VFLW - Round 8 vs Pies @ Olympic Park Oval, 11:30am Sat 14 June 2025

King’s Birthday weekend is a league-wide bye.

Then we (not Blitz) head to Swan Street for the first time ever.

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IN: G. Azzopardi, G. Brooker, M. Heymanson, M. Ibrahim, S. Orritt

OUT: C. Bernardi (quad), M. Robinson (wrist), S. Johnston, M. Klaumanns-Moller, M. O’Connell (omitted)

NEW: Grace Brooker, 25, 173cm, New Zealand rugby; Molly Heymanson, 21, 180cm, Park Orchards

“White Hat” Heymanson and AFLW-listed Brooker to debut. But FF and FB out…

Pies

IN: A. Gladman
OUT: S. de Castella (omitted)

Headline photo for the teams article scared the crap out of me… until I noticed that ex-AFLW-Pie Livingstone is now at Sandy.

Ryan CHB, Chaston FF, Brooker on-ball ahead of Abbey :wink:

ESSENDON

B:M. Ford (42), S. Molan (73)
HB: G. Azzopardi (67), D. Ryan (51), B. Plummer (57)
C: I. Porter (70), S. Ford (45), A. Melnikas (64)
HF: A. McDonald (53), T. Davidge (77), J. Richardson (52)
F: E. Chaston (61), A. Jordan (62)

R: L. Prince (44), M. Albrecht (48), G. Brooker (7)

INT: L. Thompson (74), M. Ibrahim (41), S. McIntosh (78), M. Heymanson (66), S. Orritt (68)


EMG: S. Johnston (79), M. Klaumanns-Moller (75), M. O’Connell (56), E. Downie (50), M. Mifsud (46)

COLLINGWOOD

B: T. Henry (58), L. Leighton (71)
HB: E. McKinnon (43), D. Carbone (45), A. Muir (56)
C: C. Brewer (40), K. Lennox (47), C. Jones (53)
HF: A. Peck (50), T. Sanger (62), Z. McCurdy (70)
F: M. Eastman (57), M. Bourne (75)

R: B. Clarke (55), T. Fellows (73), J. Ramsdale (51)

INT: L. Williamson (72), C. Hunt (49), L. Szigeti (63), M. Lang (76), A. Gladman (46)


EMG: A. Campbell (44), D. Sgarbi (67), M. Jarvis (48), S. Courtney (66), S. de Castella (74)

Here’s the busiest 21 players actually named in the two 21s:

Team Player Fantasy G B K H D M T CLR HO i50s R50s
Pies Tahlia Sanger 100 0.3 0.3 13.6 7.2 20.8 3.7 8 4 0.1 4 1.3
EFC El Chaston 84.5 0.1 0 11.9 8 19.9 4.6 5 2.3 0 3.1 2.1
Pies Dominique Carbone 81.4 0.3 0.9 11.9 7.8 19.6 1.6 6.8 3.8 0 3.1 1.1
EFC Layla Prince 75.4 0 0 5 6.3 11.3 1.9 4.9 1.7 22.9 1.7 1.6
Pies Lily-Rose Williamson 71.9 0.6 0.6 8.6 7.4 16 2.9 5.6 2.9 0 1.3 0.7
EFC Abbey McDonald 70.7 0.6 0.3 9.9 8.4 18.3 3.1 3.1 4 0 2.4 0.7
Pies Molly Eastman 70.7 0 0.1 12.4 4.3 16.7 4.1 3.4 0.7 0 2.3 2.7
Pies Courtney Jones 66.4 1 0.1 7.9 5.4 13.3 3.6 3.7 2.1 0 2 0.1
EFC Maddison Ford 64.1 0 0.1 9.7 7.4 17.1 4.1 2.1 0.4 0 0.4 3.3
EFC Brooke Plummer 63.1 0.4 0.4 11.7 3.6 15.3 3.6 2 1 0.1 4.1 1
Pies Amelie Gladman 62.3 1 1 8 4.5 12.5 2 4.2 1.2 0.2 2.8 0
EFC Ashlea Melnikas 61.6 0.2 0 5.4 7 12.4 1 6.8 2.6 0 1.8 0.8
Pies Mackenzie Bourne 60.9 0.1 0.3 6 3.4 9.4 1.6 3.4 2.3 16.8 0.8 1
Pies Lilly Leighton 59.5 0.5 0.2 5.5 6.8 12.3 2.8 4.8 1.3 0 1.3 0.3
EFC Maddison Albrecht 57.7 0.2 0.3 7.3 6.2 13.5 1.3 4.8 1.7 0 2.8 0.3
Pies Bella Clarke 56.8 0 0 7.7 4.8 12.5 3 4 0.8 0 1.7 1
Pies Lauren Szigeti 56 0.1 0 8.3 5.3 13.5 2.8 3.1 3.1 0 1.5 1.5
EFC Tia Davidge 53 1.5 0 6 2.8 8.8 2.7 3.2 1 0 1 0.3
Pies Erin McKinnon 52.3 0 0 3.3 3 6.3 1.5 1.8 2.8 26.5 1.5 0.5
Pies Charlotte Brewer 52.3 0 0.6 7.7 5 12.7 2.7 2.9 0.7 0 2.3 1
Pies Annie Muir 51.9 0 0.1 6.1 6.6 12.7 1.4 4.3 3 0 2.1 0.9

(The next eight players are Bombers; but the likes of Chloe Hunt beyond that can still be dangerous.)

