The VFLW started last week to minimal fanfare.
The lost looks pretty different from what I remember of last year's.
Last week we won against Darebin:
Carlton: 7 - 8 - 50
Darebin: 5 - 3 - 33
This we we lost to North Melbourne/Werribee
Carlton: 6 - 4 - 40
North: 11 - 6 -72
We led at Half time, but ran out of juice.
A good win for the girls this week against Sandringham:
Carlton: 5 - 6 - 36
Sandringham: 3 - 6 - 24
The girls kicked the last 4 goals to run over their opponents.
The girls had 90 more possessions, to dominate the game in a lot of ways, yet had 1 less inside 50. We also dominated taps and clearances, but the one that stood out was the marks: 82 to 35. That stuck out to me. We also had 71 tackles to 58, yet spent most of the time behind.
We had 7 of the top 8 possessions getters, led by:
Hannah Scott: 35 possessions, 5 clearances, 10 tackles and 5 marks. This was a Cripps-like performance.
Mia Fuller: 24 possessions, 7 clearances and 12 tackles.
We play the Drug Cheats this week, on Sunday at Windy Hill at 11:05.
Team not available as yet.
The girls were slaughtered by Essendon: their 1st win of the season. :( :(
Carlton: 4 - 7 - 31
Drug Cheats: 10 - 3 - 63
Note again our inability to kick straight. It is a curse across 3 levels at the moment. The 2's lost, even though they had a lot more scores shots.
Teams weren't even available the morning of the game, which was disappointing.
Carlton vs Casey this Saturday at 17:00 at home.
My God, I didn't see this one coming:
Carlton: 6 - 2 - 38 7 - 7 - 49 10 - 9 - 69 14 - 12 - 96
Casey: 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 7 2 - 1 - 13
An 83 point win!
The girls were incredible.
GOALS (Carlton): McCarthy (4), Larkins (2), Elkington (2), Turner Funk (2), Plunkett, Morris-Dalton, Bowey
It wasn't a pretty game by any means, but the girls handled the ball better and got the rewards.
The girls play Collingwood this weekend, at 10:30 at Cragieburn! Collingwood are on top.
Why are the girls wearing the white clash guernseys (and navy shorts)? There's plenty of contrast between navy blue and black and white prison bars ::)
Girls do not wear white shorts.
It was a request of theirs for 'female' reasons which makes a lot of sense.
Well, we had our chances :(
Carlton: 3 - 8 - 26
Collingwood: 4 - 6 - 30
Indeed. :( :( Bad kicking is bad football. :-[ :-[
The girls play Box Hill this week, at home on Saturday at 10:05.
The girls are 6th at the moment, while Box Hill are 10th, but we're a very up and down team. last week we should have beaten the league leaders, while we have been pounded by ordinary teams.
No line-up as yet (what a surprise! I haven't had a line=up before match day yet).
The girls had another significant win this week: our percentage must be pretty good.
Carlton: 1 - 2 - 8 5 - 5 - 35 8 - 8 - 56 10 - 11 - 71
Box Hill: 1 - 5 - 11 2 - 6 - 18 3 - 9 - 27 4 - 11 - 35
A 6 goal win.
We had a few AFLW girls in today, although so did Box Hill. Lila Keck had 27 possessions, 7 tackles and 5 clearances.
The girls play Geelong in Geelong this week, at 12:05.
We're presently 6th, Geelong are 9th.
Team list not available: haven't been able to get them this year as yet.
