2025 AFL Round 16: Greater Western Sydney v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 2025 between Greater Western Sydney and Gold Coast during round 16 of the 2025 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted Gold Coast at ENGIE Stadium. Toby Greene captained the hosts. Noah Anderson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Adam Kingsley and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Greater Western Sydney
Back: C. Idun, L. Aleer, J. Fonti
Half-back: L. Whitfield, J. Buckley, L. Ash
Centre: R. Angwin, T. Bedford, J. Kelly
Half-forward: X. O'Halloran, A. Cadman, D. Jones
Forward: H. Thomas, J. Hogan, T. Greene (capt.)
Follower: N. Madden, F. Callaghan, T. Green
Int.: C. Brown, H. Himmelberg, J. Riccardi, H. Rowston
Sub.: J. Stringer

Gold Coast
Back: B. Uwland, M. Andrew, S. Collins
Half-back: J. Noble, W. Powell, D. Rioli
Centre: S. Clohesy, M. Rowell, B. Fiorini
Half-forward: B. Ainsworth, S. Flanders, B. Humphrey
Forward: B. Long, J. Walter, B. King
Follower: J. Witts, T. Miller, N. Anderson (capt.)
Int.: C. Budarick, J. Jeffrey, E. Read, L. Weller
Sub.: N. Holman

Greater Western Sydney (16.10.106) defeated Gold Coast (14.15.99).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: A. Cadman (3), C. Brown (2), T. Greene (2), J. Hogan (2), J. Riccardi (2), J. Stringer (2), T. Bedford, T. Green, H. Thomas
Gold Coast: B. Ainsworth (2), N. Anderson (2), B. Humphrey (2), B. King (2), T. Miller (2), B. Fiorini, B. Long, D. Rioli, J. Witts

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Gold Coast were then 9th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Gold Coast
Date: Sunday 22 June 2025
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: ENGIE Stadium
Attendance: 10,504

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. Gold Coast
Score: 16.10.106 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Greater Western Sydney	4	.	1	6	.	7	8	.	9	16	.	10	16	.	10	(106)
Gold Coast	7	.	6	8	.	8	11	.	13	14	.	15	14	.	15	(99)
Margin	GCST by 23			GCST by 13			GCST by 22			GWSY by 7			GWSY by 7
Duration	36:41			31:57			31:14			37:09			2:17:01

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adam Kingsley (Greater Western Sydney), Damien Hardwick (Gold Coast)
Captains: Toby Greene (Greater Western Sydney), Noah Anderson (Gold Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Matt Rowell	GCST	18	3
Tom Green	GWSY	12	2
Noah Anderson	GCST	15	1

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Aleer, Leek	FB	100%	0	0	6	5	1	3	0	3	0	3	1	3	0	1
9	Angwin, Ryan	WL	69%	0	0	16	8	8	7	0	3	2	2	0	0	2	0
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFR	89%	0	0	33	20	13	4	0	1	2	3	1	0	11	1
14	Bedford, Toby	C	74%	1	0	14	5	9	2	0	6	0	3	0	1	1	0
46	Brown, Callum	INT	76%	2	0	12	10	2	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	3
44	Buckley, Jack	CHB	100%	0	0	10	6	4	5	0	2	0	3	2	1	5	0
5	Cadman, Aaron	CHF	77%	3	1	7	6	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
17	Callaghan, Finn	RR	81%	0	0	28	16	12	3	0	8	5	4	0	0	2	6
37	Fonti, Joe	BPR	77%	0	0	9	4	5	1	0	5	1	5	0	2	3	0
12	Green, Tom	RO	80%	1	2	31	13	18	4	0	9	16	5	0	4	5	1
4	Greene, Toby (c)	FPR	86%	2	0	17	15	2	4	0	11	1	4	2	2	0	7
27	Himmelberg, Harry	INT	86%	0	0	15	8	7	1	0	2	1	4	0	3	5	0
23	Hogan, Jesse	FF	88%	2	0	11	7	4	7	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	2
39	Idun, Connor	BPL	88%	0	0	15	9	6	10	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	1
2	Jones, Darcy	HFFR	87%	0	0	9	3	6	0	0	3	2	5	0	1	0	2
22	Kelly, Josh	WR	89%	0	0	18	6	12	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	5
41	Madden, Nick	RU	68%	0	0	11	2	9	0	31	3	4	2	2	2	0	2
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	HFFL	92%	0	1	20	6	14	1	0	4	1	4	0	1	3	2
26	Riccardi, Jake	INT	67%	2	1	15	12	3	7	3	6	1	2	2	0	1	4
24	Rowston, Harry	INT	70%	0	0	20	11	9	4	0	5	1	2	3	1	2	3
20	Stringer, Jake	SUB↑	55%	2	0	9	7	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	2
1	Thomas, Harvey	FPL	85%	1	1	12	6	6	2	0	6	0	0	1	0	1	2
6	Whitfield, Lachie	HBFL↓	19%	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				16	10	342	189	153	75	34	89	37	62	15	24	53	44

