WHAT’S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n It\u2019s just the second time in six years that the Giants and Lions will play at Sydney Showgrounds, with Brisbane famously triumphing in their last meeting at the venue in the 2024 semi-final. <\/p>\n GWS hasn\u2019t beaten Brisbane at its Sydney home since Round 6, 2018. <\/p>\n Match details: GWS vs. Brisbane from 12:30pm AEST at ENGIE Stadium. <\/p>\n Watch it live: On Fox Footy (channel 504), and streaming on Kayo, from 12:00pm AEST. <\/p>\n Follow Giants vs. Lions in our live blog below!<\/p>\n DOUBLE GIANTS BLOW AS \u2018CRISIS DEEPENS\u2019<\/p>\n Crucial Giants defender Jack Buckley is once again in the wars with a hamstring issue, ruled out of Sunday\u2019s clash before quarter-time. <\/p>\n After missing a week with a hamstring issue before coming back into the side this week, a frustrated-looking Buckley required assessment in the first quarter. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the belly of his right hamstring that\u2019s the issue,\u201d Alastair Lynch said boundary-side on Fox Footy. <\/p>\n \u201cHe was just chatting to the physio about doing a bit of a stride up the wing, and he shook his head, so he\u2019s back on the bench. <\/p>\n \u201cI reckon (it\u2019s) highly unlikely that he\u2019ll come back.\u201d<\/p>\n Buckley did end up doing a proppy run-through or two, before he was ruled out of the game shortly after. <\/p>\n \u201cThe ice has come out of the esky and gone on Buckley\u2019s hamstring, so he\u2019s out,\u201d Lynch added minutes later. <\/p>\n It continues a brutal GWS injury run, with backline teammate Lachie Whitfield withdrawn less than an hour before Sunday\u2019s first ball-up with hamstring awareness. <\/p>\n \u201cThe injury crisis deepens for Adam Kingsley,\u201d caller Kelli Underwood remarked pre-game. <\/p>\n The Giants entered Round 11 with a 14-player injury list, not counting Whitfield or Buckley, with integral key defender Sam Taylor among the stars yet to grace the field this season for Adam Kingsley. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GWS aims to upset the back-to-back reigning premiers in an early Sunday afternoon clash in Sydney. Live updates…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[23,133,99,408,17217,3444,17218,368,6641,564,11973,3945,3948,355,120,524,212,17219,121,247,1079],"class_list":["post-17325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brisbane","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-brisbane","tag-brisbane-lions","tag-callum-m-brown","tag-chris-hyde","tag-follow-giants","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-greater-western-sydney-giants","tag-jack-jovanovski","tag-josh-fraser","tag-live-updates","tag-match-details","tag-new-south-wales","tag-oceania","tag-port-adelaide","tag-queensland","tag-rare-fixture","tag-south-australia","tag-sydney","tag-the-gabba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779592690_582_poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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