWTH	Karl Amon goal	0.2.2	-	4.0.24	18:53
	GWSY	Finn Callaghan goal	1.2.8	-	4.0.24	24:01
	HWTH	Mabior Chol behind	1.2.8	-	4.1.25	25:19
	HWTH	Calsher Dear goal	1.2.8	-	5.1.31	26:39
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi goal	2.2.14	-	5.1.31	28:31
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	2.2.14	-	6.1.37	30:42
	HWTH	Connor MacDonald goal	2.2.14	-	7.1.43	32:07
	HWTH	Calsher Dear behind	2.2.14	-	7.2.44	34:24
	GWSY	Toby Bedford goal	3.2.20	-	7.2.44	36:21
Q2	GWSY	Kieren Briggs goal	4.2.26	-	7.2.44	03:56
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	5.2.32	-	7.2.44	08:22
	HWTH	Jack Ginnivan goal	5.2.32	-	8.2.50	09:44
	GWSY	Darcy Jones behind	5.3.33	-	8.2.50	12:05
	HWTH	Connor MacDonald goal	5.3.33	-	9.2.56	14:10
	GWSY	Darcy Jones goal	6.3.39	-	9.2.56	16:28
	GWSY	Jake Stringer behind	6.4.40	-	9.2.56	19:12
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	6.4.40	-	10.2.62	21:20
	HWTH	Rushed behind	6.4.40	-	10.3.63	22:42
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	6.4.40	-	11.3.69	29:28
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	6.5.41	-	11.3.69	31:51
Q3	HWTH	Massimo D'Ambrosio behind	6.5.41	-	11.4.70	05:40
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman behind	6.6.42	-	11.4.70	13:51
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	6.6.42	-	11.5.71	14:26
	HWTH	Jarman Impey behind	6.6.42	-	11.6.72	15:17
	HWTH	Jack Ginnivan goal	6.6.42	-	12.6.78	15:53
	HWTH	Jack Ginnivan goal	6.6.42	-	13.6.84	17:31
	GWSY	Harvey Thomas goal	7.6.48	-	13.6.84	19:41
	GWSY	Josh Kelly goal	8.6.54	-	13.6.84	21:58
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	9.6.60	-	13.6.84	26:35
	GWSY	Toby Bedford goal	10.6.66	-	13.6.84	27:50
	HWTH	Changkuoth Jiath behind	10.6.66	-	13.7.85	29:04
	GWSY	Rushed behind	10.7.67	-	13.7.85	30:54
	GWSY	Josh Kelly goal	11.7.73	-	13.7.85	32:11
	GWSY	Xavier O'Halloran goal	12.7.79	-	13.7.85	34:48
Q4	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	13.7.85	-	13.7.85	01:44
	GWSY	Jake Stringer behind	13.8.86	-	13.7.85	03:00
	HWTH	Rushed behind	13.8.86	-	13.8.86	04:30
	HWTH	Connor MacDonald behind	13.8.86	-	13.9.87	07:49
	HWTH	Dylan Moore behind	13.8.86	-	13.10.88	12:46
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	13.9.87	-	13.10.88	14:05
	HWTH	Sam Butler goal	13.9.87	-	14.10.94	17:17
	HWTH	Mabior Chol goal	13.9.87	-	15.10.100	18:29
	HWTH	Josh Weddle behind	13.9.87	-	15.11.101	20:32
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi behind	13.10.88	-	15.11.101	28:32
	HWTH	Mabior Chol goal	13.10.88	-	16.11.107	30:37

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