J. Stringer replaced L. Whitfield.

Gold Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
9	Ainsworth, Ben	HFFL	88%	2	0	16	5	11	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3
15	Anderson, Noah (c)	RO	87%	2	1	42	13	29	3	0	3	7	1	2	0	1	6
1	Andrew, Mac	FB	94%	0	0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	0
35	Budarick, Connor	INT	76%	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	0	1
33	Clohesy, Sam	WL	85%	0	0	16	9	7	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	1	5
25	Collins, Sam	BPR	96%	0	0	15	8	7	5	0	4	0	2	2	0	2	0
8	Fiorini, Brayden	WR	72%	1	1	22	12	10	1	0	5	3	1	1	0	0	6
3	Flanders, Sam	CHF	81%	0	0	29	11	18	2	0	3	4	3	1	0	1	3
7	Holman, Nick	SUB↑	19%	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Humphrey, Bailey	HFFR	81%	2	3	23	12	11	5	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	5
40	Jeffrey, Joel	INT	74%	0	0	17	11	6	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5
34	King, Ben	FPR	76%	2	1	7	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
22	Long, Ben	FPL	79%	1	3	10	7	3	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	3
11	Miller, Touk	RR	87%	2	0	37	13	24	2	0	7	4	3	1	1	0	4
2	Noble, John	HBFL	86%	0	0	21	17	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	0
27	Powell, Wil	CHB	80%	0	0	17	7	10	6	0	2	2	4	0	1	1	2
20	Read, Ethan	INT↓	58%	0	1	10	6	4	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	1
17	Rioli, Daniel	HBFR	88%	1	0	19	11	8	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	1
18	Rowell, Matt	C	87%	0	1	34	12	22	0	0	8	12	6	2	3	2	7
32	Uwland, Bodhi	BPL	91%	0	0	17	11	6	3	0	0	0	5	1	1	4	5
4	Walter, Jed	FF	59%	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	3	0	2	3	1	0	1
14	Weller, Lachie	INT	69%	0	0	14	9	5	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	2	5
28	Witts, Jarrod	RU	89%	1	0	20	7	13	3	54	7	6	5	3	3	0	5
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				14	15	398	191	207	54	56	64	42	47	24	15	28	68

