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Collingwood will be eager to bounce back from two straight losses, with Steve Symonds making three changes to face West Coast on Sunday.
First-year player Imogen Barnett gets her second taste of the highest level, after making her debut in round two. The 26-year-old will bring a great presence up forward in the absence of Sabrina Frederick who will miss the clash under health and safety protocols.
Co-captain Steph Chiocci is a forced change with a troublesome achilles, with tackling machine Ebony O'Dea returning to the line-up and will run through the midfield.
Bella Smith makes her way back into the side and will play a role through the backline.
From AFLW site:
West Coast is fresh off its first win of the year and home for the first time in a month, but the question is whether the side will be able to take those positives into its match against Collingwood. The Eagles are very good at winning clearances but struggle to make that control effective once the ball is outside the contest, which is not too dissimilar to Collingwood this year. Whichever side can create more effective attack out of the contest will have the upper hand in this game.
The Eagles use the ball by foot more than most sides this year, whereas the Magpies are heavily reliant on moving the ball by hand, which makes it tough to gain ground when players aren’t finding enough space to run and carry on the outside. They win plenty of the ball, but simply aren’t using it in a way that is dangerous in attack, averaging the fewest inside 50s in the competition with just 20.2 per game.
Hmm Federicks - Health and Safety?
First-year player Imogen Barnett gets her second taste of the highest level, after making her debut in round two. The 26-year-old will bring a great presence up forward in the absence of Sabrina Frederick who will miss the clash under health and safety protocols.
Co-captain Steph Chiocci is a forced change with a troublesome achilles, with tackling machine Ebony O'Dea returning to the line-up and will run through the midfield.
Bella Smith makes her way back into the side and will play a role through the backline.
From AFLW site:
West Coast is fresh off its first win of the year and home for the first time in a month, but the question is whether the side will be able to take those positives into its match against Collingwood. The Eagles are very good at winning clearances but struggle to make that control effective once the ball is outside the contest, which is not too dissimilar to Collingwood this year. Whichever side can create more effective attack out of the contest will have the upper hand in this game.
The Eagles use the ball by foot more than most sides this year, whereas the Magpies are heavily reliant on moving the ball by hand, which makes it tough to gain ground when players aren’t finding enough space to run and carry on the outside. They win plenty of the ball, but simply aren’t using it in a way that is dangerous in attack, averaging the fewest inside 50s in the competition with just 20.2 per game.
Hmm Federicks - Health and Safety?
| B | Bella Smith | Alana Porter | |
| HB | Amelia Velardo | Lauren Butler | Ruby Schleicher |
| C | Jordyn Allen | Jaimee Lambert | Sarah Rowe |
| HF | Eliza James | Chloe Molloy | Aishing Sheridan |
| F | Sophie Alexander | Stacey Livingstone | |
| R | Alison Downie | Brittany Bonnici | Ebony O'Dea |
| INT | Imogen Barnett | Eloise Chaston | Mikala Cann |
| Soph Casey | Erica Fowler | ||
| EMERG | Imogen Purcell | Aliesha Newman |
