Autopsy 2023 Rd 1 - GWS Giants v Adelaide Crows, 1.10 pm Sunday 19 March @ Giants Stadium

[Colonial]

8 minutes to hold them out

 

[sydney_gws]

Bit of luck with Haynes handball.

 

[MelbourneGWS]

What courage by Haynes - great goal

 

[Drummond]

This is unbelievably courageous. Just me or has Callan Ward

8

Callan Ward

Age

34

Ht

187cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.8

5star

K

11.2

4star

HB

11.5

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

4.3

5star

CL

5.4

5star

D

17.8

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.8

4star

M

2.3

2star

T

2.3

3star

CL

3.3

4star

D

10.0

3star

K

4.4

2star

HB

5.6

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.8

4star

stepped it up big time since all the injuries?

 

[MelbourneGWS]

2 and a bit minutes to defend a 11 point lead.cmon Giants!

 

[MelbourneGWS]

We have got this!! What a great win!!

 

[PMBangers]

I can't think of a time in the last 5 years where we would've shown the resilience and mental toughness to come back from such a half time deficit and lack of rotations. Awesome show of not only Kingsley's gameplan (in the second half) but also his effect in other aspects on the group

 

[Land of the Giants]

A great start to the Kingsley era...injuries notwithstanding.

 

[Colonial]

 

[Drummond]

Wow. Don’t want to take a cheap shot, but there’s no way that’s a win under Leon.

What a huge win, so much heart. Ward and Coniglio were massive. Callahan was instrumental at times too. Tom Green

12

Tom Green

Age

23

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

3star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

5star

massive, and the captain kept Giants in it early, and was the match winner up forward. Hogan looked great also.

 

[PMBangers]

Is this arguably our most impressive win in our short history? Considering the heat, half time deficit and injuries

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Great start to the Kingsley era

 

[Giant Pete]

We won???

 

[dlanod]

This is unbelievably courageous. Just me or has Callan Ward stepped it up big time since all the injuries?

Absolutely. He just kept on going when others were flagging. Mr Reliable, especially when others come back to his speed.

 

[norway blue]

Watched the whole game. What a comeback. Happy for your round 1 win. Enjoy your week Giants.


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[Hojuman]

Stirling effort Giants in that heat.

 

[Giant Strides]

I recall a game against Melboune in 2014? where we were down to 1 on the bench. It was the first time we'd ground out a win under really adverse circumstances. But, in the scheme of things, I think this stands above.

 

[Gigantic]

A true tale of two halves. We looked rubbish in that first half. Must have been some half time talk from Kingsley to fire up the courage.

 

[Big Stinky Monk]

Great to see Buckley back. Was a clear winner in his match up with Walker. Granted Walker past his prime, but Bucks above expectations in first game back after such a long lay-off.

 

[Giant Strides]

Concerning first half, but showed a lot of heart and fight in the second. Played to our motto today.

Very happy that I can be very proud.

 

[steviewonder36]

Superb win against all the odds.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Stunning victory. Congratulations!

 

[BarryAglett]

Wow. So proud of the team. So many cramping and everyone kept competing. Could be a signature win for both Toby and Kingsley.

The first half was awful and barely witches hats to the Crows. A good turnout in the members area was being wasted. 2nd half they attacked and pressured so well. Progressing from faint hope to feeling well on top. Good fun!

 

[fridgeman]

Shows the class on the team to get the win. but it does feed into the narrative that the majority of players pick and chose when to put in effort which should be a non negotiable and until Kingsley and co work out how to get that out of the team they will struggle

Mids in the 2nd half stood up and won the game and that was on the back of Flynn just need more consistency from the team

Hope McAdam gets 4 weeks for that cheap shot

Next week without Kelly, Whitfield and Perryman will open up a few opportunities

 

[Crow till I die]

Congratulations on the win today..We are really down on how we played in the second half as you guys had something like 17 fit men..so to not only hold on for the win, but to be the better side even without those guys is a great credit and Kingsley would be stoked.

As I said, we are very unhappy with our sides second half but it has exposed some real problems with the coaching and application of our team to sort..good luck on the rest of the season and it won't shock me at all to see GWS back in the 8