AFLW Autopsy Round 5: 20 point loss to Collingwood

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ROUND 5: COLLINGWOOD VS ESSENDON​

AIA Centre, Olympic Boulevard​

PUNT ROAD OVAL​

Saturday September 30 @ 11.05am AEST​

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PLAYING THE PIES RIGHT BEFORE THE GRAND FINAL!​

ESSENDON has surged into the top-eight after securing a third win from four starts with a 20-point victory over Fremantle.

Despite starting in the competition two years after their opponents, the Bombers showed up the Dockers in an impressive display at Windy Hill on Sunday.



In an otherwise tight contest, the difference between the sides at Windy Hill on Sunday was almost solely down to Bonnie Toogood, who kicked her first to give the Bombers the lead in the opening quarter over the wayward Dockers.

The Dockers returned fire in the second, taking a narrow 4 point lead into half time.

Toogood kicked her second major after the break to regain the lead for the Dons, with the Bombers piling on another 4 goals including Bomber favourite Georgia Nanscawen's first AFLW goal.



It's been a long, interrupted career for Georgia Nanscawen after debuting for North Melbourne in 2019, before being delisted at the end of the season.

Three sparkling years for Essendon at state league level followed before the Bombers named her their first signing - and Co-Captain (?!) - for their inaugural AFLW team, but a knee injury saw her miss the season.

So when Nanscawen kicked her first national league goal on Sunday afternoon it was a moment to savour for the 31-year-old, her teammates and the Bombers faithful in the stands.

The Bombers ran out overall winners 7.8 (50) to 4.6 (30).



Finishing with 21 disposals, nine tackles and two critical goals, Toogood was key in the Bombers’ second-half blitz that led to their 20-point victory.

The 25-year-old has 7 goals for the season and has arguably been Essendon's best player in each of the first four rounds, and has shot up to 9th on the Coaches Votes leaderboard, with 22 votes after 4 rounds.

Toogood spoke after the game:

"It's unbelievable here at Windy, to play a heartland venue, to see the Reynolds Stand packed like that, it's fantastic.

Us engaging Essendon fans of women's footy is phenomenal and it's good to get the win, that's for sure.

We needed to bring it (the game) back on our terms in the stoppage and start getting it moving our way and then we could get our forwards to go to work."



The Bombers find themselves in the Top 9, after being comfortably the best performed of the four new teams last season, finishing with four wins and well ahead of Sydney, Hawthorn and Port Adelaide.

The Bombers finished 10th last year but could be on track to make the top-eight almost halfway through this season.

Essendon faces Collingwood on Saturday, just hours before the AFL Grand Final.
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ESSENDON 7.8 (50)​

FREMANTLE 4.6 (30)​

GOALS: Toogood 2, Vogt 2, Radford, Nanscawen, Doonan
BEST: Toogood, Wales, Prespakis, Alexander, Cain


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COLLINGWOOD​

FB:	22. Casey	12. Livingstone
HB:	6. Allen	20. Karlson	24. Brazzale
C:	29. White	3. Davey	7. Rowe
HF:	13. Campbell	10, Brazill	21. Morris
FF:	17. Morris-Dalton	9. Porter
Foll:	1. Frederick	8. Bonnici	14. Sheridan
Int:	15. Fowler	23. Butler	25. Cann
	33. Smith	35. Lin
Emg:	who cares?

ESSENDON​

FB:	25. Morcom	17. Clarke
HB:	28. Busch	14. Gamble	36. Brown
C:	20. Cain	4. Prespakis	9. Walker
HF:	2. Gee	24. Alexander	8. Toogood
FF:	3. Bannister	33. Clarke
Foll:	30. Wales	32. Scott	5. Nanscawen
Int:	7. Jacques	16. Dyke	10. Vogt
	22. Radford	21. Weutschner
Emg:	19. Van Dyke	23. Tierney	12. Doonan

Essendon has made two changes for its round five clash with Collingwood.

Forwards Daria Bannister and Amber Clarke will return to the mix after missing last week's game through injury.

Midfielder Joanne Doonan has been omitted, while Sophie Van De Heuvel will miss after suffering a concussion in the win over Fremantle.

The Bombers and Pies will square off at Punt Road Oval on Saturday at 11:05am to kick off a massive day.

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Coverage starts at 11am
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CARN THE DONS!​

 

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ROUND 4: ESSENDON VS FREMANTLE​

Windy Hill, Essendon​

Sunday September 24 @ 3.05pm AEST​

Essendon will be looking to bounce back against Fremantle on Sunday, after recording their first loss for the season against a dominant Adelaide side at Unley Oval.

The Bombers had started in sprightly fashion, particularly in the clearances, and held a slender four-point lead when Essendon forward Daria Bannister suffered a concussion, hitting her head on the turf as she tackled an opponent.



