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Round: 6 Venue: Sydney Showground Date: Sat, 30-04-2016 4:35 pm Crowd: 13,766 | |||||
Greater Western Sydney | 7.3.45 | 13.6.84 | 19.10.124 | 24.14.158 | C: Leon Cameron |
Hawthorn | 2.1.13 | 6.3.39 | 9.6.60 | 12.11.83 | C: Alastair Clarkson |
GWS by 32 | GWS by 45 | GWS by 64 | GWS by 75 |
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Brownlow Medal | 3 Rory Lobb (GWS) | 2 Callan Ward (GWS) | 1 Steve Johnson (GWS) |
Prior to GWS and Hawthorn meeting at the Sydney Showground on Saturday, there were signs for both sides of the day panning out in favour of the Giants. GWS, after a hiccup against Melbourne in round one, had been playing some very impressive high-scoring football and looking dangerous. The Hawks, on the other hand, had been winning since their own round one hiccup against Geelong, but only just, with their last three victories all lucky three-point results.
Still, no one would have expected what unfolded on Saturday afternoon in Sydney's west. The Giants were all over Hawthorn and thrashed the Hawks by a whopping 75 points, kicking the highest score of their four-and-a-half year history in the process. There's never been any doubt about GWS's talent, and the big win over Hawthorn is a strong indication that this talent has gelled into a cohesive force that could threaten for a flag in the very near future, some pundits saying as early this year.
Hawthorn made the early running, with the hero of last week's match against Adelaide, Paul Puopolo goaling at the four-minute mark after receiving a free kick. A handball from Toby Greene to Rory Lobb in the goal-square gave the Giants their first and they were away, majors to Jeremy Cameron and Stevie Johnson following to give them a 12-point lead midway through the term. Tom Scully extended the lead to 17 with his first at the 21-minute mark but Jack Gunston responded for the Hawks soon after. At the 25-minute mark the margin was still only two goals in favour of GWS but three goals in the last five minutes of the quarter - a second each to Lobb, Cameron and Johnson - had the Giants suddenly 32 points ahead at the first change of ends.
The shellshocked Hawks did not recover from there. They managed to conjure four goals in the second term but the Giants added another six of their own and the margin was out to 45 points at the long break. There was no letting up in the third quarter, and GWS kicked a further six goals to three in the third quarter to take a commanding 64-point lead into the last break.
Young up-and-coming sides can sometimes tire and/or relax in the last quarter of a match that's in its keeping, and it appeared GWS might do that in this case. The Giants failed to get a goal in the first nine minutes, while Hawthorn added a goal via Luke Breust to cut the difference to 56. But the Giants demonstrated a sternness and maturity after that, kicking four of the last six goals to win running away by more than 12 goals.
Veteran Heath Shaw was outstanding for the Giants, with 11 marks and 32 disposals in defence, as was Dylan Shiel (34 possessions, five tackles) in the midfield. For the Hawks, Jack Gunston (15 touches and five goals) was a fine player.
The win takes GWS up to fifth on the ladder and the Giants will go into their match against the winless Fremantle at Subiaco on Saturday night with great confidence. The Hawks, eight on the ladder with a 4-2 record but a poor percentage of just 91.8, will look to bounce back against Richmond at the MCG on Friday night.
GOALS
GWS: Johnson 5; Lobb 4; Cameron, Scully, Greene, Palmer 3; Whitfield 2; Ward
Hawthorn: Gunston 5; Breust 3; Puopolo 2; Howe, Rioli
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GWS: Shaw, Coniglio, Shiel, Lobb, Ward, Johnson, Whitfield
Hawthorn: Gunston, Breust, Birchall
BEST - THE SUNDAY AGE
GWS:
Shiel, Johnson, Lobb, Coniglio, Whitfield
Hawthorn: Gunston, Birchall, Breust, Lewis, McEvoy
INJURIES
GWS: Griffen (back) replaced in the selected side by Haynes
Hawthorn: Frawley (concussion)
UMPIRES: Foot, Ryan, McInerney
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy
COMMENTATORS: Anthony Hudson, Dermott Brereton, Alastair Lynch, Barry Hall
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the AFL.
