Saints are 5th on the ladder with a percentage of 67 after today’s lynching by GWS.
I don’t think you can read much from their game today (-117 disposals)… but they did win frees 19-9 up there!
Whatcha gonna do when ZarlieMania runs wild over you? 26 disposals, 6 tackles, 5 clearances and oh yeah she also scored 4.2
Zarlie, please don’t be playing on May 5th…
Stats Leaders (leaders, us, Saints, maybe a few others).
Apart from goals, the numbers below are averages… but the rankings are sorted by totals.
Disposals
1 - Ange Gogos (Darebin) 21.5
2 - Laura Gardiner (Swans) 40.5
e5 - RUBY MAHONY 19.5
Goals
1 - Sharnie Whiting (Willy) 8
e2 - Chloe Hunt (Saints) 7
Marks
e1 - Jenna Richardson (Hawks) 6.3
e1 - Stella Reid (Port) 6.3
e1 - STEPH WALES 6.3
e8- ASH MELNIKAS 4.0
Tackles
1 - Audrey Rhodes (Norf) 13.8
6 - Alexandra Hynes (Saints) 9.8
9 - Eloise Ashley-Cooper (Port) 7.8
Kicks
Hi, AFL code monkeys!
Handballs
1 - RUBY MAHONY 13.3
2 - Laura Gardiner (Swans) 25.0
3 - Abbey Tregellis (Saints) 10.8
e6 - Eloise Ashley-Cooper (Port) 8.8
e6 - Winnie Laing (Saints) 8.8
Hit-outs
1 - Lilly Pearce (Pies) 30
2 - Maddison Torpey (Saints) 22.8
5 - KRYSTAL RUSSELL 27.3
e9 - STEPH WALES 22.7
1 - Caruso (POR) 52
e10 - Melnikas (ESS) 46
e10 - Skinner (WBD) 46
e17 - Chaston (ESS) 40
e17 - Foran (SS) 40
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Yay Lauren. Her career changed on EDFL GF day in August 2022.
All teams published.
Southern Saints and Essendon have also dived into their AFLW lists at the selection table, with Caitlin Matthews, Nat Plane, Darcy Guttridge and Ella Friend back for the Saints after not travelling to Sydney for loss to the GWS Giants last week.
The Bombers have named ex-Western Bulldogs’ AFLW mainstay Bailey Hunt to don the sash for the first time, Georgia Clarke will step onto the NEC Hangar for her first VFLW game since 2022 and young talent Lily-Rose Williamstonreturns alongside Manaia Huta, with Steph Wales, Mia Busch and Marnie Robinson managed.
ESSENDON
B: M. Ford (42), L. Bateman (63)
HB: E. Chaston (61), E. Gough (1), G. Clarke (17)
C: S. Ford (45), G. Nanscawen (5), D. Ryan (51)
HF: L. Williamson (13), S. Molan (73), T. Davidge (77)
F: B. Hunt (79), T. Hart-Aluni (59)
R: J. Morrow (60), A. Gaylor (23), R. Mahony (78)
INT: I. Porter (70), J. Richardson (52), A. Melnikas (64), M. Huta (56), O. Manfre (43)
EMG: M. Gray (48), E. Tassiopoulos (49), E. Gallagher (66)
IN: G. Clarke, B. Hunt, M. Huta, L. Williamson
OUT: M. Busch, S. Wales (AFLW), M. Robinson (managed), S. Orritt
NEW: Bailey Hunt, 27, 171cm, Western Bulldogs AFLW
SOUTHERN SAINTS
B: C. Saultry (6), B. Enno (26)
HB: D. Jolliffe (4), T. Boyd (21), G. Ricardo (44)
C: W. Laing (9), D. Guttridge (50), C. Ryan (5)
HF: J. Wrigley (18), S. Phillips (8), E. Friend (43)
F: N. Plane (38), C. Hunt (29)
R: M. Torpey (28), A. Tregellis (12), A. Hynes (16)
INT: G. Foran (37), C. Matthews (36), F. Crank (25), P. Phelan (27), G. De Angelis (39)
EMG: G. Hodder (7), A. Bennett (34), Z. McCurdy (11), A. Russell (14), M. Bertuna (13), C. Aughtie (31)
IN: E. Friend, D. Guttridge, C. Matthews, N. Plane
OUT: C. Aughtie, T. Browne, K. Henry, M. Podnecky
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Molan and Hunt named forward!
A lot of flexibility on how you place the likes of GClarke, Gough, Molan, and Hunt (I don’t know how much time Hunt has spent forward in her career – I thought she was more HB and wing/mid? @PH_WARFRadio?)
Richardson and Manfre named on the bench.
I’m still traumatised by Friend playing forward versus us (on debut as a junior for Footscray at the end of 2021).
I hope Richardson is not our second ruck… but who else is there in that squad?
Happy 20th birthday to Scarlett Orritt… well, apart from the whole getting-droppd thing.
(It was pretty much on merit… had a game-low 3 disposals last week. 5 tackles, though.)
Bernadi on rehab oval early in the VFLM match.
Bernadi has progressed from very deliberate movement to lap running.
Early (and extended) huddle out on rehab oval, at halftime of the VFLM.
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Gough is bigger than Georgia Clarke in all dimensions.
FWIW, Molan is taking set shots in early early warmup
3/3 so far
MadGray is the emergency present. In sneakers.
NSW teams lead Cats and Casey by obscene amounts in the first half.
Richardson with the mids…
Bernadi has the right calf lightly strapped.