AFLW Round 6 - 2024 AFLW season (Tues 1st - Sun 6th Oct)

[Teen Wolf]

Potential milestones

75 games
Sarah Allan (Adelaide Crows)
Justine Mules (Port Adelaide)
Nicola Stevens (St Kilda)
Darcy Vescio (Carlton)
Kaitlyn Ashmore (Hawthorn) – Ashmore is set to play her 75th match against Fremantle in Hawthorn's second match of Week Six

50 games
Elisabeth Georgostathis (Western Bulldogs)
Caitlin Greiser (Richmond)
Georgie Rankin (Geelong Cats)
Chloe Scheer (Geelong Cats)
Claudia Whitfort (Gold Coast SUNS)
Kate Darby (Geelong Cats) – Darby is set to play her 50th match against the Sydney Swans in Geelong's second match of Week Six.

50 games as captain
Meg McDonald (Geelong Cats) – McDonald is set to captain her 50th match against the Sydney Swans in Geelong's second match of Week Six.

75 goals
Danielle Ponter (Adelaide Crows) requires one goal to reach 75 career goals. Ponter is currently on 74 goals.
Katie Brennan (Richmond) requires two goals to reach 75 career goals. Brennan is currently on 73 goals.

50 goals
Tahlia Randall (North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos) requires two goals to reach 50 career goals. Randall is currently on 48 goals.
Kate Shierlaw (North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos) requires three goals to reach 50 career goals. Shierlaw is currently on 47 goals.

75 games as teammates
Sarah Allan and Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide Crows)

 

[Teen Wolf]

A monster 12-match round. Starting with the joke games:

Tuesday, 1 October

Geelong (15th, 1-3-1) v Fremantle (6th, 4-1)
7.15pm AEST, GMHBA Stadium
7mate - WA

Wednesday, 2 October

Hawthorn (4th, 4-1) v Gold Coast (18th, 0-4-1)
5.15pm AEST, Kinetic Stadium
7mate - QLD

Essendon (9th, 2-3) v Sydney (11th, 2-3)
7.15pm AEST, Ikon Park
7mate - VIC, NSW, QLD

And then the round proper:
Thursday, 3 October

Melbourne (16th, 1-4) v GWS Giants (14th, 1-3-1)
7.15pm AEST, Ikon Park
7mate - NSW


Friday, 4 October

Adelaide (3rd, 4-1) v St Kilda (8th, 3-2)
7.45pm AEST, Norwood Oval
7mate - VIC, SA, WA


Saturday, 5 October

North Melb. (1st, 5-0-1) v W. Bulldogs (2-4)
1.05pm AEST, Arden Street Oval
Exclusive to Foxtel/Kayo

Richmond (5th, 4-2) v Collingwood (17th, 1-5)
3.05pm AEST, Swinburne Centre
Exclusive to Foxtel/Kayo

West Coast (7th, 4-2) v Port Adelaide (10th, 2-4)
5.05pm AEST, Mineral Resources Park
7mate - WA, SA

Carlton (13th, 2-4) v Brisbane (2nd, 5-1)
7.15pm AEST, Ikon Park
7mate - VIC, QLD, SA, NSW


Sunday, 6 October

Gold Coast (18th, 0-4-1)* v Essendon (9th, 2-3)*
1.05pm AEDT, People First Stadium
Seven - VIC, SA; 7mate - QLD, NSW

Sydney (11th, 2-3)* v Geelong (15th, 1-3-1)*
3.05pm AEDT, Henson Park
Seven - VIC, SA, WA; 7mate - NSW, QLD

Fremantle (6th, 4-1)* v Hawthorn (4th, 4-1)*
5.05pm AEDT, Fremantle Oval
Seven - WA

Note the switch to AEDT on Sunday, so be sure to wind your clocks forward an hour. Then wind them back an hour because anybody who is concerned about keeping up with the time uses digital clocks which adjust automatically.

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First meeting between the Hawks and Suns. Both clubs lodged their initial applications for AFLW licences back in June 2017.

