VFLW 2022 squad

Abbey MacDonald wondering what she’s got herself into (Vic Metro vs Vic Country):

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After the latest setback, she was only just getting on the low-gravity runner last week. Minus 1 week on what was quoted last week makes it 2-5 weeks away.

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After a quiet day, Manfre kicked the last goal with a minute to go to get the Cannons home 35-34 on the weekend. Wish I’d checked that stat before feeding balls back to her during warmup yesterday!

Lennox and Sutton also had goals to their names.

But it looks like Asciak will be our sole representative in the finals. She had 13 disposals, 6 tackles, and a goal as the Jets crushed Eastern.

Soooo… can we squeeze in the likes of a Sutton, McDonald, or Di Donato next week?

Sutton topped her game’s disposals and got chosen on the bench for the RookieMe team of the week.

I forgot they do repechage matches for non-finals teams. So the Calder girls may play Thursday night (it’s Wednesday! Where’s the team?) and the Bendigo girls on Saturday.

Named for the Cannons: McDonald, Sutton
Not named: Manfre, Lennox

Bendigo don’t play till Saturday, so no hints there.

Quoting myself from elsewhere:

Asciak with 15 disposals and 10 tackles.

The ultimate big-bodied midfielder is killing it though. Depending on who we poach, would not object to using one of our top eight picks here:

The AFL stats site has conveniently listed a bunch of late signings for us.

We knew Maykaylah Appleby and Drew Ryan already from the injury/unavailable list, but add:

Tia Davidge
Arkie Donnelly
Emily Everist
Teagan Williams

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Davidge = 168cm Bendigo Pioneer (midfielder)
https://central.rookieme.com/afl/player/tia-davidge/

Donnelly = 171cm Bendigo Pioneer (midfielder)
https://central.rookieme.com/afl/player/arkie-donnelly/

Everist = 177cm Bendigo Pioneer (key defender)
https://central.rookieme.com/afl/player/emily-everist/

Williams = 178cm Bendigo Pioneer (key position utility, her name has popped up regularly in the bests)
https://central.rookieme.com/afl/player/tegan-williams/

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This morning’s warm-up featured Alana Barba.

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couldnt be a relation the AFL listed HAm with those stats lol

Oops. I also missed Jayda Richardson.

Another decent height (174cm) utility from the Pioneers. She was full-back in the round 5 NAB League team-of-the-week at RookieMe.

https://central.rookieme.com/afl/player/jayda-richardson/

Alana must be bored as hell, turning up at Tulla to give Courtney a coffee.

Someone give the poor girl something to do while she’s there… :wink:

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More phone training:

DaniMarshall DaniMarshall DaniMarshall DaniMarshall Appleby Appleby Appleby Davidge Davidge Davidge Davidge Donnelly Donnelly Donnelly Everist Everist Everist DrewRyan DrewRyan DrewRyan Williams Williams Williams Richardson Richardson Richardson.

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Was 2.3 apiece
Then the Stingrays kicked the next 3.1
Then the Stingrays scored a further 0.7 while the Jets added 5.2 – the last goal being in the closing seconds…

Jets win 7.5.47 to 5.11.41

Asciak 14 disposals, 6 tackles, and 1 premiership medal.

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NAB League B&F top ten (two of ours up there):

Amber Clarke (Dandenong Stingrays) - 20 votes
Charlotte Baskaran (Western Jets) - 19 votes
Ava Jordan (Northern Knights) - 14 votes
Bridget Deed (Eastern Ranges) - 10 votes
Reese Sutton (Calder Cannons) - 9 votes
Meghan Gaffney (Tassie Devils) - 8 votes
Zarlie Goldsworthy (Murray Bushrangers) - 8 votes
Sara Howley (Geelong Falcons) - 8 votes
Stephanie Asciak (Western Jets) - 7 votes
Sarah Hosking (Dandenong Stingrays) - 7 votes
Isabelle Khoury (Eastern Ranges) - 7 votes

RookieMe ranked Sutton similarly.

1 Zarlie Goldsworthy (Murray Bushrangers) 34 votes
2 Charlotte Baskaran (Western Jets) 32 votes
3 Lou Painter (Bendigo Pioneers) 26 votes
4 Montana Ham (Western Jets) 25 votes
5 Bridget Deed (Eastern Ranges) 23 votes
6 Reese Sutton (Calder Cannons) 22 votes
6 Claire Ransom (Tasmania Devils) 22 votes
8 Ash Centra (Gippsland Power) 21 votes
10 Amber Clarke (Dandenong Stingrays) 20 votes
10 Olivia Robinson (Dandenong Stingrays) 20 votes
10 Sofia Hurley (Sandringham Dragons) 20 votes

Reese is the sister of VFL listed Jake Sutton too :smiley:

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VIC Country got destroyed by SA.

The good news was Teagan Williams kicked 2 of the 3 VIC goals, and Di Donato was also in the bests.

South Australia blow Vic Country away in U18 Championships

Nicole Julian is 30yo today.