Sorry, Yes, I am sold on Dowrick, I meant Dorizzi.Why not sold on Dowrick? Booming left foot kick, reads the play from behind the ball as well as anyone, good height (172cm), can explode through stoppages, very clean with the ball and very good skills. Arguably BOG in WA's first two games and possibly the only reason she wasn't against Eastern is Cooper seemed to be experimenting moving players around the place.
Her younger sister looks the goods as well - even with her currently shaved head. What is she 15/16yo? She laid a hit that was easily the hardest I've seen at u18s so far. Give her a few years and she'll be a great inside mid.
The Hyde twins are skilful but geez they are tiny.
Haven't seen Roux do anything to notice her yet - I'll watch some more when I find time though.
Do you know why Hodder and Metcalf weren't playing?
Anyway I'm sure Trent Cooper knows exactly who he wants and he'd know better than pretty much anyone else so I trust him to make some good choices.
My issue with Dorizzi is, I think her dominance at junior levels is entirely due to her combination of decent height, speed and athleticism, which has disguised a relative lack of `football` ability. In the AFLW, she would be relatively short for a ruck, and come back to the pack with pace and athleticism. My concern is, she would be an athletic footballer that cannot find the ball, and when she does have it, doesn't make good decisions under pressure.
Dowrick has athleticism, but much more pure football ability.