2025 AFL Season Round 25: West Coast v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 2025 between West Coast and Sydney during round twenty-five of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. West Coast hosted Sydney at Optus Stadium. Callum Mills captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Andrew McQualter and the visitors were coached by Dean Cox.

West Coast (7.9.51) were defeated by Sydney (18.10.118).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 25
Teams: West Coast v Sydney
Date: Saturday 23 August 2025
Time: 5:35 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 36,029

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Sydney
Score: 7.9.51 - 18.10.118

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
West Coast	3	.	2	6	.	6	6	.	7	7	.	9	7	.	9	(51)
Sydney	1	.	1	5	.	5	11	.	7	18	.	10	18	.	10	(118)
Margin	WCST by 13			WCST by 7			SYDN by 30			SYDN by 67			SYDN by 67
Duration	27:51			33:39			31:04			31:23			2:03:57

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (West Coast) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Sydney) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Andrew McQualter

Sydney

Captain: Callum Mills
Coach: Dean Cox

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Errol Gulden	SYDN	21	3
Chad Warner	SYDN	1	2
Nick Blakey	SYDN	22	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Baker, Liam	HBFR	91%	0	0	26	11	15	8	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	3
33	Bazzo, Rhett	BPL	82%	0	0	16	7	9	7	0	1	0	2	1	1	2	1
41	Brock, Sandy	FB	87%	0	0	13	7	6	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
10	Brockman, Tyler	INT	76%	0	0	6	4	2	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	1
18	Chesser, Campbell	WL	80%	0	0	15	8	7	1	0	0	3	5	0	1	3	1
28	Cole, Tom	INT	84%	0	0	20	13	7	7	0	5	0	0	3	0	2	1
15	Cripps, Jamie	FPR	92%	1	0	14	10	4	5	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	2
38	Davis, Hamish	HFFR	75%	0	0	13	8	5	4	0	6	0	2	1	0	0	0
43	Dewar, Tyrell	SUB↑	50%	0	0	7	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2
25	Flynn, Matt	RU	81%	1	0	14	5	9	5	20	0	1	2	0	2	1	1
7	Ginbey, Reuben	CHB↓	36%	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0
17	Graham, Jack	RR	83%	0	0	25	13	12	1	0	9	7	8	4	3	2	3
31	Grego, Lucca	HBFL	82%	0	0	14	9	5	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	5	1
29	Hall, Clay	INT	75%	0	0	17	6	11	1	0	6	6	6	2	2	1	3
8	Hewett, Elijah	RO	81%	0	1	14	5	9	3	0	4	2	1	2	0	0	3
19	Hough, Brady	BPR	88%	0	0	20	15	5	8	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	2
11	Kelly, Tim	C	84%	0	0	24	9	15	3	0	2	7	2	1	0	3	6
13	Long, Noah	FPL	77%	0	0	12	4	8	2	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	2
45	McCarthy, Tom	WR	77%	0	1	17	9	8	4	0	6	0	5	1	1	5	1
46	Newton, Jacob	INT	69%	1	1	5	5	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1
1	Ryan, Liam	HFFL	84%	0	1	11	10	1	7	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1
35	Shanahan, Jobe	FF	88%	3	2	6	6	0	3	0	1	0	3	3	1	0	1
32	Williams, Bailey	CHF	78%	1	0	7	6	1	2	11	1	2	1	2	1	0	1
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				7	9	323	180	143	87	31	57	35	52	25	14	36	38

T. Dewar replaced R. Ginbey.

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
26	Bice, Riley	SUB↑	33%	0	0	11	4	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Blakey, Nick	CHB	89%	2	3	20	16	4	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	3
39	Buller, Jack	FF	82%	3	1	14	7	7	8	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0
16	Campbell, Braeden	HFFR	74%	0	1	13	7	6	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	4
7	Cunningham, Harry	INT	74%	0	0	14	8	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Florent, Oliver	WL	77%	0	0	17	13	4	7	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	2
4	Grundy, Brodie	RU	82%	0	0	13	4	9	2	50	1	5	4	2	1	2	0
21	Gulden, Errol	WR	83%	2	0	36	21	15	10	0	0	3	6	1	1	1	6
9	Hayward, Will	FPL	80%	2	0	11	6	5	4	0	2	0	4	1	3	0	1
5	Heeney, Isaac	RR	88%	1	2	26	11	15	5	0	4	10	2	1	0	0	7
17	Jordon, James	RO	81%	0	0	17	6	11	2	0	4	2	5	0	3	1	1
44	Lloyd, Jake	HFFL	88%	0	0	22	12	10	6	0	5	1	1	0	0	3	3
30	McCartin, Tom	BPR	98%	0	0	22	11	11	7	0	0	0	3	1	1	5	1
2	McLean, Hayden	CHF	78%	2	0	10	7	3	4	4	2	1	3	1	1	0	2
43	Melican, Lewis	FB	83%	0	0	6	2	4	1	0	2	0	3	0	2	2	1
14	Mills, Callum (c)	BPL	77%	0	0	29	18	11	9	0	3	1	1	1	0	4	3
11	Papley, Tom	FPR	85%	3	1	27	19	8	8	0	4	2	2	2	1	0	7
24	Rampe, Dane	HBFL	84%	0	0	15	8	7	5	0	2	0	6	0	2	1	0
8	Rowbottom, James	INT	74%	2	0	11	10	1	2	0	11	2	2	2	2	1	4
12	Sheldrick, Angus	INT↓	43%	0	0	10	5	5	0	0	3	3	5	0	1	0	1
1	Warner, Chad	C	83%	1	0	17	7	10	5	0	4	5	5	0	3	1	3
37	Warner, Corey	INT	75%	0	1	14	11	3	10	0	0	1	3	0	1	3	5
15	Wicks, Sam	HBFR	90%	0	0	12	4	8	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				18	10	387	217	170	111	54	56	39	65	14	25	29	54

