2016 Greater Western Sydney Giants season

Greater Western Sydney Giants

2016 season
Coach	Leon Cameron
Captains	Phil Davis Callan Ward
Home ground	Spotless Stadium Manuka Oval
AFL season	4th
Finals series	Preliminary final
Kevin Sheedy Medal	Toby Greene
Leading goalkicker	Jeremy Cameron
Highest home attendance	21,790 vs Western Bulldogs (Preliminary final)
Lowest home attendance	8,308 vs Gold Coast (Round 8)
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Main article: 2016 AFL season

The Greater Western Sydney Giants' 2016 season is the club's fifth season in the Australian Football League (AFL). ^[1] The Giants finished in fourth place at the end of the 2016 season, ^[2] and won their first ever finals game. ^[1]

Playing squad

Greater Western Sydney Giants

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Phil Davis (c)  2 Jacob Hopper  3 Stephen Coniglio  4 Toby Greene  5 Dylan Shiel  6 Lachie Whitfield  7 Rhys Palmer  8 Callan Ward (c)  9 Tom Scully 10 Devon Smith 11 Jack Steele 12 Jonathon Patton 13 Paul Ahern 14 Jarrod Pickett 15 Matthew Kennedy 16 Nathan Wilson 17 Steve Johnson 18 Jeremy Cameron 19 Nick Haynes 20 Adam Tomlinson 21 Matthew Buntine		22 Josh Kelly 23 Heath Shaw (vc) 24 Joel Patfull 25 Cam McCarthy 26 Dawson Simpson 27 Harrison Himmelberg 28 Jake Barrett 29 Zac Williams 30 Matt Flynn 31 Jeremy Finlayson 32 Ryan Griffen 33 Will Hoskin-Elliott 34 Caleb Marchbank 35 Aidan Corr 36 James Stewart 37 Rory Lobb 39 Tim Mohr 40 Adam Kennedy 41 Shane Mumford 42 Pat McKenna 44 Tom Downie				38 Daniel Lloyd 50 Sam Reid		Head coach Leon Cameron Assistant coaches Alan McConnell (senior assistant) Mark McVeigh (backline) Luke Power (midfield) Lenny Hayes (midfield) Dean Brogan (ruck/stoppages) Amon Buchanan (forward) Brett Hand (head of development) Brad Miller (NEAFL coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Long-term injury list Upgraded rookie(s) Updated: 16 June 2016 Source(s): COACHING STAFF, Senior List

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney	22	17	5	0	2221	1469	151.2	68	2016 finals
2	Geelong	22	17	5	0	2235	1554	143.8	68
3	Hawthorn	22	17	5	0	2134	1800	118.6	68
4	Greater Western Sydney	22	16	6	0	2380	1663	143.1	64
5	Adelaide	22	16	6	0	2483	1795	138.3	64
6	West Coast	22	16	6	0	2181	1678	130.0	64
7	Western Bulldogs (P)	22	15	7	0	1857	1609	115.4	60
8	North Melbourne	22	12	10	0	1956	1859	105.2	48
9	St Kilda	22	12	10	0	1953	2041	95.7	48
10	Port Adelaide	22	10	12	0	2055	1939	106.0	40
11	Melbourne	22	10	12	0	1944	1991	97.6	40
12	Collingwood	22	9	13	0	1910	1998	95.6	36
13	Richmond	22	8	14	0	1713	2155	79.5	32
14	Carlton	22	7	15	0	1568	1978	79.3	28
15	Gold Coast	22	6	16	0	1778	2273	78.2	24
16	Fremantle	22	4	18	0	1574	2119	74.3	16
17	Brisbane Lions	22	3	19	0	1770	2872	61.6	12
18	Essendon	22	3	19	0	1437	2356	61.0	12

Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

References

1. Sharwood, Anthony (10 September 2016). "Giant Shock as GWS Have Big, Big Win Over Sydney Swans". HuffPost Australia . Retrieved 10 September 2016.
2. "Hawthorn beats Collingwood by one point to pinch third place, settle AFL top eight". ABC Sport . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.