P.S. Fark Carlton
We don’t do close games:
| Game | For | Against | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-14 | 17 | 92 | -75 |
| 2019-04 | 32 | 15 | 17 |
| 2021-09 | 72 | 19 | 53 |
| 2022-03 | 79 | 27 | 52 |
| 2022-08 | 61 | 15 | 46 |
| 2023-03 | 14 | 68 | -54 |
| 2024-12 | 10 | 34 | -24 |
| 2025-04 | 49 | 22 | 27 |
| TOTAL | 334 | 292 | 42 |
Training videos indicate (once you get past the ongoing query of what is the cultural world of 20-something women) that, even if healthy, Bailey Hunt may not be available in a few weeks time, and that Jayda appears to be in footy boots!
No landmark games (unless Marli Klaumanns-Moller comes in), so here are the current greatest game streaks:
- 11 Azzopardi
- 12 Ryan
- 16 Melnikas + Davidge
- 18 Plummer + Prince (i.e. every game since their debuts in round 1 last year)
- 42 MFord (consecutive since debut) + Chaston (46/47 since debut)
Stats Leaders (leaders, us, Fark Carlton, maybe a few others)
Sorted by sum of stats, but (apart from goals) the average per game played is shown.
Yes, Werribee still have the three busiest midfielders in the league…
Disposals
1 - Hannah Scott 27.7 (35 last week!)
e6 - Zoe Larkins 21.3
8 - EL CHASTON 21
9 - Mia Fuller 20.7
e21 - BROOKE PLUMMER 17.7
e25 - Lucy Burke 17
e35 - Octavia Di Donato 16.3
Goals
1 - Mia Zielinski (Willy) 7
e4 - Nell Morris-Dalton + Sophia McCarthy 4
e23 - many players including CHLOE HUNT + BRIANNA McFARLANE 2
Marks
1 - Lucy Burke 8
e8 - Emma Horne + Octavia Di Donato + Sophia McCarthy + ISOBELLA HISHONGWA-GIBB 5.3
e12 - Ellie Sbeghen + Nell Morris-Dalton + Steph Demeo + EL CHASTON + MADDISON FORD 4
e31 - Grace Matser + DREW RYAN 3.7
e38 - Hannah Scott 3.3
Tackles
1 - Mia Fuller 12.3
e4 - Hannah Scott 9.3
e8 - Emily Elkington 8.7
e26 - Zoe Larkins 6.3
e33 - EL CHASTON 5.7
e38 - LAYLA PRINCE 5.3
Kicks
1 - Hannah Scott 16
3 - Lucy Burke 14.7
e4 - EL CHASTON 14
e6 - Zoe Larkins + BROOKE PLUMMER 13
e20 - Mia Fuller 11.3
e34 - SOPHIE MOLAN 10.3
Handballs – slightly different game plan to Willy!
1 - Maddy Di Cosmo (Norf) 14
e4- Hannah Scott 11.7
13 - Mia Fuller 9.3
e14 - Emily Elkington 8.7
e16 - Zoe Larkins 8.3
e26 - Ellie Sbeghen 7.3
e31 - EL CHASTON 7.0
e37 - Grace Matser 6.3
Hit-outs
1 - Erin McKinnon (Pies) 42.7
5 - Grace Matser 23.7
9 - LAYLA PRINCE 14.3
e18 - ISOBELLA HISHONGWA-GIBB 8
e19 - Freya Hibberd (Darebin) + JESS OWEN 10
Chaston playing consistently well. Wish we had a few more like El.
Just a tad outnumbered in those stats above… gonna need to step up to avoid the usual one-way-or-the-other blowout!
I think everyone has urinated off to the long weekend. Casey the only one I’ve seen putting out a team so far (debuting Sarah Hosking).
IN: Bernardi, DeMatteo, Abbey McDonald
but only the first for us…
ESSENDON
B: L. Bateman (63), M. Ford (42)
HB: E. Chaston (61), S. Molan (73), D. Ryan (51)
C: A. Gladman (46), A. Melnikas (64), J. Reynolds (70)
HF: J. Owen (65), T. Davidge (77), M. Ibrahim (41)
F: C. Hunt (49), O. Manfre (43)
R: I. Hishongwa-Gibb (81), C. Bernardi (47), B. Plummer (57)
INT: B. McFarlane (56), N. Hales (53), M. Harrison (54), G. Azzopardi (67), A. Jordan (62)
EMG: M. Spring-Brown (80), S. Ford (45), T. Hart-Aluni (59), S. Johnston (79)
IN: C. Bernardi, M. Harrison, J. Owen
OUT: L. Prince (concussion), T. Gilcrist, M. Spring-Brown (omitted)
FARK CARLTON
B: M. Fitzgerald (80), L. Burke (74)
HB: E. Horne (12), C. Van Loon (56), S. Demeo (66)
C: O. Di Donato (51), H. Scott (79), K. Busuttil (72)
HF: E. Elkington (31), S. McCarthy (54), T. Plunkett (69)
F: A. Aquaro (78), N. Morris-Dalton (52)
R: E. Speghen (59), M. Fuller (73), Z. Larkins (77)
INT: C. Rafferty (67), S. Kingston (57), D. Spamer (17), I. Stanley (18), H. Bingley (64)
EMG: D. Rhodes (42), K. Lynch (65), D. Di Santo (76)
IN: H. Bingley, S. Kingston, C. Rafttery, I. Stanley
OUT: H. Bowey (personal), G. Matser (hip), A. Mulvahil (managed), P. Hargreaves (omitted)
NEW: Harriet Bingley, 19, 175cm, Tasmania Devils, Old Scotch Collegians; Indi Stanley, 20, 167cm, Western Jets/Bacchus Marsh
Fark Carlton started the VFLW season with a handful of AFLW players, but they were gone before this week.
Matser (mature ruck) out is big for them.
One way to interpret our changes is:
| OUT | IN | ROLE |
|---|---|---|
| Layla Prince | Jessica Owen | Ruck |
| Madison Spring-Brown | Christina Bernardi | Big-bodied mid |
| Taylah Gilcrist | Meg Harrison | Key defender to small winger |
Mind you, Bernardi isn’t going to mid all day and they’ve named Hishongwa-Gibb in the ruck and Owen forward.
Likely little to no rain.
Fark Carlton have made 18 changes since we last met (which helps explain why they’re not still total trash).
The unchanged players are Di Donato, McCarthy, and Demeo.
Let’s hope Davidge gets her 25th goal… and more. She is yet to kick a goal vs Fark Carlton (only three games).
Looks like she is returning to the field in the below game this evening:
Stats are up: her St Joseph’s won 92-28 and Jayda kicked 4 goals and was named in the bests.
Jayda was the only “5 point” player across both teams (but Barwon Heads actually had more total points).