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Game Details
Last Two Meetings:
The Four Points:
Tait Mackrill will become the 46th GIANT to pull on the orange jumper when she makes her AFL Women’s debut on Saturday. The 19-year-old South Australian will be the GIANTS’ fifth debutant of the season when they take on Carlton at Blacktown International Sportspark.
Meanwhile Renee Tomkins will make her AFLW return as one of four inclusions alongside Mackrill, Maddy Collier and Jodie Hicks. Tomkins, who was delisted at the end of the 2018 season before being redrafted in November, is set to play her 12th game for the GIANTS. Nicola Barr misses the clash after being handed a one match suspension by the Tribunal, while Haneen Zreika, Britt Perry and Phoebe Monahan have been omitted.
TAYLA Harris is one of two inclusions into Carlton’s side for the trip to Blacktown this weekend. Harris, who was a late exclusion last weekend with a shoulder injury, will return to the side which will take on GWS on Saturday.
Joining her will be Brooke Walker, who will join make her AFLW debut. Walker signed for the Blues alongside fellow rugby sevens convert Chloe Dalton as a rookie after impressing for the Carlton VFLW team last year. She has been named on the bench with Dalton, along with Kirby Bentley, Georgia Gee and Sarah Hosking.
Shae Audley and Rhiannon Watt are the duo which make way. Watt has been named as an emergency with Abbie McKay.
Teams
GIANTS
FB: Ellie Brush, Renee Tomkins, Pepa Randall
HB: Amanda Farrugia, Louise Stephenson, Emma Swanson
C: Alivia Eva
HF: Rebecca Beeson, Jacinda Barclay, Yvonne Bonner
FF: Christina Bernardi, Cora Staunton, Tait Mackrill
RR: Erin McKinnon, Jess Dal Pos, Courtney Gum
Interchange: Maddy Collier, Tanya Hetherington, Alyce Parker, Jodie Hicks, Elle Bennetts
Emergencies: Phoebe Monahan, Haneen Zreika
In: Tait Mackrill (debut), Maddy Collier, Jodie Hicks, Renee Tomkins
Out: Nicola Barr (suspended), Phoebe Monahan (omitted), Britt Perry (omitted), Haneen Zreika (omitted)
- Match: Greater Western Sydney v Carlton
- Venue: Blacktown International Sports Park, Sydney
- Time: 4.45pm AEDT
- Entry: Free
- Weather: A mostly sunny morning tending partly cloudy during the afternoon with increasing high level cloud. 27.
- Match Information: http://www.gwsgiants.com.au/news/2019-02-11/match-day-information-aflw-round-3
- Broadcast: 7mate (nationally), Foxfooty
- Streaming: 7plus, Foxtel Now, Kayo, womens.afl
- Streaming links: womens.afl, 7plus
Last Two Meetings:
- Round 2, 2017 – Carlton 7.5 (47) def. GIANTS 5.4 (34) at Ikon Park
- Round 2, 2018 – GIANTS 1.3 (9) def. by Carlton 3.12 (30) at Drummoyne Oval
The Four Points:
- The GIANTS’ Rebecca Beeson had spoken about wanting to spend more time in the midfield during the pre-season and she’s got her wish. The 21-year-old has been the GIANTS’ most dominant midfielder averaging 18 disposals per game in 2019.
- Carlton’s big-name forwards haven’t exactly fired yet in 2019. Darcy Vescio – the competition’s leading goalkicker in 2017 - has kicked just one goal from four scoring shots this season while in her only game so far this season, two time All Australian Taylah Harris has failed to score.
- Are you getting a sense of déjà vu? The GIANTS’ 2019 season is eerily similar to their 2018 season. Last year the GIANTS suffered a close defeat in round one against Melbourne before lightning halted play during a 21-point loss to Carlton at Drummoyne Oval. So far in 2019 they’ve lost a thriller to the Lions in round one and lost to North Melbourne by 25 points after the lights went out at Drummoyne Oval in round two. The GIANTS will be hoping they can repeat their effort of round three, 2018 (a resounding win over Collingwood) this Saturday.
- Speaking of round two, 2018 – that was the last time Carlton recorded a win in the AFL Women’s competition. It’s been over a calendar year since the Blues last tasted success and after a positive performance against the Crows, they’ll no doubt be hungrier than ever.
Tait Mackrill will become the 46th GIANT to pull on the orange jumper when she makes her AFL Women’s debut on Saturday. The 19-year-old South Australian will be the GIANTS’ fifth debutant of the season when they take on Carlton at Blacktown International Sportspark.
Meanwhile Renee Tomkins will make her AFLW return as one of four inclusions alongside Mackrill, Maddy Collier and Jodie Hicks. Tomkins, who was delisted at the end of the 2018 season before being redrafted in November, is set to play her 12th game for the GIANTS. Nicola Barr misses the clash after being handed a one match suspension by the Tribunal, while Haneen Zreika, Britt Perry and Phoebe Monahan have been omitted.
TAYLA Harris is one of two inclusions into Carlton’s side for the trip to Blacktown this weekend. Harris, who was a late exclusion last weekend with a shoulder injury, will return to the side which will take on GWS on Saturday.
Joining her will be Brooke Walker, who will join make her AFLW debut. Walker signed for the Blues alongside fellow rugby sevens convert Chloe Dalton as a rookie after impressing for the Carlton VFLW team last year. She has been named on the bench with Dalton, along with Kirby Bentley, Georgia Gee and Sarah Hosking.
Shae Audley and Rhiannon Watt are the duo which make way. Watt has been named as an emergency with Abbie McKay.
Teams
GIANTS
FB: Ellie Brush, Renee Tomkins, Pepa Randall
HB: Amanda Farrugia, Louise Stephenson, Emma Swanson
C: Alivia Eva
HF: Rebecca Beeson, Jacinda Barclay, Yvonne Bonner
FF: Christina Bernardi, Cora Staunton, Tait Mackrill
RR: Erin McKinnon, Jess Dal Pos, Courtney Gum
Interchange: Maddy Collier, Tanya Hetherington, Alyce Parker, Jodie Hicks, Elle Bennetts
Emergencies: Phoebe Monahan, Haneen Zreika
In: Tait Mackrill (debut), Maddy Collier, Jodie Hicks, Renee Tomkins
Out: Nicola Barr (suspended), Phoebe Monahan (omitted), Britt Perry (omitted), Haneen Zreika (omitted)
