VFLW 2023 Season - Preliminary Final - Bombers lose to the Borough by 5 goals. Season over.

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The 2023 rebel VFLW season commences on Saturday, March 25, with six matches scheduled across a bumper opening weekend.

The VFLW side will take on the Box Hill Hawks at 11am, also at the NEC Hangar where the Bombers are set to unfurl their 2022 Premiership flag.

All matches in the 2023 Smithy’s VFL and rebel VFLW seasons will be live streamed free via the AFL website (afl.com.au) and AFL Live Official App. Further broadcast details will be confirmed at a later time.

Entry to rebel VFLW matches is free. Where venues host VFL and VFLW double-headers, entry fees will apply after half time of the VFLW match.

Fixtures for all remaining rounds will be released shortly.

2023 VFL and VFLW round one fixture release

Men's and women's reserves opening round fixtures set.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Round	Opponent	Venue	Date & Time
1	Essendon vs Box Hill Hawks	The Hangar	Sunday March 26 @ 11am
2	Southern Saints vs Essendon	Trevor Barker Beach Oval	Sunday April 2 @ 3pm
3	Essendon vs Carlton	The Hangar	Saturday April 8 @ 1pm
4	Essendon vs Casey Demons	The Hangar	Sunday April 16 @ 11am
5	Collingwood vs Essendon	Victoria Park	Saturday April 22 @ 11am
6	Williamstown vs Essendon	Williamstown Football Ground	Sunday April 30 @ 2pm
7	Essendon vs Southern Saints	The Hangar	Saturday May 7 @ 11am
8	Box Hill Hawks vs Essendon	Box Hill City Oval	Saturday May 13 @ 12pm
9	Essendon vs Geelong	The Hangar	Saturday May 20 @ 11am
10	Darebin vs Essendon	La Trobe University	Sunday May 28 @ 10.30am
11	Essendon vs North Melbourne	The Hangar	Sunday June 4 @ 11am
12	Casey Demons vs Essendon	Casey Fields	Saturday June 17 @12pm
13	Port Melbourne vs Essendon	ETU Stadium	Sunday June 25 @ 11.30am
14	Essendon vs Western Bulldogs	TBC	TBC

 

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VFLW practice match report: Dons fall to Box Hill

A close contest almost saw the Bombers wrestle back the lead late.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

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Round 1 is this Sunday @ 11am, all against Box Hille

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Our 2022 VFLW Flag will be unfurled on Sunday, when we host Box Hill in the opening round of the VFLW season.

Game starts at 11am and entry is free.

Match streamed on AFL.com.au

 

[Lore]

Something of a triple header today, starting with our reigning premiers unfurling the premiership flag before opening the season against Box Hill at 11.

It’s also the 100th VFLW game for Mia-Rae Clifford, making league history as the first VFLW player to reach this milestone.

 

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Match centre:

AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results - AFL.com.au

Australian Football League. All the latest AFL news, video, results and information

www.afl.com.au

Live stream:

AFL Streaming - AFL.com.au

Watch the latest streams on the official website of the Australian Football League.

www.afl.com.au

 

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First goal was ours, Maddy Wilson.

But I didn’t see it coz setting up the livestream on a tv that doesn’t like loading half the crap on the AFL website takes ages.

 

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Probably the best looking VFLW coverage for a while, wide angle and close up cameras, properly lit and commentary without random people in the crowd being hot mic’d.

 

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Megan Ryan playing as a forward nice marks on the lead. Didn’t quite convert but looks like that might be part of her development to get back on an AFLW list

 

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Caitlin Sargent also playing today, delisted last week but still playing in the red sash. First time I’ve seen her play

 

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yodellinhank I just found an article with the 2023 VFLW list changes in it (club website is awful for this stuff). The format is awful.

The numbers have changed for anyone who isn't in the AFLW side also, so similar to the VFL where they use all the higher numbers that the AFLW team isn't using. So Ugle has gone from 1 to 41, and Clifford from 4 to 47, but there doesn't seem to be a full list of changes anywhere. The match centre still has Sarge as 1 as well (her AFLW number), she's actually wearing jumper 80 today. Ryan is also in 76, not 31.

