Teen Wolf
Norm Smith Medallist
- Jul 5, 2011
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- Afghanistan women's cricket team
ADELAIDE
B: C.Biddell 12 M.Rajcic 32
HB: C.Randall - C 26 S.Allan 39 N.Allen 8
C: S.Thompson 14 A.Hatchard 33 A.Considine 16
HF: D.Ponter 15 A.Woodland 24 E.Jones 2
F: E.Phillips 13 R.Martin 5
Foll: C.Gould 1 E.Marinoff 10 T.Charlton 25
I/C: H.Button 6 H.Munyard 20 J.Hewett 19 J.Mules 23 N.Gore 7
Emerg: L.Whiteley 22 M.Newman 17
In: N.Allen, E.Jones, J.Hewett
Out: B.Tonon (Omitted), M.Newman (Omitted), M.McKinnon (Suspension)
MELBOURNE
B: L.Birch 9 G.Colvin 32
HB: S.Goldrick 23 S.Lampard 8 S.Heath 30
C: K.Paxman 4 T.Hanks 5 L.Mithen 14
HF: A.Bannan 16 K.Hore 10 S.Scott 12
F: D.Pearce - C 6 T.Harris 7
Foll: L.Pearce 15 O.Purcell 2 M.Gay 3
I/C: C.Sherriff 18 E.West 11 E.Zanker 29 E.McNamara 22 M.Fitzsimon 24
Emerg: J.Parry 19 T.Gillard 17
In: None
Out: None
ROAD TO THE GRAND FINAL
Adelaide (10-1, 208.9%, 23.3pt avg winning margin)
R1: W v BL by 30
R2: W v NM by 13
R3: W v WCE by 33
R4: W v Melb by 14
R5: W v Carl by 39
R6: L v WB by 1
R7: W v GWS by 40
R8: W v Frem by 9
R9: W v Coll by 2
R10: W v StK by 39
PF: W v Frem by 14
Melbourne (10-1, 179.0%, 23.6pt avg winning margin)
R1: W v WB by 24
R2: W v Rich by 16
R3: W v StK by 41
R4: L v Adel by 14
R5: W v GC by 12
R6: W v GWS by 37
R7: W v BL by 3
R8: W v NM by 10
R9: W v Frem by 88
R10: W v Carl by 1
PF: W v BL by 4
PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS
2022, Round 4 at Norwood Oval: Adelaide 4.11.35 def. Melbourne 3.3.21
2021, P. Final at Adelaide Oval: Adelaide 5.3.33 def. Melbourne 1.9.15
2021, Round 7 at Casey Fields: Melbourne 6.7.43 def. Adelaide 2.3.15
2019, Round 7 at Casey Fields: Adelaide 10.8.68 def. Melbourne 1.2.8
2018, Round 2 at Casey Fields: Melbourne 8.8.56 def. Adelaide 4.0.24
2017, Round 6 at Marrara Stadium: Melbourne 5.4.34 def. Adelaide 5.2.32
2022 STAT LEADERS
Adelaide
Goals: Ashleigh Woodland (21, 1st in the league)
Score Involvements: Erin Phillips (5.6 per game, 1st in the league)
Disposals: Ebony Marinoff (24.5 per game, 2nd in the league)
Contested Possessions: Anne Hatchard (10.9 per game, 8th in the league)
Intercept Possessions: Chelsea Biddell (5.5 per game, 17th in the league)
Contested Marks: Montana McKinnon & Caitlin Gould (1.2 per game, 3rd in the league)
Tackles: Ebony Marinoff (7.3 per game, 5th in the league)
Melbourne
Goals: Tayla Harris (18, 2nd in the league)
Score Involvements: Kate Hore (4.0 per game, 5th in the league)
Disposals: Karen Paxman (19.3 disposals, 15th in the league)
Contested Possessions: Lauren Pearce (10.1 per game, 12th in the league)
Intercept Possessions: Libby Birch (5.6 per game, 13th in the league)
Contested Marks: Tayla Harris (2.2 per game, 1st in the league)
Tackles: Tyla Hanks (5.2 per game, 29th in the league)
JUST A NUMBER
Oldest players from each side: Erin Phillips (36) & Shelley Scott (34)
Youngest players from each side: Teah Charlton (19) & Megan Fitzsimon, Eliza McNamara and Alyssa Bannan (19)
Adelaide will likely field four 30+ players, Melbourne likely five. I’m expecting Brooke Tonon (18) to come out of the side for Eloise Jones, which would mean the Crows will have one teenager and the Demons will have three.
BEEN THERE, WON THAT
Adelaide will have seven players who played in their 2017 and 2019 Grand Final victories (Sarah Allan, Anne Hatchard, Ebony Marinoff, Justine Mules, Erin Phillips, Chelsea Randall and Stevie-Lee Thompson). They will have an additional five players who were part of just the '19 win (Hannah Button, Ailish Considine, Eloise Jones, Danielle Ponter and Marijana Rajcic).
The only premiership player in Melbourne's line-up is Libby Birch, who was part of the Bulldogs' win over Brisbane in 2018. Their only other player to have GF experience is Tayla Harris, having played on the losing side against Adelaide in 2017 and 2019 for Brisbane and Carlton respectively.
SCORING
2022 average points for & against: Adelaide 40.5 & 19.4; Melbourne 45.7 & 25.5
Adelaide Oval average points: 67.2 total (5 matches); 49.4 winning; 17.8 losing
AFLW average points in warm* weather: 70.5 (96 matches)
*matches played at an average temp between 25 and 30 degrees—current forecast is for the grand final to be played at an average temp of 27 degrees
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