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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW Rd 6 2026 - Carlton vs Melbourne @ Casey
Our line-up:

B:   21 Harriet Cordner   49 Madeline Hendrie
HB:   14 Siofra O'Connell   36 Ciara Fitzgerald    1 Amelia Velardo
C:   11 Yasmin Duursma   4 Claudia Whitfort   17 Dayna Finn
HF:   20 Lily Goss   7 Poppy Scholz   23 Lila Keck
F:   2 Lauren Bella   55 Sophie McKay  
R:   12  Jessica Good   19 Erone Fitzpatrick   5 Abbie McKay
Int:   24 Brooke Vickers   10 Mimi Hill   35 Nell Morris-Dalton   42 Tara Bohanna   25 Keeley Sherar
Em:   8 Lily Baxter   13 Aisling Reidy   30 Kiara Bischa

[1] Nice to see Sophie McKay and Keeley Sherar back. And I am looking forward to see how our rucks and forward line work with Lauren Bella out there.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
I was 14 when I got bashed by some thugs after a [practice game at Princes Park. I hate to think what they would have done today, as similar thugs would be armed.
Mind you, it was the spark that made me learn karate. I got to brown with 2 black stripes (1 grading away from black in my style) before injury ruined that.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW Rd 4 2026 Carlton vs Collingwood at Carlton
CARLTON                1.2     4.4     9.6     10.8 (68)
COLLINGWOOD     1.1     2.3      3.4      4.5 (29)

GOALS
Carlton: Keck 3, Scholz 2, Fitzpatrick 2, Bohanna, Morris-Dalton, Goss
Collingwood: Schleicher 3, Carbone

BEST
Carlton: Hill, Whitfort, Cordner, Fitzpatrick, Good, Morris-Dalton
Collingwood: Bonnici, Allen, Schleicher, Runnalls

INJURIES
Carlton: Nil
Collingwood: Nil

LATE CHANGES
Carlton: Sophie McKay (ankle) replaced in selected side by Aisling Reidy
Collingwood: Ash Centra, Jemma Rigoni (both shin awareness) replaced in selected side by Georgia Knight, Zara Neuwirth

We weren't bad in the first half, but we fumbled and dropped marks that I would prefer we didn't. After the break, well, that was more like it.
Next week we play North at Arden St. :(
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Award 2026
AFL 2026 WC#1:   Carlton vs Melbourne
We've been playing Elimination Finals for weeks, but we managed to get through again with a brave win.

Trends:
[1]   There were 12 voters this round, which is a little disappointing for such a stunning victory.
please do vote, win, lose or draw: it is something we appreciate and it makes our statistics a lot more reliable. And our statistics hold up pretty well when it comes to John Nicholls Medal night!
I must admit that I see a lot of names from previous campaigns who no longer vote and find that disheartening. I can only hope hope those posters are faring well.

[2]   The rating was a 9.76, which represents an A-! Voters were pleased with this one.

[3]   15 players managed a mention this week, which is reasonably typical of a win, but something a little less than some of our recent triumphs.

[4]   The average vote this week was 32, which is very strong. Scores are around 30 are more usual when we win, so read into that what you will.

[5]   Again 4 players managed 100 votes or more. This is normal for a win these days.

[6] It was really close at the top this week, with 28 votes separating Sam Walsh (333) from Jagga Smith (305). This was Walsh's 10th BOG for the season!

[7] Only three players managed votes from everyone again this week; Walsh, Smith and Ainsworth.

[8]   It was a more even spread this week, with a strong midfield and a powerful defence.

[9] Our youngsters again were significant. Smith was brilliant again. Dean was significant.


Votes:
Walsh, Sam   333
Smith, Jagga   305
Weitering, Jacob   215
Ainsworth, Ben   187
Dean, Harry   89
Hollands, Oliver   69
Pittonet, Marc   61
Haynes, Nicholas   49
Lord, Cooper   41
Cripps, Patrick   28
Cottrell, Matthew   28
Cowan, Lachlan  20
Florent, Oliver  16
Cerra, Adam  16
Kemp, Brodie  4


