2016 Greater Western Sydney Giants season
Appearance
2016 season | |||
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Coach | Leon Cameron | ||
Captain(s) | 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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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
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Ladder
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sharwood, Anthony (10 September 2016). "Giant Shock as GWS Have Big, Big Win Over Sydney Swans". HuffPost Australia. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "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.