2025 AFL Round 1: Greater Western Sydney v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 9 March 2025 between Greater Western Sydney and Collingwood during round 1 of the 2025 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted Collingwood at ENGIE Stadium. Toby Greene captained the hosts. Darcy Moore captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Adam Kingsley and the visitors were coached by Craig McRae.

Greater Western Sydney
Back: C. Idun, S. Taylor, H. Himmelberg
Half-back: L. Whitfield, J. Buckley, L. Ash
Centre: J. Kelly, C. Ward, X. O'Halloran
Half-forward: T. Bedford, T. Greene (capt.), B. Daniels
Forward: D. Jones, A. Cadman, L. Keeffe
Follower: K. Briggs, S. Coniglio, F. Callaghan
Int.: C. Brown, M. Gruzewski, J. Leake, C. Stone
Sub.: J. Wehr

Collingwood
Back: B. Maynard, D. Moore (capt.), I. Quaynor
Half-back: R. McInnes, H. Perryman, J. Daicos
Centre: S. Sidebottom, S. Pendlebury, P. Lipinski
Half-forward: B. Hill, B. Mihocek, J. Elliott
Forward: D. McStay, W. Hoskin-Elliott, L. Schultz
Follower: D. Cameron, J. Crisp, N. Daicos
Int.: E. Allan, J. Howe, B. McCreery, T. Membrey
Sub.: N. Long

Greater Western Sydney (15.14.104) defeated Collingwood (6.16.52).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: C. Brown (2), F. Callaghan (2), M. Gruzewski (2), D. Jones (2), X. O'Halloran (2), B. Daniels, T. Greene, J. Leake, S. Taylor, C. Ward
Collingwood: J. Elliott (2), B. Mihocek (2), B. Hill, T. Membrey

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney were then 1st on the ladder and Collingwood were then 4th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Collingwood
Date: Sunday 9 March 2025
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: ENGIE Stadium
Attendance: 19,248

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. Collingwood
Score: 15.14.104 - 6.16.52

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Greater Western Sydney	5	.	3	8	.	7	9	.	9	15	.	14	15	.	14	(104)
Collingwood	1	.	6	4	.	8	4	.	13	6	.	16	6	.	16	(52)
Margin	GWSY by 21			GWSY by 23			GWSY by 26			GWSY by 52			GWSY by 52
Duration	36:42			33:43			30:59			32:56			2:14:20

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adam Kingsley (Greater Western Sydney), Craig McRae (Collingwood)
Captains: Toby Greene (Greater Western Sydney), Darcy Moore (Collingwood)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Finn Callaghan	GWSY	17	3
Sam Taylor	GWSY	15	2
Josh Kelly	GWSY	22	1

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFR	85%	0	0	25	19	6	9	0	7	1	2	1	0	5	1
14	Bedford, Toby	HFFL	85%	0	1	14	7	7	2	0	6	2	3	2	2	0	6
32	Briggs, Kieren	RU↓	12%	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
46	Brown, Callum	INT	75%	2	1	7	4	3	1	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	1
44	Buckley, Jack	CHB	90%	0	0	8	7	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1
5	Cadman, Aaron	FF	93%	0	2	5	3	2	1	0	2	0	4	3	3	0	0
17	Callaghan, Finn	RO	84%	2	2	33	13	20	4	0	2	7	4	0	1	3	6
3	Coniglio, Stephen	RR	79%	0	0	11	6	5	3	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0
16	Daniels, Brent	HFFR	81%	1	1	21	12	9	4	0	4	4	3	2	1	1	9
4	Greene, Toby (c)	CHF	86%	1	2	18	11	7	5	0	2	3	1	4	0	1	5
35	Gruzewski, Max	INT	68%	2	0	9	4	5	3	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
27	Himmelberg, Harry	BPR	93%	0	0	21	14	7	8	0	1	0	2	0	1	8	0
39	Idun, Connor	BPL	89%	0	0	15	10	5	6	0	4	0	1	0	0	4	1
2	Jones, Darcy	FPL	79%	2	1	15	9	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3
25	Keeffe, Lachie	FPR	74%	0	0	8	6	2	0	12	5	2	3	1	1	1	2
22	Kelly, Josh	WL	82%	0	0	36	11	25	7	0	5	5	6	0	2	2	2
30	Leake, James	INT	54%	1	1	11	4	7	2	0	1	3	1	2	1	0	1
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	WR	86%	2	0	13	8	5	2	0	4	1	3	2	1	0	2
18	Stone, Conor	INT	77%	0	0	11	8	3	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	6	1
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	100%	1	0	17	16	1	13	0	5	0	1	3	0	5	2
8	Ward, Callan	C	91%	1	0	23	13	10	6	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	4
10	Wehr, Jacob	SUB↑	61%	0	0	16	9	7	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	1	4
6	Whitfield, Lachie	HBFL	75%	0	0	26	19	7	8	0	1	1	2	0	0	6	1
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				15	14	364	214	150	93	23	59	36	50	24	15	48	54

