VFLW Game Day VFLW 2019 Season

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This will be our 2019 VFLW thread, for previews, game day discussion and autopsies of our VFLW games in 2019.

Please use the threadmarks index to navigate between rounds, it is accessible from the top right of the thread.

VFLW hub on the Essendon website
VFLW hub on the VFL website
VFLW threads on our Essendon VFL sub-forum - Feel free to post new player threads if you would like to discuss them and there isn't already a thread.

2019 FIXTURE:

 

[eth-dog]

Watch out for Ruby Svarc anybody who goes to any of these. Nippy little winger and a lovely girl too. Played at my club last year and got best on in the Granny, as well as finishing 1 vote off winning the league bnf.

 

[yodellinhank]

Will the games be streamed?

 

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SEASON PREVIEW
https://vfl.com.au/vflw-season-preview-essendon-2019/

LEADERSHIP GROUP
1. Courtney Ugle (c)
8. Hayley Bullas (vc)
30. Simone Nalder (vc)
7. Kirby Hicks
18. Kendra Heil

2019 TEAM LIST

 

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Round 1, 2019: Essendon vs. Casey, Windy Hill, 11/05/19 @ 11.30am

Round 1 Teams:

Essendon

B: 7. K. Hicks, 11. M. Warburton, 29. C. Laan

HB: 18. K. Heil, 27. A. Morcom, 21. K. McFadyen

C: 28. R. Svarc, 39. M. Fogas, 1. C. Ugle

HF: 25. L. Stepnell, 23. M. Collier, 24. S. Wilson

F: 3. M. DeMatteo, 38. E. Gogerly, 40. A. Moreen

R: 30. S. Nalder, 22. N. MacDonald, 8. H. Bullas

Int: 13. S. Audley, 2. I. Currenti, 43. G. Nanscawen, 4. A. Saundry

Emg: 45. E. Ashley-Cooper, 15. L. Caruso, 33. E. Hosking, 14. T. Zagontinos

23P: 31. J. Stassi



Casey Demons

B: 50. G. McLean, 13. K. Smith, 15. T. Tatterson

HB: 34. A. Kirkwood, 7. B. Jakobsson, 8. S. Lampard

C: 23. E. Birch, 16. M. Hogg, 22. M. Guerin

HF: 42. H. Bailey, 29. E. Zanker , 11. C. Emonson

F: 24. N. Garner, 40. H. Dyson, 27. B. Winbanks

R: 38. K. Bentvelzen , 41. R. Edmeades, 47. K. Guttridge

Int: 48. E. Archer, 9. A. Johnson, 32. A. McDonough, 54. K. Oates

Emg: 57. L. Davies, 51. A. Francese, 37. T. Nash, 62. G. Speedy

23P: 46. B. Pratt


This game is a double header with the VFL.

 

[Lore]

Bump. Today’s livestream;

 

[yodellinhank]

Disappointed they've got Ruby Svarc listed as recruited from "Salesian". The club is St Marys-Salesian, a merged entity.

 

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Game starting now Kicking to the left of screen.

 

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GOAL! 6-0 now.

Spent the first 16 minutes of the first quarter dancing between half forward and the wings, round and round. Not actually bad to watch but no score until now.

And that's the quarter time score too. Connection between mids and forwards not perfect and a bit of kicking efficiency lacking. Much like last night.

 

[Lore]

2.1.13 to 2.2.14, they're winning by a point.

Opened up a bit in the second, breeze was favouring them.

 

[Lore]

4.2.26 to 2.3.15

Starting to pile on now. We'll kick into the wind in the next one. Couple of players really standing up for us.

 

[boncer34]

Our VFL women show more desire for the contest than our AFL team.

 

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Free kick to Casey in their forward 50, shot on goal, 30 seconds left of the game. Kicked it...

5.2.32
5.5.35



Led pretty much all game and coughed it up at the end

 

[Beerfish]

Lol. Ahh.. * it.

 

[eth-dog]

Disappointed they've got Ruby Svarc listed as recruited from "Salesian". The club is St Marys-Salesian, a merged entity.

Yeah, and we're more St. Mary's than Salesian

 

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https://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2019-05-14/vflw-dons-proud-of-effort

Post-match interview with Hayley Bullas, actually a pretty good interview I thought. It's also got some highlights intercut with it which is good if you didn't get to watch it or just want to see it again.

Reviewing round 1:

“We played our brand of footy all the way through, which was really good. We brought exactly what we wanted – we were really hard at the contest, we were that first possession to the ball…and it was really exciting,” Bullas said post-game.

“I guess in the second and fourth quarter, we kind of lagged a little bit and were set back, but next week it’ll just be bringing our four quarters of footy.”

"Trusting the process":

“Yes, we have a young side, but we really took it to them and stepped up. We’ve been working seven months for this and we really went out onto the ground and trusted the process,” she said.

“(Head coach Brendan) Major this year always talks about trusting the process and it was really awesome to see that through everyone.”

“I mean, there wasn’t as many tackles (as last year), because we had that first possession."

