2025 AFL Round 9: Sydney v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 2025 between Sydney and Greater Western Sydney during round 9 of the 2025 AFL season. Sydney hosted Greater Western Sydney at SCG. Toby Greene captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Cox and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

Sydney
Back: L. Melican, T. McCartin, M. Roberts
Half-back: S. Wicks, N. Blakey, D. Rampe
Centre: O. Florent, I. Heeney, J. Lloyd
Half-forward: B. Campbell, J. Hamling, J. McInerney
Forward: W. Hayward, A. Francis, C. Cleary
Follower: B. Grundy, Chad Warner, J. Jordon
Int.: R. Bice, H. McLean, J. Rowbottom, Corey Warner
Sub.: A. Sheldrick

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

Sydney (12.15.87) defeated Greater Western Sydney (10.13.73).

Goalkickers
Sydney: J. Jordon (2), N. Blakey, C. Cleary, A. Francis, J. Hamling, W. Hayward, I. Heeney, H. McLean, J. Rowbottom, A. Sheldrick, C. Warner
Greater Western Sydney: J. Stringer (3), A. Cadman (2), T. Green, J. Hogan, D. Jones, C. Ward, J. Wehr

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 14th on the ladder (up from 15th) and Greater Western Sydney remained 8th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Sydney v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Sunday 4 May 2025
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 39,260

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 12.15.87 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney	5	.	4	6	.	5	8	.	10	12	.	15	12	.	15	(87)
Greater Western Sydney	2	.	1	5	.	5	6	.	8	10	.	13	10	.	13	(73)
Margin	SYDN by 21			SYDN by 6			SYDN by 14			SYDN by 14			SYDN by 14
Duration	32:01			29:41			29:02			34:49			2:05:33

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Cox (Sydney), Adam Kingsley (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Toby Greene (Greater Western Sydney)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Chad Warner	SYDN	1	3
Tom Green	GWSY	12	2
James Rowbottom	SYDN	8	1

Player Statistics

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
26	Bice, Riley	INT	79%	0	0	12	6	6	3	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	2
22	Blakey, Nick	CHB	84%	1	0	18	14	4	4	0	2	1	2	0	1	7	3
16	Campbell, Braeden	HFFL	77%	0	1	11	9	2	4	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2
33	Cleary, Caiden	FPR	74%	1	1	8	4	4	2	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0
13	Florent, Oliver	WL	78%	0	1	16	10	6	5	0	3	0	3	1	2	4	1
10	Francis, Aaron	FF	76%	1	1	11	8	3	5	0	1	1	3	0	2	2	0
4	Grundy, Brodie	RU	76%	0	0	8	4	4	0	33	4	4	4	0	3	1	4
29	Hamling, Joel	CHF	83%	1	2	8	6	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
9	Hayward, Will	FPL	82%	1	0	10	5	5	4	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	1
5	Heeney, Isaac	C	85%	1	1	22	11	11	5	0	3	3	6	0	1	3	4
17	Jordon, James	RO	82%	2	0	18	8	10	6	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	2
44	Lloyd, Jake	WR	91%	0	0	15	10	5	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	4
30	McCartin, Tom	FB	94%	0	0	10	6	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0
27	McInerney, Justin	HFFR	80%	0	2	24	12	12	4	0	2	4	4	1	4	3	6
2	McLean, Hayden	INT	76%	1	0	10	4	6	2	4	1	1	4	1	3	1	2
43	Melican, Lewis	BPL	83%	0	0	8	7	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	0
24	Rampe, Dane	HBFR	89%	0	0	12	6	6	2	0	8	1	2	1	0	3	0
34	Roberts, Matt	BPR	88%	0	0	25	21	4	6	0	0	1	6	0	1	7	1
8	Rowbottom, James	INT	82%	1	2	14	10	4	2	0	7	5	0	2	0	0	4
12	Sheldrick, Angus	SUB↑	14%	1	0	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	Warner, Chad	RR	84%	0	0	24	14	10	2	0	4	7	3	2	1	1	10
37	Warner, Corey	INT↓	67%	1	1	10	8	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	2
15	Wicks, Sam	HBFL	77%	0	0	18	14	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	4
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				12	15	316	199	117	81	37	56	35	53	9	27	44	54

A. Sheldrick replaced C. Warner.

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFR	82%	0	1	29	14	15	5	0	1	0	4	0	1	5	1
14	Bedford, Toby	RR↓	40%	0	0	9	2	7	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	1
32	Briggs, Kieren	RU	66%	0	0	12	7	5	2	28	2	4	3	1	1	1	2
46	Brown, Callum	INT	61%	0	0	16	9	7	2	10	3	5	1	3	0	0	4
44	Buckley, Jack	CHB	94%	0	0	6	4	2	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1
5	Cadman, Aaron	CHF	82%	2	0	12	8	4	6	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	5
17	Callaghan, Finn	C	80%	0	0	33	16	17	2	0	8	6	0	1	0	0	7
38	Delana, Josaia	HFFR	72%	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	5	0	2	1	1	0	0
37	Fonti, Joe	INT	73%	0	0	17	10	7	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	6
12	Green, Tom	RO	81%	1	0	34	17	17	4	0	1	6	10	1	2	4	3
4	Greene, Toby (c)	FPR	91%	0	2	13	10	3	2	0	1	3	5	3	2	0	1
27	Himmelberg, Harry	BPR	84%	0	0	17	10	7	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	3
23	Hogan, Jesse	FF	91%	1	3	7	5	2	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
39	Idun, Connor	BPL	93%	0	0	22	9	13	9	0	1	0	1	1	0	7	1
2	Jones, Darcy	HFFL	78%	1	3	10	6	4	2	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	3
31	McMullin, Toby	INT	73%	0	2	19	10	9	2	0	2	1	3	2	1	3	4
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	INT	81%	0	0	17	8	9	4	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	4
20	Stringer, Jake	SUB↑	47%	3	0	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	100%	0	0	11	5	6	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	5	0
1	Thomas, Harvey	FPL	81%	0	0	11	6	5	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	2
8	Ward, Callan	WL	84%	1	0	21	9	12	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0
10	Wehr, Jacob	WR	86%	1	0	17	11	6	5	0	2	2	2	3	0	1	2
6	Whitfield, Lachie	HBFL	79%	0	0	28	19	9	6	0	3	1	1	2	0	5	4
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				10	13	369	202	167	79	38	49	38	45	27	9	41	54