N. Holman replaced E. Read.

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
	32	B. Uwland	1	M. Andrew	25	S. Collins	41	N. Madden	46	C. Brown
	4	T. Greene (c)	23	J. Hogan	1	H. Thomas	17	F. Callaghan	27	H. Himmelberg
FORWARD							12	T. Green	26	J. Riccardi
HALF-BACK									24	H. Rowston
	2	J. Noble	27	W. Powell	17	D. Rioli			20	J. Stringer
	2	D. Jones	5	A. Cadman	33	X. O'Halloran
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	33	S. Clohesy	18	M. Rowell	8	B. Fiorini
	22	J. Kelly	14	T. Bedford	9	R. Angwin	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							28	J. Witts	35	C. Budarick
HALF-FORWARD							11	T. Miller	40	J. Jeffrey
	9	B. Ainsworth	3	S. Flanders	19	B. Humphrey	15	N. Anderson (c)	20	E. Read
	7	L. Ash	44	J. Buckley	6	L. Whitfield			14	L. Weller
HALF-BACK									7	N. Holman
FORWARD
	22	B. Long	4	J. Walter	34	B. King
	37	J. Fonti	21	L. Aleer	39	C. Idun
BACK
Gold Coast							Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GCST	Ben Long goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:23
	GCST	Noah Anderson goal	0.0.0	-	2.0.12	03:06
	GCST	Touk Miller goal	0.0.0	-	3.0.18	04:18
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey behind	0.0.0	-	3.1.19	05:55
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth goal	0.0.0	-	4.1.25	06:59
	GCST	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	4.2.26	12:59
	GCST	Ben Long behind	0.0.0	-	4.3.27	14:02
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi goal	1.0.6	-	4.3.27	15:33
	GWSY	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	4.3.27	16:45
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi goal	2.1.13	-	4.3.27	17:04
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	3.1.19	-	4.3.27	21:53
	GCST	Ben King goal	3.1.19	-	5.3.33	23:54
	GCST	Noah Anderson behind	3.1.19	-	5.4.34	26:44
	GCST	Daniel Rioli goal	3.1.19	-	6.4.40	28:34
	GCST	Matt Rowell behind	3.1.19	-	6.5.41	29:47
	GWSY	Callum Brown goal	4.1.25	-	6.5.41	31:37
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth goal	4.1.25	-	7.5.47	32:45
	GCST	Jed Walter behind	4.1.25	-	7.6.48	35:31
Q2	GCST	Bailey Humphrey behind	4.1.25	-	7.7.49	05:43
	GWSY	Tom Green behind	4.2.26	-	7.7.49	09:55
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey goal	4.2.26	-	8.7.55	11:27
	GWSY	Xavier O'Halloran behind	4.3.27	-	8.7.55	16:49
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	5.3.33	-	8.7.55	18:03
	GCST	Ben Long behind	5.3.33	-	8.8.56	21:08
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	6.3.39	-	8.8.56	23:14
	GWSY	Harvey Thomas behind	6.4.40	-	8.8.56	26:37
	GWSY	Rushed behind	6.5.41	-	8.8.56	27:15
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi behind	6.6.42	-	8.8.56	30:41
	GWSY	Rushed behind	6.7.43	-	8.8.56	31:20
Q3	GCST	Ben Long behind	6.7.43	-	8.9.57	01:16
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	7.7.49	-	8.9.57	05:18
	GCST	Jarrod Witts goal	7.7.49	-	9.9.63	07:07
	GCST	Ben King goal	7.7.49	-	10.9.69	12:41
	GCST	Ethan Read behind	7.7.49	-	10.10.70	14:43
	GWSY	Harvey Thomas goal	8.7.55	-	10.10.70	16:45
	GWSY	Rushed behind	8.8.56	-	10.10.70	20:06
	GCST	Brayden Fiorini behind	8.8.56	-	10.11.71	23:21
	GWSY	Tom Green behind	8.9.57	-	10.11.71	24:35
	GCST	Touk Miller goal	8.9.57	-	11.11.77	26:05
	GCST	Rushed behind	8.9.57	-	11.12.78	27:28
	GCST	Connor Budarick behind	8.9.57	-	11.13.79	30:30
Q4	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	9.9.63	-	11.13.79	00:46
	GWSY	Toby Bedford goal	10.9.69	-	11.13.79	04:30
	GWSY	Tom Green goal	11.9.75	-	11.13.79	06:39
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	12.9.81	-	11.13.79	07:48
	GCST	Brayden Fiorini goal	12.9.81	-	12.13.85	10:52
	GWSY	Jake Stringer goal	13.9.87	-	12.13.85	16:18
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey behind	13.9.87	-	12.14.86	18:20
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman behind	13.10.88	-	12.14.86	19:57
	GWSY	Callum Brown goal	14.10.94	-	12.14.86	22:03
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	15.10.100	-	12.14.86	24:19
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey goal	15.10.100	-	13.14.92	25:40
	GWSY	Jake Stringer goal	16.10.106	-	13.14.92	27:55
	GCST	Ben King behind	16.10.106	-	13.15.93	30:06
	GCST	Noah Anderson goal	16.10.106	-	14.15.99	34:20

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