THIS IS OUR 100th GAME.
I will have attended 88 of the 100: 7 of the 12 were too far away, 2 were COVID-affected, and 3 no decent excuse (e.g. going to the VFLM instead). The 100 doesn’t include the mid-season invitational game versus GWS, or the game versus the NTFLW.
We haven’t played Geelong much (and sadly only get them once this year)… but if you win by big enough a couple times you win the total percentage!
| Year-Round | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12 | 14 | 59 | -45 |
| 2019-02 | 39 | 44 | -5 |
| 2021-10 | 16 | 39 | -23 |
| 2021-PF | 17 | 45 | -28 |
| 2022-06 | 89 | 11 | 78 |
| 2023-09 | 26 | 28 | -2 |
| 2024-14 | 64 | 15 | 49 |
| TOTAL | 265 | 241 | 24 |
Stats Leaders (leaders, us, Cat tacklers, maybe a few others)
Apart from goals, the numbers below are averages… but the rankings are sorted by totals.
Disposals
1 - Ange Gogos (Darebin) 27.8
2 - Alana Barba (Norf) 22.4, destroyed the Dogs
e6 - EL CHASTON 18.8
e8 - Abby Favell (Cats) and Mekah Morrissy (Cats) 18.4
20 - BROOKE PLUMMER 15.8
e24 - ABBEY MCDONALD 19.3
e24 - MADDISON FORD 15.4
29 - Elise Cook (Cats) 14.6
39 - Zoe Cowan (Cats) 13.4
40 - Chloe Bryant (Cats) 16.5
Goals
1 - Nyakoat Dojiok (Norf) 11, kicked more goals than the Dogs last week
e8 - CHRISTINA BERNARDI and JAYDA RICHARDSON and TIA DAMAGE 5
e31 - Jemina Woods (Cats) 3
Marks
1 - Amy Trindade (FC) 5.0
3 - EL CHASTON 4.2
e4 - MADDISON FORD 4.0
e11 - BROOKE PLUMMER 3.6
e27 - ISABELLE PORTER and JAYDA RICHARDSON and Jemina Woods (Cats) 3.2
e35 - Abby Favell (Cats) 3.0
Tackles
1 - Octavia di Donato (FC) 10.4
2 - Abby Favell (Cats) 9.8
6 - Zoe Cowan (Cats) 8.2
e8 - Lily Jordan (Cats) 7.8
e15 - Mekah Morrissy (Cats) 6.4
e23 - LAYLA PRINCE 5.8
27 - Poppy Schaap (Cats) 5.4
e28 - EL CHASTON 5.2
e32 - Mel Staunton (Cats) 8.3, “tied” with
Janessa Fitzgerald (Cats) 5.0 and MADDISON ALBRECHT 5.0
e39 - ASHLEA MELNIKAS 7.7
Kicks
1 - Ange Gogos (Darebin) 19.2
6 - BROOKE PLUMMER 12.4
e7 - Mekah Morrissy (Cats) 12.0
e9 - Abby Favell (Cats) 11.4
e17 - Elise Cook (Cats) 10.6
e22 - EL CHASTON 10.4
e39 - Chloe Bryant (Cats) 11.0
Handballs
1 - Alana Barba (Werribee) 11.8
6 - EL CHASTON 8.4
e10 - ABBEY MCDONALD 9.0
e12 - Abby Favell (Cats) 7.0
e15 - MADDISON FORD and MADDISON ALBRECHT
e24 - LAYLA PRINCE and Mekah Morrissy (Cats) 6.4
e27 - Mel Staunton (Cats) 10.3 and JAYDA RICHARDSON 6.2
e30 - Zoe Cowan (Cats) 5.8
Hit-outs
1 - Kate Reynolds (Norf) 28.2
5 - LAYLA PRINCE 23.0
12 - Hayley Peck (Cats) 12.8
14 - Janessa Fitzgerald (Cats) 11.4
This week should start properly sorting out the ladder, one week before the half-way mark, due to:
The week after:
Brendan Rhodes paraphrased me:
Bonus snippet from his Spreadsheet-of-Everything:
(At least I think, away from my Spreadsheet-of-Everything-EFC, that’s what he is saying: gets messy once you start talking about finals.)
Note a handful of Hangar games were “away”, when other clubs failed to supply a ground.
