2025 AFL Season 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 nine of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League.
Sydney hosted Greater Western Sydney at the SCG.
Toby Greene captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Dean Cox and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.
Sydney (12.15.87) defeated Greater Western Sydney (10.13.73).
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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Sydney) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Sydney
Captain: unknownCoach: Dean Cox
Greater Western Sydney
Captain: Toby GreeneCoach: Adam Kingsley
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Warner | SYDN | 1 | 3 |
| Tom Green | GWSY | 12 | 2 |
| James Rowbottom | SYDN | 8 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Player Statistics
Sydney
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 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 50sPlayer 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 | |||||||||||
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| 6 | L. Whitfield | 44 | J. Buckley | 7 | L. Ash |
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| 27 | J. McInerney | 29 | J. Hamling | 16 | B. Campbell |
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| 8 | C. Ward | 17 | F. Callaghan | 10 | J. Wehr |
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| 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 |
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| 1 | H. Thomas | 23 | J. Hogan | 4 | T. Greene (c) |
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| 34 | M. Roberts | 30 | T. McCartin | 43 | L. Melican |
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| Greater Western Sydney | Coach: Adam Kingsley | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| 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 | |