Mia arrived first.
Essendon’s VFLW side has made history, holding off Casey in a cliffhanger to finish the home and away season undefeated as minor premiers for the first time ever.
With scores level at three-quarter time, forward Renee Tierney’s goal in the early stages of the fourth term proved the difference as the Bombers claimed a 4.3 (27) to 2.9 (21) victory at Windy Hill on Saturday.
The win sees the Bombers secure a home final and double chance in the four-week finals series.
Coming off consecutive thrillers against Hawthorn (draw, round 12) and Southern Saints (10-point win, round 13), Essendon again answered the challenge against the Demons, who led throughout stages of the second and third terms in a genuine arm-wrestle.
The Bombers were well beaten in disposals (195-222), inside 50s (24-40) and clearances (22-38), but were able to absorb Casey’s repeated attacks and be more efficient inside 50 than their third-placed opponent.
Ball-winners Georgia Nanscawen (14 disposals), Amelia Radford (14) and Jordan Zanchetta (11) were below their usual output, but combined for 31 tackles as the Bombers brought the pressure.
Tierney made her presence felt in her second game back from injury with two majors, while Alana Barba led the Bombers for disposals (17) for the first time since returning to the club mid-season after her AFLW stint with Gold Coast.
Federica Frew was held goalless, but her sizeable gap atop the Rohenna Young Medal Leading Goalkicker table saw her finish as the league leader with 29 majors.
The Bombers will have a week’s bye before their finals series commencing on the weekend of June 11/12, with the fixture to be revealed in the coming days.
ESSENDON 1.0 2.0 3.2 4.3 (27)
CASEY 0.2 1.4 2.8 2.9 (21)
Goals: Tierney 2, Clifford, MacDonald
Disposals: Barba 17, Nanscawen 14, Radford 14, Marshall 13, Tierney 13
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Let’s look at the league season stat-leaders at the end of the H&A. The top ten is based on total stats but (apart from goals) I report them below as averages.
In this particular case, given the upcoming Qualifying Final, I will also list all Hawthorn players who feature in the top ten as well.
Essendon and Hawthorn have 8 of the top 10 goal scorers…
Disposals:
1 - Lucy Schneider (Footscray) 22.6
2 - Nanscawen 26.0
4 - Radford 21.5
10 - Zanchetta 19.7
Goals:
1 - Frew 29
2 - Jessie Williams (Haw) + other 21
4 - Clifford + Kristy Stratton (Haw) 20
6 - CBomb 17
7 - Tierney 16
8 - Tamara Luke (Haw) 13
10 - Dicker 11
Marks:
1 - Eliza Vale (Footscray) 6.4
2 - Clifford 4.7
4 - Tamara Luke (Haw) 5.3
5 - Tierney 4.7
6 - Marshall 4.2
Tackles:
1 - Tamara Smith (Cats) 11.2
3 - Nanscawen 8.4
Kicks:
1 - Sharnie Whiting (Footscray) 15.8
10 - Radford 12.3
Handballs:
1 - Nanscawen 11.8
2 - Zanchetta 11.2
3 - Radford 9.2
Hit-outs:
1 - Jorja Borg (Fark Carlton) 29.2
4 - Nalder 25.4
8 - Sarah Perrott (Haw) 14.3
8 - Tamara Luke (Haw) 17.9
‘Cause no one else answered: it appears to be AFLW-signee Caitlin Sargent.
Manfre turned up late because she played a game in the EDFL. Arrived in time to stick Currenti’s #12 over her blue Keilor gear, sing the song, and knock over G’s yellow edarotaG (and I bet she could spell that).
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ESSENDON breakout forward Federica Frew is the 2022 Rohenna Young medallist, claiming a dominant eight-goal victory in the prestigious award after the home-and-away season drew to its exciting conclusion.
Frew went goalless in the Bombers’ narrow win over Casey Demons that completed an undefeated minor premiership (with two draws), but her lead was never going to be run down, with Hawthorn’s Jessie Williams also going goalless in her team’s win over Williamstown, being joined in the runner-up position by Geelong’s Mia Skinner.