The players who were delisted from the AFLW aren't properly marked in the below either... like Ryan and Sargent were delisted but they're still playing with the VFLW team so they're listed under AFLW arrivals, while EAC, Ayre, and Fede Frew are marked as VFLW departures as delisted, even though they were promoted first.

Last season: 15-0-2 (Premiers)
Coach: Travis Cloke (new)

Arrivals: Lily Bateman (Maribyrnong Park), Melanie Bateman (Marcellin), Tia Davidge (Castlemaine), Madison Gray (Port Melbourne), Caitlin Grech (Strathmore), Tayla Hart-Aluni (Moonee Valley), Manaia Huta (Darebin), Shelby Meyers (Oak Park), Jaimee-Lee Morrow (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Maddy Pearson (St Bedes-Mentone), Chloe Prpic (Coburg), Jayda Richardson (Yarra Valley Cobras), Krystal Russell (Yarraville/Western Jets), Leah Spargo (Keilor), Sophie Ure (Moonee Valley), Maddi Wilson (Carlton VFLW); Essendon AFLW: Sophie Alexander (Collingwood AFLW), Daria Bannister (North Melbourne AFLW), Brooke Brown (North Melbourne AFLW), Mia Busch (Hawthorn VFLW), Stephanie Cain (Fremantle/Swan Districts), Amber Clarke (Casey Demons), Georgia Clarke (Geelong AFLW), Leah Cutting (St Kilda), Ellyse Gamble (Western Bulldogs AFLW), Georgia Gee (Carlton AFLW), Zoe Hurrell (Sydney), Kodi Jacques (Richmond), Cat Phillips (St Kilda), Madison Prespakis (Carlton AFLW), Caitlin Sargent (North Melbourne VFLW), Paige Scott (Geelong VFLW), Casidhe Simmons (GWS), Annabelle Strahan (Western Bulldogs AFLW), Bonnie Toogood (Western Bulldogs AFLW), Sophie van de Heuvel (Geelong AFLW), Mia van Dyke (Geelong VFLW), Ash van Loon (Geelong VFLW), Jacqui Vogt (St Kilda), Steph Wales (Casey Demons), Brooke Walker (Carlton AFLW), Lily-Rose Williamson (Traralgon/Gippsland Power), Jessica Wuetschner (Brisbane Lions)

Departures: Marianna Anthony (North Melbourne VFLW), Stephanie Asciak (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Eloise Ashley-Cooper (delisted), Bella Ayre (delisted), Lauren Caruso (Port Melbourne), Octavia Di Donato (Carlton VFLW), Emily Everist (Hawthorn), Sarah Ford (Sydney), Federica Frew (delisted), Elizabeth Hosking (Carlton VFLW), Nicole Julian (Essendon VFLW), Kasey Lennox (Carlton VFLW), Abbey McDonald (Geelong AFLW), Simone Nalder (St Kilda), Drew Ryan (Box Hill Hawks), Jordan Zanchetta (delisted), Maykaylah Appleby, Eloise Gardner, Isabel Currenti, Rebecca McDonagh, Cecilia McIntosh, Mikaela Trethowan, Tegan Williams

Re-signed: Bella Clarke, Mia-Rae Clifford, Eleanor Cornish, Tamsin Crook, Grace Dicker, Gloria Elarmaly, Kendra Heil, Olivia Manfre, Natalie McDonald, Scarlett Orritt, Reese Sutton, Courtney Ugle. AFLW: Alana Barba, Joanne Doonan, Danielle Marshall, Alex Morcom, Georgia Nanscawen, Amelia Radford, Renee Tierney.

2023 rebel VFLW season preview

See the list changes across every club ahead of the 2023 rebel VFLW campaign

www.afl.com.au

 

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Sarge and Zoe Hurrell have both added goals to our tally

Hurrell being a former Swans AFLW player.

