2017 Greater Western Sydney Giants season

Greater Western Sydney Giants
2017 season
President	Tony Shepherd
Coach	Leon Cameron
Captain(s)	Phil Davis (co-captain); Callan Ward
Home ground	Spotless Stadium (capacity: 25,000); Startrack Oval (capacity: 13,550)
Pre-season	2 wins, 1 loss
AFL season	4th
Finals series	Preliminary Final
Best & Fairest	Josh Kelly
Leading goalkicker	Jeremy Cameron
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The 2017 Greater Western Sydney Giants season is the 6th season in the Australian Football League contested by the Greater Western Sydney Giants.

2017 season squad

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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 Brett Deledio 8 Callan Ward (c) 9 Tom Scully 10 Devon Smith 11 Will Setterfield 12 Jonathon Patton 13 Isaac Cumming 14 Tim Taranto 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 Matt de Boer 26 Dawson Simpson 27 Harry Himmelberg 29 Zac Williams 30 Matt Flynn 31 Jeremy Finlayson 32 Ryan Griffen 33 Lachlan Tiziani 35 Aidan Corr 36 Harry Perryman 37 Rory Lobb 39 Tim Mohr 40 Adam Kennedy 41 Shane Mumford 44 Tom Downie				25 Tendai Mzungu 28 Zach Sproule 38 Daniel Lloyd 42 Jake Stein (B) 50 Sam Reid Joel Patfull		Head coach Leon Cameron Assistant coaches Alan McConnell (senior assistant) Amon Buchanan (forwards) Mark McVeigh (backline) Lenny Hayes (midfield) Dean Brogan (ruck/stoppages) Brett Hand (head of development) Nick Walsh (development) Roger Moten (development) Nick Maxwell (leadership) Brad Miller (NEAFL coach) Jason Saddington (academy) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Long-term injury list Upgraded rookie(s) (B) Category B rookie Updated: 22 March 2017 Source(s): Coaching staff, Senior list

Season summary

Pre-season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance	Ref.
Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Greater Western Sydney's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ref.
1	Saturday, 18 February (2:05 pm)	West Coast	0.10.10 (70)	0.5.7 (37)	Won by 33 points	Narrandera Sports Stadium (H)	3,984	^[1]
2	Friday, 3 March (7:40 pm)	Sydney	1.4.9 (42)	0.8.6 (54)	Lost by 12 points	Blacktown International Sportspark (H)	2,695	^[2]
3	Friday, 10 March (5:50 pm)	North Melbourne	2.15.17 (125)	0.12.15 (87)	Won by 38 points	Manuka Oval (H)	3,997	^[3]

