GWS Giants
The GWS Giants will in 2012 compete for the first time in the AFL Premiership, having been granted the AFL’s 18th licence in 2010 as part of the AFL’s expansion push.
Using similiar draft concessions to that of Gold Coast Suns in previous seasons, GWS Giants began competing in the 2010 TAC Cup before entering the North Eastern Australian Football League, NAB Cup and Foxtel Cup in 2011.
The GWS Giants appointed four-time premiership-winning coach Kevin Sheedy to a three-year contract in 2010 with Mark Williams and Stephen Silvagni two of Sheedy’s notable assistants.
The Giants have signed several star recruits from other clubs, including star midfielder Tom Scully as well as Rhys Palmer, Callan Ward and Phil Davis while also picking up veterans Chad Cornes, Dean Brogan, Luke Power and James McDonald.
Like Gold Coast Suns, the Giants pulled off a signing coup in luring former NRL star Israel Folau on a four-year contract rumoured to be worth $6 million.
Despite these signings and a raft of high draft selections, GWS Giants are expected to struggle in their inaugural season, which commences on March 24 when they face the Sydney Swans at ANZ Stadium.
Based at Blacktown, the Giants will play home games out of both Skoda Stadium and ANZ Stadium.
GWS-Giants Articles
by McRath - May 25th 2012 @ 2:26am
We hear all the talk about who’ll win the flag; who’ll make the top four or eight and who will be the big improver. But one thing is often swept by the wayside. We fail to consider an important position on the ladder. A ceremonious, yet undesired tag – the wooden spoon. Aside from the [...]
by jamesb - May 25th 2012 @ 2:19am
Last week, Wagga Wagga residents and the Canberra Raiders were fuming when they learnt that the Wagga City Council will grant the Greater Western Sydney Giants $300,000 over three years. In return, GWS will play pre-season games in the region, along with community camps and other projects. Robertson Oval will be used as one of [...]
by Adrian Warren - May 24th 2012 @ 1:54am
by Adrian Warren - May 22nd 2012 @ 1:48am
by TheSportsFreak - May 20th 2012 @ 11:15am
Your Sunday feast of football starts with a danger game for the home team as they host the new boys on the block. It’s the Brisbane Lions at home to Greater Western Sydney Giants at the Gabba. We’ll have live scores and a blog kicking off at 1.10pm AEST It’s not been a pretty start [...]
by Rob Forsaith - May 18th 2012 @ 5:45am
by McRath - May 18th 2012 @ 2:06am
We all hear the stories and read the news about ‘good guys’ or ‘great characters’ in the AFL. Never have we seen a team collectively show as much generosity, humility and downright selflessness to their opposition as the 2012 Melbourne Demons. The current Dees’ make Grant Denyer look like the leader of the Hells Angels. [...]
by The Crowd - May 15th 2012 @ 10:14am
There’s been a lot talked about the concessions that the GWS Giants received on its entry into the AFL, and how it will cheapen their success. I believe the team has earned everything they will win, up to and including a premiership, because it’s been a lot harder than it looked. As it was the [...]
by Crystal Ja - May 13th 2012 @ 4:49am
by Andrew Sutherland - May 13th 2012 @ 4:03am
On the greatest day so far in their short history, the GWS Giants got to belt out their club song for the first time. There was real joy and conviction too as they set the walls of the Manuka Oval changeroom shuddering with: “It’s the sound of the mighty GIANTS You feel the ground A-SHAKING [...]
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