Greater Western Sydney Giants
The Greater Western Sydney Giants (officially the Greater Western Sydney Football Club and colloquially known as the GWS Giants or simply GWS or Giants) are a professional Australian rules football team based in Sydney Olympic Park which represents the Greater Western Sydney region of New South Wales and Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
| Greater Western Sydney Giants | ||||
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| Names | ||||
| Full name | Western Sydney Football Club Limited, trading as Greater Western Sydney Football Club | |||
| Nickname(s) | Giants, GWS, Orange Team | |||
| 2023 season | ||||
| After finals | 4th | |||
| Home-and-away season | 7th | |||
| Leading goalkicker | Toby Greene (66 goals) | |||
| Kevin Sheedy Medal | Toby Greene | |||
| Club details | ||||
| Founded | 2010 (14 years ago) | |||
| Colours | Orange Charcoal White | |||
| Competition | AFL: Senior men AFLW: Senior women VFL: Reserves men VFLW: Reserves women | |||
| Chairman | Tony Shepherd | |||
| CEO | David Matthews | |||
| Coach | AFL: Adam Kingsley
AFLW: Cameron Bernasconi VFL: Wayne Cripps | |||
| Captain(s) | AFL: Toby Greene
AFLW: Alicia Eva VFL: Ryan Hebron | |||
| Premierships | AFL (0) NEAFL (1) | |||
| Ground(s) | AFL: Engie Stadium (23,500) & Manuka Oval (16,000) AFLW/VFL: Blacktown Oval (10,000) | |||
| Former ground(s) | Blacktown Oval (2010–2013) Stadium Australia (2012–2013) | |||
| Training ground(s) | WestConnex Centre & Tom Wills Oval | |||
| Uniforms | ||||
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| Other information | ||||
| Official website | gwsgiants.com.au | |||
| GWS Giants departments | ||
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Australian rules football (men's) |
Australian rules football (women's) |
Netball (women's) |
The Giants compete in the Australian Football League (AFL), and entered the league in 2012 as the competition's 18th active club. The club train at the WestConnex Centre in the Olympic Park and play most home matches at Sydney Showground Stadium, also located within the Olympic Park precinct. In addition it plays four home matches per season at Manuka Oval in Canberra as part of a deal with the ACT Government.
The Giants commenced competing in the AFL in March 2012. Despite struggling initially in the competition and claiming two consecutive wooden spoons, the club reached finals for the first time in 2016 and qualified for its first Grand Final in 2019, where they were defeated by Richmond by 89 points.
The Giants also operate other teams outside of the AFL. The club has fielded a team in the AFL Women's league since 2017 and a reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL) since 2021 and the Greater Western Sydney Giants Academy, consisting of the club's best junior development signings, contests Division 2 of the men's and women's underage national championships and the Talent League. A netball team, known as Giants Netball, competes in the Suncorp Super Netball.