AFLW North Melbourne Football Club AFLW - Season 2024

[Sticksphat]

Mia and Lulu in for Gav and Ruby. I think this is our best side.

Yep. While disappointed for Ruby I think Lulu has a little more mongrel in her. Ruby's work in the center last week shows she will be a real asset for us in the coming years.

 

[hsquid]

Mia and Lulu in for Gav and Ruby. I think this is our best side.

Certainly better than the men's.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

Mia and Lulu in for Gav and Ruby. I think this is our best side.

Zoe Savarirayan would go close to our best team if not for the ACL.

 

[Mav]

I know we have to take it 1 game at time yada yada yada, but do we now need to beat Melbourne and then hope Melbourne beat Brissy and we beat the Crows for us to host the GF?

 

[Teen Wolf]

The GF is hosted by the Grand Finalist that finished higher on the ladder at the end of the H&A season.

If we win tomorrow and then win the PF, the GF will be at Ikon Park, no doubt about it.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Enjoyed listening to Dean on the #kangaroos podcast interview Kate Shierlaw. She’s had an interesting road and seems very up front and honest - I particularly liked hearing her say that not only do all opposition players hate going out to Casey Fields, Melbourne players don’t like it much either.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Brisbane finishing this season with a wet sail, beating the top two teams away.

Just watched parts of Sydney easily beating Gold Coast. Impressive, but next week will be another matter.

 

[CURVE]

Brisbane finishing this season with a wet sail, beating the top two teams away.

Just watched parts of Sydney easily beating Gold Coast. Impressive, but next week will be another matter.

I wonder if we would have had a premiership if Gowans was still our coach, he only had about 10 weeks to build a team in the Swans first year, but he has done an amazing job in their second season, and watching the reaction of the girls after the game, they love playing for him.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

I wonder if we would have had a premiership if Gowans was still our coach, he only had about 10 weeks to build a team in the Swans first year, but he has done an amazing job in their second season, and watching the reaction of the girls after the game, they love playing for him.

He‘s done a great job and he was good for Collingwood too. Not sure it’s the difference for North, though.

 

[CURVE]

The GF is hosted by the Grand Finalist that finished higher on the ladder at the end of the H&A season.

If we win tomorrow and then win the PF, the GF will be at Ikon Park, no doubt about it.

Don't think the AFL would play it at Marvel Stadium?

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

I wonder if we would have had a premiership if Gowans was still our coach, he only had about 10 weeks to build a team in the Swans first year, but he has done an amazing job in their second season, and watching the reaction of the girls after the game, they love playing for him.

And our girls love playing for Crock and were getting a little tired of Gowans.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Don't think the AFL would play it at Marvel Stadium?

They announced the Grand Final venues for each potential host at the start of the season:

Grand Final venues have been locked in for all 18 teams, should they earn hosting rights by being the highest-placed finisher. The possible Grand Final venues are:

• Alberton Oval: Port Adelaide
• Norwood Oval: Adelaide
• Brighton Homes Arena: Brisbane and Gold Coast
• Fremantle Oval: Fremantle
• GMHBA Stadium: Geelong
• Henson Park: GWS and Sydney
• Leederville Oval: West Coast
• Ikon Park: Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Hawthorn, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Richmond, St Kilda and Western Bulldogs

Albeit merely announced. If it wound up a Collingwood v Richmond grand final, I'd guess the AFL would work behind closed doors to move the game to a bigger venue (or at least consider it).

But I don't think they'd be trying to move it if North Melbourne's involved, and instead would cite the Dogs only getting 7k to their free entry GF in 2018.

 

[CURVE]

They announced the Grand Final venues for each potential host at the start of the season:


Albeit merely announced. If it wound up a Collingwood v Richmond grand final, I'd guess the AFL would work behind closed doors to move the game to a bigger venue (or at least consider it).

But I don't think they'd be trying to move it if North Melbourne's involved, and instead would cite the Dogs only getting 7k to their free entry GF in 2018.

Disappointing.

 

[Luke72]

Princes Park is easy to get to for me. From a purely selfish point of view I don’t mind it.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Dee-molition: Melbourne held to one goal in finals upset; Skipper leads Cats to win days after losing dad

North Melbourne have handed reigning premiers Melbourne a reality check, keeping the Demons to just nine points in a 41-point qualifying final thumping at Ikon Park.

www.theage.com.au

North are the only top four side without a flag. They’re hungry to prove they can beat the best​

By Marnie Vinall​

Updated November 12, 2023 — 7.34amfirst published November 9, 2023 — 8.11pm

Out of the four big AFLW sides, there is just one without a premiership, and North Melbourne are hungrier than ever this year to prove they can beat the best.

Adelaide have won three, while the Brisbane Lions and Melbourne have one each. It’s the Demons, though, who’ve been a particular thorn in the Kangaroos’ side and the team they face in Sunday’s qualifying final.

North Melbourne’s Nicole Bresnehan.CREDIT: CHRIS HOPKINS, THE AGE
In the seven times they’ve met, Melbourne have won six games, including knocking North out in a preliminary final last season in a game in which Daisy Pearce kicked the match-winning goal.

