AFLW AFLW Season 7, Mega Thread

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Originally drafted in 2019, her initial stint with the club was ruined by injury including a stress fracture to the femur, but she didn't give up on her dream of playing at the top level - Mia signed with our VFLW team, where she was deputy VC and she lead our goal kicking with 21 majors across 14 games

After 3 years of waiting, we'll see the well deserved AFLW debut for Mia Skinner

And congrats to the others making their club debuts

Full team announced after 5:30

 

[Drunkcat]

Swans did a good thing for the girls, did a guard of honour as they walked in the ground..The AFL have treated the women very well so far

 

[cats_09]

Our new look lineup ahead of round 1​

Round 1 AFLW Team​

Debuts: Mia Skinner
Club debuts: Mikayla Bowen, Shelley Scott, Jackie Parry
Milestones: Shelley Scott (50 AFLW Games)

Backs	2. Annabel Johnson	26. Claudia Gunjaca
Half-Backs	16. Chantel Emonson	11. Meghan McDonald (C)	10. Georgie Rankin
Centreline	9. Nina Morrison (VC)	41. Georgie Prespakis	1. Mikayla Bowen
Half-Forwards	22. Rachel Kearns	5. Jackie Parry	4. Darcy Moloney
Forwards	8. Kate Darby	14. Chloe Scheer
Followers	13. Olivia Fuller	21. Rebecca Webster	3. Amy McDonald
Interchange	6. Julia Crockett-Grills	20. Zali Friswell	25. Mia Skinner
	15. Shelley Scott	17. Georgia Clarke
Emergencies	45. Maddy Keryk	18. Laura Gardiner	29. Kalani Scoullar

 

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Geelong will field a quartet of new faces in Sunday's opening round clash with Richmond at GMHBA Stadium.

In her third season and second stint at AFLW level, Mia Skinner is set to make her long-awaited debut. A known goalkicker who loves a contest, the 21-year-old is straight into the team off the back of an impressive VFLW season and strong AFLW pre-season.

Recruits Mikayla Bowen, Shelley Scott and Jackie Parry have all also been named to play their first game in the hoops.

Bowen has been named on the wing, complementing a centre line of Nina Morrison and Georgie Prespakis, while Parry will slot into the half-forward line.

Scott, who is set to play her 50th AFLW game, has been named to start on the bench.

Annabel Johnson will make a welcome return to defence. Johnson impressed over her first four games in the AFLW last season, before a foot fracture brought about a premature end to her season.

But after a solid pre-season and first hit-out in Geelong's practice match against Gold Coast a fortnight ago, Johnson will reclaim her spot in defence.

Swing player Claudia Gunjaca looks set to make her home in defence in Season 7, named in the backline, while a strong pre-season sees the versatile Georgia Clarke earn her spot in the 21.

Defender Maddy Keryk, midfielder Laura Gardiner and ruck Kalani Scoullar have been named the Cats' emergencies.

The Cats take on Richmond this Sunday at GMHBA Stadium, with first bounce at 4.10pm. Don't miss out on the FREE Footy Festival outside GMHBA Stadium from 2pm. Get your tickets to the game here.

 

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Here's the Tigers lineup - Williams returns to KP making her Tigers debut in Rnd 1, while Richmond is missing Katie Brennan who has caused us some match up issues in the past

But surely a tricks been missed with Richmond only naming Meg Macdonald as an emergency; would have been great to hear a call of McDonald intercepts Macdonald...

Richmond AFLW team v Geelong, Sunday, August 28, 4.10pm AEST, GMHBA Stadium

Backs	Bec Miller	15	Libby Graham	18
Half-Backs	Eilish Sheerin	31	Sarah D'Arcy	12	Maddie Shevlin	35
Centreline	Sarah Hosking	7	Grace Egan	2	Ellie McKenzie	22
Half-Forwards	Emelia Yassir	27	Katelyn Cox	17	Meagan Kiely	13
Forwards	Steph Williams	26	Courtney Wakefield	8
Followers	Gabby Seymour	28	Monique Conti	4	Tessa Lavey	37
Interchange from:	Bethany Lynch	20	Poppy Kelly	14	Sophie Molan	1
	Kate Dempsey	19	Stella Reid	25
Emergency	Kodi Jacques	10	Meg Macdonald	38	Jemima Woods

 

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[winty]

Our new look lineup ahead of round 1​

Round 1 AFLW Team​

Debuts: Mia Skinner
Club debuts: Mikayla Bowen, Shelley Scott, Jackie Parry
Milestones: Shelley Scott (50 AFLW Games)

Backs	2. Annabel Johnson	26. Claudia Gunjaca
Half-Backs	16. Chantel Emonson	11. Meghan McDonald (C)	10. Georgie Rankin
Centreline	9. Nina Morrison (VC)	41. Georgie Prespakis	1. Mikayla Bowen
Half-Forwards	22. Rachel Kearns	5. Jackie Parry	4. Darcy Moloney
Forwards	8. Kate Darby	14. Chloe Scheer
Followers	13. Olivia Fuller	21. Rebecca Webster	3. Amy McDonald
Interchange	6. Julia Crockett-Grills	20. Zali Friswell	25. Mia Skinner
	15. Shelley Scott	17. Georgia Clarke
Emergencies	45. Maddy Keryk	18. Laura Gardiner	29. Kalani Scoullar

Like the look of that forward line.

 

[winty]

They say our ground is small - the Sydney vs St.Kilda AFLW game is being played on a ground which is 120m long and 95m wide.

 

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They say our ground is small - the Sydney vs St.Kilda AFLW game is being played on a ground which is 120m long and 95m wide.

Whoever they interviewed at the start of half time, I'm pretty sure they mentioned the congestion around the ground - not sure I've heard that too often in the women's game considering it's less players on the field

 

[cats_09]

Not our game, but a solid goal of the year contender in the first round

 

[winty]

Swans getting slaughtered by the umps in this game.

 

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Hopefully that's not an ACL for Ham

 

[Drunkcat]

I am looking forward to see how Zali goes, started the year very last year but dropped right off in the end, that was normal

 

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[rocker_oz33]

What's Melbourne doing with our players .
Purcell was Thier best on .

 

[winty]

Been some good games this round - Adelaide vs Melbourne, West Coast vs Port Adelaide, Essendon vs Hawthorn and the Bulldogs vs GWS have all been good, and the current match between Brisbane and Fremantle should be a good one as well.

 

[Gee Class Loco]

Claudia playing in a much better position for her in the backline.
Big enough and strong enough to hold that spot FWIW.
Here's hoping our group have taken another step forward over the off season.

 

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With still more than 30 minutes until the opening bounce, the crowd is slowly building and there's good numbers outside enjoying the festives available

And even the Richmond fans managed to work out how to use a GPS; maybe it's just the followers of their men's team who struggle with that...

 

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Warm up done, and not only does she play in the long sleeves, Prespakis also warms up with long sleeves under the warm up top

 

[BotsMaster]

Decent hip and shoulder in the Bris vs Freo game.