Vflw might lead us to the promised land this year.
2 Likes
Bell/Bulla queued back onto the Tulla…
Pies picked up Nyakoat Dojiok. Has two goals but it doesn’t look they will catch the Hawks.
Deed is cooked, or broken. Only 13 disposals! Turns out VFLW might be tougher than NAB League…
What a surprise!
Captain joins in for the centre jig.
1 Like
Club report up very quick 
Trying to beat the Best In The Business!
Essendon has solidified its position on top of the VFLW ladder with a 52-point win over Williamstown at the NEC Hangar on Saturday.
The Bombers came bursting out of the blocks and never looked back, building their lead in each term to run out 10.5 (65) to 2.1 (13) winners and maintain their unbeaten start to the season.
Their pressure was a feature, limiting the Seagulls to zero marks in the first half in a sign of their intensity.
Marianna Anthony set the tone early in the pressure stakes, finishing with a game-high nine tackles and also leading all comers for disposals (23).
Federica Frew continued her rich vein of form, booting three goals on the back of six against Carlton last week.
Co-captain Mia-Rae Clifford was a constant presence, booting two majors early in the first term to finish with three overall.
The Bombers were without reigning VFLW best and fairest Georgia Nanscawen , who missed with a minor knee injury, but had plenty of contributors to smash the Seagulls in disposals (268-167), marks (48-9) and inside 50s (35-13).
Irish debutant Joanne Doonan made a flying start in her new colours, with the former Carlton AFLW player registering 18 disposals, three clearances and four tackles.
Fellow recruits Jordan Zanchetta (21 disposals, six clearances) and Sarah Ford (20 disposals, five marks) were also prominent.
The Bombers will return to the NEC Hangar on Sunday next week when they face the Southern Saints from 11am.
ESSENDON 3.2 5.3 6.5 10.5 (65)
WILLIAMSTOWN 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.1 (13)
Goals: Clifford 3, Frew 3, McIntosh 2, Manfre, Tierney
Disposals: Anthony 23, Zanchetta 21, Ford 20, Radford 19, Doonan 18
4 Likes
We’ve done well back-to-back vs Dundley/Winbanks, Borg, and today Sarec. That’s the best rucks in the league (well, the former was).
But you can see the Seagulls again beat us on the clearances. If only they had the rest of the components needed…
Watching replay: Doonan doing some good stuff inside the packs. Isn’t lost out there.
Excellent.
Wait for the big release.
Radford and/or Doonan need a hair and/or number change (or I need a couple more games to distinguish them better in packs).
Down back, I had Crook as a mix of wins and losses today, but definitely on the plus side overall. Julian was the most overt key defender today.
McIntosh made most of the players out there look silly today: so many clean grabs and quick moves on a wet ground. Tierney did much of her work outside fifty – continually provided linking options. Davies and Manfre were the quietest of the six forwards (do I need to mention the other two who tallied up a half-dozen more goals?) but geez right now it must suck defending against us. There are a lot of tricksters and good leads in that group.
Her disposal may sometimes be ugly, but Marianna Anthony has gone totally under the radar this year in our midfield. Leads our kicks and tackles.
Doonan slotted in pretty effortlessly, and every week Radford is making people wonder more how she plodded along un-noticed at Moonee Valley all these years.
Like last week, not everything went our way. That makes the final score all the better… the eternal pressure all over the ground to break the chain of any opposition attack is bloody awesome.
Gallivant photos! A few of the 119 extracted below.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4923856017708617&type=3
