After two rounds the ladder is split between those with 2 wins and those with none. Early days though! Darmstadt Dynamos @WillH_VI vs Kyoto Kruisers @FreoDockers Both teams are on the winning side of things and hoping to stay that way. There's less than 50 points between their totals so it should be a close one. Lima Llamas vs Stuttgart Storm @Jono Steven The Llamas have somehow always managed to beat the dual premiers in the regular season, but they'll need to improve on their recent form a lot if they want to pull it off a third time. Vancouver Vultures @Athos123 vs Korean Kickers @Chloe The only match between two of the winless sides. Who can take this opportunity to spring up the ladder? Majorca Islanders @TheTassieHawk vs Lagos Royals @Peter W The Cross-Sahara Cup! It's a long flight home over (almost) nothing but sand, you don't want to be thinking about a loss that whole time. ---------- Lockout this week is the again the early Sunday match
https://www.womens.afl/news/102428 Injuries mounting fast, good to get a heads up ahead of rolling team announcements.
With Jamie Stanton out for the season, the Llamas have delisted her and picked up defender Molly Eastman as her replacement
Looking forward to this clash with the Dynamos on their home deck. Good luck @WillH_VI The Kruisers will be naming an unchanged lineup this week, hoping that good form is continuous form!! Def: Sarah Lampard, Hannah Priest, Lauren Butler (Charlie Thomas) Mid: Maddy Prespakis, Mimi Hill, Amy McDonald, Jenna Bruton (Jasmine Fleming) Ruck: Celine Moody (Issy Grant, OOP) Fwd: Kate Shierlaw, Kate Surman, Tarni Brown (Mikayla Western) IC: Alison Drennan, Jess Fitzgerald (Dana East)
Lagos Royals: DEF: Sarah Hartwig, Nat Grider, Jordyn Allen (Phoebe Monahan) MID: Tyla Hanks, Georgia Patrikios, Ebony Marinoff, Hannah Ewings (Ellie McKenzie) RUC: Caitlin Gould (Emma King) FWD: Aishling Sheridan, Cora Staunton, Darcy Vescio (Sabreena Duffy) INT: Orla O'Dwyer, Charlie Rowbottom (Lily Mithen) Congrats to both Hannah Ewings and Sarah Hartwig on their Lagos debuts.
SATURDAY TEAMS: Giants raise the Barr, Crows swing axe (womens.afl) Make sure to adjust your sides for this weeks ins and outs,
The Islanders selection committee have named the side to take on Royals in Round 3 There are 2 changes with Daisy D'Arcy replacing Lauren Ahrens and Nic Stevens replacing Daisy Pearce. Please note that this team is subject to change Def = Jakobsen, D'Arcy, Garnett (Ahrens) Mid = Blackburn, Hatchard, N Morrison, Newton (Lewis) Fwd = Bohanna, Harris, N Stevens (D Pearce) Ruck = McGrath (Good) IC = Hooker, Anderson (Chiocci) 2nds - Brazill, Trudgeon, R Martin, Fitzsimon Injured/HSP - nil Best of luck @Peter W
A few injuries mean that Jones, Clarke and Eastman get their opportunity to make their debut for Lima DEF: Molly Eastman, Naomi Ferres, Angela Foley (Eleanor Brown) MID: Tarni White, Emma Swanson, Jasmine Garner, Emily Bates (Sophie Conway) RUC: Tahlia Hickie (Mim Strom) FOR: Courtney Jones, Amber Clarke, Lauren Szigeti (Erika O'Shea) INT: Alicia Eva, Olivia Purcell (Alexia Hamilton) Out: Eleanor Brown, Gemma Houghton, Kalinda Howarth In: Courtney Jones, Amber Clarke, Molly Eastman
https://www.womens.afl/news/103519/sunday-teams-sister-of-power-star-to-debut-hawks-debut-three Sunday teams - reminder that full lockout is first game on Sunday
Halftime in the Dynamos/Kruisers game sees the home side Dynamos up 8/498 (ave 62.2) leading the visiting Kruisers 7/376 (ave 53.7) Some important midfield matchups still to come while the Kruisers forwards are hoping to fire to get us over the line
Well done to the Storm! The Llamas will stay winless with a score of ~790 to Stuttgart's ~872. Huge score. The Vancouver/Korea matchup seems to be too close to call. My count has Vancouver on 740 and Korea on 741.
Unofficial scores have the Royals @Peter W defeating the Islanders by 59 points (847 to 788), we will have to work hard to turn that around in our round 8 rematch.
Given round 3 has been completed the Kruisers will release Tamara Luke (ACL) and select Alice Edmonds (WB) as her replacement.
Hi @TerryinBangkok The Premier League is a separate comp to the FW - and has 8 teams rather than 12 One of the key differences is that in Premier League LTI players can be cut any week and replaced from the Free Agent Pool. This (currently) cannot be done in the FW. Neither comp (currently) allows trades. Both comps have a midseason delist and draft period - immediately following round 5 - when coaches can cut non performing players and bring in replacements off the Free Agent list. List numbers will remain at 22.
Round 3 of the Premier League saw Vancouver, Stuttgart, Lagos and Darmstadt victorious by 1, 14, 59 and 116 points respectively. Vultures fans rejoiced and the Kickers fans were likewise heartbroken after a photo finish in Vancouver, while in the other close one Lima's valiant efforts to defeat Stuttgart went unrewarded in a match that showcased the very best of free-flowing and attacking fantasy football by both teams. Round 4 action commences on Friday.