2025 AFL Round 21: Greater Western Sydney v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 2025 between Greater Western Sydney and Sydney during round 21 of the 2025 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted Sydney at ENGIE Stadium. Toby Greene captained the hosts. Callum Mills captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Adam Kingsley and the visitors were coached by Dean Cox.

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

Sydney
Back: L. Melican, D. Rampe, J. Hamling
Half-back: C. Mills (capt.), N. Blakey, S. Wicks
Centre: M. Roberts, C. Warner, J. Lloyd
Half-forward: J. Rowbottom, J. Buller, J. Jordon
Forward: T. Papley, H. McLean, J. McInerney
Follower: B. Grundy, I. Heeney, E. Gulden
Int.: B. Campbell, H. Cunningham, W. Hayward, A. Sheldrick
Sub.: A. Francis

Greater Western Sydney (15.12.102) defeated Sydney (8.10.58).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: A. Cadman (3), J. Stringer (3), T. Bedford (2), J. Hogan (2), L. Ash, F. Callaghan, T. Green, T. Greene, H. Himmelberg
Sydney: W. Hayward (3), B. Grundy, I. Heeney, J. McInerney, C. Mills, T. Papley

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) and Sydney remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Sydney
Date: Friday 25 July 2025
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: ENGIE Stadium
Attendance: 18,536

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. Sydney
Score: 15.12.102 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Greater Western Sydney	1	.	2	3	.	4	12	.	7	15	.	12	15	.	12	(102)
Sydney	3	.	5	7	.	8	8	.	8	8	.	10	8	.	10	(58)
Margin	SYDN by 15			SYDN by 28			GWSY by 23			GWSY by 44			GWSY by 44
Duration	36:11			30:39			34:13			27:47			2:08:50

Honour Roll

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

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Finn Callaghan	GWSY	17	3
Lachie Ash	GWSY	7	2
Tom Green	GWSY	12	1

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
9	Angwin, Ryan	HFFL	83%	0	0	25	11	14	3	0	4	4	5	3	0	1	3
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFR	80%	1	0	13	9	4	4	0	4	0	3	2	2	2	2
14	Bedford, Toby	C	87%	2	0	10	6	4	3	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	2
32	Briggs, Kieren	RU	74%	0	1	11	8	3	1	19	4	3	6	1	3	0	4
46	Brown, Callum	INT	84%	0	1	11	8	3	4	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	2
44	Buckley, Jack	CHB	81%	0	0	11	7	4	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0
5	Cadman, Aaron	CHF	75%	3	1	11	8	3	7	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2
17	Callaghan, Finn	RR	81%	1	0	21	17	4	6	0	5	4	3	1	3	1	6
3	Coniglio, Stephen	INT	73%	0	0	19	15	4	1	0	6	5	4	2	1	2	4
37	Fonti, Joe	INT	74%	0	0	14	4	10	4	0	1	1	2	1	1	3	0
12	Green, Tom	RO	85%	1	0	16	7	9	1	0	6	6	1	0	0	3	2
4	Greene, Toby (c)	FPR	87%	1	1	9	8	1	3	0	1	0	6	0	3	1	0
27	Himmelberg, Harry	BPR	95%	1	0	23	17	6	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	3
23	Hogan, Jesse	FF	87%	2	3	10	8	2	6	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
39	Idun, Connor	BPL	95%	0	0	17	9	8	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	1
2	Jones, Darcy	HFFR	79%	0	0	12	4	8	2	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	2
22	Kelly, Josh	WR↓	71%	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
31	McMullin, Toby	SUB↑	17%	0	1	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	WL	82%	0	1	16	11	5	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	6
26	Riccardi, Jake	INT	64%	0	1	13	7	6	4	7	5	1	2	2	0	0	5
20	Stringer, Jake	FPL	77%	3	2	13	10	3	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	4
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	87%	0	0	18	9	9	10	0	2	0	2	2	2	2	0
6	Whitfield, Lachie	HBFL	84%	0	0	27	21	6	8	0	3	0	2	1	1	4	3
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				15	12	332	211	121	102	26	58	27	48	24	18	35	54

T. McMullin replaced J. Kelly.

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
22	Blakey, Nick	CHB	86%	0	0	21	16	5	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	8	3
39	Buller, Jack	CHF	84%	0	1	10	3	7	1	7	3	2	5	0	3	0	0
16	Campbell, Braeden	INT	66%	0	0	7	2	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1
7	Cunningham, Harry	INT	74%	0	0	9	5	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	1
10	Francis, Aaron	SUB↑	80%	0	2	10	6	4	4	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	1
4	Grundy, Brodie	RU	81%	1	0	24	9	15	7	29	5	5	4	3	2	4	0
21	Gulden, Errol	RO	86%	0	0	32	16	16	8	0	1	4	9	2	4	1	4
29	Hamling, Joel	BPR	52%	0	0	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
9	Hayward, Will	INT	86%	3	0	9	5	4	5	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	1
5	Heeney, Isaac	RR	84%	1	1	22	12	10	4	0	5	2	4	2	1	3	4
17	Jordon, James	HFFR	81%	0	1	14	9	5	0	0	2	5	1	2	1	2	2
44	Lloyd, Jake	WR	92%	0	0	25	13	12	9	0	2	2	0	1	0	4	4
27	McInerney, Justin	FPR	84%	1	1	13	8	5	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	3
2	McLean, Hayden	FF↓	2%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	Melican, Lewis	BPL	86%	0	0	5	4	1	3	0	4	0	2	0	1	2	0
14	Mills, Callum (c)	HBFL	97%	1	0	22	14	8	7	0	3	3	1	0	1	6	2
11	Papley, Tom	FPL	80%	1	2	14	9	5	0	0	1	3	3	3	1	0	3
24	Rampe, Dane	FB	86%	0	0	13	8	5	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1
34	Roberts, Matt	WL	80%	0	0	20	9	11	4	0	5	3	3	0	0	3	3
8	Rowbottom, James	HFFL	81%	0	0	9	6	3	0	0	9	4	4	1	3	0	3
12	Sheldrick, Angus	INT	72%	0	0	12	9	3	2	0	6	2	4	0	1	0	1
1	Warner, Chad	C	92%	0	1	19	8	11	2	0	5	2	1	0	1	0	5
15	Wicks, Sam	HBFR	90%	0	1	18	10	8	3	0	5	1	2	0	0	1	2
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				8	10	334	184	150	73	36	64	41	58	18	24	37	44

