2025 AFL Round 4: Hawthorn v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 29 March 2025 between Hawthorn and Greater Western Sydney during round 4 of the 2025 AFL season. Hawthorn hosted Greater Western Sydney at University of Tasmania Stadium. James Sicily captained the hosts with Dylan Moore as vice-captain. Toby Greene captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Sam Mitchell and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

Hawthorn
Back: T. Barrass, B. Hardwick, J. Sicily (capt.)
Half-back: J. Weddle, J. Impey, M. D'Ambrosio
Centre: K. Amon, C. Nash, J. Battle
Half-forward: H. Morrison, N. Watson, J. Ginnivan
Forward: J. Gunston, M. Chol, W. Day
Follower: L. Meek, J. Newcombe, D. Moore (vice-capt.)
Int.: C. Jiath, C. Mackenzie, F. Maginness, J. Ward
Sub.: L. Breust

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

Hawthorn (10.16.76) defeated Greater Western Sydney (9.10.64).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: J. Gunston (2), W. Day, B. Hardwick, L. Meek, D. Moore, H. Morrison, J. Newcombe, N. Watson, J. Weddle
Greater Western Sydney: J. Hogan (4), T. Bedford (2), T. Greene (2), A. Cadman

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 1st on the ladder and Greater Western Sydney were then 5th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Hawthorn v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 29 March 2025
Time: 7:35 PM
Venue: University of Tasmania Stadium
Attendance: 14,021

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 10.16.76 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Hawthorn	0	.	2	6	.	10	10	.	12	10	.	16	10	.	16	(76)
Greater Western Sydney	5	.	7	5	.	9	7	.	10	9	.	10	9	.	10	(64)
Margin	GWSY by 35			HWTH by 7			HWTH by 20			HWTH by 12			HWTH by 12
Duration	30:16			32:44			31:26			26:36			2:01:02

Honour Roll

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

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Cam Mackenzie	HWTH	28	3
Lloyd Meek	HWTH	17	2
Will Day	HWTH	12	1

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
10	Amon, Karl	WL	80%	0	0	21	15	6	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	6	2
37	Barrass, Tom	BPL	93%	0	0	8	5	3	4	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	0
24	Battle, Josh	WR	95%	0	0	13	8	5	5	0	1	0	5	0	1	2	3
22	Breust, Luke	SUB↑	12%	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Chol, Mabior	FF↓	73%	0	1	5	3	2	2	1	3	0	6	0	4	0	1
16	D'Ambrosio, Massimo	HBFR	79%	0	0	13	10	3	6	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	4
12	Day, Will	FPR	79%	1	3	24	10	14	3	0	2	5	4	2	1	2	2
33	Ginnivan, Jack	HFFR	76%	0	0	12	3	9	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1
19	Gunston, Jack	FPL	94%	2	3	16	10	6	4	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	1
15	Hardwick, Blake	FB	85%	1	3	19	14	5	9	0	3	1	3	1	1	1	3
4	Impey, Jarman	CHB	82%	0	0	8	7	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	3
9	Jiath, Changkuoth	INT	69%	0	0	14	8	6	4	0	1	1	3	1	2	2	3
28	Mackenzie, Cam	INT	63%	0	0	30	12	18	3	0	5	5	4	0	2	2	5
20	Maginness, Finn	INT	90%	0	1	25	11	14	1	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	5
17	Meek, Lloyd	RU	80%	1	0	14	7	7	4	31	4	4	3	0	1	0	4
13	Moore, Dylan (vc)	RO	88%	1	0	22	9	13	2	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	3
1	Morrison, Harry	HFFL	77%	1	0	16	11	5	5	0	2	1	3	0	0	3	1
11	Nash, Conor	C	82%	0	0	17	11	6	4	0	7	2	4	0	1	1	5
3	Newcombe, Jai	RR	76%	1	0	21	10	11	4	0	2	6	6	2	1	2	3
6	Sicily, James (c)	BPR	99%	0	0	16	11	5	6	0	1	1	2	1	1	5	1
25	Ward, Josh	INT	69%	0	0	22	13	9	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	5
34	Watson, Nick	CHF	76%	1	1	21	10	11	2	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	5
23	Weddle, Josh	HBFL	85%	1	0	20	10	10	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	1
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				10	16	378	208	170	82	34	51	33	61	17	16	36	61

L. Breust replaced M. Chol.

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFR	84%	0	0	29	15	14	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	3
14	Bedford, Toby	RR	79%	2	0	13	6	7	0	0	13	2	1	0	0	1	2
32	Briggs, Kieren	RU	74%	0	0	15	6	9	1	23	6	8	3	3	1	1	3
44	Buckley, Jack	CHB	92%	0	0	14	10	4	8	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0
5	Cadman, Aaron	FPR	76%	1	1	7	4	3	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	2
17	Callaghan, Finn	WL	79%	0	1	21	10	11	2	0	1	2	7	0	2	5	6
3	Coniglio, Stephen	WR	83%	0	0	15	10	5	1	0	3	1	6	1	3	2	3
16	Daniels, Brent	HFFR	85%	0	0	15	4	11	2	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	2
12	Green, Tom	RO	85%	0	0	31	9	22	1	0	4	5	8	1	0	2	2
4	Greene, Toby (c)	HFFL	90%	2	0	19	11	8	4	0	2	1	7	0	0	1	7
27	Himmelberg, Harry	BPR	94%	0	0	24	18	6	11	0	2	1	4	2	1	7	1
23	Hogan, Jesse	FF	90%	4	0	11	7	4	4	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	1
39	Idun, Connor	BPL	84%	0	0	22	9	13	8	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	2
2	Jones, Darcy	FPL	77%	0	0	10	5	5	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	1
25	Keeffe, Lachie	INT	60%	0	0	8	3	5	0	10	2	2	2	2	1	0	1
22	Kelly, Josh	C	78%	0	0	23	9	14	3	0	5	2	5	1	2	4	2
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	INT	70%	0	1	7	2	5	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1
18	Stone, Conor	INT	68%	0	0	18	9	9	7	0	1	0	6	1	1	5	1
20	Stringer, Jake	CHF	84%	0	3	14	8	6	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	1
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	100%	0	0	16	9	7	7	0	1	1	5	0	2	4	2
8	Ward, Callan	INT↓	67%	0	0	4	1	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
10	Wehr, Jacob	SUB↑	22%	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0
6	Whitfield, Lachie	HBFL	78%	0	1	34	25	9	7	0	2	0	5	0	1	3	4
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				9	10	375	194	181	82	33	63	33	78	16	17	51	47

