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

[CrowdedHouse]

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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Much better effort today . Intensity was very good . They ran harder and the pressure was really good . Could have made more of their scoring chances in the third quarter but the ground out a tough win in windy conditions.
Good to see a bit of last year’s spirit back

 

[CrowdedHouse]

This Saturday the Bombers travel to Victoria Park to play the Pies.

Free Entry, game starts 11am and is live (without commentary) on AFL.com.au

Teams:

ESSENDON
B	T. Crook (49)	B. Clarke (45)
HB	G. Clarke (17)	S. Molan (73)	E. Ashley-Cooper (74)
C	K. Heil (78)	J. Doonan (12)	C. Ugle (41)
HF	A. Clarke (33)	M. Ryan (76)	M. Wilson (66)
F	E. Chaston (61)	T. Hart-Aluni (59)
R	S. Wales (30)	A. Radford (22)	A. Barba (11)
INT	M. Bateman (62)	G. Dicker (44)	T. Davidge (77)
	C. Prpic (58)	L. Keck (75)
EMG	Z. Hurrell (53)	O. Manfre (43)	K. Russell (50)
IN	E. Ashley-Cooper	B. Clarke	G. Clarke
L. Keck	S. Wales	M. Wilson
OUT	M. Gray	K. Jacques	A. Van Loon
K. Russell	P. Scott	R. Sutton

COLLINGWOOD
B	J. Lin (35)	R. Busch (67)
HB	O. Storer (73)	R. Christgoergl (56)	E. Jackson (65)
C	E. James (2)	J. Bates (50)	M. Jarvis (48)
HF	E. Shepherd (49)	E. Morris (21)	N. Dojiok (61)
F	M. DeMatteo (44)	J. Tweddle O'Donnell (60)
R	R. Caris (68)	I. Evans (5)	M. Zander (51)
INT	T. Cowan (54)	S. King (46)	C. Van der Vlies (69)
	S. Hosking (47)	T. Hurst (45)
EMG	A. Kane (57)	A. Weston (58)	E. Southgate (53)
IN	T. Cowan	I. Evans	T. Hurst
J. Lin	O. Storer
OUT	C. Bunker (injured)	S. Karlson (injured)	A. Porter
A. Weston	A. Whiley (injured)

 

[ant555]

Half time .
Pies 1.1 Bombers 2.2
Pretty hard grind so far . No wind or rain but both sides struggled to score.
We where all over them in the second quarter but just couldn’t make the most of it.

 

[ant555]

Pies 1.2 Bombers 3.4

 

[ant555]

Pies 2.3 Bombers 4.7
Two wins in a row

 

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How did Lila Keck go?

She's a draft prospect at the next national draft (end of the year or start of next year)

Captain of the Bendigo Pioneers and last year captained Vic Country as well as a bunch of other individual accolades (3x runner up in the league B&F). Small forward/midfielder it seems, and fairly confident based on this draft video Bloody North supporter though

AFLW Latest Videos - AFL.com.au/aflw

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[CrowdedHouse]

This Sunday at 2pm we travel to Williamstown to take on the improved Seagulls.

 

[yodellinhank]

This Sunday at 2pm we travel to Williamstown to take on the improved Seagulls.

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[CrowdedHouse]

For those who can't get to Williamstown today, the game is live streamed (again, without commentary) on AFL.com.au

 

[Lore]

For those who can't get to Williamstown today, the game is live streamed (again, without commentary) on AFL.com.au

Pity it’s scheduled at the same time as the boys. Hopefully can get score updates at half time

 

[yodellinhank]

Pity it’s scheduled at the same time as the boys. Hopefully can get score updates at half time

Should be able to watch the first half of the men before it starts.

 

[yodellinhank]

Grrr no full screen on the app for some reason. I could cast it to the telly last time.

 

[yodellinhank]

Point a piece. Think they might be kicking with the tide. Defence holding up well.

 

[yodellinhank]

Hurried snap gets the seagulls up by a point, 2 plays 1. They may very well be playing with Courtney Ugle's footy today. Backs have been great, think the last 4 willy i50s were marked by us (Marshall, Wales)