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[Giant Strides]

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[MelbourneGWS]

A Canberra game, yes.

I don’t think it’s going to be a Canberra game. The Giants and the ACT Government have a contract till at least 2032 for us to play 3 games annually in Canberra.

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Our annual Ladies Lunch is on May 16.

Hosted by GIANTS Director and former GIANTS Woman of the Year, Melissa Doyle AM, this unmissable event will be held at Crown Sydney and will be filled with inspiring stories and iconic entertainment.

GIANTS Excited To Announce 2025 Ladies Lunch

The GIANTS are excited to announce their 2025 Ladies Lunch.

www.gwsgiants.com.au

 

[captainMyCaptain]

 

[Orangeutan]

I'm not sure of the chances, but if you don't ask...

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Our 2025 Giants woman of the year - well deserved recognition of a foundation member who has been such a great help to our players.

The GIANTS have celebrated and spotlighted the efforts of Celia Carroll, foundation member and one of the club’s greatest community advocates as the 2025 GIANTS Woman of the Year.

A pivotal part of the GIANTS supporter base, Celia has been a stalwart of the club and there for every significant moment throughout our history.

Sharing in the highs of first wins, milestone games and finals appearances, as well staying through to the last siren in low moments, Celia has been a dedicated pillar of the GIANTS club.

From the early days, bringing young draftees like Toby Greene

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Toby Greene

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and Stephen Coniglio

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home-cooked meals or mowing lawns for the first-year players, Celia, alongside husband Flav have been tireless in their commitment to building the club’s local support base and ensuring the family-like culture extended from HQ and off the field into the stands.

2025 GIANTS Woman of the Year Honoured

The GIANTS announced this year’s GIANTS Woman of the Year at the club’s annual Ladies Lunch event of Friday.

www.gwsgiants.com.au

 

[Giant Pete]

Anyone got access to the article from Lachlan McKirdy about how our midfield is soft?

Sounds like he’s been reading our stuff.

 

[Powkid]

Good editorial by Gerard Healy on SEN. If you list to the while show there's.more talk about our crowd numbers.Good to see him stick up for the club, as he does have some presence in the Sydney market. The AFL commission have completely dropped the ball.

 

[captainMyCaptain]

 

[Orangeutan]

 

[GWS Goose]

They Focus on all the wrong things in VIC

Crowds are almost the least important part in a long term expansion.

Corporate support is reasonable and increasing, growing their "interested party" base which international sport long ago identified as the key to long term support all that happens before rusted on fans.

It is building and will take a generation. The amount of people you see wearing the giants hat or jumper is growing.

 

[Land of the Giants]

GWS' captain Toby Greene's major milestone - ABC listen

On the 24th of March 2012, an 18-year old from Victoria chucked on an orange guernsey and played the first ever game for the GWS Giants. 249 games and 13 years later, Toby Greene is the Giant’s Captain with club legend status.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Orangeutan]

A little more insight regarding Cogs and his ongoing injury.

Star Giant 'incredibly frustrated', but insists he has more to give

Stephen Coniglio insists any talk he's not up to the rigours of the AFL is premature

www.afl.com.au

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Kinda have to agree with Toby - Tom Green

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’s habit when travelling is a bit disgusting!

Green, who is often away from home travelling with his team, has devised an unconventional laundry hack that his captain has described as 'disgraceful'.

'This is not right in my books,' smiled Greene while appearing on the TFG Tuesdays podcast.

'Tom Green

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reckons that sometimes when he's traveling, especially overseas, if he can't get to a laundromat or something, he will chuck his undies in a kettle and boil the kettle to clean his underwear in the hotel room.

'Disgraceful. And he reckons that it's a thing.

'I drink cups of tea every night at the hotels. I was disgusted.'

Footy star reveals his teammate's disgusting underpants habit

Greater Western Sydney Giants skipper Toby Greene has revealed the downright stomach-turning habit his teammate Tom Green has when he's staying in a hotel room.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Giant Strides]

Lachie squared: The Giant duo rivals envy

"He's big into his footy, and loves to watch it, loves to learn, so we talk a lot about it... have in-depth chats and try and solve all the problems together."

www.zerohanger.com

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Our social media team has been criticised for the post they made on Taranto after our wok last weekend. I guess this controversy means more clicks for them!

“I like near on everything they do. I thought the stuff that they’ve done around pretty much every team they come up against, has been fantastic.

“But that was a miss.

“And you take into consideration that Tim Taranto

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shared the plane back with Cal Ward and then drove him home and dropped him to his place of residence ... That was a miss by the Giants.”

Veteran AFL journalist Caroline Wilson agreed.

“That’s poor sportsmanship,” she said.

“And they’ve had to apologise already once this year for that banner with the Sydney Swans.”

The Giants social team regularly stir the pot, and have offended their crosstown rival on multiple occasions.

AFL club blasted for lacking ‘class’ with controversial act

‘That’s poor sportsmanship.’

