2023 Greater Western Sydney Giants season
2023 season | |||
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President | Tony Shepherd | ||
Coach | Adam Kingsley | ||
Captain(s) | Toby Greene | ||
Home ground | Giants Stadium (capacity: 25,000) Manuka Oval (capacity: 13,550) | ||
Pre-season | 1 win, 0 losses | ||
AFL season | 7th | ||
Finals series | Preliminary Final | ||
Best & Fairest | Josh Kelly | ||
Leading goalkicker | Toby Greene (66) | ||
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The 2023 Greater Western Sydney Giants Football Club season is the club's 12th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Overview
Captain | Coach | Home ground | W–L–D | Ladder | Finals | Best and fairest | Leading goalkicker | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Toby Greene | Adam Kingsley | GIANTS Stadium & Manuka Stadium | 15–11–0 | 7th | Preliminary Final | TBD | Toby Greene | [1] |
Squad
Players are listed by guernsey number, and 2023 statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2023 AFL season only. Career statistics include a player's complete AFL career, which, as a result, means that a player's debut and part or whole of their career statistics may be for another club. Statistics are correct as of round 11 of the 2023 season (28 May 2023) and are taken from AFL Tables.
No. | Name | AFL debut | Games (2023) | Goals (2023) | Games (GWS) | Goals (GWS) | Games (AFL career) | Goals (AFL career) |
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1 | Phil Davis | 2010 (Adelaide) | 0 | 0 | 174 | 6 | 192 | 7 |
2 | Darcy Jones | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Stephen Coniglio | 2012 | 11 | 5 | 188 | 106 | 188 | 106 |
4 | Toby Greene (c) | 2012 | 9 | 26 | 200 | 291 | 200 | 291 |
5 | Aaron Cadman | 2023 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
6 | Lachie Whitfield | 2013 | 10 | 0 | 195 | 70 | 195 | 70 |
7 | Lachie Ash | 2020 | 11 | 1 | 67 | 5 | 67 | 5 |
8 | Callan Ward | 2008 (Western Bulldogs) | 10 | 7 | 280 | 140 | 280 | 140 |
9 | Ryan Angwin | 2022 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
10 | Jacob Wehr | 2022 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
11 | Braydon Preuss | 2017 (North Melbourne) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 11 |
12 | Tom Green | 2020 | 10 | 4 | 55 | 22 | 55 | 22 |
13 | Isaac Cumming | 2018 | 8 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 63 | 1 |
14 | Toby Bedford | 2020 (Melbourne) | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 12 |
15 | Sam Taylor | 2018 | 6 | 0 | 81 | 1 | 81 | 1 |
16 | Brent Daniels | 2018 | 10 | 16 | 72 | 38 | 72 | 38 |
17 | Finn Callaghan | 2022 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 3 |
18 | Conor Stone | 2021 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
19 | Nick Haynes | 2012 | 10 | 1 | 193 | 12 | 193 | 12 |
20 | James Peatling | 2021 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 26 | 9 |
21 | Leek Aleer | 2022 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
22 | Josh Kelly | 2014 | 9 | 5 | 185 | 112 | 185 | 112 |
23 | Jesse Hogan | 2015 (Melbourne) | 11 | 21 | 38 | 45 | 128 | 246 |
24 | Harry Rowston | 2023 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
25 | Lachlan Keeffe | 2009 (Collingwood) | 1 | 0 | 68 | 10 | 98 | 17 |
26 | Jake Riccardi | 2020 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 33 | 35 | 33 |
27 | Harry Himmelberg | 2016 | 10 | 10 | 137 | 159 | 137 | 159 |
29 | Cameron Fleeton | 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
30 | Matt Flynn | 2021 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 33 | 10 |
31 | Toby McMullin | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | Kieran Briggs | 2021 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
33 | Xavier O'Halloran | 2020 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 14 | 40 | 14 |
34 | Josh Fahey | **** | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
35 | Max Gruzewski | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | Harry Perryman | 2017 | 7 | 3 | 93 | 25 | 93 | 25 |
38 | Daniel Lloyd | 2017 | 8 | 3 | 86 | 66 | 86 | 66 |
39 | Connor Idun | 2019 | 11 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
40 | Adam Kennedy | 2012 | 5 | 0 | 153 | 14 | 153 | 14 |
41 | Nicholas Madden | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Jason Gillbee | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
43 | Cooper Hamilton | 2022 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
44 | Jack Buckley | 2020 | 11 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
45 | Wade Derkson | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
46 | Callum Brown | 2021 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 6 |
Bold = Played all games in 2023
Squad changes
In
No. | Name | Position | Previous Club | via |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | Aaron Cadman | Key Forward | GWV U18 | AFL national draft, first round (pick No. 1)[2] |
