VFLW 2024

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VFLW 2024

March 22, 2024, 05:55:11 pm

A very different looking Carlton VFLW team to open their season against Geelong at Geelong this weekend. We do have a few AFLW girls playing, including Meg Robertson and Lila Keck, who play in the Navy Blue for the first time. The game is at 11:15 on Saturday 23rd March.

Only 5 of the VFLW girls from last year are playing this weekend. That is a huge turnover.

Our team
B: Octavia Di Donato (51) Ciara Fitzgerald (36)
HB: Lulu Beatty (13) Layla Prince (58) Steph Demeo (66)
C: Keeley Skepper (4) Brooke Vickers (24) Hannah Bowey (64)
HF: Georgia Tait (57) Mia Austin (22) Meg Robertson (15)
F: Lila Keck (23) Sophie McCarthy (54)
FOLL: Jemma Stokes (65) Maddie Guerin (18) Keeley Sherar (25)
INT: Asha Turner-Funk (53) Natasha Phillips (74) Isla Baldwin (70) Izzy Khoury (52) Eliza Wood (50)

EMG: Isabella Parnell (59) Danika Di Santo (76) Amy Trindade (62)

Obviously our brain trusts want to get some game time into some of our younger AFLW girls, especially as a number of them have been cruelled by injuries and need time on the park. Some of them, like Skepper and Sherar are probably not going to see much VFLW action, as they are already AFLW mainstays.

Note with interest, Maddy Guerin, who is playing her first game back after another serious knee injury. Just before she was injured, she was stepping up to be a major midfielder with real pace and depth to her kicking. How she will play now, that is the obvious question.

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Reply #1 – March 23, 2024, 01:03:32 pm

Quite a good representation of AFLW players in that squad Crash.

Perhaps we're going to take a different approach and get more games in to the AFLW girls. That should make the VFLW team a lot stronger.

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Reply #2 – March 23, 2024, 02:12:42 pm

The girls had a good first up win at the cattery.

Carlton: 9 - 5 - 59
Geelong: 4 - 4 - 28
It appears that Skeppar didn't play.
Vickers and Sherar were the best for us possession-wise. And Maddy Guerin had 17 possessions and 6 clearances in her first game back for 2 seasons.

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Reply #3 – March 30, 2024, 12:19:18 am

Our line-up for Rd 2 against the Kangaroos:

B: Octavia Di Donato (51) Ciara Fitzgerald (36)
HB: Lulu Beatty (13) Layla Prince (58) Steph Demeo (66)
C: Keeley Skepper (4) Brooke Vickers (24) Hannah Bowey (64)
HF: Georgia Tait (57) Mia Austin (22) Meg Robertson (15)
F: Lila Keck (23) Sophie McCarthy (54)
FOLL: Jemma Stokes (65) Maddie Guerin (18) Keeley Sherar (25)
INT: Asha Turner-Funk (53) Natasha Phillips (74) Isla Baldwin (70) Izzy Khoury (52) Eliza Wood (50)

EMG: Isabella Parnell (59) Danika Di Santo (76) Amy Trindade (62)

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Reply #4 – March 30, 2024, 12:20:52 am

Well beaten this week;
Carlton 1 - 2 - 8
North 4 - 5 - 29

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Reply #5 – April 06, 2024, 09:28:22 am

Carlton vs GWS at Carlton today at 14:05.
No team announced as yet.

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Reply #6 – April 06, 2024, 12:54:13 pm

B Octavia Di Donato (51) Gen Lawson-Tavan (27)
HB Hannah Bowey (64) Emily Hurley (61) Steph Demeo (66)
C Keeley Skepper (4) Brooke Vickers (24) Eliza Wood (50)
HF Marianna Anthony (14) Mia Austin (22) Lily Goss (20)
F Lila Keck (23) Sophie McCarthy (54)
FOLL Jemma Stokes (65) Maddie Guerin (18) Keeley Sherar (25)

INT Asha Turner-Funk (53) Georgia Tait (57) Danika Di Santo (76) Izzy Khoury (52) Meg Robertson (15)

EMG Isabella Parnell (59) Isla Baldwin (70) Simone Mooney (78) Katie Prendergast (77)

In: Marianna Anthony, Lily Goss, Gen Lawson-Tavan, Emily Hurley, Danika Di Santo
Out: Ciara Fitzgerald, Lulu Beatty, Layla Prince, Natasha Phipps, Isla Baldwin

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Reply #7 – April 06, 2024, 07:57:17 pm

We lost again. Close, but not good enough.