J. Wehr replaced K. Briggs.

Collingwood

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
16	Allan, Ed	INT	82%	0	1	19	5	14	1	0	1	3	2	1	1	0	4
14	Cameron, Darcy	RU	79%	0	1	22	18	4	7	37	4	6	4	2	1	1	7
25	Crisp, Jack	RR	85%	0	1	20	11	9	7	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	4
7	Daicos, Josh	HBFR	87%	0	0	28	18	10	3	0	1	2	3	1	0	6	3
35	Daicos, Nick	RO	76%	0	0	21	8	13	1	0	2	5	6	2	1	2	1
5	Elliott, Jamie	HFFR	87%	2	0	16	9	7	5	0	0	1	5	0	2	0	3
23	Hill, Bobby	HFFL	76%	1	2	12	9	3	4	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	4
32	Hoskin-Elliott, Will	FF↓	57%	0	3	11	7	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
38	Howe, Jeremy	INT	76%	0	0	13	11	2	6	0	1	1	4	0	1	6	1
1	Lipinski, Patrick	WR	85%	0	0	17	8	9	2	0	1	2	1	1	0	2	0
44	Long, Ned	SUB↑	26%	0	1	9	5	4	3	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	4
4	Maynard, Brayden	BPL	83%	0	0	15	11	4	6	0	1	0	6	0	4	7	3
31	McCreery, Beau	INT	77%	0	1	12	8	4	2	0	4	4	1	0	1	0	2
26	McInnes, Reef	HBFL	82%	0	0	13	8	5	3	0	2	0	4	1	1	4	1
11	McStay, Daniel	FPL	83%	0	0	7	4	3	4	10	1	1	3	1	1	1	1
28	Membrey, Tim	INT	78%	1	0	8	4	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
41	Mihocek, Brody	CHF	76%	2	0	9	6	3	3	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	2
30	Moore, Darcy (c)	FB	95%	0	0	13	10	3	5	0	3	0	3	1	2	1	1
10	Pendlebury, Scott	C	82%	0	0	19	8	11	4	0	1	4	4	0	2	1	1
12	Perryman, Harry	CHB	83%	0	1	27	14	13	3	0	3	1	3	0	0	1	3
3	Quaynor, Isaac	BPR	84%	0	0	16	10	6	5	0	2	1	3	1	1	2	6
8	Schultz, Lachie	FPR	80%	0	1	10	8	2	6	0	3	0	4	1	1	0	1
22	Sidebottom, Steele	WL	80%	0	2	15	9	6	1	0	4	3	2	2	0	1	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				6	16	352	209	143	87	47	39	40	67	15	24	38	55

N. Long replaced W. Hoskin-Elliott.

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
	4	B. Maynard	30	D. Moore (c)	3	I. Quaynor	32	K. Briggs	46	C. Brown
	25	L. Keeffe	5	A. Cadman	2	D. Jones	3	S. Coniglio	35	M. Gruzewski
FORWARD							17	F. Callaghan	30	J. Leake
HALF-BACK									18	C. Stone
	26	R. McInnes	12	H. Perryman	7	J. Daicos			10	J. Wehr
	16	B. Daniels	4	T. Greene (c)	14	T. Bedford
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	22	S. Sidebottom	10	S. Pendlebury	1	P. Lipinski
	33	X. O'Halloran	8	C. Ward	22	J. Kelly	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							14	D. Cameron	16	E. Allan
HALF-FORWARD							25	J. Crisp	38	J. Howe
	23	B. Hill	41	B. Mihocek	5	J. Elliott	35	N. Daicos	31	B. McCreery
	7	L. Ash	44	J. Buckley	6	L. Whitfield			28	T. Membrey
HALF-BACK									44	N. Long
FORWARD
	11	D. McStay	32	W. Hoskin-Elliott	8	L. Schultz
	27	H. Himmelberg	15	S. Taylor	39	C. Idun
BACK
Collingwood							Coach: Craig McRae