R. Bice replaced A. Sheldrick.

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

West Coast							Coach: Andrew McQualter
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	14	C. Mills (c)	43	L. Melican	30	T. McCartin	25	M. Flynn	10	T. Brockman
	15	J. Cripps	35	J. Shanahan	13	N. Long	17	J. Graham	28	T. Cole
FORWARD							8	E. Hewett	29	C. Hall
HALF-BACK									46	J. Newton
	24	D. Rampe	22	N. Blakey	15	S. Wicks			43	T. Dewar
	38	H. Davis	32	B. Williams	1	L. Ryan
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	13	O. Florent	1	C. Warner	21	E. Gulden
	45	T. McCarthy	11	T. Kelly	18	C. Chesser	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							4	B. Grundy	7	H. Cunningham
HALF-FORWARD							5	I. Heeney	8	J. Rowbottom
	44	J. Lloyd	2	H. McLean	16	B. Campbell	17	J. Jordon	12	A. Sheldrick
	3	L. Baker	7	R. Ginbey	31	L. Grego			37	C. Warner
HALF-BACK									26	R. Bice
FORWARD
	9	W. Hayward	39	J. Buller	11	T. Papley
	19	B. Hough	41	S. Brock	33	R. Bazzo
BACK
Sydney							Coach: Dean Cox

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WCST	Bailey Williams goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:51
	WCST	Jamie Cripps goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	03:31
	WCST	Jobe Shanahan goal	3.0.18	-	0.0.0	10:13
	SYDN	Braeden Campbell behind	3.0.18	-	0.1.1	16:01
	WCST	Jobe Shanahan behind	3.1.19	-	0.1.1	19:14
	WCST	Elijah Hewett behind	3.2.20	-	0.1.1	22:00
	SYDN	Hayden McLean goal	3.2.20	-	1.1.7	27:48
Q2	WCST	Liam Ryan behind	3.3.21	-	1.1.7	00:32
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney behind	3.3.21	-	1.2.8	02:08
	SYDN	Nick Blakey behind	3.3.21	-	1.3.9	04:09
	SYDN	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	1.4.10	05:41
	SYDN	Errol Gulden goal	3.3.21	-	2.4.16	06:14
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	3.3.21	-	3.4.22	08:15
	WCST	Rushed behind	3.4.22	-	3.4.22	09:38
	WCST	Jacob Newton goal	4.4.28	-	3.4.22	12:48
	WCST	Rushed behind	4.5.29	-	3.4.22	17:10
	WCST	Jobe Shanahan goal	5.5.35	-	3.4.22	19:13
	WCST	Rushed behind	5.6.36	-	3.4.22	21:15
	SYDN	Chad Warner goal	5.6.36	-	4.4.28	22:10
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	5.6.36	-	4.5.29	24:30
	SYDN	Jack Buller goal	5.6.36	-	5.5.35	26:19
	WCST	Matt Flynn goal	6.6.42	-	5.5.35	29:49
Q3	SYDN	Jack Buller goal	6.6.42	-	6.5.41	02:38
	SYDN	Nick Blakey goal	6.6.42	-	7.5.47	10:38
	SYDN	Corey Warner behind	6.6.42	-	7.6.48	12:12
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	6.6.42	-	8.6.54	14:41
	SYDN	James Rowbottom goal	6.6.42	-	9.6.60	18:57
	SYDN	Jack Buller behind	6.6.42	-	9.7.61	20:51
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	6.6.42	-	10.7.67	24:31
	WCST	Jobe Shanahan behind	6.7.43	-	10.7.67	26:59
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	6.7.43	-	11.7.73	28:14
Q4	SYDN	Nick Blakey behind	6.7.43	-	11.8.74	00:57
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	6.7.43	-	12.8.80	01:57
	WCST	Jobe Shanahan goal	7.7.49	-	12.8.80	06:52
	WCST	Tom McCarthy behind	7.8.50	-	12.8.80	09:50
	WCST	Jacob Newton behind	7.9.51	-	12.8.80	10:13
	SYDN	Nick Blakey behind	7.9.51	-	12.9.81	14:31
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney behind	7.9.51	-	12.10.82	16:27
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	7.9.51	-	13.10.88	17:47
	SYDN	Jack Buller goal	7.9.51	-	14.10.94	20:00
	SYDN	James Rowbottom goal	7.9.51	-	15.10.100	21:43
	SYDN	Errol Gulden goal	7.9.51	-	16.10.106	22:52
	SYDN	Hayden McLean goal	7.9.51	-	17.10.112	24:45
	SYDN	Nick Blakey goal	7.9.51	-	18.10.118	27:06

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