Game Day Rnd 1 - Carlton v Collingwood Thursday 28th Jan 7.15PM @ Princes Park - Team Post #18

[Aphrodite]

Footy, fans return to Ikon Park

Secure your seat at Carlton’s AFLW season opener against Collingwood.

www.carltonfc.com.au

Broadcast time Thursday 28th Jan:-

CH7 & FoxFooty starting at 7PM (AEST)

 

[Aphrodite]

Vescio previews long-awaited Round 1

Darcy Vescio gives an insight into the year of uncertainty ahead of AFLW 5.0.

www.carltonfc.com.au

 

[Bluella]

Got my tickets. Very excited!

 

[BlueGum]

+2

Can't wait

 

[SammaGilberto]

So good to have footy back. Blues by 15, T to kick 2 and take a specky over Livingstone!

 

[HBF]

3 more sleeps. Can't wait!

 

[thylacine60]

Working.

 

[thylacine60]

Mods, can we get this thread on the front page now the season has started please?

 

[Aphrodite]

Mods, can we get this thread on the front page now the season has started please?

 

[thylacine60]

See what happens when you ask nicely? Thanks, Aph.

 

[Aphrodite]

See what happens when you ask nicely? Thanks, Aph.

Where are the teams FFS.

 

[thylacine60]

Would love to read a drunkill or someone's preview.

 

[BlueGum]

This was the practice match side v Saints

FB: Vernon Laloifi​

HB: Plane Wilson Harrington​

C: Brazzale Prespakis Hill​

HF: Hammans Stevens Gee​

FF: Vescio Gibbs​

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R: Moody McKay O'Dea​

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Int: Laing, Hosking, Guerin, Jones, McEvoy, Edwards, B.Walker, Downie, D.Walker​

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DNP: Egan, Pound, Loynes, Harris, Dalton.​

My guess based on FA information...

FB: Vernon Laloifi
HB: Plane Wilson Harrington
C: B Walker Prespakis Egan
HF: Stevens Harris Gee
FF: Vescio Gibbs

R: Moody McEvoy O'Dea

Int: Gibbs, Hosking, Downie, Loynes, Brazzale

McKay Guerin Dalton (olympiccing) Hammans D Walker Edwards Jones Hill Pound

Feels like we've had slow starts every year. Not a chance that happens against the Pies after last year. All business and nutbush.

Prespakis to get the 3 votes. Harris to boss, kick a couple and bring her teammates into the game. Lots of rotations between mids to forwards, and improvement on our run and carry of last year.

 

[thylacine60]

cheers, bg.......

 

[thylacine60]

‘She’s got a memory’: Grudge match looms for Tayla Harris

Carlton coach Daniel Harford says star forward Tayla Harris will be acutely aware of her looming rematch with Collingwood defender Stacey Livingstone in what shapes as a battle within the battle of Thursday night’s AFLW season opener.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Aphrodite]

 

[norway blue]

I can’t wait for the start of the season tomorrow night . Champing at the bit .


On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Aphrodite]

Rnd 1 Team is in ...

4 debutants - Maddy Guerin, Charlotte Hammans, Mimi Hill and Elise O'Dea

AFLW team selection: Round 1

Carlton has named four debutants for the 2021 season opener.

www.carltonfc.com.au

Backs:	Brooke Vernon	Natalie Plane
Half-backs:	Mua Laloifi	Charlotte Wilson	Kerryn Harrington
Centreline:	Lauren Brazzale	Elise O'Dea	Katie Loynes
Half-forwards:	Mimi Hill	Tayla Harris	Darcy Vescio
Forwards:	Nicola Stevens	Jess Hosking
Followers:	Breann Moody	Madison Prespakis	Georgia Gee
Interchange:	Maddy Guerin	Alison Downie	Abbie McKay
	Grace Egan	Charlotte Hammans
Emergencies:	Jess Edwards	Daisy Walker

 

[drunkill]

For the filth:

No Sarah Rowe or Ash Brazill, big outs.

Speedy forward Aliesha Newman will play after crossing from Melbourne, but Irishwoman Sarah Rowe was not named, and star defender Ash Brazill is still recuperating from a torn ACL.


Co-captain Brianna Davey will finally face her old side after missing last year's clash with bone bruising in her leg, while Harris and Stacey Livingstone are set to renew hostilities after the latter labelled the Blue "useless" last year when the ball hit the deck.

TEAMS: Gun Blue to miss blockbuster, father-daughter Pie to debut

Carlton and Collingwood have finalised their line-ups for the opening match of the 2021 NAB AFLW season

womens.afl

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

No Brooke Walker (foot) Lucy McEvoy (cheekbone) and Gab Pound (hand)...
Good luck debutantes O’Dea, Hammans, Guerin and Hill..

 

[Jeremias]

We're back, baby!

Very excited to see the ladies out there again - it has been a long time coming - especially after the disappointment of last season ending prematurely when it seemed we may have been on the cusp of something pretty special.

We have a terrific team who play with intensity and with high spirit, so there's absolutely no reason why we can't go deep again this season.

This will be a good test first up, Collingwood showed serious improvement last year and are no longer the easy beats they were over the first few seasons.

We're missing probably 3-4 from our best side but I've been seriously impressed by our depth over the past two years in particular and this provides another opportunity to show it.

Congrats to Elise, Mimi, Maddy and Charlotte who tomorrow night get to do something most of us could only dream of.

Tipping we'll win but it should be a good contest.

Go Blues

 

[Aphrodite]

Congrats to our 4 new debutants

 

[Aphrodite]

No Brooke Walker...

Also no Gab Pound & Lucy McEvoy.

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

Also no Gab Pound & Lucy McEvoy.

Yeah just got off the Carlton site Aph, updated my post got some great talented girls to debut for us tomorrow, gaining some great depth the girls as well...
Should be a ripper game...

 

[GalaxyBlue]

Good luck to the four debutants!! Should be a ripper game, for the Harris v Livingstone rematch alone. Got my ticket and can’t wait to get tucked into some live sport again!

Also great to see Abbie McKay back in the side. Has been talked up a lot recently about how hard she has worked to improve herself in the off-season, hopefully pays off!