The 2025 VFLW Season Summary

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ELIMINATION FINAL vs Hawks

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With Jordan out, the all-games-this-year list drops to Chaston and Ford (both on a 39 game streak), Plummer, and Prince.

(Davidge would be on the same 39-game streak if she was not harshly dropped in round two to fit the 10 AFLW players.)

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Abbey McDonald reaches 25 VFLW games (and 8 AFLW).

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The Box Hill voice man is a comically-plummy Pom.

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First time forward is a goal!

Great chain.

SammyJ on the end of it.

Video at https://x.com/VFL/status/1953995603014218070

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Bloody Carriss-Brett another long end-of-quarter goal.

Hopefully the rest of the game doesn’t follow the Windy Hill script.

The below was true all season:

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Umps have paid many <15m marks this quarter.

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Kid Gilcrist got some springs. Obviously a first-half quarter, because her elbow is still naturally attached.

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I love Abbey clearances and 40m entries.

Liv is such a lovely set shot: video at https://x.com/VFL/status/1954004562798420345

When you re-watch you realise this IS the game:

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WTF, that bounce. Dodges two of our players at the goal line, they goal.

22-20

At three quarter time it is 3.4.22 apiece. Both teams have been worthy, but only one will be rewarded…

Trev and Georgie paying attention at the final huddle:

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Cheating pays. Our FB is full on tackled to allow their FF to mark.

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MFord thinking “I taught Azzopardi how to intercept mark!”

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BERNARDI CONVERTS!

28-29

13 minutes to go

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Ump totally reverses approach of all day, pings Abbey without opportunity.

EDIT: This was 70 of 80 minutes into the game. The umps had been very hands-off consistent until this point… and then they went CRAZY.

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We are surging forward to an empty forward line when unknown free occurs.

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WHOLESOME.

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• Thompson was huge in that first half, but perhaps recalling her two misses at the end… But when your score involvements were 5 and the next best for either team was 3, and you are tied for our top disposals and inside fifties and game-top fore uncontested disposals, it’s not your fault.
• LOL at three disposals placing Mifsud ahead of four other players… the 7 tackles made the difference!
• Melnikas was the only one with more tackles (game-high 10) and her clearances (7) was also three clear of the next best for either team.
• Azzopardi started imposing herself on the game a bit more in these final two weeks: team-high 6 marks.
• Plummer had the most rebounds (4).
• Intercepts went to Chaston (7) and kid Gilcrist (6).
• Amazingly, Marnie topped frees for (3-1)

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I feel really bad giving Melnikas only 1 vote.

BEST: Thompson, McDonald, Bernardi, Manfre, Chaston, Melnikas