Greater Western Sydney Giants
| Greater Western Sydney Giants | ||
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Greater Western Sydney Football Club | |
| Nickname(s) | GWS, Giants | |
| 2016 season | ||
| After finals | Preliminary finalists | |
| Home-and-away season | 4th | |
| Leading goalkicker | Jeremy Cameron (53 goals) | |
| Best and fairest | Toby Greene | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 2009 | |
| Colours | Orange Charcoal White | |
| Competition | Australian Football League (AFL) | |
| Chairman | Tony Shepherd | |
| CEO | David Matthews | |
| Coach | Leon Cameron | |
| Captain(s) |
Phil Davis (co-captain) Callan Ward (co-captain) |
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| Premierships | Nil | |
| Ground(s) | Spotless Stadium (capacity: 25,000) | |
| Startrack Oval (capacity: 13,550) | ||
| Former ground(s) | Blacktown ISP Oval (2010–2013) | |
| Stadium Australia (2012–2013) | ||
| (2012–2013) | ||
| Training ground(s) | Sydney Olympic Park (Tom Wills Oval) | |
| Uniforms | ||
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| Other information | ||
| Official website | gwsgiants.com.au | |
The Greater Western Sydney Giants, nicknamed the GWS Giants or just Giants, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). Representing the Greater Western Sydney area and Canberra, the club is based at the Tom Wills Oval in Sydney Olympic Park. The team's primary home ground is Spotless Stadium in Sydney Olympic Park. Four games a year are played at Manuka Oval in Canberra as part of a deal with the government of the Australian Capital Territory.
A reserve team, the Western Sydney University Giants (formerly UWS Giants), participates in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL), as part of a partnership between the club and the university. The reserve team was renamed in 2016 to reflect the rebranding of the university from University of Western Sydney. A netball team, Giants Netball, operated by the club, competes in the National Netball League.
The commercial club entity itself is a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of the AFL Commission.
The idea of an AFL team from western Sydney originated from the AFL's plans in 1999 to make the North Melbourne Football Club Sydney's second team. Following the momentum of the relocated Swans Grand Final appearance, the AFL had backed the move for North Melbourne, a club which had then previously gained market exposure by defeating the Swans in their first re-location Grand Final appearance. However the venture was unsuccessful and after several games a season North Melbourne never managed to draw crowds of over 15,000 at the Sydney Cricket Ground before finally leaving the market and experimenting with Canberra and later the Gold Coast.
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