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

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Half-way through the first quarter, we trail the blues by 3 points. Live on AFL.com.au

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Mia Busch limped off the ground at the 6min mark with the help of a trainer.

Told by those at the ground, now walking around unassisted.

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Some push and shove on the quarter time siren in our forward 50.

Blues lead 3-0.

 

[ant555]

Did well to just hold them out that quarter. Limited their chances of scoring and keep the ball on the outer side .
There is going to be very limited scoring at the shop end so have to get a few goals on the board this quarter using the hanger side.
Wind is blowing into the outer forward pocket .

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Qtr Time stats...

 

[ant555]

And the wind has dropped off a bit

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Carlton miss an easy set shot. They lead 4-0 5mins into 2nd qtr.

 

[CrowdedHouse]

GREAT SCOTT!!!

Paige Scott kicks a goal and we lead by 2 points

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Damn it! Carlton respond. They lead 10-6.

 

[ant555]

Some pretty ordinary levels of concentration and defensive efforts from us . The Blues are running into space with little effort from us to go with them.

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Carlton gets a goal from a fifty that no one knows what for!!!

They lead 17-6

 

[ant555]

We are way too reactive. They are leading us to the footy at nearly every contest.

 

[ant555]

Carlton gets a goal from a fifty that no one knows what for!!!

They lead 17-6

Stand rule .

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Half-time.

Bombers 1.0.6 Blues 2.5.17

Report from the ground that Mia Busch has her ankle iced and elevated.

 

[Lore]

Yuck. Keep the updates coming! I can’t watch it today :/

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Stand rule .

From watching the stream (that we bloody can't rewind), it didn't look like she moved an inch

 

[ant555]

We do not seem to have the same ability to just pressure and hunt the footy like we did last season. We are letting sides move the footy way too easily.
Just seems to be a lack of desperation across the whole side.

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Half-time Bomber stats...

 

[ant555]

From watching the stream (that we bloody can't rewind), it didn't look like she moved an inch

It was n front of me . Was a very minor quarter step .

 

[CrowdedHouse]

We do not seem to have the same ability to just pressure and hunt the footy like we did last season. We are letting sides move the footy way too easily.
Just seems to be a lack of desperation across the whole side.

I reckon we are nowhere as clean with the ball as last year, and as a result, have lost our structure.

 

[ant555]

And now the wind is starting to blow full steam again after dropping down for the second quarter

 

[ant555]

I reckon we are nowhere as clean with the ball as last year, and as a result, have lost our structure.

Would not argue with that but I do think we are missing a bit of desperation as well . Last year we combined pressure with reasonable ball use to keep the footy going our way until side made mistakes at our end .
Even when we made mistakes our second no third effort’s held them up .

 

[CrowdedHouse]

1/2 time summary

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Carlton start the 3rd qtr with a goal. They lead by 18.

 

[CrowdedHouse]

We had the ball a fair bit in our forward 50, but blew our chances with Molan (probably too far out) and Ryan (handballing off to a player closed down quick).