Women's Footy AFLW Practice Match - Bulldogs v Pies @ Mars Stadium - 5pm Saturday

[CrowdedHouse]

This Saturday (Jan 19) the Western Bulldogs host Collingwood in an AFLW practice match at Mars Stadium, Ballarat.

Like last year, entry to the game is free and first bounce is at 5pm.

The match will also be broadcast in Melbourne on RSN Carnival digital radio, via the RSN Racing & Sport app, and rsn.net.au/digital-radio-2 (as well as 89.1 FM at the ground only).

For those going along, I've attached a pdf with both team lists in numerical order for you to print a copy of.

 

[Fossie 32]

Ta mate!

 

[TheFool]

Start time's been moved to 5.15, transportation delays for the teams

 

[DexterTan]

Update?

 

[TheFool]

1.1-0.2 at quarter time, goal kicked by Brennan from what sounded like an uncontested mark in the goalsquare, and Lochland kicked the point. Toogood playing down back and sounds like we're playing a possession brand of football but the wind is messing with us a bit.

 

[TheFool]

Lochland carried off the ground with a knee injury. Fingers crossed it's nothing that rules her out long term, but commentators sounding grim

 

[TheFool]

2.4 - 1.2 at half time. Blackburn kicked a goal from 50, Brennan missed one from 50. Pies goal was Rowe (sp?) from a high tackle free. Moody rucking, Lamb getting a lot of the ball. No word on Lochland's knee from anywhere yet.

 

[Fossie 32]

Lochland carried off the ground with a knee injury. Fingers crossed it's nothing that rules her out long term, but commentators sounding grim

 

[gordo2016]

Lochland walking on crutches. Looks more like ankle injury to me, but I could be wrong.

 

[TheFool]

Lochland walking on crutches. Looks more like ankle injury to me, but I could be wrong.

I haven't seen it, only repeating what the commentators have said. Could well be an ankle.

 

[TheFool]

3.4 - 2.4 at three quarter time. An early dribbled goal from McLeod then fairly messy after. Late goal to Pies' McIntosh. Pies missed a couple of good chances in that quarter.

 

[Fossie 32]

Yay! Who said there were only three Baileys?

 

[TheFool]

Yay! Who said there were only three Baileys?

She was quiet last year but if Hunt gets back to her first-season form or better we're in for a treat

 

[Testekill]

She was quiet last year but if Hunt gets back to her first-season form or better we're in for a treat

Yeah she was pretty disappointing last year considering how great she was in her first season. Having her and Scott firing in our defense will be the big thing

 

[Fossie 32]

Wildes 2 GAMBLE...... goooooaaallll. Not long to go and 7 points up

 

[TheFool]

5.5.35 - 4.4.28 full time

Hunt kicked a bomb from outside 50, Pies quick reply by I don't know who. Rowe kicked her second for the Pies, then Gamble a goal from a mark about 30 out with a few minutes to go.

Didn't hear Brennan or Blackburn called in the second half, assume they didn't play. Don't remember hearing Brown either all game, and Conti definitely didn't play. It'd be an okay game and result for us if Lochland hadn't been hurt

 

[Testekill]

Didn't hear Brennan or Blackburn called in the second half, assume they didn't play. Don't remember hearing Brown either all game, and Conti definitely didn't play. It'd be an okay game and result for us if Lochland hadn't been hurt

Sounds like Brennan and Blackburn were rested in the second half.

 

[TheFool]

Sounds like Brennan and Blackburn were rested in the second half.

Yeah thought so, pretty good effort to hang on without Brennan, Blackburn, Lochland, Huntington, Conti in the second half. Come to think of it, Toogood may also have been pulled at half time?

 

[gordo2016]

5.5.35 - 4.4.28 full time

Hunt kicked a bomb from outside 50, Pies quick reply by I don't know who. Rowe kicked her second for the Pies, then Gamble a goal from a mark about 30 out with a few minutes to go.

Didn't hear Brennan or Blackburn called in the second half, assume they didn't play. Don't remember hearing Brown either all game, and Conti definitely didn't play. It'd be an okay game and result for us if Lochland hadn't been hurt

Brown played mate, but did not really get near it. Tackled a few times, but that was about it.

 

[gordo2016]

Reading some peoples tweets, Lochland could be PCL injury.

 

[MYOB]

If anyone wants to help sponsor a player from the womens team, have a look at the thread at the top of the page.

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Sarah Black from the AFL confirms it's an ankle injury for Lochland.

 

[SammoSammo]

Sarah Black from the AFL confirms it's an ankle injury for Lochland.

Hopefully she doesn't miss much of the season given that it's scheduled to start in two weeks.

 

[Fossie 32]

AFLW: Dogs score pre-season win against Magpies

Jan 20, 2019 12:18PM

Gamble talks AFLW Practice Match

BulldogsTV spoke to Ellyse Gamble after the Bulldogs won their AFLW Practice Match against Collingwood.

The Western Bulldogs AFLW side showed impressive signs ahead of the 2019 AFLW season, defeating Collingwood by seven points in a practice match at Mars Stadium in Ballarat on Saturday.

In a competitive hit-out just two weeks before the start of the season proper, the Dogs led at every change and held on in the final stages.

With multiple new players making their first appearance in the red, white and blue, midfielder Ellyse Gamble said the win will settle the nerves for the side’s less experienced players leading into Round 1.

“Leading into the season it’s always nice to have a hit-out to see how we’re going,” Gamble told westernbulldogs.com.au.

“I thought (the new recruits) did really well out there, they’ve just jumped on what we were able to create last year and adapted to the game plan really well.”

“Everyone put their best foot forward out there and did what they had to do.”

