Welcome one and all to Round Two of the Premier League season - the Family Derby! We hope that you are all enjoying the new AFLW season and are ready for another week of highs and lows and epic victories! Kyoto Kruisers @FreoDockers (0-1) vs Korean Kickers @Chloe (1-0) This is what the family derby is named after - father vs daughter! The Kickers were only just able to get ahead of the All-Stars last week with a 35 point win. Conti scored the most for the Kickers, but they may need to do some more clever reshuffling to secure a more confident victory. The Kruisers will be hoping a home crowd advantage will help them out this week, but may still need to lean on their stars Miller and Prespakis. Stuttgart Storm @Jono Steven (1-0) vs Majorca Islanders @TheTassieHawk (1-0) Both teams have had a fantastic start to the season after they were both able to secure wins. The Islanders finished off the week with the second highest points in the league, due to the incredible performances by Roberts, Goldsworthy, and Smith. The Storm made moves during the draft to pick up Painter, who received the Round 1 nomination for Rising Star - but they will need all the firepower they can get to secure a win this week. Vancouver Vultures @Athos123 (0-1) vs Quebec Caribou @FreeKickLiam (1-0) While the Vultures may not have been able to get the win last week, they had many wins in other areas. Debutant Zippy Fish had a fabulous first day out scoring 97 points, which helped the Vultures achieve the 4th highest score of the round. Quebec dominated last round, achieving the highest score amongst the league with the help of the highest scoring player, Jasmine Garner with a whopping 130 points. This will definitely be a game to keep your eyes on! Adelaide All Stars @Corza (0-1) vs Lima Llamas @hoschke118 (0-1) Both teams are looking for their first wins of the season after both suffering losses last week. It’s going to be more difficult now for the Llamas who have lost star Parker to a season ending injury. The Llamas are gonna need to be inspired by Purcell, who was their highest scorer for the round. The All-Stars are going to be looking for star power this week, with only one player (Nanscawen) scoring just over 100 points. Darmstadt Dynamos @WillH_VI (0-1) vs Lagos Royals @Peter W (1-0) Two teams with a whole lotta star power, this will be another game to keep your eyes over the weekend. The Royals have welcomed back Bowers and Molloy with open arms, it’s like they never left the field! While the Dynamos may have lost last week, they had the 3rd highest score of the round thanks to Bonnici, Marinoff and Smith who are all sure to bring the heat this week. —----- Please post your teams in this thread by 10:05am AEST before the first game of the round starts between Collingwood and GWS at Victoria Park. Full fixture and 2024 Round Thread allocations can be found here: http://tooserious.net/forum/threads/premier-league-fixture-thread-2025-now-posted.91701/ Good luck, have fun, and may the best teams win!
These teams last met in home and away games in Round 3 of last season, results as per post 16 of this thread http://tooserious.net/forum/threads/2024-premier-league-rounds-3-and-4.91723/
Round 2 teams, Sunday squads to be updated on Friday night https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1397243/aflw-teams-pie-returns-crow-dropped-dees-harris-call
Islanders Round 2 side to play Stuttgart @Jono Steven in the Bates-McNamara Cup fixture, subject to change Unchanged but a shuffling of the emergencies Paxman, Verrier, Cordner (C Fitzgerald) Roberts, Ty Smith, Bates, Hurley (Howley) Goldsworthy, Gould, Brennan (Gee) L Wales (P Kelly) Lewis, M Moloney (Rennie) Not selected – Ewings, Skepper, C Randall Injured – D D’Arcy (season), M Gay (tbc)
