AFLW Autopsy R10: sunburn on the Gold Coast - finals berth depends on other results

[Lore]

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ROUND 10: PRIDE ROUND​

GOLD COAST VS ESSENDON​

Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay​

Friday November 3 @ 7.45pm AEDT​

In Gold Coast and Essendon's first ever AFLW meeting, the teams will be effectively playing off for a place in the top four.

The loser, meanwhile, is a genuine chance to drop out of the top eight altogether.

Everything is on the line in Mackay.



That’s a way to bounce back.

The Bombers took advantage of the breeze in the first quarter, locking the ball in their attacking half and piling on 2.5 from their 10 inside 50s, with Essendon Co-Captain Bonnie Toogood wasting no time in bringing up her 50th career goal.

The Blues managed to stem the flow marginally with their turn with the wind, but just could not get a scoring shot away, while the Bombers stopped up the corridor, with a combined 19 combined tackles from Georgia Nanscawen and Brooke Walker paying dividends.

Meanwhile, Sophie Alexander marked her 50th game with a brilliant three-goal outing, living up to her nickname and forming a dangerous one-two punch with Toogood.

The game had careened out of Carlton's control in the first half, heading into half-time scoreless with a 30 point deficit, after struggling to maintain their structure around the ground. They could not getting their hands on the footy, no thanks to former Blue Maddy Prespakis, who starred alongside her new teammates with 28 touches and 7 clearances.

The Blues' struggles continued after the break, and such was Essendon’s dominance, Toogood alone had taken six forward-half marks by the opening minutes of the third quarter, before Carlton finally got their first score after the margin had blown out to a game-high 42 points in front of a bumper crowd at Windy Hill.

The Blues were eventually put out of their misery, suffering a crushing 32-point loss to their arch rivals.

ESSENDON 2.5 4.6 7.7 8.8 (56)
CARLTON 0.0 0.0 1.3 3.7 (24)

Goals: Alexander 3, Toogood 2, Vogt, Jacques, Dyke
Bests: Prespakis, Toogood, Nanscawen, Alexander, Radford, G.Clarke



Essendon has made one change for its side to take on Gold Coast in Pride Round.

Georgia Gee has been named for her return from a calf injury, with Ash Van Loon to make way.

Sophie Van De Heuvel has been named to line up for her 50th AFLW game.

A win for the Bombers would secure a maiden finals berth in just their second season in the competition.
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INJURY LIST

Georgia Gee looms as a potential in for Friday night’s clash in Mackay with the midfielder listed as a test following a calf injury.

Head of Medical Services Megan Smith said Gee has progressed positively throughout the week and will be pushing for selection.

"Gee will train and has progressed positively from her calf strain and will most likely be available for selection".

The Bombers will reassess Co-Captain Steph Cain this week after the midfielder suffered a concussion in the second quarter of their clash with West Coast.

Cain has made positive steps towards making a return to the side.

Jacqui Vogt and Brooke Brown both made successful returns against Carlton from their respective injuries, making them available for selection against Gold Coast.

Both proved to be influential in what was an important win the Bomber’s final home game at Windy Hill for 2023.
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Name​	Injury​	Weeks​
Georgia Gee​	Calf​	Test​
Steph Cain​	Concussion​	Test​
Alana Barba​	Ankle (Syndesmosis)​	3-4​
Daria Bannister​	ACL​	Season​

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GOLD COAST SUNS​

B:​	15. Randell​	25. Girvan​	​
HB:​	39. Saad​	7. Aherns​	18. Clayden​
C:​	11. McLaughlin​	4 Whitfort​	30 Keaney​
HF:​	20. D'Arcy​	27. Dupuy​	17. Stanton​
F:​	12. Bohanna​	5. Brancatisano​	​
Foll:​	2. Bella​	33. Drennan​	10. Maurer​
Int:​	1. Smith​	3. Davies​	13. Single​
​	16. Biedenweg-Webster​	34. Meyer​	​
Emg:​	14. McCrossan​	21. Membrey​	22. Davies​

