VFLW Game Day 2022 Season - Minor premiers! Undefeated, finals start next week!🎶 Our girls who play this grand old game 🎶

[CrowdedHouse]

Essendon v Casey at Windy Hill - Live from 11am Saturday on AFL.com.au

ESSENDON
B	25. I. Ayre	21. A. Morcom
HB	13. E. Hosking	14. D. Marshall	16. T. Crook
C	1. C. Ugle	5. G. Nanscawen	9. M.Anthony
HF	26. J. Doonan	44. G. Dicker	22. N. MacDonald
F	4. M. Clifford	24. R. Tierney
R	30. S.Nalder	23. A. Radford	42. J. Zanchetta
INT	34. E. Everist	18. K. Heil	45. B. Clarke
	28. A. Barba	17. F.Frew
EMG	7. J. Davies	36. R. Sutton	10. E. Cornish
	43. O. DiDonato	15. L.Caruso
INS	22. N. MacDonald	45. B. Clarke
OUTS	19. N. Julian	43. O. DiDonato

CASEY DEMONS
B	18. E. OConnor	39. T. Gillard
HB	12. A. Brown	14. M. Chaplin	4. S. Heath
C	17. I. Simmons	6. S. Johnson	38. A. Kirkwood
HF	25. M. Harasimiuk	15. C. McCrossan	8. S. Fairchild
F	24. M. Fitzsimon	36. G. Campbell
R	22. S. Wales	11. E. West	26. E. Horne
INT	34. C. Blair	45. M. Hogg	16. B. Woolcock
	58. C. Conroy	50. K. Angelis
EMG	7. C. Selleck	27. A. Laing
INS	36. G. Campbell	39. T. Gillard	12. A. Brown
	15. C. McCrossan	16. B. Woolcock
OUTS	29. A. Blair	30. R. Grant	9. L. Wales
	37. B. Borchard	23. Z. Mitchell

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Hope this works.

 

[Lore]

Stream is back, it's marked as Q4 but I think it's actually the start of Q3 since not enough time has elapsed for it to be the start of Q4...

 

[Lore]

dude

 

[Lore]

3QT

Essendon 6.6 42
Port Melbourne 2.4 16

 

[Lore]

Another goal!

Essendon 7.7 49
Port Melbourne 2.4 16

 

[Charliebrow 16]

Watched the majority of the game last week and have tuned in for the last 20-30 minutes against Port Melbourne - our skill level is pretty terrific. Really enjoying watching our VFLW girls.

 

[Lore]

Getting away a bit more now... 61-16

 

[Lore]

Essendon 10.7 67
Port Melbourne 2.4 16

Half way through the fourth quarter...

 

[Lore]

McIntosh comes in for another goal

Essendon 11.7 73
Port Melbourne 2.4 16

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Percentage's taking a hit.

Delist.

 

[Lore]

Beautiful rundown tackle in the forward pocket

And Clifford going for her third goal out of that play... kicks it.

And that's full time!

Essendon 12.7 79
Port Melbourne 2.4 16

 

[Lore]

Apparently Joanne Doonan is in the country now too (from Ireland), should be integrating into the side soon

 

[Lore]

Still over 1000 on the percentage ahhaha

 

[Beerfish]

The ladies are killing it.

 

[Mercurial89]

Excuse the perhaps silly question.
Its obviously a great start, when we get the AFLW team how many of these women do we keep on our list?
Or is this for all intents and purposes our AFLW team that we will add draft picks to?

 

[Lore]

Excuse the perhaps silly question.
Its obviously a great start, when we get the AFLW team how many of these women do we keep on our list?
Or is this for all intents and purposes our AFLW team that we will add draft picks to?

We can sign a certain number of players sort of like delisted free agents/SSP in the AFL, where they have to have nominated for the draft previously and not been selected. Our entire VFLW list falls under that category as far as I know.

I think it’s a deliberate strategy for us and for the other 3 clubs to build up a list in advance and then transfer most of it to the AFLW list when we can. We have a lot of ex-AFLW players that fell off the roster due to injuries or whatever, and a couple that haven’t put their hand up since then because they seem to have committed themselves to being at Essendon when we do get a team.

Then we can also sign free agents from other clubs and we’ll also have draft picks, though the exact order and arrangement is yet to be determined.

We actually have an inaugural list build thread somewhere around here, though I doubt it will get much use until June-ish

Recruiting - AFLW Draft, Trade & Sign - 25 players re-signed, list is full, won't be drafting anyone!

2023 Essendon List

www.bigfooty.com

And there’s also a women’s footy sub-board over on the trade board now as well with another Essendon thread about our list build hahah

 

[ghostdog]

We can sign a certain number of players sort of like delisted free agents/SSP in the AFL, where they have to have nominated for the draft previously and not been selected. Our entire VFLW list falls under that category as far as I know.