Home and Away Season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance	Ref.
Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Greater Western Sydney's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ref.
1	Sunday, 26 March (2:45 pm)	Adelaide	22.15 (147)	14.7 (91)	Lost by 56 points	Adelaide Oval (A)	43,993	^[4]
2	Saturday, 1 April (4:35 pm)	Gold Coast	24.16 (160)	8.10 (58)	Won by 102 points	Spotless Stadium (H)	8,022	^[5]
3	Saturday, 8 April (1:45 pm)	North Melbourne	10.7 (67)	15.19 (109)	Won by 42 points	Blundstone Arena (A)	8,758	^[6]
4	Saturday, 15 April (4:35 pm)	Port Adelaide	16.16 (112)	11.15 (81)	Won by 31 points	UNSW Canberra Oval (H)	9,185	^[7]
5	Saturday, 22 April (7:25 pm)	Sydney	9.9 (63)	15.15 (105)	Won by 42 points	SCG (A)	34,824	^[8]
6	Friday, 28 April (7:50 pm)	Western Bulldogs	11.9 (75)	9.19 (73)	Won by 2 points	UNSW Canberra Oval (H)	14,048	^[9]
7	Friday, 5 May (7:50 pm)	St Kilda	16.12 (108)	12.13 (85)	Lost by 23 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	21,160	^[10]
8	Saturday, 13 May (4:35 pm)	Collingwood	15.12 (102)	15.9 (99)	Won by 3 points	Spotless Stadium (H)	11,360	^[11]
9	Saturday, 20 May (4:35 pm)	Richmond	11.12 (78)	10.15 (75)	Won by 3 points	Spotless Stadium (H)	10,677	^[12]
10	Sunday, 28 May (2:40 pm)	West Coast	14.6 (90)	14.14 (98)	Won by 8 points	Domain Stadium (A)	37,057	^[13]
11	Saturday, 3 June (4:35 pm)	Essendon	18.9 (117)	15.11 (101)	Won by 16 points	Spotless Stadium (H)	13,671	^[14]
12	Sunday, 11 June (3:20 pm)	Carlton	10.11 (71)	9.16 (70)	Lost by 1 point	Etihad Stadium (A)	23,194	^[15]
13	Bye
14	Saturday, 24 June (4:35 pm)	Brisbane Lions	12.14 (86)	22.14 (146)	Won by 60 points	Gabba (A)	11,455	^[16]
15	Saturday, 1 July (7:25 pm)	Geelong	10.8 (68)	10.8 (68)	Match drawn	Spotless Stadium (H)	15,007	^[17]
16	Saturday, 8 July (1:45 pm)	Hawthorn	14.13 (97)	15.7 (97)	Match drawn	University of Tasmania Stadium (A)	12,156	^[18]
17	Saturday, 15 July (7:25 pm)	Sydney	12.11 (83)	14.12 (96)	Lost by 13 points	Spotless Stadium (H)	21,924	^[19]
18	Sunday, 23 July (1:10 pm)	Richmond	9.10 (64)	6.9 (45)	Lost by 19 points	MCG (A)	33,467	^[20]
19	Saturday, 29 July (2:10 pm)	Fremantle	13.20 (98)	13.8 (86)	Won by 12 points	Spotless Stadium (H)	11,233	^[21]
20	Saturday, 5 August (1:45 pm)	Melbourne	14.13 (97)	10.2 (62)	Won by 35 points	UNSW Canberra Oval (H)	14,274	^[22]
21	Friday, 11 August (7:50 pm)	Western Bulldogs	7.15 (57)	16.9 (105)	Won by 48 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	30,672	^[23]
22	Saturday, 19 August (4:35 pm)	West Coast	12.9 (81)	9.6 (60)	Won by 21 points	Spotless Stadium (H)	15,751	^[24]
23	Saturday, 26 August (7:25 pm)	Geelong	15.13 (103)	8.11 (59)	Lost by 44 points	Simonds Stadium (A)	30,087	^[25]

Finals

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance	Ref.
Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Greater Western Sydney's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ref.
QF1	Thursday, 7 September (7:20 pm)	Adelaide	12.12 (84)	6.12 (48)	Lost by 36 points	Adelaide Oval (A)	52,805	^[26]
SF1	Saturday, 16 September (7:25 pm)	West Coast	19.11 (125)	9.4 (58)	Won by 67 points	Spotless Stadium (H)	14,865	^[27]
PF2	Saturday, 23 September (4:45 pm)	Richmond	15.13 (103)	9.13 (67)	Lost by 36 points	MCG (A)	94,258	^[28]

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide	22	15	6	1	2415	1776	136.0	62	2017 finals
2	Geelong	22	15	6	1	2134	1818	117.4	62
3	Richmond (P)	22	15	7	0	1992	1684	118.3	60
4	Greater Western Sydney	22	14	6	2	2081	1812	114.8	60
5	Port Adelaide	22	14	8	0	2168	1671	129.7	56
6	Sydney	22	14	8	0	2093	1651	126.8	56
7	Essendon	22	12	10	0	2135	2004	106.5	48
8	West Coast	22	12	10	0	1964	1858	105.7	48
9	Melbourne	22	12	10	0	2035	1934	105.2	48
10	Western Bulldogs	22	11	11	0	1857	1913	97.1	44
11	St Kilda	22	11	11	0	1925	1986	96.9	44
12	Hawthorn	22	10	11	1	1864	2055	90.7	42
13	Collingwood	22	9	12	1	1944	1963	99.0	38
14	Fremantle	22	8	14	0	1607	2160	74.4	32
15	North Melbourne	22	6	16	0	1983	2264	87.6	24
16	Carlton	22	6	16	0	1594	2038	78.2	24
17	Gold Coast	22	6	16	0	1756	2311	76.0	24
18	Brisbane Lions	22	5	17	0	1877	2526	74.3	20

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

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