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Club Information

Nickname
Giants

Formed
2011

Address
AFL/Cricket Precinct, Blacktown International Sports Park, Eastern Rd, Rooty Hill. NSW. 2766

Home Ground
Skoda Stadium, Olympic Park; Manuka Oval, Canberra; Blacktown Sports Park, Rooty Hill

Training Ground
Blacktown Sports Park

Current Affiliation
AFL 2012

Colours
Orange, charcoal and white

Emblem
Giants

Website
gwsgiants.com.au

CEO
David Matthews

President
Tony Shepherd

Coach
Kevin Sheedy

Assistant Coaches
Mark Williams, Dean Brogan, Luke Power, James McDonald, Stewart Edge, Brett Hand

Head of Football Operations
Graeme Allan

Recruiting Manager
Neville Stibbard

List Manager
Stephen Silvagni

Fitness Staff
John Quinn (sports science), Lachlan Wilmot (strength and conditioning)

GWS


Club Biography

"While the new franchise was able to take advantage of draft concessions by snaring five uncontracted players from other clubs - Phil Davis (Adelaide), Callan Ward and Sam Reid (WB), Rhys Palmer (Frem) and Tom Scully (Melb) - the job for Sheedy and Williams in the first couple of seasons was essentially going to be a teaching one. Understanding this, the club took the unusual step of recruiting four recently retired players to form part of an 'on-field' assistant coaching staff..."

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2013 Season

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GWS's 2013 Fixture

Rnd Home Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 S R Away Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 S Mgn Grd Date  
1 GWS 0.4 5.4 7.8 11.10 76 def by Sydney 4.5 9.7 12.9 16.10 106 -30 SA Mar 30 (Sat, 4:40) Details
2 Port Adelaide 2.5 8.9 12.17 19.20 134 def GWS 4.4 6.5 8.9 11.12 78 -56 FP Apr 6 (Sat, 7:10) Details
3 GWS 0.0 5.1 8.3 10.8 68 def by St Kilda 5.4 10.8 15.12 21.14 140 -72 MAN Apr 13 (Sat, 4:40) Details
4 Melbourne 4.5 7.7 10.10 22.12 144 def GWS 3.3 8.8 13.11 15.13 103 -41 M.C.G Apr 21 (Sun, 1:10) Details
5 GWS 3.3 7.4 12.6 16.8 104 def by Gold Coast 3.3 10.11 13.18 21.22 148 -44 MAN Apr 27 (Sat, 1:45) Details
6 Essendon 1.5 3.8 10.15 17.18 120 def GWS 5.2 7.5 8.9 12.9 81 -39 Docklands May 4 (Sat, 1:45) Details
7 GWS 0.4 2.7 6.8 7.10 52 def by Adelaide 4.5 11.8 22.10 29.13 187 -135 May 12 (Sun, 1:10) Details
8 Hawthorn 6.1 12.7 15.10 21.14 140 def GWS 2.1 5.2 8.2 9.3 57 -83 YP May 18 (Sat, 2:10) Details
9 GWS           vs West Coast             May 25 (Sat, 2:10)  
10 Carlton           vs GWS             Docklands Jun 1 (Sat, 1:45)  
11 GWS           vs Geelong             Jun 8 (Sat, 1:40)  
12 GWS           vs Port Adelaide             Jun 16 (Sun, 1:10)  
13 GWS  Bye
14 North Melbourne           vs GWS             Docklands Jun 30 (Sun, 3:15)  
15 GWS           vs Western Bulldogs             MAN Jul 6 (Sat, 1:45)  
16 Sydney           vs GWS             SCG Jul 14 (Sun, 1:10)  
17 GWS           vs Essendon             Jul 20 (Sat, 2:10)  
18 Collingwood           vs GWS             M.C.G Jul 27 (Sat, 4:40)  
19 GWS           vs Melbourne             Aug 3 (Sat, 1:45)  
20 Fremantle           vs GWS             S Aug 11 (Sun, 2:40)  
21 Brisbane           vs GWS             G Aug 17 (Sat, 7:40)  
22 GWS           vs Richmond             Aug 25 (Sun, 3:15)  
23 Gold Coast           vs GWS             CA Aug 30 (Fri, 12:00)  
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2013 Player Stats

J Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
30 Adams, Taylor 3 35 11.7 16 5.3 51 17.0 18 6.0 0 0.0 6 2.0 0 1 2 0.7 1 13
20 Brogan, Dean 4 16 4.0 17 4.3 33 8.3 10 2.5 73 18.3 8 2.0 6 7 3 0.8 1 19
47 Bruce, Josh 2 12 6.0 11 5.5 23 11.5 6 3.0 0 0.0 2 1.0 1 4 1 0.5 0 6
14 Bugg, Tomas 6 44 7.3 44 7.3 88 14.7 20 3.3 0 0.0 12 2.0 11 5 1 0.2 4 10
18 Cameron, Jeremy 7 48 6.9 25 3.6 73 10.4 34 4.9 1 0.1 12 1.7 6 12 18 2.6 5 113
3 Coniglio, Stephen 7 83 11.9 53 7.6 136 19.4 25 3.6 0 0.0 22 3.1 2 2 2 0.3 4 16
35 Corr, Aidan 2 6 3.0 9 4.5 15 7.5 4 2.0 0 0.0 1 0.5 1 2 0 0.0 0 0
16 Davis, Phil 5 43 8.6 29 5.8 72 14.4 25 5.0 0 0.0 5 1.0 5 6 0 0.0 0 0
48 Frost, Sam 2 7 3.5 12 6.0 19 9.5 4 2.0 4 2.0 2 1.0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
26 Giles, Jonathan 7 58 8.3 23 3.3 81 11.6 9 1.3 144 20.6 14 2.0 16 9 6 0.9 4 40
38 Gilham, Stephen 6 56 9.3 35 5.8 91 15.2 33 5.5 0 0.0 7 1.2 1 4 0 0.0 0 0
35 Greene, Toby 7 89 12.7 55 7.9 144 20.6 21 3.0 0 0.0 17 2.4 8 12 2 0.3 2 14
2 Hampton, Curtly 4 34 8.5 18 4.5 52 13.0 20 5.0 0 0.0 4 1.0 3 6 0 0.0 0 0
19 Haynes, Nick 2 11 5.5 4 2.0 15 7.5 7 3.5 0 0.0 3 1.5 0 4 0 0.0 0 0
33 Hoskin-Elliott, Will 3 30 10.0 9 3.0 39 13.0 14 4.7 0 0.0 4 1.3 2 2 0 0.0 3 3
40 Kennedy, Adam 6 45 7.5 28 4.7 73 12.2 23 3.8 0 0.0 5 0.8 4 4 0 0.0 0 0
25 Miles, Anthony 1 4 4.0 1 1.0 5 5.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
39 Mohr, Tim 7 91 13.0 26 3.7 117 16.7 35 5.0 1 0.1 5 0.7 4 3 0 0.0 1 1
17 O'Hailpin, Setanta 2 21 10.5 6 3.0 27 13.5 4 2.0 1 0.5 0 0.0 2 2 8 4.0 4 52
10 Palmer, Rhys 5 43 8.6 37 7.4 80 16.0 18 3.6 0 0.0 20 4.0 5 1 4 0.8 4 28
12 Patton, Jonathon 3 16 5.3 7 2.3 23 7.7 7 2.3 0 0.0 7 2.3 2 1 5 1.7 3 33
30 Plowman, Lachlan 4 27 6.8 12 3.0 39 9.8 14 3.5 0 0.0 3 0.8 3 2 0 0.0 0 0
11 Reid, Sam 5 36 7.2 38 7.6 74 14.8 16 3.2 0 0.0 23 4.6 7 6 0 0.0 0 0
31 Scully, Tom 7 73 10.4 44 6.3 117 16.7 27 3.9 1 0.1 27 3.9 4 19 4 0.6 2 26
5 Shiel, Dylan 7 58 8.3 87 12.4 145 20.7 21 3.0 1 0.1 21 3.0 7 7 4 0.6 4 28
34 Smith, Devon 6 57 9.5 33 5.5 90 15.0 17 2.8 0 0.0 22 3.7 4 6 7 1.2 4 46
28 Sumner, Liam 4 28 7.0 19 4.8 47 11.8 12 3.0 0 0.0 15 3.8 4 4 3 0.8 3 21
46 Thornton, Bret 1 12 12.0 2 2.0 14 14.0 11 11.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
20 Tomlinson, Adam 3 30 10.0 11 3.7 41 13.7 23 7.7 1 0.3 3 1.0 2 2 1 0.3 1 7
31 Townsend, Jacob 3 23 7.7 14 4.7 37 12.3 10 3.3 1 0.3 11 3.7 3 2 0 0.0 0 0
17 Treloar, Adam 7 83 11.9 80 11.4 163 23.3 35 5.0 1 0.1 17 2.4 5 5 7 1.0 2 44
14 Ward, Callan 7 90 12.9 78 11.1 168 24.0 33 4.7 8 1.1 23 3.3 10 5 3 0.4 3 21
6 Whitfield, Lachie 6 50 8.3 55 9.2 105 17.5 30 5.0 1 0.2 14 2.3 3 2 1 0.2 2 8
51 Williams, Zac 3 13 4.3 16 5.3 29 9.7 4 1.3 0 0.0 5 1.7 1 1 0 0.0 1 1
Totals 154 1372 8.9 954 6.2 2326 15.1 590 3.8 239 1.6 340 2.2 133 149 82 0.5 58 550