VFLW Game Day VFLW 2018 Season

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Gallery from the first win is now up on the club website!

There is also a video package for the win if you follow the link. :)

See some of the best photos of the VFLW Bombers’ historic victory at Windy Hill on Sunday, courtesy of Ben Johnstone.

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Courtney Ugle gets airborne as she launches a long bomb down the field.

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Hayley Bullas shows off her prowess in the contest as she fights for the football.

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Young Bomber Bridie Winbanks competes strongly in the ruck at Windy Hill.

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Tait Mackrill showing her best as she bursts away from the opposition.

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Essendon coach Brendan Major gives the side his last instructions at the final change.

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The Bombers celebrate after the final siren secures their inaugural victory.

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Ugle salutes the camera as the Dons enter the rooms as winners for the first time.

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The Bombers belt out the team song in an historic occasion for the club.

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Wild scenes erupt in the rooms after singing the song.

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Major addresses his victorious side.

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2018-07-10/gallery-vflw-victory
 
Round 8 - 26 point loss to Casey Demons
Can't see a thread for this one, so for posterity...


Match details:
Essendon has named two debutants to play in its round-eight double-header with the Casey Demons.

Carlee Portlock (forward pocket) and Liz Flack (23rd player) will pull on the red and black for the first time.

The Bombers have regained Danielle Ponter and Jess Anwyl for the clash with the Demons, who sit in tenth place on the ladder with one win.

The first bounce will be at 11.30am at RAMS Arena in Craigieburn. Essendon’s VFLM side will play at 2.10pm in the second part of the double-header.
http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2018-06-28/vflw-team-rd-8

Selected team:
B – Hicks, Morecroft, Caruso
HB – Morcom, Hetherington, Neaves
C – Collier, Bullas, Ugle
HF – MacDonald, Heil, Morecroft
F – Portlock, Ponter, Hardy
R – Nalder, Williams, Mackrill
I/C – DeMatteo, Kearney, Trend, Anwyl
23P – Flack
Emergencies – Barker, Quigley, Malliaras, Ward


Match report:
Essendon is still searching for its first win after a final-quarter fadeout saw the Bombers fall by 26 points to Casey.

Momentum ebbed and flowed in the clash at a soggy and intermittently windy RAMS Arena, with Casey kicking four of their six goals across ten-minute bursts in the second and fourth quarters respectively.

The Bombers trailed by nine points at three-quarter-time and were looking resurgent after returning key forward Danielle Ponter kicked a pair of goals when Casey was looking to run away with the match.

Needing to score quickly and repeatedly, the Bombers were left wanting as Casey’s AFLW experience came to the fore and guided the Demons out of trouble in the 6.11 (47) to 3.3 (21) win.

The young Bombers are continuing to make a name for themselves in VFLW for their pressure around contests and were well led by the relentless tackling of Maddy Collier, Hayley Bullas and Tait Mackrill (although Mackrill’s aggression did see her get her number taken for a sling tackle in the second quarter).

The Bombers blooded two more debutants in forward Carlee Portlock and defender Liz Flack; Flack proved a revelation in her first match not only for Essendon but in VFLW as she held the fort deep in defence and saved a goal for her side on more than one occasion.

Luck rarely favoured the Bombers: their chances took a real blow when Tanya Hetherington and Beth Kearney clashed heads in a marking contest late in the third quarter.

Not only was Essendon forced to play out the match with just two on the bench, but the loss of the pair’s height and experience proved costly.

Essendon will play Richmond in a VFLW/M double-header at Windy Hill next Sunday from 11.30am.

ESSENDON 0.1 1.2 3.3 3.3.21
CASEY 0.1 2.6 4.6 6.11.47

GOALS
Essendon – Ponter 2, Moreau
Casey – Sloane 2, Hore, Cordner, Bentvelzen

BEST – Collier, Ponter, Flack, MacDonald, Mackrill, Ugle

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2018-07-01/vflw-match-report-rd-8
 
For posterity:

A debutant and a returning forward headline the team for Essendon’s round nine return clash with Richmond.

After being kept out of the side with a wrist injury, Eastern Devils recruit Chloe Laan has been named for the first time, while forward Alex Quigley is back in the team that will host the Tigers at Windy Hill this Sunday from 11.30am.

Bridie Winbanks is the 23rd player for the match.

Essendon fell to Richmond by 34 points in the inaugural VFLW Dreamtime Match at Punt Road Oval in round five.
http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2018-07-05/vflw-team-rd-9

VFLW TEAM:
B – Neaves, Hicks, Caruso
HB – Morcom, Laan, Anwyl
C – Williams, MacDonald, Trend
HF – Moreau, Morecroft, Mackrill
F – Quigley, Heil, Hardy
R – Nalder, Collier, Bullas
I/C – DeMatteo, Malliaras, Flack, Ugle
23P – Winbanks
Emergencies – Madden, Portlock, Barker, Ward
 

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Round 10 - 6 point loss to Footscray
Another one for posterity; a narrow 6 point loss to Footscray.

Essendon will look to make it two from two when it takes on Footscray from 1pm on Sunday at Henry Turner Reserve.

After claiming their first win against Richmond, the Bombers will be strengthened by the return of Tanya Hetherington in round 10.

Hetherington missed the history-making victory after sustaining a head knock against the Casey Demons in round eight.
http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2018-07-12/vflw-side-rd-10

FINAL TEAM:
B – Flack, Hicks, Caruso
HB – Morcom, Laan, Neaves
C – Ugle, MacDonald, Williams
HF – Moreau, Morecroft, Mackrill
F – DeMatteo, Quigley, Heil
R – Nalder, Bullas, Collier
I/C – Hetherington, Hardy, Anwyl, Trend
23P – Winbanks
Emergencies – Madden, Barker, Malliaras, Ward


A week after claiming its first ever win, Essendon came back to earth in round 10 with a narrow six-point loss to the Western Bulldogs.

