Two rounds down and the ladder is starting to take shape, however there are some interesting placings considering the total points scored by some teams! There are some matchups this week which could help to set the record straighter than it currently is! And there are a couple matches which look terribly lopsided on paper, including one which sees 1st vs last on the ladder! Timboon Trailblazers @Peter W vs Vivonne Bay Valkeries @That KI Guy Straight up, Timboon have scored slightly more points than the Valkeries so far, but find themselves winless. This is one of the matches of the round to see if the defending premiers can notch thier first win of the season. Pomona Wood Nymphs @anthak vs Glenbrook Galahs @ver_redit_optatum The biggest travesty is Pomona sitting in the top-4 without a loss after scoring the fifth fewest points of all teams so far! But one of those teams with less points are the winless Galahs! Junee Jets @Chloe vs Katanning Krushers @FreoDockers The Jets managed a six point win in round two to lift them up to the mid table with the third lowest points scored in the league, but they face the ever-reliable Krushers who are currently undefeated 4th best points scored. Will dad take it easy on daughter? Bathurst Belles @Len vs Lake St Clair Devils @dmandrews The Belles couldn't back up their surprise round 1 win, putting up the lowest points total in the league for round 2, and now face the rampaging Devils who sit top-2. Eastern Park Demons @YAD69 vs Manildra Mystix @TheTassieHawk Top vs bottom in this game, by both points scored and win-loss record! This could be messy! Scone Sirens @Tracey vs Wongan Hills Wallabies @Schmitty Both teams have been super unlucky to start the season, with both teams scoring very well but not getting the wins to back up their strong play! Unfortunately for the Sirens, they currently have the fifth-best points scored, and are staring down the barrel of their third straight loss to start the season, coming up against formidable opponents from Wongan Hills.
Valks juggling the magnets to try and second guess our rollercoaster form Def - Pugh, McEvoy, Shevlin (Busch) Mid - Prespakis, Cann, Hanks, Purcell (Moloney) Ruck - Hickie Fwd - Harris, Stratton, Barr (Newton) IC - Scholz, Van du Heuvel (Gavalas)
The Krushers have named their squad to take on the Jets in the father/daughter derby! Def: Hannah Priest, Eilish Sheerin, Madi Scanlon (Janelle Cutherbertson) Ruck: Lauren Bella (Lauren Wakfer) Mid: Hayley Miller, Bri Davey, Jaimee Lambert, Mimi Hill (Taylah Gatt) Fwd: Issy Huntington, Dana Hooker, Darcy Moloney (Katie Brennan) I/C: Airlie Runnalls, Kaitlyn Ashmore (Sarah Hosking) In: Kaitlyn Ashmore, Issy Huntington - welcome back to AFLW Issy! Out: Katie Brennan, Sarah Hosking
Week 3 – Eastern Park Demons Def: Emma Kearney, Jordyn Allen, Phoebe Monahan (Ally Dallaway*) Mid: Madison Newman, Teah Charlton, Isabel Dawes, Jacqueline Vogt (Hannah Ewings) Ruck: Erin Hoare (Montana McKinnon) Fwd: Bonnie Toogood, Karen “Paxy” Paxman, Georgia Gee (Lily Postlethwaite) Int: Kate Darby, Elisabeth Georgostathis (Aileen Gilroy) Out: Charlotte Mullins, Hannah Ewings In: Elisabeth Georgostathis, Jacqueline Vogt
Bring it on @FreoDockers !! The Junee Jets will be playing with: DEF: Molly McDonald, Molly Eastman, Ella Heads (Lauren Ahrens) MID: Ally Anderson, Ashleigh Riddell, Steph Cain, Charli Wicksteed (Ellie Hampson) FWD: Alice O'Loughlin, Sophie Conway, Steph Chiocci (Greta Bodey) RUCK: Breann Moody INT: Caitlin Gould, Jess Hosking (Casey Sheriff)
Lake St Clair Devils Round 3 team Out: Eden Zanker (omitted) In: Sarah Rowe Def: Alex Ballard, Meghan McDonald, Angelique Stannett (Hannah Dunn) Mid: Jasmine Garner, Emma Swanson, Monique Conti, Claudia Whitfort (Olivia Vesely) Ruc: Jess Good (Lucy Wales) Fwd: Georgia Garnett, Emma King, Sarah Rowe (Eden Zanker) Int: Lily Mithen, Kirsty Lamb (Charlotte Baskaran)
Wallabies go into round 3 unchanged DEF: Elizabeth Keaney, Vaomua Laloifi, Harriet Cordner (Brooke Walker) MID: Charlie Rowbottom, Isabella Lewis, Emily Bates, Abbey Dowrick (Chloe Scheer) RUCK: Mim Strom (Sarah Wielstra) FWD: Ella Roberts, Tara Bohanna, Indy Tahau (Ella Friend) INT: Tyanna Smith, Eliza West (Kate Dempsey)
The Belles for round 3 DEFENDERS: Gab Pound, Tarni Evans, Katie Lynch - Sarah Goodwin MIDFIELDERS: Keeley Sherar, Sofia Hurley, Mikayla Bowen, Emily Pease - RUCKS: Jessica Allan - FORWARDS: Laura Gardiner, Jamie Stanton, Gemma Houghton - Paige Scott INTERCHANGE Eloise Jones, Akec Makur Chuot -
Pomona Wood Nymphs round 3 team Out: Bianca Jakobsson (omitted), Courtney Jones (omitted) In: Bec Beeson, Danielle Ponter DEF: Nicole Bresnehan, Jodie Hicks, Brooke Brown (Bianca Jakobsson) MID: Ebony Marinoff, Tilly Lucas-Rodd, Mia King, Bec Beeson (Selena Karlson - oop) RUCK: Lauren Pearce (Tahlia Gillard) FWD: Courtney Hodder, Sabrina Frederick, Danielle Ponter (Courtney Jones) INT: Jade Ellenger, Jasmin Stewart (Eliza Shannon)
Half time between the Krushers and the Jets sees a dour low scoring affair with both teams having played 7 each for the Krushers 407 (ave 58) to the Jets 345 (ave 49) The Jets cause was not helped with Jess Hosking's ankle injury scoring 0. In saying that the Krushers made yet another coaching blunder dropping Katie Brennan (85) for Issy Huntington (11).... sigh....
Unofficial final score Lake St Clair Devils 965 Defeated Bathurst Belles 866 Across Round 3 in the ORFFW only two players scored 135+ and both of them were involved in the game where the Belles hosted the Devils. Lake St Clair midfielder Jasmine Garner scored an ORFFW Round-high 154 points and Bathurst forward Laura Gardiner was ranked second in this category with 151 points.
Round 3 ORFFW winners were - Vivonne Bay by 27, Katanning by 80, Scone by 93, LSC by 101, Pomona by 104 and Manildra by 122 respectively. This leaves 4 teams on 3 wins, 1 team on 2 wins, 4 teams on 1 win and 3 teams yet to open their account after 3 weeks of ORFFW action.
Haha, still a couple more weeks to go until the draft. The MSD will be on Thursday 5th Oct at 9pm AEST. We haven’t communicated this yet (until now) - everyone should save the date!