Where and when: UNSW Canberra Oval, Saturday April 20, 1.45pm AEST
Last time they met: UNSW Canberra Oval, round four, 2018: GWS 11.16 (82) defeated Fremantle 7.9 (51)
The Dockers got the start they wanted and led at the first change, but the Giants kicked 10 goals to four after quarter-time to win a scrappy affair in Canberra. Fallen co-captain Callan Ward grabbed the three Brownlow votes for his 34 possessions, while Nick Haynes dominated across half-back with 15 marks and 29 touches.
What it means for GWS: After last week’s outstanding win at Geelong, a first for the club, the home side must maintain their momentum by beating the Dockers. If they’re really flag contenders, they’ll win big.
What it means for Fremantle: The wasteful Dockers had their chances against West Coast last week and a similar effort will see them head back to Perth with the same result. At 2-2 Fremantle must take a big scalp.
How GWS wins: Even without the injured Ward the Giants midfield is stacked with talent and runs too deep for the Dockers to stop. Jeremy Cameron and Jeremy Finlayson are in a rich vein of form and they’ll get plenty of opportunities.
How Fremantle wins: He’s had an inconsistent year so far, but if Michael Walters can break free his impact on the game will be immense. Time to throw him into the midfield and let the skilful left-footer have an influence.
The match-up: Shane Mumford v Rory Lobb
The master and his former apprentice will lock horns for the first time since Lobb walked out on the Giants last year to head home to Perth. Lobb – ranked 131st in the Schick AFL Player Ratings – hasn’t coped well against physical ruckman in the past so it will be a massive challenge, but he has the athleticism to hurt Mumford (323rd) around the ground and forward.
It’s a big week for: Matt de Boer
The former Docker learnt his tagging craft at Fremantle and is likely to get another job this week. The returning Nat Fyfe will attract de Boer’s attention in Canberra and the Giant will know the captain’s game well after playing on him in match simulation at training for years.
Big call: In blistering form already, tough midfielder Jacob Hopper will elevate his game even more with Ward gone for the year and register 40 possessions in a game for the first time in his career.
Thommo’s Tip: GWS by 50 points.
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LATE CHANGES
Greater Western Sydney: Nil
Fremantle: Cam McCarthy (illness) replaced in selected side by Brennan Cox
FINAL INTERCHANGES
Greater Western Sydney: Jackson Hately, Brent Daniels, Daniel Lloyd, Adam Kennedy
Fremantle: Reece Conca, Andrew Brayshaw, Brennan Cox, Taylin Duman
Who to v into Cripps
T/u Whitfield
T/d Gawn
freo by 10 goals , kelly BOG , cameron 7
oops , sorry , GWS by 10 goals
Can see Cameron being a Top6 fwd this year. Gaining confidence every week.
thanks !!
lol
spewn i’m worn’n tonight , wooda liked to watch tigers swans , gna be a good game
PJ, how old are you and what do you do for a crust? If you don’t mind me asking…
should never give out too much info mate , only ever has a negative impact , that being said , i’m long in the tooth & my job takes me to multiple locations , tonight i’m work’n @ the G
All good games today mate. Go Saints 😉
Kembla Race 4 Number 1 Cock Match
Cogs had the nut 14 times in the 1st
He’ll have a quiet second half then. Or at least that was the trend last year 🙁
GWS tagging the wrong guy Fyfe killing it
WOw Dockers given the Giants all they can handle right now.
Nailing these tips again!
I got 2 tips last week. The leader in our comp is 8 year olds.
I’ve got Whitfield, Cogs and Williams rolling in this game. Very happy at half time!!!
Exactly same for me rb, nice comeback from darling debacle.
Couldn’t quite follow why people were moving on williams , was ave 85 even after last weeks so so game!
