| Greater Western Sydney Giants | ||||
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| Names | ||||
| Full name | Western Sydney Football Club Limited, trading as Greater Western Sydney Football Club[1] | |||
| Nickname(s) | Giants, GWS, Orange Team | |||
| 2024 season | ||||
| After finals | AFL: 5th VFL: N/A | |||
| Home-and-away season | AFL: 4th VFL: | |||
| Leading goalkicker | AFL: Jesse Hogan (77 goals) VFL: | |||
| 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: Rebecca Beeson 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 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.[2][3][4][5]
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[6][7] 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.[8][9][10]
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- ^ "Giants plan Manuka community camp". 15 November 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ "GIANTS add gold for Canberra". 9 April 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
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- ^ "GWS training goes eastward". 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ "UWS GIANTS set to kick a goal for GWS". 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ "Western Sydney University GIANTS". GWS Giants. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ "History". giantsnetball.com.au. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "GIANTS Netball". supernetball.com.au. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "GIANTS Netball Joins the Family". www.gwsgiants.com.au. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2021.