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[Simmofreo]

Toby was just on the Front Bar. Boys took the piss out of him a bit (kung fu, umps etc), but overall came across pretty well.

They take the piss out of everyone in that show though. Including themselves. It’s good value.

TFG was really funny. I got loads of messages from non giant supporters saying they enjoyed him on there.

Had a chuckle when he said “I have lost a grand final by about 150 points” haha


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[captainMyCaptain]

 

[Giant Strides]

No mealy-mouthed views there. Future captain, maybe future AFLPA President or Vice-President as well?

 

[Colonial]

100% bang on and the x twits from Vic are all over it with their rubbish.

 

[Orange Agent]

Absolute gold. When was this actually recorded?

FWIW I don't care at all that he said it, I'm sure the usual suspects will come out swinging towards him, but who gives a ****. He can say what he wants because he backs it up on the field.

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Statement from our club supporting the Voice Referendum

Voice to Parliament Statement

The official AFL website of the Greater Western Sydney Giants Football Club

www.gwsgiants.com.au

 

[Land of the Giants]

Statement from our club supporting the Voice Referendum

Voice to Parliament Statement

The official AFL website of the Greater Western Sydney Giants Football Club

www.gwsgiants.com.au

The club has form on this sort of thing. They put out a statement supporting Marriage Equality during the postal ballot survey a few years ago.

Whatever you think of the Voice or marriage equality, the club has been out of step with the views of most people in western Sydney on both issues.

I'm sure voters in Sydney's west will help defeat the Voice today, just as they tried - by huge margins - to sink marriage equality. Having grown up in the area, it doesn't surprise me.

 

[dlanod]

Whatever you think of the Voice or marriage equality, the club has been out of step with the views of most people in western Sydney on both issues.

You say out of step, I'd say ahead of.

Beats some of the regressive examples overseas.

 

[Orange crush]

I just don't think the club needs to take a satnce either way ... only gonna piss off half the fans

 

[BarryAglett]

I just don't think the club needs to take a satnce either way ... only gonna piss off half the fans

I thought this too and mentioned it to my wife. She pointed out that the AFL pay the bills so they are compelled to fall in line and make a statement. They left it so late on purpose to reduce the impact of divisiveness.

 

[Giant Pete]

As a yes voter I’m more than happy with it.

 

[Land of the Giants]

I just don't think the club needs to take a stance either way ... only gonna piss off half the fans

I suspect most of our fans come from the demographic that voted Yes.

 

[Orange crush]

I suspect most of our fans come from the demographic that voted Yes.

I’d say 50-50

 

[sydney_gws]

I’d say 50-50

Western and southern Sydney said no, but inner west, east, and North Sydney voted yes.

 

[dlanod]

I'd say most won't see the club's statement and wouldn't really care if they did. The NRL backed Yes, and they have a lot more support in our area than we do.

 

[dlanod]

Western and southern Sydney said no, but inner west, east, and North Sydney voted yes.

I think his point was that a lot of those No voters won't be huge AFL followers to begin with.

 

[Giant Strides]

“Tom Stewart territory”: Garry Lyon’s huge praise for young Giant

“That’s high praise.”

www.sen.com.au

Garry Lyon is a huge fan of GWS defender Connor Idun

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Connor Idun

Age

24

Ht

193cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

74.0

1star

No current season stats available

D

8.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

74.0

1star

.

The 23-year-old began to establish himself as one of the competition’s elite lockdown defenders in 2023 which was capped off by a strong finals campaign. At 193cm and 92kg, Idun has the ability to shut down both tall and small forwards, while his athletic ability paired with improving skills has seen him become a weapon with the ball in hand exiting defensive 50.

While looking through last season’s AFL Record Season Guide, Lyon was looking for a list of number one draft picks before randomly opening to a page where Idun’s name was at the top having been taken at pick no. 61 in the 2018 Draft. Even though clubs are getting better at identifying elite talent early in drafts, Lyon believes Idun’s late selection shows gems can still be found in the third and fourth rounds. He even went as far as to compare him to one of the modern greats in terms of medium-sized defenders.

“There's a list of all the number one draft picks and I can run through them and we can talk about them,” Lyon said on SEN Breakfast. “(Some say) it (gems later in the draft) don’t happen (as often) now. It just happened as I was looking in the book to get to the number one draft picks … I just opened on a random page, and up the top was pick 61 - GWS Giants - from the Geelong under-18s - Connor Idun

39

Connor Idun

Age

24

Ht

193cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

74.0

1star

No current season stats available

D

8.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

74.0

1star

. He had a year. Did you watch his finals? I think in two years' time we’re going to look at him and go, ‘This is sort of Tom Stewart territory’. I mean, that’s high praise, (Stewart is) a five-time All-Australian. But Connor Idun

39

Connor Idun

Age

24

Ht

193cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

74.0

1star

No current season stats available

D

8.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

74.0

1star

’s abilities and his physical attributes (are so impressive). There you go, that’s just a random pick 61.”

Idun was born in London, but was raised in Geelong where he began playing footy as a 12-year-old. The defender finished sixth in GWS’ best and fairest in 2023 as the Giants went within one kick of a Grand Final berth.