Cogs was completely screwed in that quarter – spent a good 10 minutes stuck on interchange – only scored a few points, when he finaly got back on he was given a hospital pass on the sideline and kicked it out with no room to move – further killing his (already bad) DE … Giants need to get their bench rotations working better …
Half Time – Dockers lead Giants 55 – 51
Western Sydney Giants: 7.9.51
Stephen Coniglio 64
Josh Kelly 63
Zac Williams 61
Shane Mumford 59
Lachie Whitfield 56
Adam Tomlinson 56
Jeremy Finlayson 46
Jackson Hately 43
Brent Daniels* 38
Tim Taranto 37
Jacob Hopper 37
Nick Haynes 34
Phil Davis 32
Sam J. Reid 31
Matthew de Boer 31
Heath Shaw 30
Matthew Buntine 30
H. Himmelberg 30
Jeremy Cameron 29
Sam Taylor 25
Adam Kennedy 19
Daniel Lloyd 16
Fremantle Dockers: 8.7.55
Ed Langdon 68
Matt Taberner 60
Michael Walters 56
Jesse Hogan 53
Nat Fyfe 51
Rory Lobb 51
Reece Conca 45
Darcy Tucker 42
Luke Ryan 41
Adam Cerra 40
S. Switkowski 39
David Mundy 38
Ethan Hughes 36
Bradley Hill 36
Travis Colyer 34
Brandon Matera 32
Joel Hamling 26
Nathan Wilson 24
Brennan Cox 17
Andrew Brayshaw 15
Taylin Duman 15
Alex Pearce 9
C’mon whitfield….dont give me one of those awkward v scores.
Half time question….already looking at 2020.
Do titch and doc get a 30% discount….thats 511k and 358k each if so. Two selections locked already !!
Cogs, Williams, Mumford & Whitfield in top 5 SC points for GWS
Liking this game 😉
Rolling with Whitfield Williams and Cogs in this game. Great first half!
A bit unsure of my VC conundrum. Can go Gawn and use sweet as loop or constable as a loop and VC macrae/cripps into danger.
Leaning towards the second option but means I need to take 2 of Atkins stack and Wagner rather than looping with constable as I’d use him as C loop.
Anyone able to offer any tips? Cheers!
Whichever one gets you the most points …. oh wait, that’s with hindsight.!!
Tough one mate, Gawn not as prolific as last year yet, but should still score well … Macrae against the blues should score well too .. go with your gut is all you can do! (mine was wrong on Neale the other night!)
Thanks mate! Yeah looks like most VC options have gone south so far
Think I’ll go with my gut and VC macrae or cripps and hope for good scores from Wagner and Atkins!
Fyfe playing really stuffs up Mundy.
When Fyfe doesn’t play, Mundy guaranteed off 100+ … when he’s back, Mundy seems to get badly sidelined … beware those that have Mundy …
How did Williams lose 11 points within a couple of minutes of the 3rd quarter resuming?
gave away a 50m penalty that led to a goal
luke Ryans score keeps going up and I literally haven’t seem him do a thing in the last 5 minutes … how is this possible???!!!
his score has increaed by 34 points – he has ‘supposedly’ kicked 3 kicks and 2 handballs … this is absolute BS scoring!!!
his score has increaed by 34 points – he has ‘supposedly’ kicked 3 kicks and 2 handballs (since half time) … this is absolute BS scoring!!!
