AFLW Toast R4: 20 point win to sink the Anchors

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ROUND 4: ESSENDON VS FREMANTLE​

Windy Hill, Essendon​

Sunday September 24 @ 3.05pm AEST​

Essendon will be looking to bounce back against Fremantle on Sunday, after recording their first loss for the season against a dominant Adelaide side at Unley Oval.

The Bombers had started in sprightly fashion, particularly in the clearances, and held a slender four-point lead when Essendon forward Daria Bannister suffered a concussion, hitting her head on the turf as she tackled an opponent.



Maddy Prespakis played a near-lone hand in Essendon's midfield, while ruck Steph Wales proved her wares at ground level, recording six clearances, but Adelaide counterpart Jess Allan held sway in the aerial battle, with Hatchard and Marinoff lifting their workrate through the midfield.



Adelaide sprang to life in the second quarter, with Teah Charlton proving a handful and Danielle Ponter's 50th career goal coming before half time, despite Essendon swinging spearhead Bonnie Toogood into defence.

Adelaide started the second half with a 17-point lead, but the Bombers took back some control in the clearances, slowing Adelaide's roll until Abbie Ballard broke through with two set shot goals in the space of a few minutes.

The Bombers refused to die wondering. They rallied, kicking two goals in the final term, but it wasn't enough. The Crows proved their class, kicking clear again in the final minutes to record a 47 point win.

And so, in typical Essendon fashion, Bonnie and Woosh marked their milestones with a loss... though admittedly against three-time premiers at their home ground.



ADELAIDE 12.9 (81)
ESSENDON 5.4 (34)

GOALS: Toogood 2, Prespakis 2, Scott
BESTS: Prespakis, Toogood, Brown, Cain, Wales
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ESSENDON​

FB:​	36. Brown​	14. Gamble​	​
HB:​	27. Van De Heuvel​	9. Walker​	25. Morcom​
C:​	22. Radford​	4. Prespakis​	20. Cain​
HF:​	2. Gee​	8. Toogood​	24. Alexander​
FF:​	21. Wuetschner​	32. Scott​	​
Foll:​	30. Wales​	10. Vogt​	5. Nanscawen​
Int:​	7. Jacques​	17. Clarke​	28. Busch​
​	16. Dyke​	12. Doonan​	​
Emg:​	26. Van Loon​	6. Marshall​	11. Barba​

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FREMANTLE​

FB:​	12. Antonio​	3. O'Driscoll​	​
HB:​	30. Low​	32. Pugh​	6. Scanlon​
C:​	18. Seth​	5. Verrier​	14. Lally​
HF:​	22. Runnalls​	10. Tighe​	24. Wielstra​
FF:​	25. Kauffman​	4. Stannett​	​
Foll:​	21. Strom​	19. Miller​	2. Bowers​
Int:​	29. Hetherington​	20. Flynn​	23. Cregg​
​	8. East​	33. Mulholland​	​
Emg:​	7. Nield​	13. Tuhakaraina​	28. Hyde​

The Bombers will be without Daria Bannister for the clash with Fremantle after the forward sustained a concussion during the Round 3 match against Adelaide.

Amber Clarke has also been ruled out due to a knee injury, while Leah Cutting and Ashleigh Van Loon have been omitted.

Matilda Dyke will make her debut at AFLW level.
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MILESTONES​

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#16 Matilda Dyke​

Debutante​

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Coverage starts at 3pm​

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CARN THE DONS!​

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[Lore]

Most important game of the week

 

[Beerfish]

I missed last week's game and we lost so hoping to be the difference today as I nurse a hangover on the couch.

 

[Lore]

Beautiful day for it

I missed last week's game and we lost so hoping to be the difference today as I nurse a hangover on the couch.

something something playing the 3 time premiers in a comp that's only been going for 8 seasons

 

[Lore]

Got the jump on us, gotta turn up with a bit more intensity :\

 

[Beerfish]

Got the jump on us, gotta turn up with a bit more intensity :\

Freo look a class above too tbh

 

[Beerfish]

We certainly seem to like kicking to nobody in particular

 

[Lore]

Freo look a class above too tbh

Not so much, I think we have a bit of a hangover from last week though. Starting to regain some control now

 

[Lore]

Radford! such a great story, pretty sure Dean Rioli identified her in some backwater after playing footy for about five minutes. Sent her to Essendon's VFLW team ... and boom, here she is.

 

[Beerfish]

MY GIRL

assist

 

[Lore]

scotty scotty scotty

 

[Lore]

Paige Scott is a gun, so glad we got her. Hope we keep her forever.

 

[Lore]

Bonnie So good

 

[Lore]

12-9 at the first break, doing okay

 

[Beerfish]

Yikes GG ankle

 

[Lore]

this stat

All three scores for the Dockers have come from forward half chains while both scores for the Bombers have come from defensive half chains.


So basically everything in Q1 originated in the same part of the ground: Freo's forward half.

 

[Lore]

Maddy P goes bang

 

[Lore]

**** that woulda been amazing from G Nans

 

[Beerfish]

Almost a miracle goal

 

[Lore]

Gee ready to come back on

 

[Lore]

CrowdedHouse please get WARF into AFLW pls pls we need better commentary

 

[Beerfish]

I feel like we should be further ahead

 

[Beerfish]

Good lord

 

[Lore]

Crowd shots are a bit like where's wally hey

 

[Lore]

Caino playing against her old side