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Reply #8 – April 12, 2024, 03:24:56 pm

The girls play Collingwood this Saturday at Collingwood.

B: Octavia Di Donato (51) Gen Lawson-Tavan (27)
HB: Taylor Ortlepp (34) Layla Prince (58) Steph Demeo (66)
C: Keeley Skepper (4) Izzy Khoury (52) Hannah Bowey (64)
H: Marianna Anthony (14) Emily Hurley (61) Mel Staunton (55)
F: Lila Keck (23) Sophie McCarthy (54)
FOLL: Jemma Stokes (65) Maddie Guerin (18) Meg Robertson (15)
INT: Asha Turner-Funk (53) Isabelle Parnell (59) Simone Mooney (78) Isla Baldwin (70) Eliza Wood (50)

EMG: Georgia Tait (57) Danika Di Santo (76) Evie Lee (71)

In: Isla Baldwin, Simone Mooney, Isabelle Parnell, Layla Prince, Taylor Ortlepp, Mel Staunton

Out: Mia Austin, Danika Di Santo, Lily Goss, Keeley Sherar, Georgia Tait, Brooke Vickers

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Reply #9 – April 19, 2024, 10:58:19 pm

This week: Carlton vs Port Melbourne:

B: Octavia Di Donato (51) Gen Lawson-Tavan (27)
HB: Mimi Hill (10) Yasmine Duursma (11) Steph Demeo (66)
C: Darcy Vescio (3) Meg Robertson (15) Hannah Bowey (64)
HF: Marianna Anthony (14) Mia Austin (22) Izzy Khoury (52)
F: Lila Keck (23) Sophie McCarthy (54)
FOLL: Emily Hurley (61) Lily Goss (20) Keeley Sherar (25)
INT: Georgia Tait (57) Layla Prince (58) Simone Mooney (78) Isla Baldwin (70) Eliza Wood (50)

EMG: Isabella Parnell (59) Danika Di Santo (76) Natasha Phipps (74) Amy Trindade (62)

In: Mia Austin, Yasmine Duursma, Lily Goss, Mimi Hill, Keeley Sherar, Georgia Tait, Darcy Vescio

Out: Maddie Guerin, Taylor Ortlepp, Isabella Parnell, Mel Staunton, Keeley Skepper, Jemma Stokes, Asha Turner-Funk

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Reply #10 – April 22, 2024, 12:47:18 am

The girls brought in a 8 point win against the highly regarded Port Melbourne (Richmond's VFLW partner). Top effort.

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Reply #11 – April 23, 2024, 11:26:39 am

Crash, is this comp like a second tier, out of season thing, not the full blown professional competition?

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Reply #12 – April 23, 2024, 04:00:47 pm

Quote from: Professer E – on April 23, 2024, 11:26:39 am

Crash, is this comp like a second tier, out of season thing, not the full blown professional competition?

Basically yes.

The real thing is the AFLW......and technecially THAT is 'out of season' with the way they keep moving the start/end times around.

The VFLW is equivalent to the VFL. Made up of non-listed players with top talent sprinkled in.

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Reply #13 – April 23, 2024, 09:14:17 pm

Quote from: Professer E – on April 23, 2024, 11:26:39 am

Crash, is this comp like a second tier, out of season thing, not the full blown professional competition?

The VFLW is made up of 10 teams representing or affiliated with the Victorian AFL teams and two “independent” teams; Willy and Darebin.

We’re running a lot of AFLW players through our VFLW team this season, not something we’ve really done before. Hopefully that will give our AFLW girls a flying start to the season.

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Reply #14 – April 26, 2024, 07:50:42 pm

The girls play the Bulldogs this week on Sunday 17 11:00 in Footscray. Our line-up:

B: Octavia Di Donato (51) Gen Lawson-Tavan (27)
HB: Layla Prince (58) Yasmine Duursma (11) Steph Demeo (66)
C: Darcy Vescio (3) Meg Robertson (15) Hannah Bowey (64)
HF: Mel Staunton (55) Mia Austin (22) Izzy Khoury (52)
F: Simone Mooney (78) Sophie McCarthy (54)
FOLL: Emily Hurley (61) Lily Goss (20) Keeley Sherar (25)
INT: Amy Trindale (62) Isla Baldwin (70) Eliza Wood (50) Katie Prendergast (77) Isabella Parnell (59)

EMG: Danika Di Santo (76) Natasha Phipps (74) Evie Lee (71) Asha Turner-Funk (53)

In: Isabella Parnell, Katie Prendergast, Mel Staunton, Amy Trindale

Out: Marianna Anthony, Mimi Hill, Lila Keck, Georgia Tait