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GWSY	Sam Taylor goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:25
	COLL	Darcy Cameron behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	03:52
	COLL	Bobby Hill goal	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	06:46
	GWSY	James Leake behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	08:31
	COLL	Harry Perryman behind	1.1.7	-	1.2.8	09:23
	GWSY	Xavier O'Halloran goal	2.1.13	-	1.2.8	12:17
	COLL	Will Hoskin-Elliott behind	2.1.13	-	1.3.9	13:37
	GWSY	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	1.3.9	15:13
	COLL	Beau McCreery behind	2.2.14	-	1.4.10	18:29
	COLL	Lachie Schultz behind	2.2.14	-	1.5.11	27:14
	GWSY	Callum Brown goal	3.2.20	-	1.5.11	29:51
	GWSY	Max Gruzewski goal	4.2.26	-	1.5.11	31:38
	GWSY	Finn Callaghan goal	5.2.32	-	1.5.11	32:52
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	5.3.33	-	1.5.11	34:41
	COLL	Will Hoskin-Elliott behind	5.3.33	-	1.6.12	35:33
Q2	GWSY	Aaron Cadman behind	5.4.34	-	1.6.12	01:38
	COLL	Steele Sidebottom behind	5.4.34	-	1.7.13	02:57
	COLL	Brody Mihocek goal	5.4.34	-	2.7.19	07:38
	COLL	Jamie Elliott goal	5.4.34	-	3.7.25	09:21
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	5.5.35	-	3.7.25	13:00
	COLL	Rushed behind	5.5.35	-	3.8.26	15:26
	GWSY	Rushed behind	5.6.36	-	3.8.26	16:45
	COLL	Brody Mihocek goal	5.6.36	-	4.8.32	18:10
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman behind	5.7.37	-	4.8.32	20:49
	GWSY	Callan Ward goal	6.7.43	-	4.8.32	23:47
	GWSY	Callum Brown goal	7.7.49	-	4.8.32	29:56
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	8.7.55	-	4.8.32	31:38
Q3	COLL	Will Hoskin-Elliott behind	8.7.55	-	4.9.33	02:07
	COLL	Rushed behind	8.7.55	-	4.10.34	02:44
	COLL	Jack Crisp behind	8.7.55	-	4.11.35	05:26
	COLL	Steele Sidebottom behind	8.7.55	-	4.12.36	08:21
	GWSY	Brent Daniels behind	8.8.56	-	4.12.36	12:21
	COLL	Ed Allan behind	8.8.56	-	4.13.37	20:35
	GWSY	Darcy Jones goal	9.8.62	-	4.13.37	21:21
	GWSY	Rushed behind	9.9.63	-	4.13.37	23:16
Q4	COLL	Tim Membrey goal	9.9.63	-	5.13.43	02:18
	GWSY	Finn Callaghan behind	9.10.64	-	5.13.43	03:39
	GWSY	Callum Brown behind	9.11.65	-	5.13.43	04:42
	GWSY	Brent Daniels goal	10.11.71	-	5.13.43	05:56
	GWSY	Darcy Jones goal	11.11.77	-	5.13.43	08:30
	COLL	Ned Long behind	11.11.77	-	5.14.44	10:12
	GWSY	Xavier O'Halloran goal	12.11.83	-	5.14.44	10:58
	COLL	Bobby Hill behind	12.11.83	-	5.15.45	14:08
	GWSY	James Leake goal	13.11.89	-	5.15.45	15:20
	COLL	Jamie Elliott goal	13.11.89	-	6.15.51	16:52
	GWSY	Toby Bedford behind	13.12.90	-	6.15.51	18:12
	GWSY	Darcy Jones behind	13.13.91	-	6.15.51	19:04
	GWSY	Finn Callaghan goal	14.13.97	-	6.15.51	22:24
	GWSY	Max Gruzewski goal	15.13.103	-	6.15.51	26:28
	COLL	Bobby Hill behind	15.13.103	-	6.16.52	31:27
	GWSY	Finn Callaghan behind	15.14.104	-	6.16.52	32:48

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