Progressive Voting:
Walsh, Sam   4804
Patrick Cripps  3825
Smith, Jagga  2880  
Hewett, George  2002
Pittonet, Marc  1433
Florent, Oliver  1389
Will Hayward  1126
Ainsworth, Ben  1121
Evans, Francis 984
Newman, Nic   943
Harry McKay  943
Dean, Harry 782
Matthew Carroll   769
Haynes, Nick   763
Kemp, Brodie  735
Mitch McGovern 710
Weitering, Jacob  681
Cowan, Lachie  612
Ollie Hollands  482
Cerra, Adam  478
Hollands, Elijah  426 
Byrne, Talor  422
Blake Acres  397
William, Zac  330
Lord, Cooper  250
Wilson, Billy   232
Wade Derksen   119
Young, Lewis   94
Cottrell, Matthew 59
Ison, Jack   43
Liam Reidy   28
Boyd, Jordan   27
Adam Saad   15
Flynn Young   8
Flynn Riley   6
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Award 2026
AFL 2026 Rd 24:   Carlton vs Fremantle[
To defeat the top team as we did was a huge result for us.

Trends:
[1]   There were 12 voters this round, which is a little disappointing for such a stunning victory.
please do vote, win, lose or draw: it is something we appreciate and it makes our statistics a lot more reliable. And our statistics hold up pretty well when it comes to John Nicholls Medal night!
I must admit that I see a lot of names from previous campaigns who no longer vote and find that disheartening. I can only hope hope those posters are faring well.

[2]   The rating was a 10.17, which represents an A! Voters were pleased with this one.

[3]   14 players managed a mention this week, which is reasonably typical of a win, but something a little less than some of our recent triumphs.

[4]   The average vote this week was 33, which is very strong. Scores are around 30 are more usual when we win, so read into that what you will.

[5]   Again 7 players managed 100 votes or more. To do this once was brilliant, but to repeat it is fantastic. 

[6] It was really close at the top this week, with 5 votes separating Sam Walsh (282) from Frankie Evans (277). This was Walsh's 9th BOG for the season! Jagga Smith (3rd) also scored more than 200 votes!

[7] Only two players managed votes from everyone again this week; Walsh and Evans. Three others were close, missing either one or two.

[8]   Our midfield guns dominated the voting this week for the 2nd week in a row. It wasn't that the others weren't any good, it was just that our midfield was phenomenal.

[9] Our youngsters again were significant. Smith was brilliant.


Votes:
Walsh, Sam   282
Evans, Francis   277
Smith, Jagga   203
Cripps, Patrick   175
Florent, Oliver   153
Ainsworth, Ben   141
Hewett, George   107
Pittonet, Marc   85
Acres, Blake   40
Wilson, Billy   28
Kemp, Brodie   17
Cerra, Adam   6
Lord, Cooper   6
Derksen, Wade   6

Progressive Voting:
Walsh, Sam   4470
Patrick Cripps  3797
Smith, Jagga  2575  
Hewett, George  2002
Pittonet, Marc  1372
Florent, Oliver  1372
Will Hayward  1126
Evans, Francis 984
Newman, Nic   943
Harry McKay  943
Ainsworth, Ben  934
Matthew Carroll   769
Kemp, Brodie  731
Haynes, Nick   714
Mitch McGovern 710
Dean, Harry  692
Cowan, Lachie  592
Weitering, Jacob  466
Cerra, Adam  461
Hollands, Elijah  426 
Byrne, Talor  422
Ollie Hollands  413
Blake Acres  397
William, Zac  330
Wilson, Billy   232
Lord, Cooper  204
Wade Derksen   119
Young, Lewis   94
Ison, Jack   43
Cottrell, Matthew 31
Liam Reidy   28
Boyd, Jordan   27
Adam Saad   15
Flynn Young   8
Flynn Riley   6
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Ladies Lounge / Re: VFLW 2026
The girls lost, also an Elimination Final. :(
Carlton: 5 - 5 - 35
Port Melbourne: 6 -  9 - 45
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL EF#1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong
Quote from: madbluboy – on
I think we need to move all of our home games to the MCG or all of them to Marvel.

It's not a coincidence Carlton and Essendon have gone to crap since they don't have a home ground.
I wish we could have just one home ground, but the AFL do not want Victorian teams having a home ground advantage. The only team that has has one is Geelong, and we all know how differently they have been treated.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL EF#1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong
A few thoughts:

[1] Our possessions game doesn't stand up in the wet.
We use the ball a lot. Our skills have improved a lot, but when it was slippery we overused the ball badly. Our skills fall away in the wet. We need another gear and style when the weather is like it was tonight. What have all 3 of our losses since Fraser got on board have in common? Wet weather.
That is an area we really need to address as we head into 2027.