Maddy Prespakis played a near-lone hand in Essendon's midfield, while ruck Steph Wales proved her wares at ground level, recording six clearances, but Adelaide counterpart Jess Allan held sway in the aerial battle, with Hatchard and Marinoff lifting their workrate through the midfield.



Adelaide sprang to life in the second quarter, with Teah Charlton proving a handful and Danielle Ponter's 50th career goal coming before half time, despite Essendon swinging spearhead Bonnie Toogood into defence.

Adelaide started the second half with a 17-point lead, but the Bombers took back some control in the clearances, slowing Adelaide's roll until Abbie Ballard broke through with two set shot goals in the space of a few minutes.

The Bombers refused to die wondering. They rallied, kicking two goals in the final term, but it wasn't enough. The Crows proved their class, kicking clear again in the final minutes to record a 47 point win.

And so, in typical Essendon fashion, Bonnie and Woosh marked their milestones with a loss... though admittedly against three-time premiers at their home ground.



ADELAIDE 12.9 (81)
ESSENDON 5.4 (34)

GOALS: Toogood 2, Prespakis 2, Scott
BESTS: Prespakis, Toogood, Brown, Cain, Wales
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ESSENDON​

FB:​	36. Brown​	14. Gamble​	​
HB:​	27. Van De Heuvel​	9. Walker​	25. Morcom​
C:​	22. Radford​	4. Prespakis​	20. Cain​
HF:​	2. Gee​	8. Toogood​	24. Alexander​
FF:​	21. Wuetschner​	32. Scott​	​
Foll:​	30. Wales​	10. Vogt​	5. Nanscawen​
Int:​	7. Jacques​	17. Clarke​	28. Busch​
​	16. Dyke​	12. Doonan​	​
Emg:​	26. Van Loon​	6. Marshall​	11. Barba​

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FREMANTLE​

FB:​	12. Antonio​	3. O'Driscoll​	​
HB:​	30. Low​	32. Pugh​	6. Scanlon​
C:​	18. Seth​	5. Verrier​	14. Lally​
HF:​	22. Runnalls​	10. Tighe​	24. Wielstra​
FF:​	25. Kauffman​	4. Stannett​	​
Foll:​	21. Strom​	19. Miller​	2. Bowers​
Int:​	29. Hetherington​	20. Flynn​	23. Cregg​
​	8. East​	33. Mulholland​	​
Emg:​	7. Nield​	13. Tuhakaraina​	28. Hyde​

The Bombers will be without Daria Bannister for the clash with Fremantle after the forward sustained a concussion during the Round 3 match against Adelaide.

Amber Clarke has also been ruled out due to a knee injury, while Leah Cutting and Ashleigh Van Loon have been omitted.

Matilda Dyke will make her debut at AFLW level.
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MILESTONES​

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#16 Matilda Dyke​

Debutante​

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CARN THE DONS!​

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[Beerfish]

Scheduling

 

[Lore]

Fancy putting this game on at Punt Road on the day of the Grand Final

Guess they wanted Pies fans to show up instead of being Essendon dominated at their own home game.

 

[Lore]

And with that said, Essendon first goal!!


And it's Bonnie Toogood

 

[bommer16]

Looking good early. Nice to see my girl Amber back in the side.

 

[Lore]

ew, Collywobbles did a goal thing

 

[Beerfish]

Looks like a nice day over there

 

[bommer16]

24 atm
Warm and breezy

 

[Beerfish]

Pity that GG kick didn't go through

 

[Beerfish]

Nice

 

[bommer16]

Woohoo!!
Bonnie is such a great kick.

 

[Lore]

Bonnie is a gem, so lucky to have her.

 

[Lore]

2.2 14
2.1 13 atm, halfway through the 2nd

 

[Lore]

Listening to G being interviewed before, she speaks so well. We're really lucky that a former Hockeyroo with such great leadership skills is a bomber at heart

 

[Beerfish]

* it

 

[Lore]

Weird sort of breeze today

 

[Beerfish]

This could get ugly

 

[Lore]

This could get ugly

Wait until the ends change and then judge whether we're smart enough to use the breeze the way they have If we're not doing anything by 5 minutes into the 3rd we're probably screwed

 

[Lore]

Half time

COL 4.4 28
ESS 2.1 13

That wind is deadly

 

[bommer16]

Hopefully come out and kick the first goal to get back in it. The first quarter was great. It’s hot out there and can slow you down quick I’m sure. We came back against freo we can do it again.

 

[Knighta21]

Good to see you can tackle someone in a marking contest and not give away the free.

 

[Lore]

Hahaha Bronx cheer. Good to hear some bombers fans got a parking spot

 

[Lore]

3QT

COL 5.7 37
ESS 2.1 13

Bonnie being held up a bit

 

[Beerfish]

Back over from the longest kick comp. This is going well