J. Stringer replaced T. Bedford.

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

Sydney							Coach: Dean Cox
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	39	C. Idun	15	S. Taylor	27	H. Himmelberg	4	B. Grundy	26	R. Bice
	33	C. Cleary	10	A. Francis	9	W. Hayward	1	C. Warner	2	H. McLean
FORWARD							17	J. Jordon	8	J. Rowbottom
HALF-BACK									37	C. Warner
	6	L. Whitfield	44	J. Buckley	7	L. Ash			12	A. Sheldrick
	27	J. McInerney	29	J. Hamling	16	B. Campbell
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	8	C. Ward	17	F. Callaghan	10	J. Wehr
	44	J. Lloyd	5	I. Heeney	13	O. Florent	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							32	K. Briggs	46	C. Brown
HALF-FORWARD							14	T. Bedford	37	J. Fonti
	2	D. Jones	5	A. Cadman	38	J. Delana	12	T. Green	31	T. McMullin
	24	D. Rampe	22	N. Blakey	15	S. Wicks			33	X. O'Halloran
HALF-BACK									20	J. Stringer
FORWARD
	1	H. Thomas	23	J. Hogan	4	T. Greene (c)
	34	M. Roberts	30	T. McCartin	43	L. Melican
BACK
Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Aaron Francis behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:49
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	02:02
	SYDN	Braeden Campbell behind	1.2.8	-	0.0.0	04:46
	SYDN	Caiden Cleary goal	2.2.14	-	0.0.0	06:03
	SYDN	James Rowbottom goal	3.2.20	-	0.0.0	09:10
	GWSY	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	0.1.1	10:57
	SYDN	Hayden McLean goal	4.2.26	-	0.1.1	12:48
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	5.2.32	-	0.1.1	16:36
	GWSY	Darcy Jones goal	5.2.32	-	1.1.7	20:56
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	5.2.32	-	2.1.13	23:04
	SYDN	Corey Warner behind	5.3.33	-	2.1.13	24:44
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney behind	5.4.34	-	2.1.13	31:09
Q2	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	5.4.34	-	2.2.14	01:22
	GWSY	Toby McMullin behind	5.4.34	-	2.3.15	04:17
	SYDN	Nick Blakey goal	6.4.40	-	2.3.15	06:30
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	6.4.40	-	3.3.21	10:08
	GWSY	Darcy Jones behind	6.4.40	-	3.4.22	11:18
	SYDN	Joel Hamling behind	6.5.41	-	3.4.22	12:46
	GWSY	Jacob Wehr goal	6.5.41	-	4.4.28	15:06
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan behind	6.5.41	-	4.5.29	20:12
	GWSY	Callan Ward goal	6.5.41	-	5.5.35	21:26
Q3	SYDN	James Rowbottom behind	6.6.42	-	5.5.35	02:40
	SYDN	Rushed behind	6.7.43	-	5.5.35	05:07
	SYDN	Aaron Francis goal	7.7.49	-	5.5.35	06:18
	SYDN	Caiden Cleary behind	7.8.50	-	5.5.35	07:29
	GWSY	Rushed behind	7.8.50	-	5.6.36	09:15
	SYDN	Joel Hamling behind	7.9.51	-	5.6.36	10:16
	SYDN	Justin McInerney behind	7.10.52	-	5.6.36	11:15
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	7.10.52	-	6.6.42	15:43
	GWSY	Toby McMullin behind	7.10.52	-	6.7.43	20:11
	SYDN	Corey Warner goal	8.10.58	-	6.7.43	23:33
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	8.10.58	-	6.8.44	28:31
Q4	SYDN	Oliver Florent behind	8.11.59	-	6.8.44	01:41
	SYDN	James Jordon goal	9.11.65	-	6.8.44	04:09
	GWSY	Jake Stringer goal	9.11.65	-	7.8.50	06:12
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan behind	9.11.65	-	7.9.51	07:34
	SYDN	Justin McInerney behind	9.12.66	-	7.9.51	08:28
	SYDN	Rushed behind	9.13.67	-	7.9.51	10:03
	SYDN	James Rowbottom behind	9.14.68	-	7.9.51	10:27
	SYDN	Rushed behind	9.15.69	-	7.9.51	12:18
	GWSY	Darcy Jones behind	9.15.69	-	7.10.52	13:34
	GWSY	Darcy Jones behind	9.15.69	-	7.11.53	14:04
	GWSY	Lachie Ash behind	9.15.69	-	7.12.54	15:00
	SYDN	James Jordon goal	10.15.75	-	7.12.54	17:24
	SYDN	Joel Hamling goal	11.15.81	-	7.12.54	19:24
	GWSY	Jake Stringer goal	11.15.81	-	8.12.60	24:06
	GWSY	Jake Stringer goal	11.15.81	-	9.12.66	27:39
	SYDN	Angus Sheldrick goal	12.15.87	-	9.12.66	29:32
	GWSY	Tom Green goal	12.15.87	-	10.12.72	31:15
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan behind	12.15.87	-	10.13.73	33:01

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