7.7.49 defeats 0.2.2
We arrogantly rest Clifford, and the team falls apart (the score lies). Debuting are Teagan Williams (playing back, oddly) and Stephanie Asciak (wing).
Marshall racks up 25 VFLW games.
7.7.49 defeats 0.2.2
We arrogantly rest Clifford, and the team falls apart (the score lies). Debuting are Teagan Williams (playing back, oddly) and Stephanie Asciak (wing).
Marshall racks up 25 VFLW games.
9.10.64 defeats 1.2.8 – most of that coming in the second half.
Drew Ryan (left) debuts alongside fellow Pioneer Williams. That’s part of 8 changes, mostly due to the “spicy cough”.
Ex-Bomber Emma Mackay plays her 100th VWFL/VFLW game for Fark Northern.
After 12 rounds of dodging the other two top teams, we finally meet Hawthorn.
4.7.31 draws 4.7.31, and percentage matters again.
Perhaps learning from the Davies tale, someone whose initials were definitely not C.U. asks if C.U. is playing her 50th game. She is!
For TV reasons, it is an early start…
Her partner-in-crime, Barba, reaches 25 games.
La Presidenta and quite a few others succumb to COVID and the Hangar Hangover.
First Name: | Surname: | Injury / Unavailable | Weeks Out: |
---|---|---|---|
Renee | Tierney | AFL Health and Safety Protocols | 1 Week |
Jordan | Zanchetta | AFL Health and Safety Protocols | 1 Week |
Bella | Clarke | AFL Health and Safety Protocols | 1 Week |
Eloise | Gardner | AFL Health and Safety Protocols | 1 Week |
Octavia | Di Donato | AFL Health and Safety Protocols | 1 Week |
Abby | McDonald | AFL Health and Safety Protocols | 1 Week |
Steph | Asciak | Illness | 1 Week |
Tia | Davidge | Illness | 1 Week |
Emily | Everist | Illness | 1 Week |
Scarlett | Orritt | Illness | 1 Week |
Kendra | Heil | Unavailable | 1 Week |
Jayda | Richardson | Unavailable | 1 Week |
Caitlin | Sargent | Unavailable | TBC |
Cecilia | McIntosh | Hamstring | TBC |
Maykaylah | Appleby | Concussion | 1 Week |
We dominate most of the day, but the Hawks rush us at the end. Below, the shot by Drew Ryan after the final siren:
It’s another (near) top of the ladder clash the next week, and the script is pretty similar: for much of the game the opposition aren’t allowed to score, and then rush us. We steady, and win 5.6.36 to 4.2.26
NAB Leaguers Di Donato and Everist debut.
Julian pops the calf.
Nalder has a huge game… and Botch of the Year.
TWEET OF THE YEAR!
HOME! And, for once, it seems the VFLW game of the week (afl.com.au stream) actually will be. If Casey beat Hawthorn this weekend, then this game is a good chance to determine which of us gets the 1v2 final at home. (Best guess: Hawthorn and we will beat Casey in the final four weeks, and relegate them to third place.) EDIT: the live stream will NOT be on VFLW.tv (but the replay will be). Instead, go to: (or thereabouts)
Me: mostly Wurundjeri/Woi-worung, with a couple years on Kuring-gai land.
Plus the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ’ (the Cayuga Nation) in Ithaca, New York State.
Crook plays her 25th EFC/VFLW game, and Morcom reaches 50 for us.
The third top-of-the-ladder clash in a row, and while we get beaten in the midfield we triumph 4.2.27 to 2.9.21
Casey didn’t stuff up their kicking as much as that score suggests: we just made it real hard for them, with a large proportion of those scores from far out or from the boundary.
VFLM game is scheduled for June 11 @ 11:35, but I‘d suggest that gets moved to later in the day. There is no way our home 1v2 final gets played on Sunday. The AFL game (also vs Fark Carlton) is at night anyway, so no need to finish the VFLM more than 5 hours before that starts. EDIT: the above has now occurred.
