2025 AFL Round 24: Gold Coast v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2025 between Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney during round 24 of the 2025 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Greater Western Sydney at People First Stadium. Noah Anderson captained the hosts. Toby Greene captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

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

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

Gold Coast (11.10.76) were defeated by Greater Western Sydney (17.9.111).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: B. Ainsworth (2), B. King (2), B. Long (2), E. Read (2), C. Budarick, J. Farrar, M. Rowell
Greater Western Sydney: H. Rowston (4), M. Gruzewski (3), T. Bedford (2), A. Cadman (2), T. Greene (2), S. Coniglio, D. Jones, X. O'Halloran, J. Riccardi

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 8th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Greater Western Sydney were then 6th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 24
Teams: Gold Coast v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 16 August 2025
Time: 12:35 PM
Venue: People First Stadium
Attendance: 16,007

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Greater Western Sydney
Score: 11.10.76 - 17.9.111

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Gold Coast	3	.	2	6	.	4	8	.	6	11	.	10	11	.	10	(76)
Greater Western Sydney	5	.	5	9	.	8	15	.	9	17	.	9	17	.	9	(111)
Margin	GWSY by 15			GWSY by 22			GWSY by 45			GWSY by 35			GWSY by 35
Duration	31:04			31:42			32:20			30:41			2:05:47

Honour Roll

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

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Finn Callaghan	GWSY	17	3
Noah Anderson	GCST	15	2
Lachie Ash	GWSY	7	1

Player Statistics

Gold Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
48	Adams, Oscar	INT↓	48%	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0
9	Ainsworth, Ben	CHF	81%	2	1	11	4	7	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1
15	Anderson, Noah (c)	RO	88%	0	2	32	16	16	6	0	5	8	4	1	1	5	7
1	Andrew, Mac	FB	92%	0	0	16	10	6	4	0	2	0	1	3	0	4	1
35	Budarick, Connor	HFFR	87%	1	0	10	5	5	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	1
25	Collins, Sam	BPR	94%	0	0	9	6	3	3	0	2	0	4	1	3	3	1
5	Davies, Alex	RR	59%	0	0	11	5	6	0	0	2	1	8	1	5	0	1
50	Farrar, Jy	FF	70%	1	2	12	7	5	6	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1
8	Fiorini, Brayden	WR	82%	0	0	15	8	7	3	0	2	2	1	1	0	3	2
3	Flanders, Sam	INT	81%	0	0	16	9	7	4	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	5
7	Holman, Nick	INT	72%	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	1
40	Jeffrey, Joel	HBFR	72%	0	0	15	9	6	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
34	King, Ben	FPR	82%	2	0	6	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
22	Long, Ben	FPL	90%	2	0	8	7	1	2	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	1
11	Miller, Touk	HFFL	83%	0	1	28	17	11	2	0	5	6	2	5	0	0	8
2	Noble, John	HBFL	81%	0	0	18	10	8	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	5	5
27	Powell, Wil	BPL	92%	0	1	21	16	5	6	0	5	0	3	1	0	4	4
20	Read, Ethan	INT	70%	2	0	6	4	2	4	2	1	0	3	0	2	0	1
18	Rowell, Matt	C	87%	1	0	25	10	15	2	0	4	8	1	1	1	1	5
6	Sexton, Alex	SUB↑	36%	0	1	6	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
32	Uwland, Bodhi	CHB	85%	0	0	18	12	6	7	0	4	0	0	3	0	3	0
14	Weller, Lachie	WL	80%	0	0	17	6	11	2	0	2	3	2	1	0	1	3
28	Witts, Jarrod	RU	88%	0	0	11	5	6	2	50	2	7	3	4	0	2	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				11	10	319	177	142	72	52	50	37	52	27	19	38	51

A. Sexton replaced O. Adams.

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Aleer, Leek	CHB	92%	0	0	7	2	5	3	0	2	0	2	1	2	0	0
9	Angwin, Ryan	WR	85%	0	0	19	9	10	3	0	5	1	2	1	1	3	1
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFR	79%	0	0	26	19	7	4	0	1	2	2	2	1	7	4
14	Bedford, Toby	HFFL	86%	2	0	12	6	6	3	0	6	0	3	1	2	0	3
32	Briggs, Kieren	RU	74%	0	1	13	6	7	1	22	3	1	2	0	1	1	3
46	Brown, Callum	FPR	81%	0	0	9	5	4	1	0	3	0	1	2	1	0	1
5	Cadman, Aaron	CHF	92%	2	0	13	12	1	4	0	5	0	3	3	1	0	3
17	Callaghan, Finn	RR	77%	0	0	29	18	11	8	0	6	8	3	1	1	0	7
3	Coniglio, Stephen	C	77%	1	1	19	10	9	1	0	2	3	6	0	4	0	3
37	Fonti, Joe	BPR	84%	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	3	0	1	1	0	2	1
12	Green, Tom	RO	84%	0	2	29	15	14	2	0	4	8	5	1	2	2	7
4	Greene, Toby (c)	FPL	90%	2	0	19	10	9	7	0	3	0	7	0	2	0	4
35	Gruzewski, Max	INT	66%	3	0	9	6	3	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
27	Himmelberg, Harry	INT↓	72%	0	0	15	9	6	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0
39	Idun, Connor	BPL	92%	0	0	14	10	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	0
2	Jones, Darcy	HFFR	83%	1	0	18	8	10	1	0	4	2	4	2	0	0	3
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	INT	76%	1	0	13	6	7	3	0	4	2	4	0	3	0	2
26	Riccardi, Jake	FF	67%	1	2	16	11	5	7	2	3	1	4	1	3	0	4
24	Rowston, Harry	INT	82%	4	0	12	9	3	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	96%	0	0	12	8	4	6	0	1	0	1	2	1	4	1
1	Thomas, Harvey	WL	78%	0	1	23	14	9	8	0	3	3	2	0	1	1	3
10	Wehr, Jacob	SUB↑	9%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
6	Whitfield, Lachie	HBFL	76%	0	1	27	20	7	5	0	3	0	1	1	0	10	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				17	9	363	218	145	88	24	68	31	55	19	27	40	56

