2023 Greater Western Sydney Giants season

Greater Western Sydney Giants

2023 season
President	Tony Shepherd
Coach	Adam Kingsley
Captain	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)
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The 2023 Greater Western Sydney Giants Football Club season is the club's 12th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Overview

Greater Western Sydney's 2023 season overview

Captain	Coach	Home ground	W–L–D	Ladder	Finals	Best and fairest	Leading goalkicker	Refs
Toby Greene	Adam Kingsley	GIANTS Stadium & Manuka Stadium	15–11–0	7th	Preliminary Final	TBD	Toby 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 debut	Games (2023)	Goals (2023)	Games (GWS)	Goals (GWS)	Games (AFL career)	Goals (AFL career)
1	Phil Davis	2010 (Adelaide)	0	0	174	6	192	7
2	Darcy Jones	****	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Stephen Coniglio	2012	11	5	188	106	188	106
4	Toby Greene (c)	2012	9	26	200	291	200	291
5	Aaron Cadman	2023	7	4	7	4	7	4
6	Lachie Whitfield	2013	10	0	195	70	195	70
7	Lachie Ash	2020	11	1	67	5	67	5
8	Callan Ward	2008 (Western Bulldogs)	10	7	280	140	280	140
9	Ryan Angwin	2022	6	0	7	0	7	0
10	Jacob Wehr	2022	2	0	12	4	12	4
11	Braydon Preuss	2017 (North Melbourne)	0	0	10	2	28	11
12	Tom Green	2020	10	4	55	22	55	22
13	Isaac Cumming	2018	8	0	63	1	63	1
14	Toby Bedford	2020 (Melbourne)	5	3	5	3	23	12
15	Sam Taylor	2018	6	0	81	1	81	1
16	Brent Daniels	2018	10	16	72	38	72	38
17	Finn Callaghan	2022	11	1	16	3	16	3
18	Conor Stone	2021	3	0	9	3	9	3
19	Nick Haynes	2012	10	1	193	12	193	12
20	James Peatling	2021	10	0	26	9	26	9
21	Leek Aleer	2022	0	0	4	0	4	0
22	Josh Kelly	2014	9	5	185	112	185	112
23	Jesse Hogan	2015 (Melbourne)	11	21	38	45	128	246
24	Harry Rowston	2023	6	0	6	0	6	0
25	Lachlan Keeffe	2009 (Collingwood)	1	0	68	10	98	17
26	Jake Riccardi	2020	6	5	35	33	35	33
27	Harry Himmelberg	2016	10	10	137	159	137	159
29	Cameron Fleeton	2023	2	0	2	0	2	0
30	Matt Flynn	2021	9	1	33	10	33	10
31	Toby McMullin	****	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Kieran Briggs	2021	2	2	11	5	11	5
33	Xavier O'Halloran	2020	7	8	40	14	40	14
34	Josh Fahey	****	1	0	1	0	1	0
35	Max Gruzewski	****	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	Harry Perryman	2017	7	3	93	25	93	25
38	Daniel Lloyd	2017	8	3	86	66	86	66
39	Connor Idun	2019	11	0	53	0	53	0
40	Adam Kennedy	2012	5	0	153	14	153	14
41	Nicholas Madden	****	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	Jason Gillbee	****	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	Cooper Hamilton	2022	4	1	8	1	8	1
44	Jack Buckley	2020	11	0	28	0	28	0
45	Wade Derkson	****	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	Callum Brown	2021	4	0	14	6	14	6

Bold = Played all games in 2023

Squad changes

In

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

Out

No.	Name	Position	New Club	via
31	Jarrod Brander	Midfielder Forward	-	delisted [10]
5	Tanner Bruhn	Midfielder	Geelong	trade [11]
24	Matt de Boer	Midfielder	-	retired [12]
37	Bobby Hill	Medium Forward	Collingwood	trade [13]
2	Jacob Hopper	Midfielder	Richmond	trade [14]
28	Zach Sproule	Key Forward	-	delisted [15]
42	Jake Stein	Key Defender	-	delisted [15]
14	Tim Taranto	Midfielder	Richmond	trade [16]

