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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They clear, over the line for a throw HFF

 

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Mark inside 50

 

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Scores tied up! Great finish Georgia Clarke

 

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Wait, I was wrong we're a point up!

 

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15 plays 16

 

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Rock solid down back

 

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Forward 50 pressure and it's holding the ball!

 

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Minor score pushes the lead to 2

 

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3 point lead

 

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You beauty! Worked some overlaps after locking the kick out in there and Kendra Heil finishes with a goal

15-24

 

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Stoppage at CHB

 

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Lucky free to them in the centre but they turn it straight over. We uave it on the bayside wing

 

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Again we lock it inside 50 and rewarded with holding the ball

 

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Heil slots another from the pocket. Breathing space. 15-30

 

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Willy goal from straight in front 21-30

 

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Desperate stuff on their half forward flank

 

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Umps prob missed a high tackle to them and we manange to clear as far as the wing

 

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Siren! See the Bombers fly up!

 

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Williamstown 3.3.21
def by
Essendon 4.6.30

 

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Essendon VFLW Senior Coach Travis Cloke delves into each AFLW-listed player's performance​

Georgia Clarke

20 disposals, six tackles, one goal

Played another great game for the club, played forward and back continuing to be a utility for our side. She brings an extremely good aerial presence and while we dominated the first half possession wise we moved her forward, which resulted in a goal.

Danielle Marshall

Eight disposals, three marks, one tackle

Played down back, extremely good in defence and one on one contests. Continued her good form from the AFLW season. She is a great leader on field and brought a lot of experience to our back six.

Sophie Van De Heuvel

Nine disposals, two marks, four inside 50s

Fantastic run off of half back and was involved in multiple scoring chains. Low disposals but didn't let that quell her influence on the game. Showed great one on one ability.

Stephanie Wales

17 disposals, three marks, 19 hit outs

Played mainly ruck and ran a lot of kilometres regardless of low game time. She was good in contested and uncontested situations. She is continuing to put in a body of work for her second AFLW season and is showing a lot of promise.

Amber Clarke

12 disposals, three marks, two tackles

her fourth game for us and is starting to find her feet. We are really challenging her to keep using her speed to break lines. We want her to keep improving in working both ways with her running power.

Joanne Doonan

18 disposals, 15 handballs, eight tackles

A contested machine, she was very strong in the contest and was great at extracting the ball to our outside runners.

Ash Van Loon

15 disposals, one mark, five tackles

Solid as a rock down back, we are really encouraging her to grow in her offensive game. She is still learning how to best use her skills in the uncontested space but so far has shown massive improvement in this area.

VFLW player review: Rd 6 vs Williamstown

Seven AFLW-listed players faced Box Hill for round eight.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

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The Bombers host the Southern Saints this Sunday, 11am at The Hangar.

Entry is Free.

Game is live without commentary on AFL.com.au

ESSENDON
B D. Marshall (6) B. Clarke (45)
HB G. Clarke (17) E. Gamble (14) C. Ugle (41)
C K. Heil (78) A. Radford (22) S. Van De Heuvel (27)
HF E. Chaston (61) M. Ryan (76) M. Wilson (66)
F M. Clifford (47) O. Manfre (43)
R S. Wales (30) A. Van Loon (26) G. Dicker (44)
INT T. Crook (49) M.Huta (56) S. Molan (73)
R. Sutton (72) C. Prpic (58)

EMG Z. Hurrell (53) T. Davidge (77) E. Cornish (55)
J. Richardson (52)
IN E. Gamble A. Radford M. Huta
S. Molan R. Sutton

OUT J. Doonan A. Clarke E.Ashley-Cooper (inj)
L. Spargo (inj) T. Davidge



SOUTHERN SAINTS
B C. Matthews (44) G. Foran (37)
HB J. Moore (15) A. Hynes (16) T. Boyd (21)
C W. Laing (9) M. Podnecky (10) C. Ryan (11)
HF E. Stuber (7) T. Kearns (23) A. Tregellis (42)
F G. De Angelis (39) L. Burke (28)
R M. Kershaw (3) J. Wrigley (18) M. Capsalis (5)
INT B. Enno (26) O. Robinson (33) D. Jolliffe (4)
K. Ebb (53) R. Neaves (25)

EMG N. Cormack (12) M. Fogas (29) J. Webster (32)
S. Black (22)
IN T. Kearns M. Kershaw M. Capsalis
M. Podnecky R. Neaves K. Ebb

OUT G. Hodder C. Murphy S. Black
N. Cormack M. Williamson M. Fogas

 

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Double header with the VFL I think, although the AFL starts right as the VFLW finishes so can't see both the boys teams live

 

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QT

Essendon 0.5 5
Southern Saints 0.0 0

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AFLW players out there today, the positions they were named in on the team sheet (and the positions they are supposed to be playing in AFLW):

#14 Ellyse Gamble, CHB
#17 Georgia Clarke, HBF (supposed to be KPF!)
#6 Danielle Marshall, BP
#30 Killa Wales, ruck
#26 Ashleigh Van Loon, on-ball (supposed to be a defender)
#22 Amelia Radford, mid
#27 Sophie Van De Heuvel, wing (supposed to be a defender)

 

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HT

Essendon 1.7 13
Southern Saints 0.1 1