ROHENNA YOUNG MEDAL LEADING GOALKICKER
29 Federica Frew (Ess) 0 – winner
21 Mia Skinner (Gee) 1
21 Jessie Williams (Haw) 0
20 Mia-Rae Clifford (Ess) 1
20 Kristy Stratton (Haw) **2
17 Cecilia McIntosh (Ess) dnp
16 Renee Tierney (Ess) 2
13 Tamara Luke (Haw) dnp
12 Grace Dicker (Ess) 0
12 Tahlia Fellows (Cas) dnp
12 Sarah Skinner (NM) 2
rebel VFLW ROUND 14 CLUB MILESTONES
- Essendon defeated Casey Demons at Windy Hill for the first time (1-1)
- Essendon took a head-to-head lead v Casey Demons (3-2)
rebel VFLW ROUND 14 CLUB RECORDS
(Figures in brackets are the previous record)
- 2.9 21 Casey Demons ’ lowest score v Essendon (all venues 3.4 22, 2021; Windy Hill 5.5 35, 2019)
- 4.3 27 Essendon 's lowest score v Casey Demons at Windy Hill (5.2 32, 2019)
rebel VFLW DISPOSALS
316: Lucy Schneider (Western Bulldogs) avg 22.6
312: Georgia Nanscawen (Essendon) 26.0
305: Hannah Stuart (Southern Saints) 21.8
301: Amelia Radford (Essendon) 21.5
283: Paige Sheppard (Geelong) 21.8
271: Annabel Scott (North Melbourne) 19.4
255: Laura Gardiner (Geelong) 36.4
252: Tamara Smith (Geelong) 22.9
248: Matilda Zander (Collingwood) 17.7
236: Jordan Zanchetta (Essendon) 19.7
rebel VFLW KICKS
205: Sharnie Whiting (Williamstown) avg 15.8
202: Matilda Zander (Collingwood) 14.4
200: Lucy Schneider (Western Bulldogs) 14.3
193: Hannah Stuart (Southern Saints) 13.8
190: Paige Sheppard (Geelong) 14.6
189: Tamara Smith (Geelong) 17.2
185: Nicole Callinan (Darebin) 15.4
183: Nicole Hales (Collingwood) 13.1
173: Annabel Scott (North Melbourne) 12.4
172: Amelia Radford (Essendon) 12.3
rebel VFLW HANDBALLS
142: Georgia Nanscawen (Essendon) avg 11.8
134: Jordan Zanchetta (Essendon) 11.2
129: Amelia Radford (Essendon) 9.2
124: Laura Gardiner (Geelong) 17.7
116: Lucy Schneider (Western Bulldogs) 8.3
112: Hannah Stuart (Southern Saints) 8.0
111: Melanie Hogg (Casey Demons) 7.9
98: Jess Mourney (North Melbourne) 7.0
98: Annabel Scott (North Melbourne) 7.0
98: Ruby Tripodi (Williamstown) 7.5
rebel VFLW MARKS
70: Eliza Vale (Western Bulldogs) avg 6.4
61: Mia-Rae Clifford (Essendon) 4.7
58: Nicole Hales (Collingwood) 4.1
58: Tamara Luke (Hawthorn) 5.3
56: Renee Tierney (Essendon) 4.7
55: Danielle Marshall (Essendon) 4.2
54: Lucy Schneider (Western Bulldogs) 3.9
54: Annabel Scott (North Melbourne) 3.9
52: Paige Sheppard (Geelong) 4.0
51: Jess Mourney (North Melbourne) 3.6
rebel VFLW TACKLES
123: Tamara Smith (Geelong) avg 11.2
122: Demi Hallett (Collingwood) 8.7
101: Georgia Nanscawen (Essendon) 8.4
100: Kaitlyn O’Keefe (Port Melbourne) 7.1
98: Marla Neal (Collingwood) 7.0
92: Courteney Bromage (Port Melbourne) 8.4
85: Paige Sheppard (Geelong) 6.5
81: Hannah Stuart (Southern Saints) 5.8
80: Tayla Dinuccio (Western Bulldogs) 6.7
78: Alana Woodward (Southern Saints) 7.8
rebel VFLW HITOUTS
380: Jorja Borg (Fark Carlton) avg 29.2
364: Elizabeth McGrath (North Melbourne) 26.0
327: Sally Lynch (Darebin) 25.2
305: Simone Nalder (Essendon) 25.4
257: Jaimee-Lee Morrow (Western Bulldogs) 19.8
240: Kate Dudley (Port Melbourne) 18.5
219: Alana Sarec (Williamstown) 19.9
200: Sarah Perrott (Hawthorn) 14.3
197: Sarah Black (Southern Saints) 19.7
197: Tamara Luke (Hawthorn) 17.9
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