7news.com.au

 

[Giant Strides]

Our social media team has been criticised for the post they made on Taranto after our wok last weekend. I guess this controversy means more clicks for them!

“I like near on everything they do. I thought the stuff that they’ve done around pretty much every team they come up against, has been fantastic.

“But that was a miss.

“And you take into consideration that Tim Taranto shared the plane back with Cal Ward and then drove him home and dropped him to his place of residence ... That was a miss by the Giants.”

Veteran AFL journalist Caroline Wilson agreed.

“That’s poor sportsmanship,” she said.

“And they’ve had to apologise already once this year for that banner with the Sydney Swans.”

The Giants social team regularly stir the pot, and have offended their crosstown rival on multiple occasions.

AFL club blasted for lacking ‘class’ with controversial act

‘That’s poor sportsmanship.’

7news.com.au

Yeah, maybe so. But, you don't get everything right, on or off the field.

Poor sportsmanship comment from Caro. Nah, that's a miss, too.

 

[Orangeutan]

opinions, ar**holes, etc...

 

[Giant Strides]

And did any of them consider it might have actually been an homage to Tim? i.e. You might have lost, but you were great and we respect you? Or even, a simple, "wish you were still in GWS colours"?

 

[Orange crush]

And did any of them consider it might have actually been an homage to Tim? i.e. You might have lost, but you were great and we respect you? Or even, a simple, "wish you were still in GWS colours"?

At worst it was a fun poke at a well-loved former player …. Caro is cooked

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Seems Delana has a very talented younger brother, and their mum is trying to make him play AFL instead of League as she wants both her sons to play for us at the same time!

Josaia Delana is also a fellow cross-coder and only the fourth recruit from Western Sydney to join the Giants.

“To see the parallel pathway that he’s taking, you know, it is very similar to myself,” the excited big brother said.

Brother of rising AFL gun making big splash in two football codes

The 11-year-old is quite clear on what is his No.1 sport, but his mum has other ideas.

7news.com.au

 

[Giant Strides]

'More fuel to the fire': Inspirational leader the spark in Giants' premiership push

Aaron Cadman says Giants are playing for Callan Ward this season after he went down with a heartbreaking knee injury last week

www.afl.com.au

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Aaron Cadman on the pressure of being a number 1 draft pick.

All that made one of the toughest components for him coming into the system his own impatience.

"I didn't want to wait for anything," Cadman said.

"And then also the pressure with being number one. You want to play straight away and showcase what you got and show people why you've been drafted at number one. So, it was really tough."

Why this top AFL selection feels for his fellow number one draftees

The Giants' key forward says there can be too much pressure put on first- and second-year players who are high picks.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Cmarsh]

Aaron Cadman on the pressure of being a number 1 draft pick.

All that made one of the toughest components for him coming into the system his own impatience.

"I didn't want to wait for anything," Cadman said.

"And then also the pressure with being number one. You want to play straight away and showcase what you got and show people why you've been drafted at number one. So, it was really tough."

Why this top AFL selection feels for his fellow number one draftees

The Giants' key forward says there can be too much pressure put on first- and second-year players who are high picks.

www.abc.net.au

Would have felt that pressure x100 if he was drafted to a big Victorian club.

 

[Land of the Giants]

From today's Guardian:

From the Pocket: Can Giants v Suns go from ‘mockbuster’ to megahit?

For the first time the AFL’s expansion teams will meet while both are inside the top eight

www.theguardian.com

The writer voices what many of us have been thinking - that for all our comparative success, the Suns might beat us to an inaugural flag.

 

[Giant Strides]

Monday Cal-culations: Forwards of the future, 'Gov' love, Swans should consider rival

In Monday Cal-culations, Callum Twomey looks at how the Giants are using the sub, footy's best 20 and under forwards and more

www.afl.com.au

WHY THE SWANS SHOULD CONSIDER A RIVAL​

HERE'S a thought. In their search to replace outgoing CEO Tom Harley, the Swans should look across town.

Dave Matthews has been the boss of the Giants since 2011 – making him the longest-serving CEO at any club. His start there came after running game development at the AFL.

The AFL's gain in Harley is Sydney's loss and leaves the club with a new CEO to go with a new coach, football boss, list manager and recruiting manager in the past two years. Harley is remaining at the Swans until at least the end of the men's season as the Swans start their transition process.

New South Wales remains the AFL code's greatest frontier and nobody knows that as acutely as Matthews and the Giants, who continue to try different ways to find an edge in the rugby league dominated region. Matthews was on the front foot on the weekend as well, responding to the Saints' call to abolish the northern Academies, as revealed by AFL.com.au last week, as "laughable".

The Swans and Giants have had a tense relationship since GWS entered the competition as the brash little brother, but the barbs, tweets, dramatic finals and derbies should be put aside as Sydney picks up its process to replace Harley. Matthews is worth a call.