J. Wehr replaced H. Himmelberg.

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

Gold Coast							Coach: Damien Hardwick
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	39	C. Idun	15	S. Taylor	37	J. Fonti	28	J. Witts	48	O. Adams
	34	B. King	50	J. Farrar	22	B. Long	5	A. Davies	3	S. Flanders
FORWARD							15	N. Anderson (c)	7	N. Holman
HALF-BACK									20	E. Read
	6	L. Whitfield	21	L. Aleer	7	L. Ash			6	A. Sexton
	35	C. Budarick	9	B. Ainsworth	11	T. Miller
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	1	H. Thomas	3	S. Coniglio	9	R. Angwin
	8	B. Fiorini	18	M. Rowell	14	L. Weller	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							32	K. Briggs	35	M. Gruzewski
HALF-FORWARD							17	F. Callaghan	27	H. Himmelberg
	14	T. Bedford	5	A. Cadman	2	D. Jones	12	T. Green	33	X. O'Halloran
	40	J. Jeffrey	32	B. Uwland	2	J. Noble			24	H. Rowston
HALF-BACK									10	J. Wehr
FORWARD
	4	T. Greene (c)	26	J. Riccardi	46	C. Brown
	25	S. Collins	1	M. Andrew	27	W. Powell
BACK
Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GWSY	Stephen Coniglio goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	02:19
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	03:40
	GCST	Wil Powell behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	06:25
	GWSY	Harry Rowston goal	0.1.1	-	2.1.13	09:18
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	0.1.1	-	3.1.19	10:57
	GWSY	Stephen Coniglio behind	0.1.1	-	3.2.20	12:03
	GCST	Ethan Read goal	1.1.7	-	3.2.20	14:29
	GWSY	Harvey Thomas behind	1.1.7	-	3.3.21	15:54
	GCST	Jy Farrar goal	2.1.13	-	3.3.21	19:50
	GWSY	Harry Rowston goal	2.1.13	-	4.3.27	22:58
	GWSY	Kieren Briggs behind	2.1.13	-	4.4.28	25:42
	GCST	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	4.4.28	26:28
	GWSY	Toby Bedford goal	2.2.14	-	5.4.34	27:35
	GCST	Connor Budarick goal	3.2.20	-	5.4.34	29:30
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi behind	3.2.20	-	5.5.35	30:59
Q2	GCST	Ben Long goal	4.2.26	-	5.5.35	00:54
	GWSY	Rushed behind	4.2.26	-	5.6.36	04:04
	GWSY	Xavier O'Halloran goal	4.2.26	-	6.6.42	07:00
	GWSY	Tom Green behind	4.2.26	-	6.7.43	09:37
	GCST	Jy Farrar behind	4.3.27	-	6.7.43	13:09
	GCST	Matt Rowell goal	5.3.33	-	6.7.43	16:48
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth goal	6.3.39	-	6.7.43	20:31
	GCST	Touk Miller behind	6.4.40	-	6.7.43	22:34
	GWSY	Lachie Whitfield behind	6.4.40	-	6.8.44	24:52
	GWSY	Darcy Jones goal	6.4.40	-	7.8.50	27:27
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	6.4.40	-	8.8.56	29:14
	GWSY	Harry Rowston goal	6.4.40	-	9.8.62	31:40
Q3	GWSY	Harry Rowston goal	6.4.40	-	10.8.68	06:16
	GCST	Noah Anderson behind	6.5.41	-	10.8.68	10:17
	GCST	Ben King goal	7.5.47	-	10.8.68	13:47
	GWSY	Max Gruzewski goal	7.5.47	-	11.8.74	15:06
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi goal	7.5.47	-	12.8.80	17:17
	GWSY	Toby Bedford goal	7.5.47	-	13.8.86	19:33
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth goal	8.5.53	-	13.8.86	23:17
	GCST	Alex Sexton behind	8.6.54	-	13.8.86	25:34
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	8.6.54	-	14.8.92	27:13
	GWSY	Tom Green behind	8.6.54	-	14.9.93	29:38
	GWSY	Max Gruzewski goal	8.6.54	-	15.9.99	30:51
Q4	GCST	Ben Ainsworth behind	8.7.55	-	15.9.99	02:27
	GCST	Ben King goal	9.7.61	-	15.9.99	11:15
	GCST	Ethan Read goal	10.7.67	-	15.9.99	14:47
	GCST	Rushed behind	10.8.68	-	15.9.99	17:50
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	10.8.68	-	16.9.105	19:09
	GCST	Ben Long goal	11.8.74	-	16.9.105	25:36
	GCST	Jy Farrar behind	11.9.75	-	16.9.105	27:45
	GCST	Noah Anderson behind	11.10.76	-	16.9.105	29:26
	GWSY	Max Gruzewski goal	11.10.76	-	17.9.111	30:39

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