I think it’s a deliberate strategy for us and for the other 3 clubs to build up a list in advance and then transfer most of it to the AFLW list when we can. We have a lot of ex-AFLW players that fell off the roster due to injuries or whatever, and a couple that haven’t put their hand up since then because they seem to have committed themselves to being at Essendon when we do get a team.

Then we can also sign free agents from other clubs and we’ll also have draft picks, though the exact order and arrangement is yet to be determined.

We actually have an inaugural list build thread somewhere around here, though I doubt it will get much use until June-ish

Recruiting - AFLW Draft, Trade & Sign - 25 players re-signed, list is full, won't be drafting anyone!

2023 Essendon List

www.bigfooty.com

And there’s also a women’s footy sub-board over on the trade board now as well with another Essendon thread about our list build hahah

I've seen the full list for this year here;

VFLW Bombers reveal initial playing list

See who'll be donning the sash for the VFLW Bombers in 2022.

www.essendonfc.com.au

But I can't find a best 22 anywhere and I'd like to get to know the players. I know you were talking up Nanscawen yesterday so I guess she's on-ball. Got time for a 22?

 

[Lore]

I've seen the full list for this year here;

VFLW Bombers reveal initial playing list

See who'll be donning the sash for the VFLW Bombers in 2022.

www.essendonfc.com.au

But I can't find a best 22 anywhere and I'd like to get to know the players. I know you were talking up Nanscawen yesterday so I guess she's on-ball. Got time for a 22?

I don't know all of them either haha, the coverage of VFLW is pretty limited, they don't name teams in position, it's just a list, we didn't have proper stats until recently and they're also limited, and the actual footage of the game can be quite poor quality which makes it difficult to tell one from the other unless they have an obvious defining feature. Also, we're dominating so unsurprisingly the few I can name are mostly playing on-ball, midfield and forward

So the names I do know:

• Courtney Ugle wears the number 1 guernsey, and was our inaugural captain for the first two years of our VFLW team. She's an Aboriginal woman and does a fair bit in that space in terms of advocacy, and has been the face of the women's team and doing the promo photos for the bomber shop for a while now. She plays on the wing, blonde pony tail, always tackling. Also often see her getting around the other girls before, during and after games encouraging them.
• Mia-Rae Clifford wears number 4, is our co-captain and used to play for Fremantle AFLW. I don't know a great deal about her but she was taking marks and kicking goals yesterday and seems to be a popular member of the group.
• Georgia Nanscawen wears number 5 (used to have 43), was our captain last year, co-captain with Clifford this year, won the equivalent of the Brownlow in the VFLW last year, and used to play for North Melbourne-Tasmania in the AFLW. She is also a former Hockeyroo and played for Australia some years ago, including a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. She's got the curly red hair and you really can't miss her, she's EVERYWHERE. Plays on ball, clean hands in the contest, laying tackles all over the place.
• Eloise Ashley-Cooper wears number 8, she won the club B&F last year. Netball convert.
• Federica Frew in number 17, plays as a forward, kicks goals. US college soccer background.
• Kendra Heil (18), plays around half-forward or wing I think, extremely long brown hair usually in a bun. Former AFLW player for Collingwood iirc but did her ACL once or twice and lost her spot on the list. She's an artist and does a lot of sport portraits, including that one of Andy McGrath that was posted a while ago. She's also a Canadian, like Pidge, and played Aussie rules in Canada before moving here.
• Cecilia McIntosh (20, used to have 5), short hair, covered in tats, over 40, used to play for Collingwood AFLW. Seems like a ripping person.
• Renee Tierney, wears 24. New, young, like 19 I think. Small forward, kicked a few goals yesterday.
• Simone Nalder (30). Leadership group this year, which is a group of two co-captains and Nalder, so effectively she's the vice-captain. She plays ruck.
• Olivia Manfre (38). Development listed player who kicked a couple of pretty nice goals yesterday - small forward.
• Jordan Zanchetta (42). Lots of blonde hair, teams up with Nanscawen in the middle. New to Essendon this year, comes from Brisbane's AFLW side.

The other names on the list are familiar but I don't know what position they play or what they look like or anything else about them, so it's not particularly useful. And then there's a couple more names I learned last year but then they got drafted! So not much help anymore. Hopefully we can get them back.

