At 15:20 on Sunday afternoon at Carlton.
Adelaide did lose last week.
Our line-up:
B: 1 Amelia Velardo 49 Madeline Hendrie
HB: 21 Harriet Cordner 14 Siofra O'Connell 36 Ciara Fitzgerald
C: 17 Dayna Finn 4 Claudia Whitfort 19 Erone Fitzpatrick
HF: 7 Poppy Scholz 3 Darcy Vescio 55 Sophie McKay
F: 35 Nell Morris-Dalton 23 Lila Keck
R: 12 Jessica Good 10 Mimi Hill 5 Abbie McKay
Int: 6 Gabriella Pound 11 Yasmin Duursma 25 Keeley Sherar 24 Brooke Vickers 20 Lily Goss
Em: 22 Brooke Boileau 42 Tara Bohanna 30 Kiara Bischa
In: Sophie McKay, Keeley Sherar
Out: Tara Bohanna (Omitted), Brooke Boileau (Omitted)
[1] A big boost to have Sophie McKay and Keeley Sherar in.
[2] Boileau will miss against her former side, but she doesn't look far away. That Bohanna has been dropped says that our young key forwards appear to be doing something solid.
Bohanna missing is interesting.
I think she plays a more solid, predictable game. As the music men put in reference to Tony Lockett.....
"Lead, mark, kick a goal, kick a goal, kick a goal...."
All the others are more crafty types....Vescio, Sophie, NMD, Keck.....with Scholz a bit of that, but definitely more of the future.
Will be interesting to see how it plays out.
Half time Carlton 23 - Adelaide 8.
Blues 20 points up late in the last quarter. Not a lot of time to go in a low scoring game.
Nell Morris-Dalton sinks her third!
Carlton: 7 - 8 - 50
Adelaide: 3 - 5 - 23
First time we've beaten Adelaide for quite a while.
We kept them scoreless in the last!
We've only played Adelaide once, (before today) since our last (and only) win against them.......in 2020.
Bit surprising, but ill take it.
Our girls look like the real deal.
Just gotta see if anyone can beat the juggernaut that is the Kangas.
Adelaide had the top 2 possession getters, but we had 8 of the top 11! A good spread of possessions all across the field.
Erone Fitzpatrick: 30 possessions, but 3 points.
Mimi Hill: 28 possessions
Well done, gals. Da dah da dah da... Bravo.
Young Darcy certainly turned the clock back and created her own highlights reel 👏
I didn't see the game, but Vescio is in that sort of career stage that gives her maximum influence when correctly managed.
She can do the boring job better than most, or if needed light a spark, and using her experience she can seamlessly switch between those two modes of play. Her experience let's her switch on and off, step into the front line or out to the fringes, as required, not unlike Cripps. Half the trick is knowing the "when" and that's the thing experience delivers.
The other thing about Darcy is her infectious enthusiasm. She never misses congratulating and encouraging and helps to drive standards.