2025 AFL Season 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 one of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (15.14.104) defeated Collingwood (6.16.52).

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

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 (Collingwood) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: Toby Greene
Coach: Adam Kingsley

Collingwood

Captain: Darcy Moore
Coach: Craig McRae

Brownlow Votes

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

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 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