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| Round: 19 Venue: Sydney Showground Date: Sat, 03-08-2013 1:45 pm Crowd: 8,308 | |||||
| Greater Western Sydney | 5.1.31 | 9.3.57 | 12.7.79 | 19.10.124 | C: Kevin Sheedy |
| Melbourne | 4.3.27 | 5.8.38 | 9.12.66 | 12.15.87 | C: Neil Craig |
| GWS by 4 | GWS by 19 | GWS by 13 | GWS by 37 | ||
| Weather |
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| Brownlow Medal | 3 Callan Ward (GWS) | 2 Tom Scully (GWS) | 1 Lachie Whitfield (GWS) |
Match Report
GWS has finally broken its 2013 "duck" with a win over hapless Melbourne at the Sydney Showground on Saturday afternoon. The Giants, who started as favourites in a match for the first time in their short existence, broke away from the Demons in the second quarter after a relatively even first term, and withstood a late third-quarter surge to eventually run away to an easy 37-point win.
The drought-breaking win, coming a year almost to the day after the Giants' last triumph, was set up by fine performances from co-captains Callan Ward (four goals and 31 touches) and Tom Scully (29 possessions), along with Lachie Whitfield (26 disposals, two goals) and Adam Treloar (30 possessions).
As he has been so many times this year in the face of adversity, Nathan Jones was again Melbourne's best, gathering 29 touches. Cam Pedersen (21 disposals and a goal and youngster Dean Kent (15 possessions and two goals) also gave their all.
The Giants will harbour some hope of overtaking the Demons in the season's final four weeks and avoiding the wooden spoon, although it's hard to see where the win they need will come. Thew Giants take on Fremantle, Bribane and Gold Coast away, and Richmond at home in their last month.
Melbourne's final four games sees it take on Gold Coast, Fremantle, Adelaide and the Bulldogs, with the Suns and Dogs perhaps chances for the Demons to add to their 2013 tally of two wins.
GOALS
GWS: Cameron, Ward 4; Smith 3; Whitfield, Giles 2; Tomlinson, Adams, Bugg, Shiel
Melbourne: Watts 2, Kent 2, Fitzpatrick 2, Howe, Spencer, Clisby, Trengove, Pedersen, Byrnes
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GWS: Ward, Whitfield, Scully, Treloar, Hampton, Smith, Bruce, Cameron
Melbourne: N Jones, Clisby, Pedersen, Viney, M Jones, Kent
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GWS: Ward, Smith, Whitfield, Haynes, Scully, Hampton
Melbourne: N Jones, Viney, Pedersen, Byrnes, Kent
INJURIES
GWS: Nil
Melbourne: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
GWS: Stephen Coniglio replaced Toby Greene at three-quarter time
Melbourne: Aaron Davey replaced Max Gawn during the third quarter
UMPIRES: Bannister, Wenn, Ryan
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network
COMMENTATORS: Hamish McLachlan, Basil Zempilas, Tom Harley, Andrew Welsh
Source
Match report by Andrew GigaczFootnotes
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
Match stats
| Greater Western Sydney | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 11 | Adams, Taylor | 12 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19y 317d | 28 | 10 |
| 50 | Brogan, Dean | 8 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 34y 232d | 191 | 53 |
| 47 | Bruce, Josh | 9 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21y 56d | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | Bugg, Tomas | 12 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20y 120d | 29 | 9 |
| 18 | Cameron, Jeremy | 9 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20y 124d | 33 | 83 |
| 3 | Coniglio, Stephen | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19y 231d | 26 | 6 |
| 1 | Davis, Phil | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22y 338d | 49 | 6 |
| 26 | Giles, Jonathan | 8 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 25y 207d | 38 | 30 |
| 4 | Greene, Toby | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19y 312d | 34 | 10 |
| 2 | Hampton, Curtly | 15 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20y 146d | 31 | 7 |
| 19 | Haynes, Nick | 10 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21y 77d | 16 | 1 |
| 40 | Kennedy, Adam | 8 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21y 22d | 30 | 0 |
| 39 | Mohr, Tim | 12 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24y 288d | 31 | 1 |
| 9 | Scully, Tom | 11 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22y 80d | 67 | 19 |
| 5 | Shiel, Dylan | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20y 147d | 30 | 15 |
| 10 | Smith, Devon | 17 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 20y 75d | 37 | 25 |
| 20 | Tomlinson, Adam | 11 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19y 358d | 22 | 6 |
| 17 | Treloar, Adam | 14 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20y 147d | 35 | 21 |
| 8 | Ward, Callan | 17 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23y 115d | 98 | 52 |
| 42 | Whiley, Mark | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20y 245d | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | Whitfield, Lachie | 17 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19y 16d | 16 | 7 |
| 51 | Williams, Zac | 11 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18y 317d | 8 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 226 | 112 | 162 | 388 | 19 | 10 | 31 | 55 | 19 | 21 | 21y 247d | 869 | 365 | |
| Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 10 | Byrnes, Shannon | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29y 118d | 123 | 111 |
| 50 | Clisby, Mitch | 14 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 23y 210d | 7 | 1 |
| 36 | Davey, Aaron | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30y 54d | 174 | 173 |
| 14 | Dunn, Lynden | 9 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26y 81d | 113 | 90 |
| 48 | Fitzpatrick, Jack | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 22y 38d | 12 | 16 |
| 20 | Garland, Colin | 7 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25y 97d | 97 | 13 |
| 37 | Gawn, Max | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21y 216d | 16 | 8 |
| 31 | Grimes, Jack | 9 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24y 84d | 64 | 5 |
| 38 | Howe, Jeremy | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23y 35d | 53 | 61 |
| 45 | Jones, Matt | 11 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25y 289d | 18 | 2 |
| 2 | Jones, Nathan | 10 | 2 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25y 195d | 153 | 75 |
| 34 | Kent, Dean | 10 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19y 160d | 11 | 5 |
| 25 | McDonald, Tom | 9 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20y 319d | 35 | 0 |
| 21 | Pedersen, Cameron | 12 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26y 139d | 25 | 25 |
| 42 | Spencer, Jake | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 23y 298d | 20 | 3 |
| 12 | Sylvia, Colin | 8 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 27y 268d | 153 | 126 |
| 35 | Tapscott, Luke | 9 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22y 36d | 41 | 9 |
| 46 | Terlich, Dean | 10 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 23y 233d | 16 | 0 |
| 5 | Toumpas, Jimmy | 7 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19y 213d | 12 | 0 |
| 9 | Trengove, Jack | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21y 335d | 75 | 38 |
| 7 | Viney, Jack | 9 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19y 112d | 9 | 1 |
| 4 | Watts, Jack | 9 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22y 130d | 69 | 52 |
| Rushed | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 179 | 84 | 152 | 331 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 42 | 21 | 19 | 23y 300d | 1296 | 814 | |