 

[Giant Pete]

“Tom Stewart territory”: Garry Lyon’s huge praise for young Giant

“That’s high praise.”

www.sen.com.au

Garry Lyon is a huge fan of GWS defender Connor Idun.

The 23-year-old began to establish himself as one of the competition’s elite lockdown defenders in 2023 which was capped off by a strong finals campaign. At 193cm and 92kg, Idun has the ability to shut down both tall and small forwards, while his athletic ability paired with improving skills has seen him become a weapon with the ball in hand exiting defensive 50.

While looking through last season’s AFL Record Season Guide, Lyon was looking for a list of number one draft picks before randomly opening to a page where Idun’s name was at the top having been taken at pick no. 61 in the 2018 Draft. Even though clubs are getting better at identifying elite talent early in drafts, Lyon believes Idun’s late selection shows gems can still be found in the third and fourth rounds. He even went as far as to compare him to one of the modern greats in terms of medium-sized defenders.

“There's a list of all the number one draft picks and I can run through them and we can talk about them,” Lyon said on SEN Breakfast. “(Some say) it (gems later in the draft) don’t happen (as often) now. It just happened as I was looking in the book to get to the number one draft picks … I just opened on a random page, and up the top was pick 61 - GWS Giants - from the Geelong under-18s - Connor Idun. He had a year. Did you watch his finals? I think in two years' time we’re going to look at him and go, ‘This is sort of Tom Stewart territory’. I mean, that’s high praise, (Stewart is) a five-time All-Australian. But Connor Idun’s abilities and his physical attributes (are so impressive). There you go, that’s just a random pick 61.”

Idun was born in London, but was raised in Geelong where he began playing footy as a 12-year-old. The defender finished sixth in GWS’ best and fairest in 2023 as the Giants went within one kick of a Grand Final berth.

I think I said a little while ago… he’s on Taylor’s level.

Strap yourselves in ladies and gents.

 

[Giant YoYo]

Giant leap: The blueprint, belief and what makes GWS special

The Giants showed what they are capable of in 2023, giving coach Adam Kingsley

Adam Kingsley

Age

49

Ht

183cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.9

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

5.4

4star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.3

3star

No current season stats available

D

16.4

4star

K

10.4

4star

HB

6.0

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

and his team plenty of belief
ADAM Kingsley

Adam Kingsley

Age

49

Ht

183cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.9

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

5.4

4star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.3

3star

No current season stats available

D

16.4

4star

K

10.4

4star

HB

6.0

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

knows what success in the AFL looks like.

He was a premiership player at Port Adelaide in 2004, part of the club's coaching group when it returned to the Grand Final in 2007, an assistant coach at St Kilda the season after it made the Grand Final in 2010, and then part of Damien Hardwick's Richmond staff when it claimed back-to-back flags in 2019 and 2020.

It places Kingsley in a rare vantage point where he can recognise a group that's on the verge of success like few others in the football landscape. It also puts him in the unique position of knowing definitively that his Greater Western Sydney crop is capable of climbing the premiership mountain, like his previous teams have done before.

More in link below.

How the Pies inspired the Giants' plans for a 2024 surge

The Giants showed what they are capable of in 2023, giving coach Adam Kingsley and his team plenty of belief

www.afl.com.au

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Congrats to Cogs and his wife on the birth of their first child- Do they have father daughter selections for AFLW?!

Fans go wild for AFL glamour couple’s new baby: ‘So beautiful’

‘Couldn’t be more obsessed with her and you both.’

7news.com.au

 

[dlanod]

Congrats to Cogs and his wife on the birth of their first child- Do they have father daughter selections for AFLW?!

Fans go wild for AFL glamour couple’s new baby: ‘So beautiful’

‘Couldn’t be more obsessed with her and you both.’

7news.com.au

Yes, only one game required

 

[MelbourneGWS]

If any has a spare couple of millions laying around! Toby’s selling his 2 bedroom Drummoyne home for $1.9 million with the auction on November 18

AFL superstar’s ‘intimate’ home for sale - realestate.com.au

GWS Giants star and 2023 All-Australian captain Toby Greene is offloading his ‘charming’ and ‘intimate’ inner city home. See why he’s deciding to make a change.

www.realestate.com.au

 

[Orange crush]

If any has a spare couple of millions laying around! Toby’s selling his 2 bedroom Drummoyne home for $1.9 million with the auction on November 18

AFL superstar’s ‘intimate’ home for sale - realestate.com.au

GWS Giants star and 2023 All-Australian captain Toby Greene is offloading his ‘charming’ and ‘intimate’ inner city home. See why he’s deciding to make a change.

www.realestate.com.au

I’m overseas dude, can you act as my agent and we’ll turn it into a shrine to TFG …. The big Toby

 

[Colonial]

If any has a spare couple of millions laying around! Toby’s selling his 2 bedroom Drummoyne home for $1.9 million with the auction on November 18

AFL superstar’s ‘intimate’ home for sale - realestate.com.au

GWS Giants star and 2023 All-Australian captain Toby Greene is offloading his ‘charming’ and ‘intimate’ inner city home. See why he’s deciding to make a change.

www.realestate.com.au

Oh god this means the media will run with “he wants to come home.” Doesn’t it.

 

[captainMyCaptain]