A. Francis replaced H. McLean.

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
	43	L. Melican	24	D. Rampe	29	J. Hamling	32	K. Briggs	46	C. Brown
	4	T. Greene (c)	23	J. Hogan	20	J. Stringer	17	F. Callaghan	3	S. Coniglio
FORWARD							12	T. Green	37	J. Fonti
HALF-BACK									26	J. Riccardi
	14	C. Mills (c)	22	N. Blakey	15	S. Wicks			31	T. McMullin
	2	D. Jones	5	A. Cadman	9	R. Angwin
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	34	M. Roberts	1	C. Warner	44	J. Lloyd
	22	J. Kelly	14	T. Bedford	33	X. O'Halloran	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							4	B. Grundy	16	B. Campbell
HALF-FORWARD							5	I. Heeney	7	H. Cunningham
	8	J. Rowbottom	39	J. Buller	17	J. Jordon	21	E. Gulden	9	W. Hayward
	7	L. Ash	44	J. Buckley	6	L. Whitfield			12	A. Sheldrick
HALF-BACK									10	A. Francis
FORWARD
	11	T. Papley	2	H. McLean	27	J. McInerney
	27	H. Himmelberg	15	S. Taylor	39	C. Idun
BACK
Sydney							Coach: Dean Cox

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	00:28
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	09:59
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan behind	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	13:49
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	14:27
	SYDN	Brodie Grundy goal	1.1.7	-	2.1.13	19:40
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman behind	1.2.8	-	2.1.13	21:02
	SYDN	James Jordon behind	1.2.8	-	2.2.14	22:54
	SYDN	Jack Buller behind	1.2.8	-	2.3.15	24:43
	SYDN	Chad Warner behind	1.2.8	-	2.4.16	28:14
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	1.2.8	-	3.4.22	33:09
	SYDN	Aaron Francis behind	1.2.8	-	3.5.23	36:09
Q2	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	1.2.8	-	4.5.29	01:33
	SYDN	Sam Wicks behind	1.2.8	-	4.6.30	03:43
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan behind	1.3.9	-	4.6.30	06:02
	SYDN	Justin McInerney behind	1.3.9	-	4.7.31	07:20
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	1.3.9	-	5.7.37	08:42
	SYDN	Callum Mills goal	1.3.9	-	6.7.43	11:16
	GWSY	Tom Green goal	2.3.15	-	6.7.43	17:14
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	2.3.15	-	7.7.49	20:30
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	2.3.15	-	7.8.50	21:47
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi behind	2.4.16	-	7.8.50	23:54
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	3.4.22	-	7.8.50	28:17
Q3	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	3.5.23	-	7.8.50	00:35
	GWSY	Finn Callaghan goal	4.5.29	-	7.8.50	01:18
	SYDN	Justin McInerney goal	4.5.29	-	8.8.56	02:35
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	5.5.35	-	8.8.56	05:52
	GWSY	Kieren Briggs behind	5.6.36	-	8.8.56	09:49
	GWSY	Jake Stringer goal	6.6.42	-	8.8.56	12:05
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	7.6.48	-	8.8.56	15:00
	GWSY	Toby Bedford goal	8.6.54	-	8.8.56	19:00
	GWSY	Toby Bedford goal	9.6.60	-	8.8.56	23:46
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg goal	10.6.66	-	8.8.56	26:05
	GWSY	Lachie Ash goal	11.6.72	-	8.8.56	27:43
	GWSY	Jake Stringer goal	12.6.78	-	8.8.56	28:55
	GWSY	Callum Brown behind	12.7.79	-	8.8.56	30:10
Q4	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	13.7.85	-	8.8.56	02:03
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan behind	13.8.86	-	8.8.56	05:01
	GWSY	Jake Stringer behind	13.9.87	-	8.8.56	06:29
	GWSY	Jake Stringer behind	13.10.88	-	8.8.56	06:48
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	14.10.94	-	8.8.56	10:16
	GWSY	Toby McMullin behind	14.11.95	-	8.8.56	12:31
	SYDN	Aaron Francis behind	14.11.95	-	8.9.57	13:14
	GWSY	Xavier O'Halloran behind	14.12.96	-	8.9.57	18:36
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney behind	14.12.96	-	8.10.58	20:32
	GWSY	Jake Stringer goal	15.12.102	-	8.10.58	25:38

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