The Reboot - the 2023 VFLW season summary

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ROUND 10 vs Darebin

VFLW - Round 10 vs Darebin @ La Trobe Uni, 10:30am Sun 28 May 2023

[image] I think their ladder status says it all… [image] … but they’re still much better than Footscray was last year. They actually held relatively even against the improved-everywhere-except-for-the-actual-winning-bit Dogs today (6-29 after quarter 1, 14-25 in the last three quarters). Side note, not relevant to us till round 14: both of the Dogs wins saw them smash the first quarter and then stagnate (vs Norf they went 27-1 and then 27-14 for the remaining three quarters… and Norf were a…

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I’ve never seen us lose to Darebin (in 2018 I watched the VFLM lose instead).

Year	For	Against	Result
2018	14	41	-27
2019	34	26	8
2021	70	3	67
2021	52	2	50
2022	64	7	57

With Wales withdrawn and Russell playing for the Jets, we debut rucks Jamiee-Lee Morrow and Sophie Ure. They are the 127th and 128th EFC VFLW players.

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Since no one asked, there is no singular player #50 or player #100. In both cases (round 2 of 2019 and round 1 this year) there were multiple debutants.

I therefore nominate Nanscawen and Sutton as players #50 and #100.

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This is what is needed to exceed the Hawks’ percentage and be third after tomorrow.

Darebin ain’t great, but our top score so far this year is 37.

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Darebin now flooding, but the rain is dwindling.

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Dicker wins the photo contest, AGAIN.

@miss_ellie

Thanks for the updates @theDJR the stream has stopped quite a few times.

Also, is that gaelic football they are playing on the other field ?

It is! To be precise, it is camogie (the women’s version). Later on, the men play hurling. This is cool, and explains the many lilting voices around us in the pavilion.

It’s sopping wet, and the second quarter is scoreless. Sutton is bossing the game on 15 disposals at half-time, with Angelica Gogos the expected leader for the Falcons.

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At half-time Meg puts her hair up in a bun, and Froggy goes on the ball and therefore crosses into the same area as Meg. This confuses the hell out of me for a while.

Yes, the sleeves should have also clued me in.

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3.5.23 we lead 0.0.0 at the final break.

Can we serve the three donuts for the second time in our history?

The AFL code monkeys never considered that a scoreless quarter could happen, and it breaks their app.

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Everyone else was too gutless to go out in the rain to provide huddle photos.

Not sure Cloke got advance permission from the players to NOT wear THE hat.

We then concede the next 8 points

But some comedy amidst that:

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Dear reader: she did not, in fact, kick the goal.

Mia kicks her second goal, gets decked immediately afterward, and kicks her third goal from the free. In a late rush we reach our best score for the year (6.6.42 defeats 1.2.8)

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First EFC goals for Madison Ford and Reese Sutton today.

Both had notable games: Reese had a team-leading 22 disposals, 8 tackles, 7 clearances, and that goal. Ford faced conditions not kind to a slender tall, but her 14 disposals were equal-fourth for the team.

Sophie Ure has a bit off the Angus Milham about her: she is very good at being tall, but at least in this game not much else. Not that this wet slog was ever going to be great for a light young ruck on debut.

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“Look at all those little people down there!”

We move up to fourth on the ladder, and for the first time this year we move our percentage above 100%

Elsewhere, Willy destroy Fark Carlton for a second time.

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Q: What’s the difference between rank wooden-spooners Darebin and FCFC?

A: Darebin scored three times as often as FCFC did in the last 77 minutes and 14 seconds of their games

(joke was better before FCFC scored that one time)