Greater Western Sydney | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
21 | Buntine, Matt | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 194d | 32 | 1 |
18 | Cameron, Jeremy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23y 29d | 75 | 191 |
3 | Coniglio, Stephen | 12 | 3 | 18 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22y 137d | 67 | 25 |
1 | Davis, Phil | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25y 244d | 82 | 6 |
4 | Greene, Toby | 13 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22y 218d | 81 | 43 |
19 | Haynes, Nick | 9 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23y 348d | 45 | 4 |
17 | Johnson, Steve | 16 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 32y 301d | 259 | 468 |
22 | Kelly, Josh | 17 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21y 78d | 42 | 22 |
40 | Kennedy, Adam | 9 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 23y 293d | 67 | 4 |
37 | Lobb, Rory | 9 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23y 81d | 17 | 18 |
41 | Mumford, Shane | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29y 300d | 134 | 47 |
7 | Palmer, Rhys | 12 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27y 77d | 115 | 90 |
24 | Patfull, Joel | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31y 145d | 202 | 25 |
12 | Patton, Jonathon | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22y 346d | 37 | 41 |
9 | Scully, Tom | 10 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24y 351d | 109 | 40 |
23 | Shaw, Heath | 29 | 11 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30y 155d | 219 | 38 |
5 | Shiel, Dylan | 19 | 3 | 15 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23y 52d | 70 | 35 |
11 | Steele, Jack | 9 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20y 139d | 11 | 4 |
8 | Ward, Callan | 9 | 5 | 20 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26y 20d | 149 | 76 |
6 | Whitfield, Lachie | 16 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21y 287d | 57 | 25 |
29 | Williams, Zac | 8 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21y 223d | 35 | 10 |
16 | Wilson, Nathan | 13 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23y 114d | 38 | 11 |
Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 233 | 107 | 180 | 413 | 24 | 14 | 43 | 63 | 20 | 18 | 24y 270d | 1943 | 1224 |
Hawthorn | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
14 | Birchall, Grant | 10 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28y 93d | 222 | 31 |
22 | Breust, Luke | 8 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 25y 171d | 122 | 235 |
9 | Burgoyne, Shaun | 9 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 33y 192d | 301 | 245 |
18 | Ceglar, Jonathon | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25y 76d | 36 | 19 |
8 | Duryea, Taylor | 11 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25y 6d | 69 | 12 |
12 | Frawley, James | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27y 223d | 163 | 24 |
6 | Gibson, Josh | 9 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32y 48d | 195 | 3 |
19 | Gunston, Jack | 12 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24y 197d | 109 | 232 |
10 | Hill, Bradley | 8 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22y 296d | 77 | 47 |
15 | Hodge, Luke | 10 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 31y 320d | 275 | 188 |
41 | Howe, Daniel | 7 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20y 148d | 7 | 1 |
3 | Lewis, Jordan | 6 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 30y 6d | 246 | 135 |
36 | Lovell, Kieran | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18y 350d | 1 | 0 |
7 | McEvoy, Ben | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26y 294d | 129 | 49 |
5 | Mitchell, Sam | 11 | 1 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33y 201d | 291 | 67 |
23 | O'Brien, Tim | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 33d | 7 | 5 |
28 | Puopolo, Paul | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 28y 150d | 117 | 110 |
33 | Rioli, Cyril | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26y 291d | 163 | 234 |
26 | Shiels, Liam | 6 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25y 1d | 128 | 43 |
21 | Sicily, James | 7 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21y 115d | 9 | 15 |
16 | Smith, Isaac | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27y 122d | 117 | 104 |
24 | Stratton, Ben | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27y 60d | 123 | 1 |
Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 161 | 61 | 153 | 314 | 12 | 11 | 52 | 41 | 18 | 20 | 26y 204d | 2907 | 1800 |