 

[ghostdog]

I don't know all of them either haha, the coverage of VFLW is pretty limited, they don't name teams in position, it's just a list, we didn't have proper stats until recently and they're also limited, and the actual footage of the game can be quite poor quality which makes it difficult to tell one from the other unless they have an obvious defining feature. Also, we're dominating so unsurprisingly the few I can name are mostly playing on-ball, midfield and forward

So the names I do know:

• Courtney Ugle wears the number 1 guernsey, and was our inaugural captain for the first two years of our VFLW team. She's an Aboriginal woman and does a fair bit in that space in terms of advocacy, and has been the face of the women's team and doing the promo photos for the bomber shop for a while now. She plays on the wing, blonde pony tail, always tackling. Also often see her getting around the other girls before, during and after games encouraging them.
• Mia-Rae Clifford wears number 4, is our co-captain and used to play for Fremantle AFLW. I don't know a great deal about her but she was taking marks and kicking goals yesterday and seems to be a popular member of the group.
• Georgia Nanscawen wears number 5 (used to have 43), was our captain last year, co-captain with Clifford this year, won the equivalent of the Brownlow in the VFLW last year, and used to play for North Melbourne-Tasmania in the AFLW. She is also a former Hockeyroo and played for Australia some years ago, including a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. She's got the curly red hair and you really can't miss her, she's EVERYWHERE. Plays on ball, clean hands in the contest, laying tackles all over the place.
• Eloise Ashley-Cooper wears number 8, she won the club B&F last year. Netball convert.
• Federica Frew in number 17, plays as a forward, kicks goals. US college soccer background.
• Kendra Heil (18), plays around half-forward or wing I think, extremely long brown hair usually in a bun. Former AFLW player for Collingwood iirc but did her ACL once or twice and lost her spot on the list. She's an artist and does a lot of sport portraits, including that one of Andy McGrath that was posted a while ago. She's also a Canadian, like Pidge, and played Aussie rules in Canada before moving here.
• Cecilia McIntosh (20, used to have 5), short hair, covered in tats, over 40, used to play for Collingwood AFLW. Seems like a ripping person.
• Renee Tierney, wears 24. New, young, like 19 I think. Small forward, kicked a few goals yesterday.
• Simone Nalder (30). Leadership group this year, which is a group of two co-captains and Nalder, so effectively she's the vice-captain. She plays ruck.
• Olivia Manfre (38). Development listed player who kicked a couple of pretty nice goals yesterday - small forward.
• Jordan Zanchetta (42). Lots of blonde hair, teams up with Nanscawen in the middle. New to Essendon this year, comes from Brisbane's AFLW side.

The other names on the list are familiar but I don't know what position they play or what they look like or anything else about them, so it's not particularly useful. And then there's a couple more names I learned last year but then they got drafted! So not much help anymore. Hopefully we can get them back.

Awesome post, Lore, thanks! Now I'll feel obligated to follow the team! I only really knew of Nanscawen and Ugle so your summary will help me fill in the gaps.

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Teams for this week's match at IKON Park, Carlton.

FREE ENTRY. Game live on WARFRadio.com from 1pm (and 89.1FM at the ground) and via VFLW YouTube from 1:55pm

ESSENDON VFLW
B	16. T. Crook	21. A. Morcom
BH	8. E. Ashley-Cooper	13. E. Hosking	19. N. Julian
C	42. J. Zanchetta	1. C. Ugle	18. K. Heil
HF	7. J.Davies	20. C. McIntosh	24. R. Tierney
F	17. F.Frew	4. M. Clifford
R	30. S. Nalder	3. S. Ford	5. G. Nanscawen
INT	14. D. Marshall	9. M. Anthony	23. A. Radford
	44. G. Dicker	10. E.Cornish
EMG	12. I. Currenti	2. M. Trethowan	15. L. Caruso
	46. G. Elarmaly	45. B. Clarke	22. N. MacDonald

CARLTON VFLW
B	31. B Vernon	9. B Gurr
BH	23. A Lee	34. C Wilson	19. A Jordan
C	7. A Bild	1. A. Klingbeil	30. L Brazzale
HF	32. B Walker	37. C Hammans	6. E Honybun
F	14. T Zampaglione	40. I Milford
R	18. J Borg	2. L Goss	27. A Thorneycroft
INT	17. N Moore	20. M Di Cosmo	21. V Murphy
	22. T Nicolaou	3. S Lawrence
EMG	12. S Ingram	24. M Wilson	10. C Linssen
	4. O Madden	26. M Cowan	12. M Jarvis
	28. T Kolevski

 

[CrowdedHouse]

PS. Lore can you or any other mod change the thread title. Game is 2pm Sunday, not Saturday.

 

[Lore]

Bump! Couple of minutes

 

[yodellinhank]

 

[Lore]

Jinx @ yodell I deleted mine and stickied yours

 

[ghostdog]

Go Donnerrrsss!!!