The match went down to the wire with five lead changes before Bulldog forward Mickayla Ward put her side clear halfway through the final quarter at Henry Turner Reserve.

The Bombers had their chances to regain the lead but, try as they might, couldn’t break the half-forward line under mounting desperation in the final minutes and lost 4.5 (29) to 5.5 (35).

With Aysha Ward a late in for Chloe Laan, the Bombers hit the ground with all the vigour they displayed against Richmond as Val Moreau claimed advantage from a free kick to slot the first of the match with the wind.

The Bulldogs regained the lead in a high-scoring second quarter as Ellie Blackburn and Annabel Scott kicked back-to-back goals before Lauren Morecroft and Moreau replied to hold the half-time deficit to just five points.

Essendon struggled to break the game open with the wind in the third quarter, but the Bombers finally helped themselves to a stroke of luck when Tanya Hetherington received a free kick for an anti-density infringement in the shadows of the siren and slotted the set shot.

Although the Essendon backline repelled with growing maturity in the final quarter, the match boiled down to a single rebound play; ten minutes into the term, Morecroft’s set shot from the paint of 50 missed to the left-hand side and the Dogs slung the ball forward where Ward dribbled through her second.

Courtney Ugle and Jess Trend were prolific in the midfield. Down back, Kirby Hicks added former Melbourne AFLW forward Alyssa Mifsud to her season’s scalps, while Bec Neaves blanketed Western Bulldogs AFLW player Deanna Berry.

After spending much of the season as pillars in defence, Morecroft and Hetherington proved their versatility with their first goals in the red and black.

Although influential, Ellie Blackburn was never allowed easy possession as Alex Morcom kept the AFLW superstar honest in the first half.

Indeed, coach Brendan Major went so far as to say that his side had delivered a better four-quarter performance than in their round nine win over Richmond.

“Our midfielders were really strong around the contests, our defenders locked down hard, particularly around the half-back line,” Major said after the match.

“People expect a young side to take their time developing but you always want to be taking the next step forward rather than falling back, and we did that today.”

Essendon face reigning premiers Darebin at Bill Lawry Oval next Saturday from 12pm.
http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2018-07-16/vflw-match-report-rd-10

ESSENDON 1.3 3.3 4.4 4.5 (29)
WESTERN BULLDOGS 1.0 4.2 4.2 5.5 (35)

GOALS
Essendon – Moreau 2, Morecroft, Hetherington
Western Bulldogs – Ward 2, Blackburn, Berry, Scott

BEST
Neaves, Ugle, Morecroft, Trend, Collier, De Matteo
 
Round 11 - 27 point loss to Darebin
TEAM:
B – Warburton, Hetherington, Neaves
HB – Morcom, Hicks, Anwyl
C – Ugle, MacDonald, Williams
HF – Heil, Quigley, Moreau
F – DeMatteo, Morecroft, Mackrill
R – Nalder, Bullas, Collier
I/C – Ponter, Hardy, Trend, Caruso
23P – Rendelmann
Emergencies – Golds, Malliaras, Kearney, Flack

Match report:
Essendon took it up to back-to-back reigning premiers the Darebin Falcons for three quarters before fading late in Round 11.

Although just five Bombers had ever played in a side that had beaten Darebin, their pressure denied the Falcons the width to move the ball quickly inside their forward half and limited the ease with which they could kick on goal at Bill Lawry Oval. Trailing by two straight kicks at the final change with the wind at their backs, the Bombers steeled themselves for a shot at knocking off a highly-fancied opponent. However, a quick goal to Falcon ruck Lauren Pearce made the task ominous before a long bomb from Lauren Szigeti carried the pack and snuffed out the Bombers’ hopes. The final scoreboard saw Essendon 27 points in arrears, 2.2 (14) to 5.11 (41).

Essendon displayed its best football across the second and third quarters when it first played sharp, direct football to win the second quarter (with Monique De Matteo’s spectacular bouncing goal on the run a crowd-thrilling highlight) and then shut Darebin down when kicking against the wind.

Returning from duties at the Under 18 Youth Girls’ National Championships, Molly Warburton displayed a surety in winning the ball and clearing out of defence in just her second senior match while Danielle Ponter’s strong hands and lethal right boot combined not only for her second-quarter goal but influenceon the contests further upfield. The loss of Ponter to an ankle injury halfway through the final quarter was a blow to Essendon that, compounded by Tait Mackrill sitting the match out with a knee injury sustained in the third quarter, left the Bombers two short on rotations.

Essendon heads into its second bye round next weekend and coach Brendan Major says his side has come on leaps and bounds since its first bye five weeks ago.

“We’re heaps better,” he declared. “We’ve improved structurally, we’ve improved defensively, we’ve improved all over.”

After its Round 12 bye, Essendon will play ladder-leaders Collingwood at RAMS Arena on SundayAugust 5 in the Round 13 White Ribbon Round.

Essendon 0.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 (14)
Darebin 2.1 3.5 3.8 5.11 (41)

Best – (Ess) MacDonald, Caruso, Hardy, De Matteo, Madden, Williams.

Goals – (Ess) Ponter, De Matteo.

– (D) Pearce 2, Mouncey, Szigeti, Mithen.
http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2018-07-23/vflw-match-report-rd-11
 

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