Bit early, but let’s call this an eight-point game.
Stats Leaders (leaders, us, Dogs, maybe a few others).
Apart from goals, the numbers below are averages… but the rankings are sorted by totals.
Disposals
1 - Ange Gogos (Darebin) 21.7
2 - RUBY MAHONY 20.7
Goals
1 - Chloe Hunt (Saints) 7
e8 - Talia Pulcino (Dogs) 4
Marks
1 - Jenna Richardson (Hawks) 6.3
e3 - STEPH WALES 7.0
e7 - DREW RYAN 4.0
Tackles
1 - Audrey Rhodes (Norf) 16 (had 25 this week!!!)
Kicks
Still Ellie Blackburn… the legit leader might be Gogos (39 kicks, average 13; actually, that’s a much lower proportion of kicks than I expected for her).
Handballs
2 - RUBY MAHONY 14.0
e7 - Keeley Hardingham (Dogs) 10
Hit-outs
1 - Lilly Pearce (Pies) 29
2 - KRYSTAL RUSSELL 27.3
e7 - Keeley Hardingham (Dogs) 18.7
Lee (DAR) 41
Melnikas (ESS) 37
Carbone (WBD) 33
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Last encounters against Dogs:
| Year | Round | H or A | Scores | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | Home | 10-28 | -18 |
| 2022 | 1 | Home | 98-0 | 98 |
| 2022 | 10 | Away | 49-2 | 47 |
| 2023 | 14 | Home | 41-28 | 13 |
Haven’t lost to the Dogs since 2021, but their team has changed a LOT since then, so who knows!
Team v the Dogs…
B M. Ford (42) I. Porter (70)
HB M. Robinson (80) E. Gough (1) S. Molan (73)
C A. Gaylor (23) G. Nanscawen (5) D. Ryan (51)
HF E. Chaston (61) J. Richardson (52) S. Orritt (68)
F O. Manfre (43) T. Hart-Aluni (59)
R S. Wales (30) M. Busch (28) R. Mahony (78)
INT L. Bateman (63) A. Melnikas (64) S. Ford (45)
J. Morrow (60) T. Davidge (77)
The Queen (G. Nanscawen) has returned!
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That’s some SWEET ins.
Ins:
M. Robinson (80)
S. Molan (73)
E. Gough (1)
G. Nanscawen (5)
T. Hart-Aluni (59)
J. Morrow (60)
Outs:
72. R. Murdoch (injured)
13. L. Williamson
26. A. Van Loon
15. C. Adams
56. M. Huta
50. K. Russell
The differing number formatting is EFC’s…
The changes are certainly not like-for-like; four of the six ins are BIGS, Hart-Aluni offers something different forward (I hope her kicking has improved to actually convert those scoring chances)… and a HONEY BADGER.
Now four weeks without McNeice and Shaw, after they played all of the pre-season.
Wales G Mahony Molan/Gough at the CBA is cheat-coding (though Footscray have done OK with clearances this year: drew Norf, beat Casey, didn’t lose by a huge amount vs Sydney).
None of their 5 inclusions are AFLW-listed (and none of their squad last week was either). They do things differently over at Footscray.
Mind you, we only have 4 AFLW-listed.
The Western Bulldogs have made five changes to their team ahead of Saturday morning’s VFLW encounter against Essendon.
Emmalyn Nekrep, Jaime Henry, Emily Ramsay, Mia Cowan and Tannah Hurst have been added to the line-up.
Roxy Beuzeville, Eleanor Cornish, Trinity Skenderis and Jorja Livingstone make way, while Tallia Pulcino has been managed.
…
B: A Snow (57), C Ugle (29)
HB: S Asciak (28), T Crook (30), C Leonard (38)
C: C Mailer (60), D Carbone (54), E Nekrep (41)
HF: I McLeay (73), M McLeod (31), R Saulitis (56)
F: J Tabb (63), I Milford (64)
R: K Hardingham (66), E Bishop (35), M Klingbeil (53)
Int: J Henry (68), T Hurst (45), S Skinner (62), M Cowan (67), E Ramsay (46)
Emg: T Skenderis (34), F Taylor (48), E Cornish (55), M Clifford (47)
In: E Nekrep, J Henry, E Ramsay, M Cowan, T Hurst
Out: T Pulinco (managed), R Beuzeville, E Cornish, T Skenderis, J Livingstone
Both teams have therefore made 14 changes since we last met in Round 14 last year, and eventually got around to beating them 41-28.
In alphabetical order:
| EFC OUT | EFC IN |
|---|---|
| Bella Clarke | Amy Gaylor |
| Chloe Prpic | Ashlea Melnikas |
| Courtney Ugle | Drew Ryan |
| Grace Dicker | Emily Gough |
| Jaimee-Lee Morrow | Georgia Nanscawen |
| Kendra Heil | Isabella Porter |
| Maddi Wilson | Jamiee-Lee Morrow |
| Maddy Pearson | Lily Bateman |
| Manaia Huta | Marnie Robinson |
| Meg Ryan | Mia Busch |
| Mia-Rae Clifford | Ruby Mahony |
| Reese Sutton | Sarah Ford |
| Tamsin Crook | Stephanie Wales |
| Zoe Hurrell | Tayla Hart-Aluni |
| FFC OUT | FFC IN |
|---|---|
| Althouse | Asciak |
| Ashcroft | Cowan |
| Barnes | Crook |
| Beuzeville | Hardingham |
| Borg | Henry |
| Cameron | Hurst |
| Greet | Klingbeil |
| Ling | Leonard |
| Meier | Mailer |
| Paten | McLeay |
| Pickett | Milford |
| Sandral | Ramsay |
| Skenderis | Saulitis |
| Taylor | Ugle |
Too lazy to enter their first names.
Me and my doggo will be coming to see if his butt can be telecast this Saturday!
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Boofhead has a name, you know.
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And that IS his name!
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VFL site says 6 week ankle injury for Murdoch.
They keep naming Clifford as an emergency while she’s off playing Super Rugby. This is their last H&A round so she’ll be playing real footy soon.
(Melbourne Rebels are winless this year, but lost 2 of their 4 matches by just 2 points – hopefully not due to her kicking!)
We need to win by a goal to Win the Weekend.
| Team | For | Against | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| VFL | 80 | 114 | 70% |
| AFL | 96 | 67 | 143% |
| VFLW | ? | ? | ? |
| TOTAL | 176 | 181 | 97% |
Game day!
Looks like a “great day for footy”: dry, sun peekaboos, high teens, light wind.
That wind might even be kind enough to be behind me on both the cycle to and from the game.
Also, G(ough)!
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Shaw running laps.
Huta is the emergency in the warmup 22.