2023 Greater Western Sydney Giants season

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Greater Western Sydney Giants
2023 season
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)
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Greater Western Sydney Giants Football Club season is the club's 12th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Contents

Overview

Greater Western Sydney's 2023 season overview
CaptainCoachHome groundW–L–DLadderFinalsBest and fairestLeading goalkickerRefs
Toby Greene Adam Kingsley GIANTS Stadium & Manuka Stadium 15–11–07thPreliminary FinalTBDToby 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 debutGames (2023)Goals (2023)Games (GWS)Goals (GWS)Games (AFL career)Goals (AFL career)
1 Phil Davis 2010 (Adelaide)0017461927
2 Darcy Jones ****000000
3 Stephen Coniglio 2012115188106188106
4 Toby Greene (c)2012926200291200291
5 Aaron Cadman 2023747474
6 Lachie Whitfield 20131001957019570
7 Lachie Ash 2020111675675
8 Callan Ward 2008 (Western Bulldogs)107280140280140
9 Ryan Angwin 2022607070
10 Jacob Wehr 202220124124
11 Braydon Preuss 2017 (North Melbourne)001022811
12 Tom Green 202010455225522
13 Isaac Cumming 201880631631
14 Toby Bedford 2020 (Melbourne)53532312
15 Sam Taylor 201860811811
16 Brent Daniels 2018101672387238
17 Finn Callaghan 2022111163163
18 Conor Stone 2021309393
19 Nick Haynes 20121011931219312
20 James Peatling 2021100269269
21 Leek Aleer 2022004040
22 Josh Kelly 201495185112185112
23 Jesse Hogan 2015 (Melbourne)11213845128246
24 Harry Rowston 2023606060
25 Lachlan Keeffe 2009 (Collingwood)1068109817
26 Jake Riccardi 20206535333533
27 Harry Himmelberg 20161010137159137159
29 Cameron Fleeton 2023202020
30 Matt Flynn 20219133103310
31 Toby McMullin ****000000
32 Kieran Briggs 202122115115
33 Xavier O'Halloran 20207840144014
34 Josh Fahey ****101010
35 Max Gruzewski ****000000
36 Harry Perryman 20177393259325
38 Daniel Lloyd 20178386668666
39 Connor Idun 2019110530530
40 Adam Kennedy 2012501531415314
41 Nicholas Madden ****000000
42 Jason Gillbee ****000000
43 Cooper Hamilton 2022418181
44 Jack Buckley 2020110280280
45 Wade Derkson ****000000
46 Callum Brown 202140146146

Bold = Played all games in 2023

Squad changes

In

No.NamePositionPrevious Clubvia
5 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Aaron Cadman Key Forward GWV U18 AFL national draft, first round (pick No. 1) [2]
14 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Toby Bedford Medium Forward Melbourne trade [3]
42 Flag of New South Wales.svg Jason Gillbee Midfielder Bendigo U18 Category B rookie selections [4]
41 Flag of New South Wales.svg Nicholas Madden Ruck GIANTS Academy Category B rookie selections [5]
31 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Toby McMullin Midfielder Forward Sandringham U18 AFL national draft, second round (pick No. 34) [6]
35 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Max Gruzewski Key Forward Oakleigh U18 AFL national draft, second round (pick No. 22) [7]
2 Flag of Western Australia.svg Darcy Jones Midfielder Swans District AFL national draft, first round (pick No. 21) [8]
24 Flag of New South Wales.svg Harry Rowston Midfielder Calder U18 AFL national draft, first round (pick No. 16) [9]

Out

No.NamePositionNew Clubvia
31 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Jarrod Brander Midfielder Forward -delisted [10]
5 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Tanner Bruhn Midfielder Geelong trade [11]
24 Flag of Western Australia.svg Matt de Boer Midfielder -retired [12]
37 Flag of Western Australia.svg Bobby Hill Medium Forward Collingwood trade [13]
2 Flag of New South Wales.svg Jacob Hopper Midfielder Richmond trade [14]
28 Flag of New South Wales.svg Zach Sproule Key Forward -delisted [15]
42 Flag of New South Wales.svg Jake Stein Key Defender -delisted [15]
14 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Tim Taranto Midfielder Richmond trade [16]

Season

Pre-season

GWS's 2023 AAMI Community Series fixtures
Date and local timeOpponentScoresVenueRef
HomeAwayResult
Saturday, 4 March (12:10 pm) Gold Coast 19.18.12212.5.77Won by 45 points Blacktown ISP [17]

Premiership season

GWS's 2023 AFL season fixture
RoundDate and local timeOpponentHomeAwayResultVenueAttendanceLadder positionRef
Scores
1 Saturday, 19 March (1:10 pm) Adelaide 15.16.10612.18.90Won by 16 points Giants Stadium [H]8,1697th [18]
2 Sunday, 26 March (4:20 pm) West Coast 14.16.10011.15.81Lost by 19 points Optus Stadium [A]44,64910th [19]
3 Saturday, 1 April (4:35 pm) Carlton 9.10.649.20.74Lost by 10 points Giants Stadium [H]9,69110th [20]
4 Sunday, 9 April (2:10 pm) Essendon 11.22.8811.9.75Lost by 13 points Marvel Stadium [A]28,81515th [21]
5 Sunday, 16 April (1:40 pm) Hawthorn 10.17.7711.9.75Won by 2 points Norwood Oval [H]9,05712th [22]
6 Saturday, 22 April (4:35 pm) Brisbane Lions 13.9.8716.12.108Lost by 21 points Giants Stadium [H]10,46112th [23]
7 Saturday, 29 April (2:10 pm) Sydney 16.10.10617.5.107Won by 1 point SCG [A]31,61512th [24]
8 Saturday, 6 May (7:30 pm) Western Bulldogs 10.11.7113.8.86Lost by 15 points Manuka Oval [H]10,03913th [25]
9 Sunday, 14 May (4:40 pm) Collingwood 18.12.1207.13.55Lost by 65 points MCG [A]37,63115th [26]
10 Sunday, 21 May (4:40 pm) St Kilda 12.8.8013.14.92Lost by 12 points Giants Stadium [H]7,50815th [27]
11 Saturday, 27 May (4:35 pm) Geelong 10.14.7412.9.81Won 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 ByeBye
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

PosTeam
PldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Collingwood (P)23185021421687127.072Finals series
2 Brisbane Lions 23176021801771123.168
3 Port Adelaide 23176021491906112.768
4 Melbourne 23167020791660125.264
5 Carlton 23139119221697113.354
6 St Kilda 231310017751647107.852
7 Greater Western Sydney 231310020181885107.152
8 Sydney 231210120501863110.050
9 Western Bulldogs 231211019191766108.748
10 Adelaide 231112021931877116.844
11 Essendon 23111201838205089.744
12 Geelong 231012120881855112.642
13 Richmond 23101211856198393.642
14 Fremantle 23101301835189896.740
15 Gold Coast 2391401839200691.736
16 Hawthorn 2371601686210180.228
17 North Melbourne 2332001657231871.512
18 West Coast 2332001418267453.012
Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for
(P) Premiers

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