VFLW - Elimination Final vs Hawks @ Box Hill City Oval, 11am Sat 8 July 2023

2021 ROUND 6

We win 4.5.29 to 1.9.15… never stop wasting your opportunities, Hawks!

The Hawks have made 10 (!) changes since playing us 28 days earlier. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing for them: they add 4 AFLW players this week, and also include some kid called El Chaston in her* debut VFLW game.

We have two debutants: tall utility Kasey Lennox and soon-to-be #7 draft pick and youngest AFLW player Zali Friswell.

In the warmup I note that Nanscawen has her calf taped; and that calf will tap out by halftime.

Did I mention I’m petty?

I don’t remember the below at all, but maybe someone at the club did. El has at least 5 shots at goal.

This is a time before I start annoying @handypoint:

An early point to Alana Barba, and then:

This is followed by MacDonald slotting a goal from the boundary on the run, and then Clifford putting us beyond reach.

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We move to 3rd on the ladder.

There are disputes on our best players…

Meanwhile, Barba stepped up to replace Nanscawen in the middle with a team-leading 18 disposals, 11 tackles, and 9 clearances … but did not make the best six.