J. Wehr replaced C. Ward.

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

Hawthorn							Coach: Sam Mitchell
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	39	C. Idun	15	S. Taylor	27	H. Himmelberg	17	L. Meek	9	C. Jiath
	12	W. Day	18	M. Chol	19	J. Gunston	3	J. Newcombe	28	C. Mackenzie
FORWARD							13	D. Moore (vc)	20	F. Maginness
HALF-BACK									25	J. Ward
	6	L. Whitfield	44	J. Buckley	7	L. Ash			22	L. Breust
	33	J. Ginnivan	34	N. Watson	1	H. Morrison
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	17	F. Callaghan	22	J. Kelly	3	S. Coniglio
	24	J. Battle	11	C. Nash	10	K. Amon	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							32	K. Briggs	25	L. Keeffe
HALF-FORWARD							14	T. Bedford	33	X. O'Halloran
	4	T. Greene (c)	20	J. Stringer	16	B. Daniels	12	T. Green	18	C. Stone
	16	M. D'Ambrosio	4	J. Impey	23	J. Weddle			8	C. Ward
HALF-BACK									10	J. Wehr
FORWARD
	2	D. Jones	23	J. Hogan	5	A. Cadman
	6	J. Sicily (c)	15	B. Hardwick	37	T. Barrass
BACK
Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	HWTH	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	02:25
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	02:51
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	04:08
	GWSY	Jake Stringer behind	0.1.1	-	1.2.8	07:01
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	0.1.1	-	2.2.14	08:09
	GWSY	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	2.3.15	09:50
	GWSY	Finn Callaghan behind	0.1.1	-	2.4.16	10:34
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	0.1.1	-	3.4.22	12:06
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	0.1.1	-	4.4.28	17:15
	GWSY	Toby Bedford goal	0.1.1	-	5.4.34	18:34
	HWTH	Will Day behind	0.2.2	-	5.4.34	24:44
	GWSY	Xavier O'Halloran behind	0.2.2	-	5.5.35	26:02
	GWSY	Lachie Whitfield behind	0.2.2	-	5.6.36	27:19
	GWSY	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	5.7.37	29:31
Q2	HWTH	Blake Hardwick behind	0.3.3	-	5.7.37	03:59
	HWTH	Lloyd Meek goal	1.3.9	-	5.7.37	06:11
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	1.4.10	-	5.7.37	10:37
	HWTH	Mabior Chol behind	1.5.11	-	5.7.37	12:32
	GWSY	Rushed behind	1.5.11	-	5.8.38	13:56
	HWTH	Finn Maginness behind	1.6.12	-	5.8.38	16:57
	HWTH	Josh Weddle goal	2.6.18	-	5.8.38	18:14
	HWTH	Jai Newcombe goal	3.6.24	-	5.8.38	20:26
	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	4.6.30	-	5.8.38	22:54
	HWTH	Dylan Moore goal	5.6.36	-	5.8.38	24:16
	GWSY	Jake Stringer behind	5.6.36	-	5.9.39	26:09
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	5.7.37	-	5.9.39	27:08
	HWTH	Blake Hardwick behind	5.8.38	-	5.9.39	27:34
	HWTH	Will Day behind	5.9.39	-	5.9.39	28:34
	HWTH	Will Day goal	6.9.45	-	5.9.39	29:06
	HWTH	Will Day behind	6.10.46	-	5.9.39	32:08
Q3	HWTH	Rushed behind	6.11.47	-	5.9.39	03:21
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	6.11.47	-	6.9.45	04:22
	HWTH	Rushed behind	6.12.48	-	6.9.45	06:09
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	6.12.48	-	7.9.51	07:10
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	7.12.54	-	7.9.51	08:53
	HWTH	Harry Morrison goal	8.12.60	-	7.9.51	22:52
	HWTH	Blake Hardwick goal	9.12.66	-	7.9.51	26:05
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	10.12.72	-	7.9.51	27:29
	GWSY	Jake Stringer behind	10.12.72	-	7.10.52	29:59
Q4	GWSY	Toby Bedford goal	10.12.72	-	8.10.58	01:55
	HWTH	Blake Hardwick behind	10.13.73	-	8.10.58	08:38
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	10.14.74	-	8.10.58	12:42
	HWTH	Rushed behind	10.15.75	-	8.10.58	14:31
	HWTH	Nick Watson behind	10.16.76	-	8.10.58	19:58
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	10.16.76	-	9.10.64	22:50

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