Looking ahead to round 2:

“We just need a little bit more belief throughout our four quarters, a little bit more of that belief could go a long way for us."

“Definitely bringing that pressure again, putting that pressure on, being the first to the footy, we want to cover off that outside and make sure we’re using their outside as well."

“You saw Ruby (Svarc) just kill it on the outside today because she held that and same with Isabel (Currenti), so if we can get it out to them, they can really use that speed to get it into our forward line, which is exciting.”

https://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2019-05-14/vflw-dons-proud-of-effort

And this bit made me smile:
"Everybody else at the club is getting behind us, so I’m excited to see what next week is going to bring."

 

[yodellinhank]

Rd 2 down in Colac where the mens team played some JLT

 

[Lore]

Two more new bombers with Ally Anderson and Lauren Ahrens joining the club Anderson played for Brisbane in the AFLW so she's a good get for us.

Essendon’s VFLW side has received a huge boost with AFLW star Ally Anderson and emerging gun Lauren Ahrens joining the Bombers at The Hangar.

Anderson is an inaugural member of Brisbane’s AFLW side and has since starred in the top league, culminating in an All-Australian selection and Lions Best and Fairest victory this year.

The ball-magnet averaged 21 disposals a game in the 2019 season and has proven durable in her three years at AFL level, playing in all 23 possible games.

Ahrens arrives after playing 13 VFLW games for Melbourne University last year and is set to add good size and strength to the side, with marking a clear strongpoint.

https://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2019-05-16/new-stars-join-vflw-dons

 

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Round 2: Geelong vs Essendon, Central Reserve, 18/05/19 @ 12pm

Round 2 Teams:
Geelong
B: 44. R. Goring, 17. G. Clarke, 11. J. Woollett
HB: 20. R. Pearce, 4. C. Blakeway, 49. E. Ramsay
C: 3. A. McDonald, 5. J. Ivey, 10. G. Rankin
HF: 45. M. Keryk, 26. M. Boyd, 43. M. Maguire
F: 42. B. Beckley, 8. K. Darby, 7. R. Benham
R: 1. R. Caris, 21. R. Webster, 9. T. Love
Int: 41. A. Haigh, 33. Z. Inei, 23. H. Rowe, 28. D. Taylor
Emg: 15. G. Deller, 14. N. French, 13. L. Taylor
23P: 19. S. DeGiacomi

In: D. Taylor, R. Goring, G. Deller


Essendon
B: 7. K. Hicks, 4. A. Saundry, 29. C. Laan
HB: 18. K. Heil, 27. A. Morcom, 34. F. Puruntatameri
C: 28. R. Svarc, 8. H. Bullas, 1. C. Ugle
HF: 46. L. Ahrens, 38. E. Gogerly, 3. M. DeMatteo
F: 23. M. Collier, 40. A. Moreen, 25. L. Stepnell
R: 30. S. Nalder, 22. N. MacDonald, 39. M. Fogas
Int: 9. A. Anderson, 2. I. Currenti, 21. K. McFadyen, 11. M. Warburton
Emg: 15. L. Caruso, 33. E. Hosking, 20. A. Madden, 14. T. Zagontinos
23P: 45. E. Ashley-Cooper

In: L. Caruso, F. Puruntatameri, L. Ahrens, E. Ashley-Cooper, A. Anderson, E. Hosking, A. Madden
Out: G. Nanscawen, J. Stassi, S. Audley, S. Wilson

 

[boncer34]

Nanscawen stiff.

Thought she played well last week.

 

[Lore]

Scores are up on the Essendon VFLW twitter;
Q1: ESS 0.2.2 GEE 3.1.19
HT: ESS 2.6.18 GEE 5.1.31
Q3: ESS 4.8.32 GEE 7.2.44
FT: ESS 5.9.39 GEE 7.2.44

Decently high scoring until the last quarter. 6 scoring shots in the first, 8 in the second, 7 in the third, 2 in the last. Our first quarter let us down though, and again finished within a goal.

 

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Apparently VFLW Captain Courtney Ugle helped coordinate the Dreamtime ceremony and photoshoot at the club for the Indigenous round this weekend.



So we have ten Indigenous players at the moment, 7 in the VFLW team (Ally Anderson is missing from the pic above) and 3 in the AFL team

https://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2019-05-22/noongar-don-right-at-home

The upcoming VFLW game is the first installment of a triple header fixture on Saturday between Essendon and Richmond, with the VFL teams also playing at Punt Road at 2.30pm and the AFL teams down the road at the 'G at 7.25pm.

 

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Round 3: Richmond vs Essendon, Punt Road Oval, Saturday 25/05/19 @ 12PM



Live Stream:



This game will be followed by the VFL live stream.

 

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Q1:
Richmond 3.2.20
Essendon 1.0.6

Bit of a scrap through the middle, Tigers are converting their inside 50s a bit better than we are.

 

[Beerfish]

Great shot on goal from De Matteo but yeah we are pretty scrappy.