14 | Toby Bedford | Medium Forward | Melbourne | trade[3] |
42 | Jason Gillbee | Midfielder | Bendigo U18 | Category B rookie selections[4] |
41 | Nicholas Madden | Ruck | GIANTS Academy | Category B rookie selections[5] |
31 | Toby McMullin | MidfielderForward | Sandringham U18 | AFL national draft, second round (pick No. 34)[6] |
35 | Max Gruzewski | Key Forward | Oakleigh U18 | AFL national draft, second round (pick No. 22)[7] |
2 | Darcy Jones | Midfielder | Swans District | AFL national draft, first round (pick No. 21)[8] |
24 | Harry Rowston | Midfielder | Calder U18 | AFL national draft, first round (pick No. 16)[9] |
Out
No. | Name | Position | New Club | via |
---|---|---|---|---|
31 | Jarrod Brander | MidfielderForward | - | delisted[10] |
5 | Tanner Bruhn | Midfielder | Geelong | trade[11] |
24 | Matt de Boer | Midfielder | - | retired[12] |
37 | Bobby Hill | Medium Forward | Collingwood | trade[13] |
2 | Jacob Hopper | Midfielder | Richmond | trade[14] |
28 | Zach Sproule | Key Forward | - | delisted[15] |
42 | Jake Stein | Key Defender | - | delisted[15] |
14 | Tim Taranto | Midfielder | Richmond | trade[16] |
Season
Pre-season
Date and local time | Opponent | Scores | Venue | Ref | ||
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Home | Away | Result | ||||
Saturday, 4 March (12:10 pm) | Gold Coast | 19.18.122 | 12.5.77 | Won by 45 points | Blacktown ISP | [17] |
Premiership season
Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ladder position | Ref |
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Scores | |||||||||
1 | Saturday, 19 March (1:10 pm) | Adelaide | 15.16.106 | 12.18.90 | Won by 16 points | Giants Stadium [H] | 8,169 | 7th | [18] |
2 | Sunday, 26 March (4:20 pm) | West Coast | 14.16.100 | 11.15.81 | Lost by 19 points | Optus Stadium [A] | 44,649 | 10th | [19] |
3 | Saturday, 1 April (4:35 pm) | Carlton | 9.10.64 | 9.20.74 | Lost by 10 points | Giants Stadium [H] | 9,691 | 10th | [20] |
4 | Sunday, 9 April (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 11.22.88 | 11.9.75 | Lost by 13 points | Marvel Stadium [A] | 28,815 | 15th | [21] |
5 | Sunday, 16 April (1:40 pm) | Hawthorn | 10.17.77 | 11.9.75 | Won by 2 points | Norwood Oval [H] | 9,057 | 12th | [22] |
6 | Saturday, 22 April (4:35 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 13.9.87 | 16.12.108 | Lost by 21 points | Giants Stadium [H] | 10,461 | 12th | [23] |
7 | Saturday, 29 April (2:10 pm) | Sydney | 16.10.106 | 17.5.107 | Won by 1 point | SCG [A] | 31,615 | 12th | [24] |
8 | Saturday, 6 May (7:30 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 10.11.71 | 13.8.86 | Lost by 15 points | Manuka Oval [H] | 10,039 | 13th | [25] |
9 | Sunday, 14 May (4:40 pm) | Collingwood | 18.12.120 | 7.13.55 | Lost by 65 points | MCG [A] | 37,631 | 15th | [26] |
10 | Sunday, 21 May (4:40 pm) | St Kilda | 12.8.80 | 13.14.92 | Lost by 12 points | Giants Stadium [H] | 7,508 | 15th | [27] |
11 | Saturday, 27 May (4:35 pm) | Geelong | 10.14.74 | 12.9.81 | Won by 7 points | GMHBA Stadium [A] | 21,349 | [28] | |
12 | Sunday, 4 June (1:10 pm) | Richmond | Giants Stadium [H] | ||||||
13 | Sunday, 11 June (3:20 pm) | North Melbourne | Blundstone Arena [A] | ||||||
14 | Saturday, 17 June (4:35 pm) | Fremantle | Giants Stadium [H] | ||||||
15 | Bye | Bye | |||||||
16 | Sunday, 2 July (3:20 pm) | Melbourne | TIO Traeger Park [A] | ||||||
17 | Saturday, 8 July (4:35 pm) | Hawthorn | Giants Stadium [H] | ||||||
18 | Sunday, 16 July (1:10 pm) | North Melbourne | Marvel Stadium [A] | ||||||
19 | Sunday, 23 July (1:10 pm) | Gold Coast | Giants Stadium [H] | ||||||
20 | Saturday, 29 July (1:45 pm) | Western Bulldogs | Mars Stadium [A] | ||||||
21 | Saturday, 5 August (7:30 pm) | Sydney | Giants Stadium [H] | ||||||
22 | Sunday, 13 August (4:40 pm) | Port Adelaide | Adelaide Oval [A] | ||||||
23 | Saturday, 19 August (4:35 pm) | Essendon | Giants Stadium [H] | ||||||
24 | TBD | Carlton | Marvel Stadium [A] |
Ladder
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Collingwood (P) | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2142 | 1687 | 127.0 | 72 | Finals series |
2 | Brisbane Lions | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2180 | 1771 | 123.1 | 68 | |
3 | Port Adelaide | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2149 | 1906 | 112.7 | 68 | |
4 | Melbourne | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2079 | 1660 | 125.2 | 64 | |
5 | Carlton | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1922 | 1697 | 113.3 | 54 | |
6 | St Kilda | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1775 | 1647 | 107.8 | 52 | |
7 | Greater Western Sydney | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2018 | 1885 | 107.1 | 52 | |
8 | Sydney | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2050 | 1863 | 110.0 | 50 | |