When For Against Margin
2018-11 23 49 -26
2019-08 20 40 -20
2019-13 49 22 27
2021-08 28 38 -10
2021-SF 10 18 -8
2022-09 94 23 71
2023-05 31 15 16
2023-SF 18 22 -4
2024-06 64 47 17
2025-02 64 24 40
TOTAL 401 298 103

Stats Leaders (leaders, us, Pies, maybe a few others)

Apart from goals, the numbers below are averages… but the rankings are sorted by totals.

Stats are generally clipped at top 20; if not, the reason should be pretty obvious.

Disposals
1 - Ange Gogos (Darebin) 26.0
5 - EL CHASTON 19.3
7 - Dom Carbone (Pies) 18.9
e15 - MADDISON FORD 17.0
18 - ABBEY MCDONALD 19.3
e19 - Tahlia Sanger (Pies) 19.2 and Molly Eastman (Pies) 16.4

Goals
1 - Nyakoat Dojiok (Norf) 18
e4 - TIA DAMAGE and Chloe Hunt (Pies) 9
e7 - CHRISTINA BERNARDI and Courtney Jones (Pies) 7
e16 - Amelia Peck (Pies) and JAYDA RICHARDSON 5

Marks
1 - Amy Trindade (FC) 4.9
2 - EL CHASTON 4.4
e4 - MADDISON FORD and Molly Eastman (Pies) 4.1
e13 - BROOKE PLUMMER and Courtney Jones (Pies) 3.6
e17 - ISABELLE PORTER 4.0 and MARNIE ROBINSON 3.4

Tackles
1 - Octavia di Donato (FC) 10.6
14 - Dom Carbone (Pies) 6.9
e19 - Tahlia Sanger (Pies) 7.0
e34 - Lily-Rose Williamson (Pies) 6.2
e36 - EL CHASTON 5.0

Kicks
1 - Ange Gogos (Darebin) 17.1
6 - Molly Eastman (Pies) 12.3
e7 - BROOKE PLUMMER and Dom Carbone (Pies) 11.7
10 - EL CHASTON 11.4
e18 - Tahlia Sanger (Pies) 12.3

Handballs
1 - Octavia di Donato (FC) 11.0
9 - EL CHASTON 7.9
10 - ABBEY MCDONALD 8.7
e12 - MADDISON FORD 7.3
e15 - Dom Carbone (Pies) 7
e20 - Annie Muir (Pies) 6.6

Hit-outs
1 - Kate Reynolds (Norf) 30.0
4 - LAYLA PRINCE 22.9
9 - Mackenzie Bourne (Pies) 17.6
e32 - JAYDA RICHARDSON 3.4

We smashed the highly-ranked Pies in round two, but that was the game that we included 10 (overwhelmingly junior) AFLW players.

Our changes since then are:

OUT IN Role Effect
Taya Chambers Sophie McIntosh defender loss
Chloe Adams Sarah Ford mid loss
Sophie Strong Madison Ibrahim mid loss
Grace Belloni Lucy Thompson wunderkind loss
Matilda Dyke Grace Brooker TBC ???
Emily Gough Molly Heymanson tall utility ???
Marnie Robinson Sophie Molan key def plus
Mia van Dyke Grace Azzopardi def -
Christina Bernardi Tia Davidge key fwd -
Mia Busch Scarlett Orritt utility -
Holly Ridewood Drew Ryan wing -
Amy Gaylor Ashlea Melnikas mid this is bait

Not horrendous. Don’t really know what to expect from our newbies. “White Hat” Heymanson is the same height as Gough and can likely out-run any opponent. Yet to be determined if she can footy, or last longer than Emily did…

Fewer changes for the Pies:

OUT IN
J. Anthony (68) E. McKinnon (43)
J. Baxter (41) L. Leighton (71)
J. Ivey (33) M. Lang (76)
M. Ellin (39) T. Sanger (62)
M. Molenberg (37) Z. McCurdy (70)

Hat-less!

No hat.

Radio 3DJR rolls past a vacant Victoria Park…

Grass is wet.

As Blitzers who have played here would be aware, the wings are too wide.

Wind is zero-to-gusty but not always to the south (right) wing.

View is shithouse, including from the top of eastern/soccer-side “hill”.

Pies out a loooooong time before us.

Our rooms in the soccer dome.

Albrecht wants to German supplex Plummer

Heymanson is not THAT much taller than Richo.

Brooker is SOLID.

Don’t mix her up with Molan.