Changes since the draw a month ago:
OUT | IN |
---|---|
Julian | Heil |
Bella | Bella |
Ryan | Zanchetta |
G.L.O.R.I.A | Tierney |
Davies | CBomb |
The Hawks go scorched earth and drop most of their (to be) AFLW players (OK, two of them were poached during the week) including captain Tamara Luke. They do bring in our ex-Bomber and their ex-captain Jess “#1” Trend for her 100th game.
The Hawks stuck with us for a bit, and then… 8.12.60 defeats 1.1.7
Should have read “one team never disappoints”.
I know a lot of people aren’t going to read this as it is in the VFLW thread but, seriously, if you want to feel good about the our jumper, get along to a VFLW game. The girls play with passion and heart and they stand up for themselves and the team. From the energizer bunny Ugle, our Forwards Fede/Mia/Jo, our superb midfield and defence… CBomb and our Captain… What more could you ask for?
Two more wins will do it, as OGs hug.
Winner proceeds directly to the Grand Final. Loser must beat either the Hawks or Saints in the preliminary to make it. This will be a repeat of round 14, where we lost in the midfield but strangled Casey’s ability to convert their scoring opportunities, and won 27-21. We had a decent crowd vs Hawthorn, but can do better. GET AROUND ‘EM. Current forecast: cool (not cold), but dry and low wind.
In an equally implausible finals result we win 11.10.76 to 1.3.9
No changes for us, so last week’s changes are the changes since we last played Casey:
IN: Ashley-Cooper, CBomb
OUT: Ayre, Everist
Casey/Melbourne are not keen to win the VFLW premiership, and hurt themselves at selection. @Hoffy starts telling confident people to SHUT. UP. and then has to do so herself, thanks to the spicy cough.
Casey are right there with us to quarter time (we lead 1.1.7 to 0.3.3) but like last week it then falls apart, with 6 goals kicked in 14 minutes: captain’s goal to start it, then four kicked or set up by Fede…
… and finally Radford kicks her first VFLW/EFC goal…
I get in for the song:
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St Kilda were pretty good, and had us scared in that second quarter… but we were 6.6.42 to 1.1.7 better.
This is game #50 for me, but Bohdi is banned.
The scene is set for Essendon's VFLW side to make history in the 2022 Grand Final.
The Saints didn’t learn their lesson from earlier in the year!
ONE DOES NOT SIMPLY LET FEDE HAVE A RUNNING SHOT OFF TWO STEPS FROM FIFTY.
(The somewhat tipsy @Catherine_Lio batting off the haters in the comments is gold.)
Re-live our VFLW Grand Final day - one that was full of emotion for our girls who play this grand old game.
I know many of you only came in more recently, but for me this is soooooo a story of four seasons across five years, a victory for the true believers. I still don’t believe it. We absolutely had the ability to stack the team this year, and we chose not to squib it at the pointy end, but it’s primarily a story of “the team is greater than the sum of its parts”. You don’t restrict teams to the scores of this year without a full-team dedication to pressure and sacrificing for your teammates.
Our Best and Fairest is on tonight, and I have been honoured with an invite (@Hoffy, another OG, is my +1). No inside reporting, sorry, but the rest of the season summary flows from tonight!
Hint: that means someone other than @Hoffy, @Catherine_Lio, and I needs to be live reporting tonight
Brilliant season report. David.
Wonderful stuff DJR and congratulations to our VFLW champions.
Incredible write up David. So glad I jumped on the bandwagon this year and got to see a premiership in person. Now to retain that shiny thing for 2023!
Congratulations to all involved, it’s been an incredible effort from you guys building a wonderful program.
(The somewhat tipsy @Catherine_Lio batting off the haters in the comments is gold.)
‘somewhat tipsy’ is very kind.
Did you at least drink out of the trophy?
Ooh, a new measurement of volume/inebriation: “how many trophies-full were you?”
i totally did and it was (kinda metallic) AWESOME
excuse me david j richardson, what the ■■■■?