2025 AFL Round 23: Greater Western Sydney v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 2025 between Greater Western Sydney and North Melbourne during round 23 of the 2025 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted North Melbourne at Corroboree Group Manuka Oval. Toby Greene captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Adam Kingsley and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

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

North Melbourne
Back: C. Comben, T. Pink, G. Logue
Half-back: R. Hardeman, C. Daniel, F. O'Sullivan
Centre: D. Stephens, L. Davies-Uniacke, C. McKercher
Half-forward: J. Konstanty, C. Trembath, T. Powell
Forward: H. Sheezel, J. Darling, C. Zurhaar
Follower: T. Xerri, G. Payne, G. Wardlaw
Int.: Z. Duursma, C. Harvey, L. Parker, B. Teakle
Sub.: B. Scott

Greater Western Sydney (20.13.133) defeated North Melbourne (12.7.79).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: C. Brown (5), A. Cadman (4), T. Greene (3), J. Stringer (3), R. Angwin, T. Bedford, F. Callaghan, T. Green, H. Thomas
North Melbourne: J. Darling (3), C. Trembath (3), C. Harvey (2), C. McKercher, L. Parker, G. Payne, D. Stephens

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney remained 8th on the ladder and North Melbourne remained 17th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 10 August 2025
Time: 1:40 PM
Venue: Corroboree Group Manuka Oval
Attendance: 11,753

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. North Melbourne
Score: 20.13.133 - 12.7.79

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Greater Western Sydney	5	.	0	10	.	6	16	.	10	20	.	13	20	.	13	(133)
North Melbourne	2	.	3	4	.	4	9	.	6	12	.	7	12	.	7	(79)
Margin	GWSY by 15			GWSY by 38			GWSY by 46			GWSY by 54			GWSY by 54
Duration	32:53			32:59			35:44			32:16			2:13:52

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adam Kingsley (Greater Western Sydney), Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne)
Captains: Toby Greene (Greater Western Sydney), unknown (North Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Toby Greene	GWSY	4	3
Callum Brown	GWSY	46	2
Finn Callaghan	GWSY	17	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	CHB	89%	0	0	5	2	3	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0
9	Angwin, Ryan	WR	78%	1	0	14	5	9	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	1
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFR	74%	0	0	13	6	7	1	0	0	1	3	0	2	2	1
14	Bedford, Toby	HFFL	83%	1	3	15	10	5	3	0	3	4	3	3	1	1	3
32	Briggs, Kieren	RU	83%	0	0	8	3	5	1	29	6	3	2	3	1	0	3
46	Brown, Callum	INT	78%	5	0	8	7	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Cadman, Aaron	CHF	89%	4	0	12	6	6	7	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0
17	Callaghan, Finn	RR	84%	1	0	31	13	18	4	0	8	8	6	2	1	0	4
3	Coniglio, Stephen	WL	79%	0	0	21	13	8	2	0	6	7	3	1	1	1	8
37	Fonti, Joe	INT	80%	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2
12	Green, Tom	RO	82%	1	1	25	12	13	4	0	4	10	1	1	1	2	6
4	Greene, Toby (c)	FPL	90%	3	3	23	18	5	10	0	4	2	5	3	2	2	6
35	Gruzewski, Max	INT	64%	0	3	8	6	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
27	Himmelberg, Harry	BPR	91%	0	0	24	17	7	13	0	0	0	3	1	2	4	1
39	Idun, Connor	BPL	95%	0	0	17	11	6	8	0	5	1	1	0	0	8	0
2	Jones, Darcy	HFFR	89%	0	1	18	6	12	5	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	3
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	C	82%	0	0	23	11	12	4	0	7	5	2	2	1	0	6
26	Riccardi, Jake	FF	65%	0	0	8	2	6	1	6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
24	Rowston, Harry	SUB↑	36%	0	0	7	5	2	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
20	Stringer, Jake	FPR↓	45%	3	1	10	7	3	3	0	2	1	5	2	3	0	1
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	89%	0	0	13	7	6	5	0	2	0	2	2	1	3	1
1	Thomas, Harvey	INT	73%	1	0	19	13	6	6	0	3	2	2	0	1	1	3
6	Whitfield, Lachie	HBFL	82%	0	0	27	16	11	5	0	2	0	3	1	1	7	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				20	13	358	200	158	102	35	68	46	55	22	21	33	56

H. Rowston replaced J. Stringer.

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
30	Comben, Charlie	BPL	95%	0	0	14	9	5	10	0	1	0	3	0	2	4	0
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	79%	0	0	23	16	7	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	6	1
28	Darling, Jack	FF	91%	3	2	9	8	1	3	0	3	0	1	3	1	0	0
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	C	89%	0	0	20	12	8	5	0	5	7	3	0	1	1	7
7	Duursma, Zane	INT	71%	0	0	8	6	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1
17	Hardeman, Riley	HBFL↓	13%	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
37	Harvey, Cooper	INT	76%	2	0	9	7	2	5	0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0
41	Konstanty, Jacob	HFFL	80%	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	5	1	4	1	1	0	2
19	Logue, Griffin	BPR	94%	0	0	13	7	6	4	0	1	1	2	3	1	2	1
10	McKercher, Colby	WR	91%	1	0	27	23	4	4	0	1	1	3	0	2	5	4
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	HBFR	82%	0	0	15	9	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	4
26	Parker, Luke	INT	75%	1	0	29	19	10	6	0	5	8	3	1	2	2	3
23	Payne, Geordie	RR	80%	1	0	6	2	4	1	0	3	0	4	2	3	0	1
32	Pink, Toby	FB	97%	0	0	5	4	1	3	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0
24	Powell, Tom	HFFR	81%	0	1	11	8	3	1	0	2	0	1	2	1	1	3
8	Scott, Bailey	SUB↑	64%	0	1	6	3	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
3	Sheezel, Harry	FPL	82%	0	0	31	14	17	7	0	4	6	4	1	2	3	4
15	Stephens, Dylan	WL	81%	1	0	14	8	6	6	0	1	1	3	0	1	1	4
43	Teakle, Brynn	INT	70%	0	0	4	2	2	1	8	4	0	1	1	0	0	1
47	Trembath, Cooper	CHF	70%	3	1	6	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	Wardlaw, George	RO	71%	0	0	18	12	6	3	0	11	6	2	2	0	1	5
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	84%	0	0	11	3	8	0	37	7	6	5	2	3	1	1
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPR	84%	0	2	10	8	2	5	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	3
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				12	7	297	187	110	82	45	68	39	47	21	22	35	46

