AFLW 2025 AFLW season - Geelong & the greater league...

[OzeSparky]

Any Footage. Would love to see Mason Clunking a few.

 

[cats_09]

Slides 2, 3 & 4

The footage on slide 4 is my fav:

• 183cm "small forward" Moloney roving the front of a marking pack to snap a goal
• Bragg with a fair bump on an opponent knocking her off balance, Bowen with the tackle and that leads to a Pres goal

 

[OzeSparky]

Thankyou. Was good to see.
Loved the moving the ball straight down the middle.

 

[winty]

 

[cats_09]

The Geelong Cats can provide the following Deakin AFLW Health Update ahead of its practice match against Gold Coast Suns this Saturday.

There were no new injury concerns out of the match simulation against St Kilda on the weekend.

New Updates Since Match Simulation (Please attribute updates to: Geelong Cats Head of AFLW Dominque Condo)

Available

Rachel Kearns
Ankle

Amy McDonald
Foot

After missing the match simulation against St Kilda, Amy McDonald and Rachel Kearns are expected to return this weekend for the practice match against Gold Coast Suns.

Test

Erica Fowler
Chest

Erica Fowler is progressing through fitness and medical tests following a chest contusion and is a test ahead of this weekend

Unavailable

Gabbi Featherston
Hamstring, 2-3 weeks

Gabbi Featherston is progressing in her rehabilitation program and will integrate back into main training this week. She is still on track to be available for selection for Round 2.



Geelong Cats Pre-Season Deakin AFLW Health Update

Player	Injury	Timeline
Erica Fowler	Chest	Test
Gabbi Featherston	Hamstring	2-3 weeks
Sienna Tallariti	Ankle	6-8 weeks
Caitie Tipping	Knee	6-8 weeks
Chloe Scheer	Knee	Indefinite

Deakin Health Update | AFLW Practice Match

Geelong has released a Deakin AFLW Health Update ahead of the Cats practice match against Gold Coast

www.geelongcats.com.au

 

[cats_09]

I know we didn't have the best of seasons last year, that as fans we would have loved to see 2023 backed up and I'm sure that the club would have also - I also think that as times during the year there were some questions if Dan was the right choice to continue as our head coach

Watching a clip like this from this afternoon, I feel that the answer is yes he's the right person for job (at the moment) - whenever the club has shared clips like this on socials, there always seems a lot of fun, joy and respect between all parties

Now to get the right mix on field and push on with how good we know they can play

 

[cats_09]

In case this is of interest to anyone

 

[cats_09]

I don't see any crocs, but I may have spotted slip on uggs type boots - are they really permitted in public?

 

[cats_09]

Good to see Kearns & A.Mac named on the bench

Gold Coast v Geelong at People First Stadium, 8pm AEST

GOLD COAST

B: K.Bischa 26 C.Wilson 22
HB: M.Girvan 25 N.McLaughlin 11 W.Randell 15
C: G.Clayden 18 L.Single - C 13 E.Veerhuis 33
HF: E.Barwick 6 E.Smith 16 A.Kievit 1
F: H.Harris 12 D.Davies 3
Foll: T.Gregory 32 C.Rowbottom 8 L.Mithen 14
I/C: M.Brancatisano 5 E.Maurer 10 J.Stanton 17 M.Salisbury 19 N.Milne 29 K.Fullerton 30 T.Oliver 44 T.Harrington 28

Emerg: C.Whitfort 4 C.Fitzpatrick 9

GEELONG

B: A.Gregor 30 C.Gunjaca 26
HB: G.Rankin 10 R.Webster 21 E.Kilpatrick 27
C: K.Kenny 12 J.Crockett-Grills 6 B.O'Rourke 23
HF: M.Bowen 1 A.Moloney 45 K.Surman 7
F: E.Fowler 17 K.Darby 8
Foll: P.Dunlop 38 N.Morrison 9 G.Prespakis 41
I/C: M.McDonald - C 11 R.Kearns 22 Z.Friswell 20 B.Smith 2 C.Thorne 25 A.McDonald 3 C.Mason 24 M.Bragg 44

Emerg: J.Parry 5 S.Scott 15

AFLW TEAMS: Bowers back, first glimpse at big-name draftees

The teams are in for Saturday's AFLW practice matches

www.afl.com.au

 

[cats_09]

 

[winty]

Just had a quick peek at the scores - girls are 29 points up at half time.

 

[winty]

We're leading 8.6.54 to 1.2.8 at 3/4 time.

Georgie Prespakis has been absolutely dominating.

 

[cats_09]

Live stream via this link

AFLW Practice Match Live Stream | Geelong v Gold Coast

Watch Geelong's AFLW practice match against the Gold Coast Suns live and free

www.geelongcats.com.au

 

[cats_09]

Late updates






And as per Wintys updates above, we've kept GC scoreless in the third and just a single point at the end we're about to kick towards

 

[OzeSparky]

Good signs by the girls. Moving it quick. We could be a force this year, few really silly turnovers though.

 

[cats_09]

Apologies, I've tuned in to watch the last quarter and we've started to look sloppy


But a couple of observations:
- looks like Bragg is playing in front of the ball, where as we've generally seen her in the ruck or behind the ball in the AFLW

- Kearns with a couple of dropped marks and rusty looking decision making, but guessing that's somewhat expected in the first hitout ahead of the season. Get the rust out now and be better for it in a couple of weeks


And that was a dirty play by the GC ruck deep in their forward line ball up - a deliberate coathanger before the ball had really been bounced. I'm pretty sure she even stood the mark for the free before the umpire would have had a chance to blow the whistle

 

[winty]

Georgie Prespakis with a phenomenal handball over her head while sitting on the ground which looped over an opponent and hit a teammate running away from her. Amazing stuff.

 

[winty]

Nice snap by Bowen. Looks like she's been playing deeper forward tonight, and has been applying heaps of defensive pressure.

 

[cats_09]

Bullshit free kick to GC in front of goal

And not sure if that was reversed or the umpire initially pointed the wrong way now but we've ended up with a 50m penalty and the ball up our end

 

[winty]

How was that not a free to Surman?

 

[cats_09]

Georgie Prespakis with a phenomenal handball over her head while sitting on the ground which looped over an opponent and hit a teammate running away from her. Amazing stuff.

Just watching this last quarter tonight and reading reports from last week, we can see just how not right she was last season - a fit & firing Pres will make a big difference to the team

 

[cats_09]

How was that not a free to Surman?

In a token of good will during these pre-season matches, they're allowing the blind to umpire

 

[winty]

58 point win. Nice tune up.

 

[cats_09]

Full time stats

 

[winty]

Meg Mac's decision making and disposal is still a worry for mine. There was one time she went to switch play to 3 Geelong players by themselves on the fat side of the ground and missed all three with the kick, and then 5 minutes later she tried to run through two tacklers and got pinged holding the ball.

Good sides will try and exploit that.