Current score:

Essendon 3.2 20
Box Hill 1.3 9

5 mins to go the 2nd quarter

 

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CrowdedHouse this commentary isn't bad but I miss yours

 

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Hawks applying more pressure but not converting. Essendon's score unchanged from half time.

3QT

Essendon 3.2 20
Hawthorn 2.7 19

 

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Bloody hell. Gotta kick those

Throw in 10m in from next to our point post, Ryan pulls it out of the ruck, passes to Clifford, who gives it to Sargent running straight into the square with little pressure.

And she sprays it, somehow.

21-19

 

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Scores level and we're into overtime because one of the Hawks got hurt and had to be stretchered off. Dunno how long is left but it's 22 minutes and counting...

 

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And it's a draw.

Full time:

ESS 4.3 27
HAW 3.9 27


sigh

 

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Oh also I meant to post these before and then the forum went offline and I forgot...

 

[CrowdedHouse]

It's the Grand Final rematch this Sunday afternoon (3pm) at Trevor Barker Beach Oval in Sandringham.

Match is part of a double-header, following on from our VFL (Men's) game (which starts at 12pm).
If you attending both games you have to pay the entry fee, but if you show up after half-time of the men's, it's free entry.

VFLW game will be live streamed on AFL.com.au but I believe without commentary.

If coming by public transport, take the Sandringham line train to Hampton station (about a 30 minute trip from Flinders Street) and then it's a 10 minute walk to the ground.

Teams:

ESSENDON
B	T. Crook (49)	B. Clarke (45)
HB	A. Strahan (79)	J. Richardson (52)	M. Gray (48)
C	M. Busch (28)	A. Barba (11)	C. Ugle (41)
HF	R. Tierney (23)	M. Bateman (62)	Z. Hurrell (53)
F	C. Sargent (80)	L. Spargo (51)
R	M. Ryan (76)	A. Clarke (33)	G. Dicker (44)
INT	M. Pearson (64)	E. Cornish (55)	M. Huta (56)
	T. Davidge (77)	O. Manfre (43)
EMG	T. Hart-Aluni (59)	C. Prpic (58)	L. Bateman (63)
INS	A. Strahan	M. Pearson	L.Spargo
A. Clarke	O. Manfre
OUTS	M. Wilson (injured)	A. Morcom (injured)	R. Sutton
M. Clifford	K. Russell

SOUTHERN SAINTS
B	I. Gentile (35)	G. McLean (6)
HB	J. Moore (15)	A. Hynes (16)	T. Boyd (21)
C	W. Laing (9)	N. Cormack (12)	C. Ryan (11)
HF	S. Phillips (48)	T. Kearns (23)	S. Kaukiono (27)
F	G. De Angelis (39)	L. Burke (28)
R	M. Kershaw (3)	M. Podnecky (10)	J. Wrigley (18)
INT	B. Enno (26)	S. Black (22)	K. Ebb (53)
	G. Hodder (31)	K. Ripari (24)
EMG	J. Webster (32)	E. Stuber (7)	M. Fogas (29)
INS	J. Moore	N. Cormack	B. Enno
K. Ebb	G. Hodder
OUTS	D. Mason (injured)	M. Ginnivan (injured)	M. Capsalis (injured)
J. Webster	G. Foran

 

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Sunday 2nd @ 3pm

VFLW: Rd 2 team v Southern Saints… VFLW: Rd 2 team v Southern Saints

How goes the streaming this season?

 

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Sunday 2nd @ 3pm

VFLW: Rd 2 team v Southern Saints… VFLW: Rd 2 team v Southern Saints

How goes the streaming this season?

AFL app or website

 

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Starting in a moment

 

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The no white shorts thing for the girls is interesting but fine imo. Black shorts with the all red pyjama clash jumper is interesting

 

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Goal to Sarge to open our account

 

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QT

Southern Saints 1.1 7
Essendon 2.0 12

Sarge with 2