[2] Another issue that arose when the rain came was that the umpires started umpiring differently. Our tackles were not rewarded. Geelong got some very ordinary, incredibly soft frees. We lost more than a little confidence when we were not rewarded for our hard work.

[3] I doubt that Dangerfield will be able to repeat his effort again this season. Things really went his way. He was a champion, he is now a player who can produce an occasional big effort, but not a consistent one.
For all that, we don't really have a player designed to play on him. Cowan gets the job, but Dangerfield has maybe 10 kg of muscle on him and a lot of umpire attention.

[4] Like in the Voss days, our turnovers are coach killers:
We were outcoached this time, Geelong were ready for the way we move the ball and how fragile it is in less than perfect conditions.  Our turnovers provided them with most of their score. We were unable to return the favour.
Also, we were turning the ball over in the middle, which gave them far too many opportunities.

[5] We got out tackles after 1/4 time:
We were up 19 tackles to 8 in the first quarter. We got belted after that. They had a lot more tackles after that.

[6] Some of our guys had absolute shockers:
Mitch McGovern couldn't get near it. Part of the problem was that we weren't moving the ball like we usually do, but that wasn't everything.
Lewis Young had a shocker: he got beaten in the ruck, he fumbled the ball terribly, he couldn't get the ball to a teammate. He will probably survive, but we need someone better for the job.
Harry Dean had probably his least effective game. He was bowled over, but he never got into the game at all.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: VFLW 2026
Our line-up:

B:   0 Kiara Bischa   74 Lucy Burke   33 Lou-Lou Field
HB:   68 Emma Horne   6 Gabriella Pound   51 Octavia Di Donato
C:   79 Hannah Scott   8 Lily Baxter   69 Tahlia Plunkett
HF:   13 Aisling Reidy   71 Hannah Bowey   78 Alessia Acquaro
F:   58 Grace Matser   59 Ellie Sbeghen   26 Tayla McMillan
R:   77 Zoe Larkins   53 Asha Turner Funk   66 Steph Demeo
Int:   17 Danika Spamer   80 Matilda Fitzgerald   73 Mia Fuller   72 Katelyn Busuttil   16 Alana Mulvahil   55 Jemma Stokes   64 Harriet Bingley

[1] 6 AFLW Blues named, but I doubt all will play. Someone will be the senior Energency.

[2] Nice to see Tayla McMillan named. She's had injury issues.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW Rd 4 2026 Carlton vs Collingwood at Carlton
Quote from: crashlander – on
Team as yet indeterminate, but here is what we know:

B:   1 Amelia Velardo   49 Madeline Hendrie
HB:   14 Siofra O'Connell   21 Harriet Cordner   36 Ciara Fitzgerald
C:   17 Dayna Finn   19 Erone Fitzpatrick   11 Yasmin Duursma
HF:   25 Keeley Sherar   7 Poppy Scholz   23 Lila Keck
F:   4 Claudia Whitfort   42 Tara Bohanna
R:   12 Jessica Good   10 Mimi Hill   5 Abbie McKay
Int:   6 Gabriella Pound   20 Lily Goss   24 Brooke Vickers   8 Lily Baxter   22 Brooke Boileau   55 Sophie McKay   35 Nell Morris-Dalton   13 Aisling Reidy

3 girls in, none out as yet.
Gab Pound out for Brooke Vickers.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: VFLW 2026
The VFLW girls play on Saturday at home at 13:05 against Port Melbourne.
We finished the H&A season 4th, which I think is a out best yet.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW Rd 4 2026 Carlton vs Collingwood at Carlton
Team as yet indeterminate, but here is what we know:

B:   1 Amelia Velardo   49 Madeline Hendrie
HB:   14 Siofra O'Connell   21 Harriet Cordner   36 Ciara Fitzgerald
C:   17 Dayna Finn   19 Erone Fitzpatrick   11 Yasmin Duursma
HF:   25 Keeley Sherar   7 Poppy Scholz   23 Lila Keck
F:   4 Claudia Whitfort   42 Tara Bohanna
R:   12 Jessica Good   10 Mimi Hill   5 Abbie McKay
Int:   6 Gabriella Pound   20 Lily Goss   24 Brooke Vickers   8 Lily Baxter   22 Brooke Boileau   55 Sophie McKay   35 Nell Morris-Dalton   13 Aisling Reidy

3 girls in, none out as yet.