VFLW - Round 8 vs Casey @ Craigieburn, 11:30am Saturday 30th June 2018

Football Discussion Essendon VFLW
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The photo is quality: Mackrill saying “get the fark out of my way” as she is being tackled by two opponents. It takes a lot of lions working together to take down a hippo. Hopefully she doesn’t get suspended for one of her own tackles on the day (was reported).

Momentum ebbed and flowed in the clash at a soggy and intermittently windy RAMS Arena, with Casey kicking four of their six goals across ten-minute bursts in the second and fourth quarters respectively.

The Bombers trailed by nine points at three-quarter-time and were looking resurgent after returning key forward Danielle Ponter kicked a pair of goals when Casey was looking to run away with the match.

Needing to score quickly and repeatedly, the Bombers were left wanting as Casey’s AFLW experience came to the fore and guided the Demons out of trouble in the 6.11 (47) to 3.3 (21) win.

The young Bombers are continuing to make a name for themselves in VFLW for their pressure around contests and were well led by the relentless tackling of Maddy Collier, Hayley Bullas and Tait Mackrill (although Mackrill’s aggression did see her get her number taken for a sling tackle in the second quarter).

The Bombers blooded two more debutants in forward Carlee Portlock and defender Liz Flack; Flack proved a revelation in her first match not only for Essendon but in VFLW as she held the fort deep in defence and saved a goal for her side on more than one occasion.

Luck rarely favoured the Bombers: their chances took a real blow when Tanya Hetherington and Beth Kearney clashed heads in a marking contest late in the third quarter.

Not only was Essendon forced to play out the match with just two on the bench, but the loss of the pair’s height and experience proved costly.

Essendon will play Richmond in a VFLW/M double-header at Windy Hill next Sunday from 11.30am.

ESSENDON 0.1 1.2 3.3 3.3.21
CASEY 0.1 2.6 4.6 6.11.47

GOALS
Essendon – Ponter 2, Moreau
Casey – Sloane 2, ■■■■, Cordner, Bentvelzen

BEST – Collier, Ponter, Flack, MacDonald, Mackrill, Ugle

By Callum O’Connor

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Tait Mackrill – Essendon (VFLW)

AFL Victoria’s Match Review Panel charged player Mackrill for engaging in rough conduct against Casey Demons player Amanda McDonough during the second quarter of the VFLW Round 8 match between Essendon and Casey Demons on Saturday 30th June at RAMS Arena.

Based on the available video and medical report, the incident was assessed as careless conduct with low impact and high contact. The incident was classified as a one match base sanction. The player has no applicable record which impacted the penalty. An early guilty plea enables the player to accept a reprimand.

EDIT 3/7: took the reprimand.

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(Skip to 1:30 to see how million-dollar legs and skills gets you nowhere if the brain fails…)

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  • Jessica was the #3 Trend in this week of the league with 11 handballs.
  • Bullas (18) and Collier (14) led the tackle count.
  • Nalder’s 28 hit-outs was third best for the round. It was an overt strength of our game to three-quarter time, just after two of our talls clashed heads and sat out the rest of the game.
  • In season-to-date stats, Rebecca Neaves is leading rebound 50s (30 from 7 games), while Bullas continues to extend her tackling lead (81, 20 clear of the next player). Maybe we could try getting the ball first.
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