Season

Main article: 2023 AFL season

Pre-season

GWS's 2023 AAMI Community Series fixtures

Date and local time	Opponent	Scores			Venue	Ref
		Home	Away	Result
Saturday, 4 March (12:10 pm)	Gold Coast	19.18.122	12.5.77	Won by 45 points	Blacktown ISP	[17]

Premiership season

GWS's 2023 AFL season fixture

Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance	Ladder position	Ref
			Scores
1	Saturday, 19 March (1:10 pm)	Adelaide	15.16.106	12.18.90	Won by 16 points	Giants Stadium [H]	8,169	7th	[18]
2	Sunday, 26 March (4:20 pm)	West Coast	14.16.100	11.15.81	Lost by 19 points	Optus Stadium [A]	44,649	10th	[19]
3	Saturday, 1 April (4:35 pm)	Carlton	9.10.64	9.20.74	Lost by 10 points	Giants Stadium [H]	9,691	10th	[20]
4	Sunday, 9 April (2:10 pm)	Essendon	11.22.88	11.9.75	Lost by 13 points	Marvel Stadium [A]	28,815	15th	[21]
5	Sunday, 16 April (1:40 pm)	Hawthorn	10.17.77	11.9.75	Won by 2 points	Norwood Oval [H]	9,057	12th	[22]
6	Saturday, 22 April (4:35 pm)	Brisbane Lions	13.9.87	16.12.108	Lost by 21 points	Giants Stadium [H]	10,461	12th	[23]
7	Saturday, 29 April (2:10 pm)	Sydney	16.10.106	17.5.107	Won by 1 point	SCG [A]	31,615	12th	[24]
8	Saturday, 6 May (7:30 pm)	Western Bulldogs	10.11.71	13.8.86	Lost by 15 points	Manuka Oval [H]	10,039	13th	[25]
9	Sunday, 14 May (4:40 pm)	Collingwood	18.12.120	7.13.55	Lost by 65 points	MCG [A]	37,631	15th	[26]
10	Sunday, 21 May (4:40 pm)	St Kilda	12.8.80	13.14.92	Lost by 12 points	Giants Stadium [H]	7,508	15th	[27]
11	Saturday, 27 May (4:35 pm)	Geelong	10.14.74	12.9.81	Won 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	Bye								Bye
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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Collingwood (P)	23	18	5	0	2142	1687	127.0	72	Finals series
2	Brisbane Lions	23	17	6	0	2180	1771	123.1	68
3	Port Adelaide	23	17	6	0	2149	1906	112.7	68
4	Melbourne	23	16	7	0	2079	1660	125.2	64
5	Carlton	23	13	9	1	1922	1697	113.3	54
6	St Kilda	23	13	10	0	1775	1647	107.8	52
7	Greater Western Sydney	23	13	10	0	2018	1885	107.1	52
8	Sydney	23	12	10	1	2050	1863	110.0	50
9	Western Bulldogs	23	12	11	0	1919	1766	108.7	48
10	Adelaide	23	11	12	0	2193	1877	116.8	44
11	Essendon	23	11	12	0	1838	2050	89.7	44
12	Geelong	23	10	12	1	2088	1855	112.6	42
13	Richmond	23	10	12	1	1856	1983	93.6	42
14	Fremantle	23	10	13	0	1835	1898	96.7	40
15	Gold Coast	23	9	14	0	1839	2006	91.7	36
16	Hawthorn	23	7	16	0	1686	2101	80.2	28
17	North Melbourne	23	3	20	0	1657	2318	71.5	12
18	West Coast	23	3	20	0	1418	2674	53.0	12

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

Awards and milestones

• Round 2 - Harry Rowstone (AFL Debut) ^[29]
• Round 2 - Adam Kennedy (150 Games) ^[30]
• Round 5 - Aaron Cadman (AFL Debut) ^[31]
• Round 7 - Toby Bedford (GWS Debut) ^[32]
• Round 9 - Cameron Fleeton (AFL Debut) ^[33]
• Round 11 - Toby Greene (200 Games) ^[34]
• Round 11 - Josh Fahey (AFL Debut) ^[35]
• Preliminary Final - Jake Riccardi (50 Games)

References

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External links

• Official Website of the GWS Football Club
• Official Website of the Australian Football League