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ESSENDON​

B:​	14. Gamble​	17. Clarke​	​
HB:​	25. Morcom​	36. Brown​	28. Busch​
C:​	16. Dyke​	33. Clarke​	5. Nanscawen​
HF:​	7. Jacques​	27. Van De Heuvel​	8. Toogood​
F:​	24. Alexander​	32. Scott​	​
Foll:​	30. Wales​	10. Vogt​	4. Prespakis​
Int:​	2. Gee​	19. Van Dyke​	22. Radford​
​	9. Walker​	21. Wuetschner​	​
Emg:​	13. Williamson​	23. Tierney​	26. Van Loon​

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Channel 7, 7Plus, Fox Sports 3, Kayo, AFL Live Official App, AFLW Official App​

Coverage starts at 7.30pm

Entry is FREE for all fans to attend the round 10 game against the Gold Coast Suns at Great Barrier Reef Arena (Queensland).​

CARN THE DONS!​

 

[Lore]

G2G2G

 

[Lore]

Some kinda pisstake

 

[ghostdog]

Some kinda pisstake

Good work HQ.

 

[Lore]

37-25

 

[Lore]

Gold Coast doing their best to give us a chance here… :/

 

[Lore]

marky marky

 

[Pweter]

Did Scott get concussed when she went for that mark at half back? Dropped a sitter, fumbled a basic ground ball that sat for her then almost missed her boot when she kicked, then a sloppy i50 kick.

All most unlike her.

 

[Lore]

One of those Gold Coast players looks pregnant

 

[bommer16]

This game isn’t going the way I had envisioned. Cmon bombers.

 

[TheGrizz]

So it seems the Gals kick it as well inside 50 as the blokes do...

 

[Lore]

So it seems the Gals kick it as well inside 50 as the blokes do...

Normally much better than this, and still better than the blokes

 

[Lore]

The 1-2 goal breeze that favours the Gold Coast end doesn’t seem to be helping them, pushing it across the face and they haven’t adjusted for it

 

[Lore]

Big tackle from Nanscawen on the giant key forward

 

[Lore]

 

[ant555]

Gold Coast have been too good but we have been the masters of dumb footy tonight .

 

[LB#16]

Casual sense of urgency with finals on the line. It's enshrined in the culture.

 

[Lore]

Gold Coast have been too good but we have been the masters of dumb footy tonight .

Echoes of the west coast game in some ways. Getting ahead of ourselves

 

[Lore]

An hour and 45 minutes from first bounce to the final siren, including breaks. Amazing

 

[eth-dog]

If two of Carlton, Hawks, Richmond and Freo win we're safe.

 

[Lore]

If two of Carlton, Hawks, Richmond and Freo win we're safe.

If things fall as they logically should then we probably have an away final

 

[Cup_o_Jobe]

Sobering to see the AFLW squad take up the hallowed traditions of the AFLM team. If you're going to play finals, it's important not to charge in. Just kind of, limp in over the line.

 

[ghostdog]

One of those Gold Coast players looks pregnant

That's something you don't hear everyday

 

[ghostdog]

So we're not quite there yet. Prespakis getting tagged out shows others how to do. We need more grunt in midfield. And Georgia Nanscawen, as great as she has been, is 31. There's a corner approaching.

 

[Lore]

So we're not quite there yet. Prespakis getting tagged out shows others how to do. We need more grunt in midfield. And Georgia Nanscawen, as great as she has been, is 31. There's a corner approaching.

Corners don’t come as quick for most of the women because they take twice as long to get the same loads into their bodies, not having been professional athletes year round from age 18. Like you’re not usually dealing with osteoarthritis and that sort of thing by 27.

Worth watching Woody’s presser too, they’re usually short and sweet, and pretty open and honest about what went wrong each week.

Plus Bonnie’s post match interview too. Apparently we have as many or more fans at games compared to our opposition no matter what ground we play at haha. But she also talks footy without cliches which is refreshing.