AFLW Autopsy R3: Outclassed by the Crows

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ROUND 3: ADELAIDE VS ESSENDON​

Wigan Oval, Unley SA​

Saturday September 16 @ 3.05pm AEST​

ESSENDON has marked its historic first AFLW fixture at Windy Hill with a 12-point win over St Kilda, continuing its unbeaten start to the season.



It was Essendon's first game at its spiritual home in a national competition – either men's or women's – since August 1991.



Essendon was dominant early and grabbed the ascendancy with three straight goals in the opening 10 minutes.

Prolific midfielder Maddy Prespakis starred again with a game-high 29 disposals in the Bombers' 6.4 (40) to 4.4 (28) victory on Sunday, with 15 contested possessions and five clearances.

The other half of 'Velcro', Georgia Gee, celebrated her 50th AFLW game in style, with 19 touches and a goal.



The Saints gradually dragged their way back into the contest, kicking four of the next five majors to level the scores midway through the third quarter.

But the Bombers steadied late in the third term and turned for home 12 points in front with co-captain Bonnie Toogood (17d, 1g), Sophie 'Magic' Alexander (19d) and newcomer Brooke Walker (15d, 6clr) contributing strongly.



Neither side managed to score in a hard-fought final period, including a spectacular smother by Daria Bannister, and ending in a win to kick off the Bombers’ 2023 campaign 2-0.



The Bombers' win came at a cost, with co-captain Steph Cain undergoing a concussion test during the final quarter after her head met the turf in a dump tackle from Jaimee Lambert, while midfielder Kodi Jacques was suspended for rough conduct after a solid tackle on Nicola Xenos.


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ESSENDON 6.4 (40)​

ST KILDA 4.4 (28)​

GOALS: Vogt, Clarke, Gee, Toogood, Wuetschner, Radford
BEST: Prespakis, Toogood, Gee, Walker, Alexander, Vogt

Crowd: 3,915 at Windy Hill


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ADELAIDE​

FB:	4. Zoe Prowse	13. Kiera Mueller
HB:	14. Stevie-Lee Thompson	26. Chelsea Randall	12. Chelsea Biddell
C:	17. Madison Newman	33. Anne Hatchard	23. Niamh Kelly
HF:	5. Rachelle Martin	15. Danielle Ponter	31. Yvonne Bonner
FF:	32. Jessica Allan	19. Jessica Waterhouse
Foll:	1. Caitlin Gould	10. Ebony Marinoff	25. Teah Charlton
Int:	28. Brooke Tonon	22. Lisa Whiteley	2. Eloise Jones
	11. Sarah Goodwin	27. Abbie Ballard
Emg:	16. Taylah Levy	9. Deni Varnhagen	21. Montana McKinnon

ESSENDON​

FB:	17. Clarke	26. Van Loon
HB:	27. Van De Heuvel	14. Gamble	9. Walker
C:	2. Gee	20. Cain	28. Busch
HF:	33. Clarke	24. Alexander	8. Toogood
FF:	3. Bannister	21. Wuetschner
Foll:	30. Wales	5. Nanscawen	4. Prespakis
Int:	36. Brown	18. Cutting	10. Vogt
	22. Radford	32. Scott
Emg:	16. Dyke	6. Marshall	11. Barba

Essendon has made one change to its side to take on Adelaide in round three.

Ruck Leah Cutting will make her club debut, replacing midfielder Kodi Jacques who will miss through suspension.

With previous AFLW experience at the Saints, Cutting will be looking to bring her strong aerobic capacity and competitive edge to the Dons' mix.

Forwards Bonnie Toogood and Jess Wuetschner will both line up for their 50th AFLW games.
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MILESTONES:​

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#18 Leah Cutting​

Club Debutante​

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#8 Bonnie Toogood​

50 AFLW Games​

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#21 Jess Wuetschner​

50 AFLW Games​

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Coverage starts at 3pm
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CARN THE DONS!​

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[Lore]

Scotty2Toogood

 

[Lore]

Midfield pressure is a joke both ways

 

[bommer16]

Waterhouse got a rockin mullet

 

[Lore]

go go go

 

[Lore]

dammit, needed to mark that 2 seconds sooner

 

[Vindicater]

ghostdog ya girl just crumbed a loose ball on the goal line, kicked it facing backwards, falling backwards, over her own head. RIPPER!

 

[bommer16]

Amber Alert

My girl has taken a few good marks already

 

[Lore]

Daz out for the rest of the afternoon, guessing that's concussion test related or something since her head was smacked on the ground before

 

[bommer16]

Going to miss her in the side today. Hopefully the girls can over her well.

 

[bommer16]

Great mark Bonnie

 

[Lore]

Buschy getting stuck in

 

[bommer16]

Team needs to lift getting rattled in defence. Nanscawen doing lots.

 

[mcgrath_truther]

think we’re lucky that adelaide can’t kick straight today

 

[Lore]

Team needs to lift getting rattled in defence. Nanscawen doing lots.

Yeah that's the pressure we didn't have in Q1 starting to bear fruit. Adelaide lifted

I reckon there's a breeze running towards the left of screen too.

 

[Lore]

think we’re lucky that adelaide can’t kick straight today

that was your fault

 

[mcgrath_truther]

that was your fault

unfortunately!

can’t recall who mentioned it, but 5aa is extremely biased towards adelaide haha, reminds me of listening to any free to air bulldogs game over the past 4 years

 

[Vindicater]

Not sure what it looks like on the telly but here live the crowd are absolutely out running us. Clear difference in running power between the two sides.

 

[Lore]

That quarter was gross.

 

[Lore]

Not sure what it looks like on the telly but here live the crowd are absolutely out running us. Clear difference in running power between the two sides.

Thought I was watching the boys for a moment there

 

[bommer16]

Hmm

 

[Lore]

AFL execs are there, pity we're losing Good game to watch though, might convince them to invest more I guess.

Adelaide are a class above

And we're missing Daria Bannister due to her concussion in Q1, but we also lost Kodi Jacques to suspension (a small) and brought in Leah Cutting (a tall)

So we're two players taller than we were last week and I reckon that's affecting our pressure as well.

 

[Lore]

BONNIEE

 

[Lore]

Crowd getting in early with the TOOOOO GOOD

 

[bommer16]

Bombers and no composure. Go hand in hand

 

[bommer16]

Wow that tackle