Roos defender Nicole Bresnehan, who has been with North since the start, said coming up against Melbourne earlier in the year was a reality check, as before that, they had only dropped one game, a two-point defeat to Brisbane in round four.
Since then, they have also dropped a game to Adelaide by three points in round nine. They dominated on the stats sheet but couldn’t finish in front of goals.
“[We’re] pretty aware and obviously there’s quite a lot of outside noise around not potentially beating another top-four side yet. But I think, you know, we obviously can reflect back on a few performances against Brisbane and Adelaide, both were pretty dominant performances, it’s probably just been that one against Melbourne.”
That game was in round eight when Melbourne held North goalless after the first quarter and ending up claiming a 23-point win to cement their top-two spot and keep the Roos in third come the finals.
“Our list has been so good at, throughout the home-and-away season, really bringing that kind of great intensity for four quarters, but I think Melbourne just beat us up in the contest, clearance numbers, in that game, and it was really disappointing,” said Bresnehan.
“But the pleasing thing post-game was we were then able to turn it around the following week, head over to Adelaide [the minor premiers] be really competitive and win the contested footy.”

That loss put the Kangaroos’ record to 1-6 against the Demons and 2-13 against all top-four sides, including the Lions and Crows. However, out of the four, only North aren’t an inaugural side.

The Kangaroos came into the competition in 2019 with Geelong, who finished sixth on the ladder this season and are yet to win a final, whereas North have played in two preliminary finals and won a semi-final in 2020 before the competition was cancelled due to COVID.
TIMELINE

Melbourne v North Melbourne: When the AFLW heavyweights clashed​

• Round four, 2019​

  
  
  North Melbourne win 6.2 (38) to 5.4 (34)
  The first clash between the two side, the Roos kept their unbeaten start to season going in a hard-fought battle, twice surrendering the lead before prevailing in a close finish.
  Venue: Casey Fields

• Round one, 2020​

  
  
  Melbourne win 3.4 (22) to 3.2 (20)
  Melbourne's two-point triumph over the flag fancies capped champion midfielder Daisy Pearce's return to football after giving birth to twins, 694 days after her last on-field appearance.
  Venue: Casey Fields
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• Round three, 2021​

  
  
  Melbourne win 9.6 (60) to 8.3 (51)
  In a clash between the undefeated heavyweights, a six-goal purple patch from the Demons in the second quarter proved pivotal.
  Venue: Casey Fields
  
  
  
  

• Round eight, 2022​

  
  
  Melbourne win 4.3 (27) to 2.5 (17)
  The Demons led throughout, with their defence particularly miserly against the Roos.
  Venue: Casey Fields

• Season seven (2022), round two​

  

• Melbourne win 3.8 (26) to 4.0 (24)
  In the first AFLW home-and-away game at the venue, the Roos hit the front in the last quarter but were denied by some Demon heroics from Alyssa Bannan.
  Venue: MCG

• Preliminary final, season seven​

  
  
  Melbourne win 5.3 (33) to 2.4 (16)
  The Demons were goalless in third quarter and weathered a mighty challenge from North, who could not get scoreboard reward for their dominance.
  Venue: Princes Park

• Round eight, 2023​

  
  
  Melbourne win 5.7 (37) to 2.2 (14)
  The Roos were unable to score for more than an hour, from the 14-minute mark of the opening quarter until a behind near game's end.
  Venue: Princes Park

Photos: AFL Photos, Getty Images



Bresnehan said they were confident they have the talent and connection to now go one step further.

“We got quite a bit of media attention when we first came into the comp because we probably poached a lot of really quality talent from other teams at the time,” said Bresnehan.
“And then the flip side of that is, we’ve never won a premiership … But I think the ability for then us to retain that talent as well and, and be able to start to really build on that, I think, has been so important over these last couple of seasons.”
But is Melbourne their hoodoo team? Bresnehan doesn’t think so – it’s more they’ve been one step behind but now believe they can break their winning drought against them.
“There is a bit of a rivalry there,” said Bresnehan.
“Also because we just we love playing Melbourne being that match-up in that contested style, and we think we do match up well against them. But there definitely is that hunger to go one better than last year. Kind of [get] a bit of redemption.”

Putting the record aside, Bresnehan said internally they know they can compete with the best, it’s just about doing it for four quarters, which they have the belief they can do in this finals campaign, starting on Sunday against the Dees.
“We’re confident in the style that we play and confident that can take us all the way.”

 

[DarwinRoo]

Talk is cheap. Get it ****ing done!

 

[nj23]

I feel sick.

 

[Merlin007]

Big test today. The North game plan to kick long down the corridor to dominant talls has worked against the weaker sides, and not so well against the top 3.

Today would be a good day for it to prosper

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Flicking channels and stopped on the Sydney/GC game.

There was genuinely less than 100 people there.

 

[The Warlord]

Its all set for us if we want it.

Stating the obvious, but Jassie having 25 and kicking three would be handy.

 

[Ticky009]

Flicking channels and stopped on the Sydney/GC game.

There was genuinely less than 100 people there.

There were over 2000 attending the game, camera angles on tv were horrid.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

There were over 2000 attending the game, camera angles on tv were horrid.

There wasn’t a single person sitting in the stands to the left of the screen.

 

[The Warlord]

There were over 2000 attending the game, camera angles on tv were horrid.

Their grandchildren's grandchildren are now tied to the Swans Academy.

 

[Only Forwards]

All or nothing this game imo.

Need to win it for the belief that we can.

 

[Roostorm]

Just grit the teeth and go for it today… you can do this…..just get Argo…not like last time…..not wanting it….

just caught the end of dons and cats game….my goodness the officiating is absolutely diabolical…..throws and incorrect disposals everywhere…..players basically glaring at the refs for htb which was bloody well obvious….but so long to call……desperately needs fixing….