Autopsy AFLW Round 9, 2022: St.Kilda v Geelong

[Saint_Dos]

Good win from the girls.
Played hard and looked much cleaner today.
Much better spread of effort too rather than the usual few

 

[MordySaint]

Well done Saints, on a roll now.

Congrats NDS and the crew.

Bloody proud to be a Sainter.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Well done Saints, on a roll now.

Congrats NDS and the crew.

Bloody proud to be a Sainter.

Love how 2 weeks ago many were feeling miserable and almost questioning his position. A couple wins and everything feels better. Winning is so good

 

[Grav]

Lucas-Rodd easily best on. 22 disposals (16 contested), 12 clearances and 10 tackles. Huge!

A bit of class about her, the Jack Steele of the girls.

 

[St Kilda Death]

A bit of class about her, the Jack Steele of the girls.

If you mean working class, yes.
Dals definitely getting the best out of her lately.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

If you mean working class, yes.
Dals definitely getting the best out of her lately.

I get more Zak Jones vibes. Hard as nails, spent time in defence. Doesn’t mind a good run and just pure effort and energy

 

[PoppedCorn]

Great win again
Lucus rodd is a machine

 

[BrutThough]

Good news that we got the win but stay below Geelong on percentage to get in before them in the draft.

Also 1 game and about 10% above West Coast so looking likely to avoid the spoon too.

 

[Munga]

Good news that we got the win but stay below Geelong on percentage to get in before them in the draft.

Also 1 game and about 10% above West Coast so looking likely to avoid the spoon too.

Yeah I think we'll assume the Crows will get us. The Kangas will probably beat West Coast. That just leaves Geelong, who would have to lose by at least 190 points to beat us to the better draft pick. Let's hope the AFL still comes through with a priority pick for us.

Good stat: Tilly Lucas-Rodd becomes the third player in AFLW history to record 10+ contested possessions, 10+ clearances and 10+ tackles...
2x Ebony Marinoff
1x Kiara Bowers
1x Tilly Lucas-Rodd

That's elite company.

 

[Munga]

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Watch St Kilda's press conference after round nine's match against Geelong

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Bianca Jakobsson spoke with STK media after our Round 9 win over Geelong.

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Cat Phillips spoke with STK Media after our Round 9 win over Geelong

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AFLW Senior Coach Nick Dal Santo's message to fans following our Round 9 win over Geelong

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The Saints and Cats clash in round nine of the NAB AFL Women's Competition

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[CHBench]

Carlton's "rejects" are serving us well.
TLR is becoming a total jet, as is Jakobbson who had the most spoils in an AFLW game - she really should be AllAustralian or whatever the equivalent is. Nat Exon is also hard as nails, excellent effort to spoil 3 cats late.

Skills are definitely picking up under Dal, looked alot more impressive live than they do on TV.

Next step over the offseason is to unlock our scoring, it's been good experience for the defense to defend 2 goals a game but we need to give them a break now and go for 5-6+ reliably, we have the talent up forward to do better.

All in all was a good park the bus win, was hoping we'd go for the throat early in Q4, but I'll take the W.

 

[Munga]

Carlton's "rejects" are serving us well.
TLR is becoming a total jet, as is Jakobbson who had the most spoils in an AFLW game - she really should be AllAustralian or whatever the equivalent is. Nat Exon is also hard as nails, excellent effort to spoil 3 cats late.

Skills are definitely picking up under Dal, looked alot more impressive live than they do on TV.

Next step over the offseason is to unlock our scoring, it's been good experience for the defense to defend 2 goals a game but we need to give them a break now and go for 5-6+ reliably, we have the talent up forward to do better.

All in all was a good park the bus win, was hoping we'd go for the throat early in Q4, but I'll take the W.

Yeah Exon trying to do a Nick Riewoldt kamikaze mark was something else at a huge point in the match. The defence was awesome, I lost count of Geelong's repeat inside 50s, but we didn't concede a single point in those last 7 minutes. I'm sure Dal is now teaching how to get out of that and hold the ball down the other end.

And the skills will always be slightly held back because of the design of the actual footballs! The womens footballs are smaller and lighter. They physically cannot travel further nor straighter. A slight breeze and those balls are off target with ease. Really annoying the slack the women get when a lot of issues start before they've even kicked it.

It's also just one reason why I think moving to a winter season would be a disaster. The wind and rain, smaller and lighter footballs, it would be a mess... unless they can play under a roof. I'm still for a Spring to Autumn season, with only night games during Summer (play every night if needed). Another reason winter would fail is the attention. As already shown in previous years, once the men start, the women don't exist. Everything commercial goes into the mens. If they just want to play no matter what, ok. If they want to grow, don't play in winter.

 

[Munga]

Lucas-Rodd stars in return to RSEA Park

The fans have spoken, and as voted by you, Tilly Lucas-Rodd is this week's Dare Iced Coffee Sainter of the Round.

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[sammm]

Yeah Exon trying to do a Nick Riewoldt kamikaze mark was something else at a huge point in the match. The defence was awesome, I lost count of Geelong's repeat inside 50s, but we didn't concede a single point in those last 7 minutes. I'm sure Dal is now teaching how to get out of that and hold the ball down the other end.

And the skills will always be slightly held back because of the design of the actual footballs! The womens footballs are smaller and lighter. They physically cannot travel further nor straighter. A slight breeze and those balls are off target with ease. Really annoying the slack the women get when a lot of issues start before they've even kicked it.

It's also just one reason why I think moving to a winter season would be a disaster. The wind and rain, smaller and lighter footballs, it would be a mess... unless they can play under a roof. I'm still for a Spring to Autumn season, with only night games during Summer (play every night if needed). Another reason winter would fail is the attention. As already shown in previous years, once the men start, the women don't exist. Everything commercial goes into the mens. If they just want to play no matter what, ok. If they want to grow, don't play in winter.

a silly question but, wouldn't it be better if the grounds were made smaller for the women?

 

[SaintsSeptember]

a silly question but, wouldn't it be better if the grounds were made smaller for the women?

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[Dr Spaceman]

I get more Zak Jones vibes.