GEELONG CATS vs CARLTON
Saturday 18 July, 12:05pm, Deakin University
GEELONG CATS
B: M. Walton (49), E. Cook (80)
HB: A. Lee (53), A. Oswald (79), J. Sunderland (52)
C: B. Crabtree (55), M. Morrissy (57), L. Marescuk (63)
HF: N. Harris (81), M. Sexton (56), C. Canavan (47)
F: S. O'Kane (33), F. Qoon (70)
R: H. Peck (37), M. Staunton (39), T. Crabtree (50)
INT: M. Cotten (75), B. Borchard (60), C. Boxer (69), C. Summers (83), J. Hurring (76)
EMG: A. Schlink (48), Z. Kelly (51), O. Wolter (58), B. Lewis (64), L. Massie (65), O. Woods (67), C. Hurn (72)
IN: C. Boxer, J. Sunderland
OUT: S. Nalder (quad), O. Wolter (omitted)
CARLTON
B: M. Fitzgerald (80), L. Burke (74)
HB: A. Allen (63), E. Horne (12), A. Mulvahil (16)
C: O. Di Donato (51), H. Scott (79), S. Demeo (66)
HF: D. Spamer (17), S. McCarthy (54), H. Bowey (71)
F: T. Plunkett (69), N. Morris-Dalton (52)
R: E. Sbeghen (59), A. Turner-Funk (53), E. Elkington (31)
INT: A. Acquaro (78), Z. Larkins (77), L. Stone (70), K. Busuttil (72), M. Meagher (62)
EMG: D. Di Santo (76), C. Van Loon (56), I. Stanley (18), S. Hall (50)
IN: A. Acquaro, A. Allen, M. Meagher, H. Scott, L. Stone
OUT: L. Baxter, K. Bischa, L. Keck, G. Pound (unavailable), C. Van Loon (omitted)
NEW: Alli Allen, 17, 172cm, Northern Knights/Lower Plenty; Maddison Meagher, 17, 164cm, Northern Knights/Diamond Creek Women's; Lola Stone, 18, 172cm, Northern Knights/Heidelberg
Head-to-head: Geelong 6-4; At Deakin University: Tied 1-1; Streak: Geelong 1; Last time: Carlton 2.2 (14) def by Geelong Cats 8.8 (56) – Round 9, 2025, IKON Park
The girls had another very solid win.
Carlton: 1 - 4 - 10 4 - 5 - 29 8 - 8 - 56 10 - 8 - 68
Geelong: 3 - 0 - 18 3 - 1 - 19 4 - 1 - 25 4 - 2 - 26
A 48 point win.
Nailed the premiership quarter!
Indeed. In fact, we kept the Cats to 1 - 2 after quarter time, while piling on 9 goals ourselves. No AFLW players either: we actually played 3 debutants.
The girls play Williamstown at home on Saturday at 14:00.
Willi are 2nd, while we're presently 5th.
Big win to the girls today, defeating Willi.
Carlton: 2 - 4 - 16 2 - 4 - 16 5 - 5 - 35 6- 6 - 42
Willi: 1 - 1 - 7 3 - 5 - 23 3 - 6 - 24 4 - 8 - 32
Our girls dominated possessions.
The girls played Casey for a 2nd time and defeated them soundly. Not quite the belting we game them last time, but it will do.
Carlton: 0 - 2 - 2 2 - 3 - 15 4 - 7 - 31 4 - 12 - 36
Casey: 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 6 1 - 0 - 6 1 - 2 - 8
Casey have scored 2 goals against us in 2 games.
The VFLW girls are playing Tasmania in Hobart tomorrow at 14:35 (North Hobart Oval, which, from memory, isn't that big).
And, for once, we have a team sheet available! :)
B: 80 Matilda Fitzgerald 74 Lucy Burke
HB: 33 Lou-Lou Field 73 Kiara Bischa 66 Steph Demeo
C: 51 Octavia Di Donato 79 Hannah Scott 8 Lily Baxter
HF: 17 Danika Spamer 13 Aisling Reidy 71 Hannah Bowey
F: 78 Alessia Acquaro 64 Harriet Bingley
R: 59 Ellie Sbeghen 53 Asha Turner Funk 77 Zoe Larkins
Int: 60 Phoebe Hargreaves 55 Jemma Stokes 16 Alana Mulvahil 72 Katelyn Busuttil 18 Indi Stanley
EM: 76 Danika Di Santo
Another away win for the girls, which means we are probably finals bound.
Carlton: 1 - 1 - 7 4 - 4 - 28 6 - 4 - 40 9 - 7 - 61
Tasmania: 1 - 2 - 8 1 - 4 - 10 5 - 4 - 34 7 - 4 - 46
Hannah Scott and Octavia di Donato continue their good form, as the most prolific players on the ground.
The VFLW girls play the Dogs at Carlton on Sunday at 14:00. We're 4th, the Dogs are 6th. We may well have some AFLW girls play this week, as the AFLW girls have this weekend off.
Carlton won 47-34. Well done ladies. 2 from 2 this weekend.
The 2nd last round of the VFLW season and the Blues face Geelong at Carlton.
The game starts at 12:05 on Saturday, which doesn't suit well: 3 game on at more or less the same time in 3 different players. It does minimize our support at each venue!
The VFL girls lost unfortunately.
Geelong 27 Carlton 24.