AFLW 2024 - Week 1

[Dark Beanie]

Pies vs Sydney (Away)

Friday 30 August @ 7.15pm. Venue North Sydney Oval

Match centre:

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/matches/6894

Telecast on 7 & 7HD and AFLW website.

[Dark Beanie]

Team Selection:

B Muireann Atkinson Stacey Livingstone
HB Jordyn Allen Ruby Schleicher Annie Lee
C Sarah Rowe Mikala Cann Tarni White
HF Grace Campbell Eliza James Sarah Sansonetti
F Erica Fowler Alana Porter
R Sabrina Frederick Brittany Bonnici Carly Remmos

INT Imogen Barnett Imogen Evans Lauren Brazzale Charlotte Blair Lucy Cronin

EMG Eleri Morris Selena Karlson Amber Schutte


New faces: Lucy Cronin, Murieann Atkinson (league debut), Annie Lee, Carly Remmos (club debut)
Notable absences: Brianna Davey (ankle), Eleri Morris

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/120731 ... er-to-miss

[Big T]

18 all at half time, poor accuracy from the looks (checking scores from Italy and will watch replay tonight). Promising start to the season this far by the stats.

[stui magpie]

Since there's nothing else on, thought I'd give it a look while cooking and eating dinner.

Colour me impressed. Last time I tried to watch AFLW the standard was (IMHO) shit. It was like bush 3rds.

This game is quite watchable. For speed and skill it's better than VFL to watch and quite comparable to AFL.

Well done ladies.

[Big T]

Great to hear Stui. I’ve decided to commit to the pies women’s team from now on.

[Dark Beanie]

Good 1st and final quarters by the Pies but inaccurate in the 2nd and the Swans kicked up a gear in the 3rd. Pies looked like they were going to get overrun but fought it out to get within 10 points in the last quarter.

Final score:

Pies 4.11.35 defeated by Swans 8.2.50

Goals: Rowe, Porter, Livingstone, Campbell

Top disposals: Bonnici 24, Frederick 22, Rowe 16

AF points: Frederick 121, Bonnici 83, Cann 73

[shawthing]

More butchering than a Texas BBQ. Honestly the more things change the more they stay the same with this team. Can't kick straight to save their lives 4.11.

Another short AFLW season wasted after the first round. Why do we bother?

[Dark Beanie]

Match replay:

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/video/12080 ... MATCH:6894

Mini match:

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/video/12080 ... MATCH:6894

Coach post match:

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/video/12080 ... 5018168001

[slangman]

Across the AFL, VFL and now the AFLW the kicking for goal has been sub standard.

Not good enough!

[shawthing]

For speed and skill it's better than VFL to watch and quite comparable to AFL.

Surely you jest. The bottom VFL side (oh that would be us) would thrash the pants off this AFLW team by 20 goals. Seriously.

BTW the brawl last night was a very bad look.

[Big T]

I enjoyed it. There’s no point comparing it to afl or vfl. Its was entertaining tough albeit low skilled but providing a pathway for girls to play professional football is fantastic and it’s time pies supporters got behind it.

My bug bear with afl is Collingwood make a ton of money thanks to supporters and we cannot spend what we would like on the field or footy department. I’d like to see us hence spend as much as possible on becoming dominant in AFLW and investing in the vfl team as well wherever possible, albeit with the same socialist constraints.

[stui magpie]

For speed and skill it's better than VFL to watch and quite comparable to AFL.

Surely you jest. The bottom VFL side (oh that would be us) would thrash the pants off this AFLW team by 20 goals. Seriously.

BTW the brawl last night was a very bad look.

I have no doubt that any VFL team would smash the best AFLW team, as would most of the U18 teams. That's not the point. As a spectacle to watch, I thought it vastly improved and better than VFL.

[Dark Beanie]

Coaches votes:

8 Lucy McEvoy (SYD)
8 Brittany Bonnici (COLL)
8 Sabrina Frederick (COLL)
4 Laura Gardiner (SYD)
1 Sofia Hurley (SYD)
1 Sarah Rowe (COLL)

[Dark Beanie]

Other results:

West Coast def Richmond by 1 point
GWS def Bulldogs by 63 points
Fremantle def Bombers by 43 points
St Kilda def Suns by 54 points
Melbourne def Geelong by 2 points
Adelaide def Port by 14 points
Hawks def Carlton by 38 points
North def Lions by 44 points in the grand final rematch. Not a fan of either team but this was a great game to watch.

[Dark Beanie]

Tarni White suspended for 3 matches after her late bump on Maddy Collier:

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/121098 ... rked-melee

Update:

Collingwood challenged the 3 match ban at the tribunal last night (Wednesday) but challenge was unscuccessful.