The Pies comfortably beat Casey in Round one (who also comfortably lost both of their pre-season matches).
Previous history:
| When | For | Against | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11 | 23 | 49 | -26 |
| 2019-08 | 20 | 40 | -20 |
| 2019-13 | 49 | 22 | 27 |
| 2021-08 | 28 | 38 | -10 |
| 2021-SF | 10 | 18 | -8 |
| 2022-09 | 94 | 23 | 71 |
| 2023-05 | 31 | 15 | 16 |
| 2023-SF | 18 | 22 | -4 |
| 2024-06 | 64 | 47 | 17 |
Ooh! VFL app now shows the top twenty players, not just top ten.
EDIT: Champion Data updated the stats after I compiled the below; so this is close but not “true”.
Stats Leaders (leaders, us, Pies, maybe a few others).
Apart from goals, the numbers below are averages… but the rankings are sorted by totals.
Disposals
e1 - Tessa Boyd (Norf) and Tahlia Sanger (Pies) 23
e8 - Annie Muir (Pies) and Molly Eastman (Pies) 19
Goals
e1 - Chloe Hunt (Pies) and others 3
e5 - Courtney Jones (Pies) and TIA DAVIDGE and others 2
e17 - anyone who kicked 1 goal!
Marks
e1 - Chloe Hunt (Pies) and Jaide Anthony (Pies) and others 7
e3 - Molly Eastman (Pies) and others 6
e11 - Amelie Gladman (Pies) and Jordan Ivey (Pies) and EL CHASTON and others 5
Tackles
1 - Ryleigh Wotherspoon (Casey) 13
e2 - Dom Carbone (Pies) and others 10
e6 - Maya Ellin (Pies) and Tahlia Sanger (Pies) and others 9
e13 - Mackenzie Bourne (Pies) and CHLOE ADAMS and others 8
Kicks
1 - Tessa Boyd (Werribee) 17
e4 - Dom Carbone (Pies) and BROOKE PLUMMER and others 14
e8 - Tahlia Sanger (Pies) and others 13
e12 - Molly Eastman (Pies) and others 12
Handballs
e1 - Mel Staunton (Cats) and Taylor Ortlepp (Norf) 14
e5 - Tahlia Sanger (Pies) and MADDY FORD and others 10
e12 - Annie Muir (Pies) and CHLOE ADAMS and EL CHASTON 9
e17 - Dom Carbone (Pies) and MEGAN MIFSUD and others 8
Hit-outs
e1 - Kate Reynolds (Norf) and Leah Swain (Dogs) 31
4 - Mackenzie Bourne (Pies) 22
e5 - LAYLA PRINCE and others 20
e7 - COURTNEY MURPHY and others 19
I only went down far enough to cover the stats leaders. Take these as indicative only – some obviously include the game vs SA as part of their season average, but some of them must have had at least three games already this year…
State of Play podcast suggests Bernardi will play this week.
The coach-deemed threats from their game vs Casey:
8 Chloe Hunt (COLL)
8 Tahlia Sanger (COLL)
5 Molly Eastman (COLL)
4 Dominique Carbone (COLL)
Lily-Rose annoying, nooo…
She’s an intensely polite sweetie… off the field.
We’ve got the best umpire (Stark), but also the worst (blondie Tozer).
ESSENDON vs COLLINGWOOD
FIELD: Samantha Ritchie, Emma Stark, Sophia Tozer. BOUNDARY: Jenny Alley, Ben McShane, Jesse Wilkie. GOAL: Alex Tomada, Harley Trickey.
Team are out… and it’s chaos!
ESSENDON
IN: G. Belloni, C. Bernardi, M. Busch, T. Chambers, M. Dyke, A. Gaylor, E. Gough, A. McDonald, S. Strong
OUT: S. Molan (illness), C. Murphy (injured), L. Bateman, L. Thompson (unavailable), G. Azzopardi, T. Davidge, M. Mifsud, M. O’Connell, E. Tassiopoulos (omitted)
B: T. Chambers (13), M. Busch (28)
HB: M. Dyke (16), H. Ridewood (10), M. Ford (42)
C: I. Porter (70), C. Adams (15), M. Van Dyke (19)
HF: G. Belloni (7), S. Strong (18), J. Richardson (52)
F: E. Gough (1), A. McDonald (53)
R: L. Prince (44), C. Bernardi (47), A. Gaylor (23)
INT: B. Plummer (57), E. Chaston (61), M. Albrecht (48), M. Robinson (80), A. Jordan (62)
EMG: M. Mifsud (46), S. Ford (45), S. Hobbs (81), A. Melnikas (64), T. Davidge (77)
COLLINGWOOD
IN: J. Baxter, A. Peck
OUT: M. Boyd (omitted), T. Sanger (unavailable)
B:B. Clarke (55), C. Hunt (49)
HB: L. Williamson (72), D. Carbone (45), L. Szigeti (63)
C: C. Brewer (40), K. Lennox (47), C. Jones (53)
HF: A. Muir (56), M. Bourne (75), A. Gladman (46)
F: M. Eastman (57), J. Ivey (33)
R: M. Molenberg (37), T. Fellows (73), J. Ramsdale (51)
INT: M. Ellin (39), A. Peck (50), J. Baxter (41), T. Henry (58), J. Anthony (68)
EMG: M. Jarvis (48), L. Leighton (71), S. Courtney (66), D. Sgarbi (67)
Are we trialling everyone on the list?
So to break that down (this would be easier if the team list on the EFC site was not two seasons out of date – Cat Phillips still there!)
IN:
The description of the outs is vague (possibly to be read as Lily and Lucy unavailable, and the bottom five – including Tia – omitted).
OUT:
We’re going to need to win this on individual brilliance, not consistency or team understanding. If the bottom five were omitted with others (e.g. Porter) retained, that’s some more seriously random ■■■■unrelated to form.
Brendan Rhodes is more confident than I am:
Western Bulldogs and Essendon have both rolled out a host of AFLW-listed talent for their games against Darebin and Collingwood respectively, ensuring they will start clear favourites in their games.
And that’s despite him counting us as having 9 AFLW-listed when it is actually 10.
Elsewhere, Geelong loses all guidance with Nalder “out indefinitely for a stomach issue” and captain Mel Staunton listed as "away for three weeks”.
EFC and VLFW debutant:
EFC debutant:
Ignoring round ones, 9 changes is the greatest ever for the VFLW team (there have been 8 changes four times).