B. Scott replaced R. Hardeman.

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
	30	C. Comben	32	T. Pink	19	G. Logue	32	K. Briggs	46	C. Brown
	20	J. Stringer	26	J. Riccardi	4	T. Greene (c)	17	F. Callaghan	37	J. Fonti
FORWARD							12	T. Green	35	M. Gruzewski
HALF-BACK									1	H. Thomas
	17	R. Hardeman	5	C. Daniel	2	F. O'Sullivan			24	H. Rowston
	2	D. Jones	5	A. Cadman	14	T. Bedford
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	15	D. Stephens	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	10	C. McKercher
	9	R. Angwin	33	X. O'Halloran	3	S. Coniglio	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							38	T. Xerri	7	Z. Duursma
HALF-FORWARD							23	G. Payne	37	C. Harvey
	41	J. Konstanty	47	C. Trembath	24	T. Powell	6	G. Wardlaw	26	L. Parker
	7	L. Ash	21	L. Aleer	6	L. Whitfield			43	B. Teakle
HALF-BACK									8	B. Scott
FORWARD
	3	H. Sheezel	28	J. Darling	44	C. Zurhaar
	27	H. Himmelberg	15	S. Taylor	39	C. Idun
BACK
North Melbourne							Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GWSY	Jake Stringer goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	03:49
	NMLB	Cooper Harvey goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	09:17
	GWSY	Callum Brown goal	2.0.12	-	1.0.6	17:26
	GWSY	Jake Stringer goal	3.0.18	-	1.0.6	19:31
	NMLB	Jack Darling behind	3.0.18	-	1.1.7	21:29
	GWSY	Callum Brown goal	4.0.24	-	1.1.7	22:04
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	5.0.30	-	1.1.7	24:03
	NMLB	Jack Darling behind	5.0.30	-	1.2.8	27:47
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	5.0.30	-	2.2.14	29:08
	NMLB	Tom Powell behind	5.0.30	-	2.3.15	30:36
Q2	GWSY	Callum Brown goal	6.0.36	-	2.3.15	02:01
	GWSY	Toby Bedford behind	6.1.37	-	2.3.15	04:58
	GWSY	Max Gruzewski behind	6.2.38	-	2.3.15	07:18
	GWSY	Callum Brown goal	7.2.44	-	2.3.15	08:52
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	7.3.45	-	2.3.15	10:15
	GWSY	Finn Callaghan goal	8.3.51	-	2.3.15	14:29
	GWSY	Toby Bedford goal	9.3.57	-	2.3.15	17:40
	GWSY	Jake Stringer goal	10.3.63	-	2.3.15	19:37
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	10.3.63	-	3.3.21	21:12
	NMLB	Cooper Harvey goal	10.3.63	-	4.3.27	24:03
	GWSY	Jake Stringer behind	10.4.64	-	4.3.27	26:05
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath behind	10.4.64	-	4.4.28	28:39
	GWSY	Toby Bedford behind	10.5.65	-	4.4.28	29:51
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	10.6.66	-	4.4.28	32:36
Q3	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	10.6.66	-	5.4.34	00:18
	GWSY	Rushed behind	10.7.67	-	5.4.34	02:53
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	11.7.73	-	5.4.34	03:25
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	12.7.79	-	5.4.34	05:29
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	13.7.85	-	5.4.34	12:06
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	14.7.91	-	5.4.34	16:20
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	14.8.92	-	5.4.34	17:39
	NMLB	Geordie Payne goal	14.8.92	-	6.4.40	19:35
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	14.8.92	-	7.4.46	21:20
	NMLB	Luke Parker goal	14.8.92	-	8.4.52	22:44
	GWSY	Ryan Angwin goal	15.8.98	-	8.4.52	24:02
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	15.8.98	-	8.5.53	25:18
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	15.8.98	-	8.6.54	26:59
	GWSY	Harvey Thomas goal	16.8.104	-	8.6.54	28:19
	GWSY	Toby Bedford behind	16.9.105	-	8.6.54	30:23
	GWSY	Tom Green behind	16.10.106	-	8.6.54	30:54
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	16.10.106	-	9.6.60	34:14
Q4	NMLB	Dylan Stephens goal	16.10.106	-	10.6.66	01:25
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	16.10.106	-	11.6.72	02:43
	NMLB	Bailey Scott behind	16.10.106	-	11.7.73	05:36
	GWSY	Callum Brown goal	17.10.112	-	11.7.73	12:28
	GWSY	Max Gruzewski behind	17.11.113	-	11.7.73	15:38
	GWSY	Darcy Jones behind	17.12.114	-	11.7.73	16:33
	NMLB	Colby McKercher goal	17.12.114	-	12.7.79	20:42
	GWSY	Max Gruzewski behind	17.13.115	-	12.7.79	23:11
	GWSY	Tom Green goal	18.13.121	-	12.7.79	25:18
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	19.13.127	-	12.7.79	27:12
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	20.13.133	-	12.7.79	29:13

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