Oakleigh Chargers’ Chloe Bown and Calder Cannons’ Chloe Baker-West – who both donned the ‘Big V’ as bottom-agers last season – are not playing.
So she’s got nothing to do this weekend?
(Chloe Brown is second on average disposals this year at 29.8. Guess which other Chloe is first!)
Staunton middle, Poppy FF?
Sure, whatever.
Geelong’s VFLW team have made three changes ahead of Saturday’s clash with Essendon.
A trio of Cats will pull on the Hoops for the first time this year with Olivia Woods, Kate Martin and Gabby Dellar all added to the starting line-up for their 2025 debuts.
Zoe Larkins will miss this week through injury, while Madi Sexton and Janessa Fitzgerald both make way for the Round 6 clash.
Geelong’s VFLW team will be looking to secure their first win of the 2025 season on Saturday, when they take on Essendon at Deakin University.
IN: Olivia Woods, Kate Martin, Gabby Dellar
OUT: Zoe Larkins (injured), Madi Sexton (unavailable), Janessa Fitzgerald (omitted)
Back K. Gray (68) M. Walton (49) Half Back R. Dale (60) F. Qoon (70) E. Cook (80) Centre S. Mahar (40) M. Staunton (39) M. Morrissy (57) Half Forward B. Bailey (58) J. Woods (56) B. Pratt (36) Full Forward O. Woods (67) P. Schaap (35) Ruck H. Peck (37) Z. Cowan (50) A. Favell (42) Interchange K. Martin (64) S. White (31) C. Bryant (81) G. Deller (73) L. Jordan (18) Emergencies C. Tyrrell (65) Z. Penno (66)
Rest of the teams are coming (Dogs have pulled their AFLW players so should get smacked by the Hawks).
Harsh call to omit Mifsud.
Plummer FB? Melnikas CHB? Chaston forward pocket and Bernardi on the ball? Pls.
At least Abbey has moved one line closer to the midfield this week 
Drew sneaks back onto the emergency list. No Manfre.
B: G. Azzopardi (67), B. Plummer (57)
HB: M. Robinson (80), A. Melnikas (64), M. Ford (42)
C: S. McIntosh (78), S. Ford (45), M. Klaumanns-Moller (75)
HF: A. McDonald (53), T. Davidge (77), J. Richardson (52)
F: E. Chaston (61), M. O’Connell (56)
R: L. Prince (44), S. Orritt (68), C. Bernardi (47)
INT: L. Thompson (74), S. Johnston (79), E. Downie (50), A. Jordan (62), M. Harrison (54)
EMG: M. Ibrahim (41), D. Ryan (51), M. Mifsud (46)
IN: C. Bernardi, M. Klaumanns-Moller, M. O’Connell, S. Orritt, S. McIntosh
OUT: S. Molan (foot), M. Albrecht (illness), I. Porter (unavailable), M. Ibrahim, M. Mifsud (omitted)
EFC debuts for Marli Klaumanns-Moller and Sophie McIntosh (they have 19 and 1 VFLW games respectively already).
Changes since we beat Geelong 64-15 in round 14 of last year (roughly paired up):
| OUT | IN |
|---|---|
| Bailey Hunt | Marli Klaumanns-Moller |
| Drew Ryan | Brooke Plummer |
| Ellie Huggard | Eva Downie |
| Isabelle Porter | Grace Azzopardi |
| Jaimee-Lee Morrow | Layla Prince |
| Karly McNiece | Lucy Thompson |
| Lily Bateman | Sophie McIntosh |
| Olivia Manfre | Sam Johnston |
| Ruby Mahony | Abbey McDonald |
| Sarah Perkins | Maggie O’Connell |
| Sophie Molan | Marnie Robinson |
| Tayla Hart-Aluni | Meg Harrison |
Cats have 17 changes. Their sole returning players are Favell, Pratt, Schaap, and Mahar.
Pre-season match down there saw us win 5.13.43 to 3.2.20
Cats tried hard but were… not good.
@hambo will get to this game, though.
Yep it’s in the calendar. Do they have HOT CHIPS?
Not flattering is Darebin up 30-7 over Casey at HT.
DEMATTEEEEOOOO has two goals and NatMac one.
Chaston with the defenders.
Bernardi and Thompson with the forwards.