Two major injuries in the first round sure is given flashbacks to the Llamas last year. No one playing OOP yet so things could be worse ahaha.. Out: Parker, Window In: East, Bogue DEF: Sarah Goodwin, Lucy Cronin, Yasmin Duursma (Molly Brooksby) MID: Liv Purcell, Mia King, Lucy Single, Gabby Newton (Amy Gaylor) RUC: Ally Morphett (Piper Dunlop) FWD: Alice O'Loughlin, Kalinda Howarth, Blaithin Bogue (Elaine Grigg) INT: Dana East, Molly McDonald (Lexi Hamilton) Injury list: Alyce Parker, Bri Davey, Piper Window, Caitlin Wendland, Katie Lynch
Adelaide All Stars team a few changes due to returning and players role. Changes In: Allison Drennon, Sinead Goldrick Nicola Barr Out: Paige Scott, Ange Stannett , Brooke Tonon DEF: Charlotte Thomas, Erika O'Shea, Nicole Bresnehan ( Elanor Brown) Mid: Laura Gardiner, Georgia Nanscawen, Amy Mcdonald, Ruby Schliecher ( Alison Drennan) Ruck Sabrina Fredrick (Liz Mcgrath) FWD: Jesse Wardlaw, Daria Banister, Taylor Smith (Indy Tahau) INT: Darcy Moloney Sinead Goldrick (Nicola Barr) Not playing Ange Stannett, Breed (Inj), Annabell Johnson (inj) Paige Scott Brooke Tonon
The Kruisers team to face the Kickers.... Def: Emma Swanson, Jess Rentsch, Hannah Priest (Poppy Scholz) Mid: Georgie Prespakis, Ellie Blackburn, Grace Belloni, Orla O'Dwyer (Lily Goss) Ruc: Tahlia Hickie (Lauren Pearce) Fwd: Montana Ham, Ash Richards, Gabby O'Sullivan (Lauren Butler) IC: Hayley Miller, Kaitlyn Shroj (Ash Centra) In: Belloni, O'Dwyer Out: Centra, Fleming (inj)
Darmstadt will line up as follows: DEF: T.Lucas-Rodd, B.Koenen, S.Van De Heuvel (T.Smith) MID: E.Marinoff, B.Bonnici, R.Beeson, C.Whitfort (K.Dempsey) RUC: A. Edmonds (H.Harris) FWD: C.Hodder, T.Craven, C.Mullins (D.Ponter) IC: M.Cann, T.White (B.Tarrant) IN: C.Whitfort, T.White OUT K.Dempsey, D.Ponter
DEF: Elisabeth Georgostathis, Chelsea Biddell, Shelley Heath (Lulu Pullar) MID: Abbie Mckay, Anne Hatchard, Keeley Sherar, Madison Prespakis (Ruby Tripodi) RUC: Isabelle Dawes oop (Emma King) FWD: Eloise Jones, Abbygail Bushby, Heidi Woodley (Zali Friswell) INT: Zippy Fish, Madison Newman (Catherine Svarc) Ok a late change, I have no rucks this round so playing Dawes out of position I think. I believe that's half points but not a rules expert, let me know if I'm doing anything wrong.
The Kicker's team to kick the Kruiser's butts DEF: N. Stevens, L. Pugh, S. McKay MID: M. Conti, A. Anderson, J. Lambert, M. Bowen (M. Kauffman) FWD: A. Eva, K. Shierlaw, G. Campbell (E. McDonald) RUC: M. Strom (E. O'Dowd) INT: K. Ashmore, G. Egan (S. Thompson)
Stuttgart Storm will line up as follows for Round 2: DEF: Ella Heads, Isabel Huntington, Maeve Chaplin (-) MID: Charlie Rowbottom, Eliza West, Eliza McNamara, Mimi Hill (Rebecca Webster) RUC: Breann Harrington (Jess Good) FWD: Ashleigh Woodland, Cynthia Hamilton, Aine McDonagh (Hayley McLaughlin) INT: Lucia Painter, Jenna Bruton (Lily Mithen) Wow I need more defensive depth already haha
DEF: Lucy McEvoy, Niamh McLaughlin, Nat Grider (Emma O’Driscoll) MID: Jasmine Garner, Ash Riddell, Nina Morrison, Tyla Hanks (Eilish Sheerin) RUC: Jess Allan (Georgia Campbell) FWD: Aishling Moloney, Eden Zanker, Imogen Barnett (Greta Bodey) INT: Abbey Dowrick, Jess Fitzgerald (Erone Fitzpatrick)
Lagos Royals Round 2: DEF: Serene Watson, Jade Ellenger, Cambridge McCormick (Libby Birch) MID: Kiara Bowers, Aishling McCarthy, Georgia Patrikios, Kate Hore (Sophie Conway) RUC: Matilda Scholz (Fleur Davies) FWD: Bonnie Toogood, Chloe Molloy, Tarni Evans (Tahlia Randall) INT: Ellie McKenzie, Maddy Guerin (Isabelle Pritchard) Others: Shineah Goody, Jaide Britton, Mikayla Williamson
Given the quad injury for Jenna Bruton, the Storm will switch Lily Mithen onto the field and place Dana Hooker in her spot
The Storm 10/581 @Jono Steven trail the Islanders 8/702 Stuttgart has Ella Heads, Ash Woodland and Lucia Painter running out on Sunday against Katie Brennan, Maria Moloney, Ella Roberts, Bella Lewis and Caitlin Gould for the visitors.
The Storm @Jono Steven are now 12/735 with Painter to play with the Islanders 10/769 with Roberts, Lewis and Gould still to take the field.