3Qtr time – Giants lead 73 to 69
Western Sydney Giants: 10.13.73
Stephen Coniglio 86
Adam Tomlinson 84
Jeremy Finlayson 75
Sam J. Reid 75
Josh Kelly 73
Shane Mumford 72
Jackson Hately 70
Lachie Whitfield 69
Brent Daniels* 69
Phil Davis 66
Tim Taranto 65
Zac Williams 62
Jeremy Cameron 59
Heath Shaw 57
Matthew Buntine 56
Sam Taylor 50
Matthew de Boer 48
Nick Haynes 46
Jacob Hopper 46
Adam Kennedy 45
H. Himmelberg 40
Daniel Lloyd 30
Fremantle Dockers: 10.9.69
Ed Langdon 105
Nat Fyfe 92
Michael Walters 85
Luke Ryan 81
Ethan Hughes 67
Matt Taberner 64
David Mundy 64
Darcy Tucker 64
Rory Lobb 59
Jesse Hogan 58
Reece Conca 50
Brandon Matera 49
Andrew Brayshaw 45
Adam Cerra 40
Nathan Wilson 40
Bradley Hill 40
S. Switkowski 37
Travis Colyer 37
Brennan Cox 34
Joel Hamling 28
Taylin Duman 27
Alex Pearce 12
Getting increasingly disillusioned with scoring … it is seriously a joke if you watch the matches and keep the cores live while you do so …
It’s like they just spin a giant wheel with the players names on it.
Spoke too soon about my three Giants players. Was looking at 120s each, now will struggle for tons from each of them.
yeah mate, was going to say something earlier … then thought “i’ll stay quiet too and not put further mocka on us” !!!
Giants have fallen in a heap …
Setterfield a blessing in disguise…meant I couldn’t v cripps and went Whitfield. Ahh well…just have to put c on cripps instead !!
Coniglio just had two kicks (1 inside 50) a handball and a tackle – his score went up 1 point!!! FFS – CD are a joke!!
yep – meant to post here that his score went from 95 to 96 at the time … CD have seriously ripped him off alone a good 20 points in this match …
Sammy, I wasn’t watching Lachie enough to see if he was being similarly badly scored, but he didn’t get it anywhere enough – so would think he is down a bit …
ON the other side, Luke Ryan received ridiculous favouritism – when I posted above, went from 41 at start of 3rd to 75 with only 3 kicks and 2 hbs and nothing much else at all … not sure how at all possible – (ie i mean, watching, he literally didn’t do anything!!!)
I’m inclined not to post final scores out of protest … seriously we need to get a lot of people emailing SC and complaining …
Regret captaining whitfield now.. 3 x 120+ scores and he drops an 85ish when i captain. Nice
Here’s the BS SC scores from CD …
Western Sydney Giants: 11.16.82
Stephen Coniglio 101
Jackson Hately 94
Josh Kelly 91
Adam Tomlinson 91
Zac Williams 90
Sam J. Reid 88
Lachie Whitfield 83
Shane Mumford 83
Jeremy Cameron 82
Jeremy Finlayson 81
Phil Davis 81
Brent Daniels* 79
Jacob Hopper 66
Tim Taranto 65
Matthew Buntine 62
Nick Haynes 60
Heath Shaw 59
Matthew de Boer 57
Sam Taylor 57
Adam Kennedy 51
Daniel Lloyd 45
H. Himmelberg 40
Fremantle Dockers: 16.10.106
Michael Walters 139
Ed Langdon 127
Matt Taberner 113
Nat Fyfe 104
Luke Ryan 92
Jesse Hogan 82
Ethan Hughes 82
David Mundy 81
Darcy Tucker 80
Brandon Matera 78
Rory Lobb 78
Travis Colyer 60
Bradley Hill 60
S. Switkowski 55
Reece Conca 53
Adam Cerra 52
Nathan Wilson 52
Andrew Brayshaw 50
Brennan Cox 46
Alex Pearce 34
Joel Hamling 28
Taylin Duman 27
How has Walters gone so unnoticed this season? Just checked and he’s only in 3% of teams, with scores of 109, 50, 120, 103, and now 139. He’s playing a lot of mid time too, and after this price increase will still be under $500k.
I had him in my team up until a couple of days prior round one. And guess who I decided was a better option. Darling… FFS
That’s rough.
I was talking him up in the preseason a lot once Blakely went down – was the obvious replacement for midfield time.
Ended up not starting him cause I thought freo could suck and because I was repeatedly warned of his injury pronity.