9 | Western Bulldogs | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1919 | 1766 | 108.7 | 48 | |
10 | Adelaide | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 2193 | 1877 | 116.8 | 44 | |
11 | Essendon | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1838 | 2050 | 89.7 | 44 | |
12 | Geelong | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2088 | 1855 | 112.6 | 42 | |
13 | Richmond | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1856 | 1983 | 93.6 | 42 | |
14 | Fremantle | 23 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1835 | 1898 | 96.7 | 40 | |
15 | Gold Coast | 23 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1839 | 2006 | 91.7 | 36 | |
16 | Hawthorn | 23 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1686 | 2101 | 80.2 | 28 | |
17 | North Melbourne | 23 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1657 | 2318 | 71.5 | 12 | |
18 | West Coast | 23 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1418 | 2674 | 53.0 | 12 |
Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for
(P) Premiers
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for
(P) Premiers
Awards and milestones
- Round 2 - Harry Rowstone (AFL Debut)[29]
- Round 2 - Adam Kennedy (150 Games)[30]
- Round 5 - Aaron Cadman (AFL Debut)[31]
- Round 7 - Toby Bedford (GWS Debut)[32]
- Round 9 - Cameron Fleeton (AFL Debut)[33]
- Round 11 - Toby Greene (200 Games)[34]
- Round 11 - Josh Fahey (AFL Debut)[35]
- Preliminary Final - Jake Riccardi (50 Games)
References
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- ^ "Giant title: No.1 tag to motivate draft's top selection". afl.com.au. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Keating, Mitch (10 October 2022). "DONE DEAL: Demons trade Toby Bedford to GWS". Zero Hanger. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Rookie: Jason Gillbee". gwsgiants.com.au. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Rookie: Nick Madden". gwsgiants.com.au. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Pick 34: Toby McMullin". gwsgiants.com.au. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Pick 22: Max Gruzewski". gwsgiants.com.au. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Pick 21: Darcy Jones". gwsgiants.com.au. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Pick 16: Harry Rowston". gwsgiants.com.au. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Former Eagle among three axed by Giants". afl.com.au. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Tanner the Cat: First-round pick gets trade wish to join Geelong". afl.com.au. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "De Boer Calls Time". gwsgiants.com.au. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "First trade done: GWS livewire becomes a Magpie". afl.com.au. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Keating, Mitch (11 October 2022). "DONE DEAL: Richmond land Jacob Hopper, Giants gain first-round pick". Zero Hanger. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ a b "GIANTS Farewell Three". gwsgiants.com.au. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Giant gets his wish: Tigers give up first two picks to land Taranto". afl.com.au. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
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- ^ "AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results". afl.com.au. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results". afl.com.au. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results". afl.com.au. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results". afl.com.au. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results". afl.com.au. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results". afl.com.au. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results". afl.com.au. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results". afl.com.au. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Giants stun Cats on the Greene, Greene grass of Geelong". afl.com.au. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Dream Come True for Academy Graduate". gwsgiants.com.au. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Foundation GIANT Adam Kennedy Returns for Game 150". gwsgiants.com.au. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Giant step forward as No.1 draft pick earns debut". afl.com.au. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Bedford In for Sydney Derby XXV". gwsgiants.com.au. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Fleeton to Debut". gwsgiants.com.au. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Gould, Russell (28 May 2023). "Toby Greene opens up on journey to 200 AFL games". news.com.au.
- ^ Helmers, Caden (26 May 2023). "Canberra product set for Giants debut". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
External links
- Official Website of the GWS Football Club
- Official Website of the Australian Football League