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The Bulldogs took control early, taking a five-point lead into quarter time through a Katie Brennan goal, while keeping the Magpies goalless.

Co-captain Ellie Blackburn was influential early – before being resting for the second half - booting a much-needed goal during the second term to keep the Dogs ahead at the main break.

An early Kirsten McLeod goal at the start of the third quarter saw the Dogs hold onto a six-point lead at the final change.

A goal from Bailey Hunt from outside 50 saw the Bulldogs extend their lead to 12 points during the final term, before Collingwood booted two-in-a-row to reduce the margin to one point.

A crucial goal from Gamble in the dying minutes sealed the win.

MATCH DETAILS

Western Bulldogs: 1.1 2.4 3.4 5.5 (35)
Collingwood: 0.2 1.2 2.4 4.4 (28)

Goals: K. Brennan, E.Blackburn, K.McLeod, B. Hunt, E. Gamble
Best: E. Blackburn, K. Brennan, T.Ernst, H. Scott, D.Berry
Injuries: B. Lochland (ankle)



A few nice hy-phenated words for you there Yojimbo

 

[gordo2016]

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  (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
  AFLW Preseason: Bulldogs v Collingwood
  
  
  
  The Western Bulldogs have taken preseason honours in a practice match against Collingwood, with the Dogs winning the encounter by 7 points.
  Kirsty Lamb was irrepressible as the Western Bulldogs kick-started their campaign for a second successive AFLW flag.
  The tenacious Bulldog took it upon herself to brutalise Collingwood’s young and inexperienced midfield, descending upon fleeing Magpies like an unforecasted January lightning-storm. At many a stoppage, Lamb would career into an unfortunate opponent, bulldozing them into MARS Stadium’s turf, rising only to repeat the dose. The pro-Bulldog crowd roared delightedly at Lamb’s effort, as her side dominated Collingwood in a one-sided first half.
  The Dogs’ skippers, Ellie Blackburn and Katie Brennan, punctuated the first half with typical vigour and class – Brennan leaping about like an enthusiastic kelpie, Blackburn darting between black-and-white to emerge from dense packs, football in hand. Quite simply, if Blackburn wanted the football, it was abundantly clear that it would be hers.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The pair contributed one goal apiece, before being handed media polos for the second half – Bulldogs Head Coach Paul Groves had seen enough – despite a second quarter injury to forward Brooke Lochland that ruled her out for the remainder of the game.
  Brennan’s absence had nothing to do with the Bulldogs’ star’s problematic foot injury.
  “Just precautionary…it felt great out there,” Brennan said.
  She felt similarly about the performance of the team’s midfield, citing the performance as “one of our strengths. We’ve got great midfield depth.”
  The Bulldogs had a paddock to work with inside their forward 50, Kirsten McLeod making good of the space to scramble a third major for the game. But as Brennan and her co-skipper became comfortable on the bench, Collingwood’s young core began to rise.
  Kristy Stratton and Jaimee Lambert found the football in tight spots, while Irish import Sarah Rowe shone up forward. The first of Rowe’s two majors was highlighted by an enormous celebration, with ecstatic Magpies converging on the recruit – Collingwood have found themselves a capable target.
  Celia McIntosh, after dragging down a fleeing Bulldog, converted with style. Stacey Livingstone at full-back rendered Celine Moody ineffective in a masterfully stingy display while Jordan Membrey and ex-Casey Demon Maddie Shelvin showed poise.
  A goal separated the sides at the final break, but the Dogs immediately established a comfortable buffer when Bailey Hunt hoofed the football from 50 metres and change, snagging a 12 point lead and a frankly ridiculous goal.
  Belinda Smith should have made it a 3-goal lead – but after an entertaining sprint inside 50, she lost her footing, the football and the chance. Collingwood capitalised swiftly, illustrating the correct method to Smith as they ran the wing, finding Nicole Hildebrand in the goalsquare for her first.
  One must muse whether a better performance in the first half by Collingwood would have seen them best the Bulldogs as Rowe’s second – providing following a head-hunting tackle – reduced Collingwood’s deficit to a solitary point as concerned murmurs made their way through an increasingly anxious crowd.
  A game that was once static and contested split open – space was found wide of the contest and utilized with abandon. Ellyse Gamble flew for a mark but was met mid-air by a flying Magpie, clattering spectacularly to the ground.
  It was bruising football. Watching with my mother, standing 5’3”, I asked her if she’d ever consider play football as Gamble haltingly rose to her feet. I was answered with a gale of incredulous laughter.
  But, against the odds (pardon the pun), Gamble found herself at full-forward moments later, underneath another problematic high football. Her juggled mark was met with a monumental roar, but her true drop punt garnered the loudest bellow of the game.
  It was a nervous victory for the Bulldogs in a game that should have been concluded in the third stanza – and it might have been with the presence of Blackburn and Brennan. Collingwood’s second half, however, bodes well for the upcoming season, following a pair of 3-win seasons.
  
  Despite the loss of Bree White, Jess Duffin, Jas Garner, Mo Hope and Emma King – experienced players all – the Pies’ youngsters look primed to provide their club with a successful season.
  Yet for the Dogs, this game highlights their skill, their class, their strength. They cruised to an early lead, sat their superstars and took the victory. As I chat to Brennan post-game, amongst a midst of excited fans and relaxed players, I spy a pair of young girls in the forward pocket. One is wearing a white shirt, the back of which is adorned with a texta-d tapestry of signatures. They are tackling each other with Kirsty Lamb’s vigour, laughing raucously. Brennan is grinning.
  “This is what it’s all about,” she says.
  It is.
  
  
  
  
  https://thewomensgame.com/news/2019-aflw-player-movement-492626