Two sets of "original 8" match-ups:

- Melbourne vs GWS. The Giants pulled off an upset in their initial meeting, since then the Dees have won 5 in a row.​

- Carlton v Brisbane. The Lions have an unflattering 2-2-1 record against the Blues, with this being their first time crossing paths since January 2022.​

The Western Bulldogs are set to travel 4.7km east for their maiden appearance at Arden Street, having previously met North Melbourne twice in Tasmania, once in Footscray, and once in East Melbourne (sometimes referred to as Richmond).

Port Adelaide, in their 3rd season in the comp, are set to travel 2,118km west to face the Eagles for the 3rd time.

 

[Flipper21]

How do you see them playing out teen?

 

[Dory_77]

Given how dismal the Dees were last week (and Q4 v Freo) I'd hope there's a response against the Giants. Should be a winnable game notwithstanding the outs but not getting my hopes up. Might be a Rigoni debut which would be a silver lining.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

I'm expecting the Dogs to get a reminder that there's plenty of work still to be done in this rebuild, from a undefeated North.

 

[Teen Wolf]

The eighteen tipsters across The Age and afl.com.au are unanimous for a loooot of matches this week, but fiercely divided on two of them: Thursday night's blockbuster between the Demons and Giants... and tonight's clash at the Cattery.

Fremantle's 4-1 record evidently being viewed with skepticisim, on the back of three highly unconvincing wins. But you have to give them credit for doing it without key players, however ugly:

Bowers out for the season​

Stannett out for the season​

Tighe down (and now out for the season) early in the Melb game, they still win​

O'Sullivan out last week, having been the star in Tighe's initial absence, they still vs St Kilda​

Certainly the Cats are getting some credit for hanging in there last week post-McDonald hamstring (kicking 5 goals in the 2nd half, compared to 0 goals in a whole game without Prespakis). If they win tonight, it might breathe some much-needed life into the final 8 race which atm is threatening to unfold in a rather drab manner.

But yes, the form lines to me kinda suggest the Dockers will just grind out another low-scoring win.

 

[norway blue]

Cats pressing but have to take those.


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[Teen Wolf]

Geelong's older players constantly ****ing up.

 

[norway blue]

Should have a small buffer given their looks.


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[Teen Wolf]

Pretty typical of the Cats' season to date. Even more so if Freo come out and instantly kick a couple thanks to a few weak efforts in the backline.

 

[Teen Wolf]

But as far as Fremantle's backline goes:

Do we go with "Pugh-trid" or the classic "Pugh-ing themselves"? Horrible start, deserving of being 5 goals down.

 

[norway blue]

Oh no.


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[norway blue]

Finally


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[Teen Wolf]

Something I haven't been thrilled hearing in numerous player interviews over the past few weeks: "Yeah the 4-day breaks are tough recovery-wise but at least we don't have to train haha"

Please be serious. Having sufficient time for ebbs and flows in training and preparation is actually kinda important. And not just from a physical perspective. No doubt in my mind Geelong didn't come into this game mentally switched on. Turned up for a light Tuesday night jog and they've got 2.7 at HT to show for it.

 

[norway blue]

Yeah home ground also. Freo upped now.


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[Teen Wolf]

Hayley Miller the goals are <---thataway, you'd probably have 3 goals tonight already if you tried aiming at them.

Inside 50s back to level now at 24 apiece (was 21-10 Geelong's way).

 

[norway blue]

We have Lions on Sunday ohh.


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[Mitchell Madness]

Geelong played out of their skins vs the hawks. Back to earth today

 

[CURVE]

I'm really disappointed we drew with Geelong, they are a shadow of the team they were last season.

 

[norway blue]

Lovely snap. Congratulations Western bull oh I mean the Dockers..


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[Flipper21]

Geel awful the last half. credit to freo

 

[Flipper21]

How much do Haw win by today?

Bombers ready to make a charge

 

[AussieNick1999]

Seems like there's a reasonable crowd at the Hawks vs Suns game. Not bad for a weekday.

Also surprised to see that the broadcast cameras are in the grandstand this week. Normally for televised games they'll use the media box above the clubrooms.

 

[norway blue]

Suns doing well atm.


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[Mitchell Madness]

Suns have come nit to lose. And credit to them, they've frustrated the hawks, scragged and clawed their way to a close game