Round 3 is already upon us, and after a few surprise results from Round 2, including a draw, this weekend promises to bring some more amazing matches and hopefully a bunch of close games! Majorca Islanders @TheTassieHawk (2-0) v Quebec Caribou @FreeKickLiam (2-0) It's a battle for top spot as someone's gotta win and someone's gotta lose (well unless another draw is on the cards!) The Islanders scored a respectable 959 last week, however were dwarfed by this week's opponents score of 1205! With the Caribou pairing of Riddell and Garner just racking up ridiculous numbers, it might be left to young superstar Ella Roberts for the Islanders to stem the flow. This match will have little to no defence to speak of - watch the scores rack up!! Darmstadt Dynamos @WillH_VI (0-2) v Korean Kickers @Chloe (1-1) The Dynamos score of 943 was trumped last week by the Royals, but this score would have easily accounted for the Kickers, who somehow tripped and lost to the Kruisers. The Dynamos big guns of Marinoff and Bonnici continue to post high scores, while for the Kickers they will need more from Anderson and Lambert if they want to push their score up. Is an upset on the cards? Adelaide All-Stars @Corza (0-1-1) v Vancouver Vultures @Athos123 (0-2) With just a draw the only premiership points between these two sides, this weekend sees a real chance to get off the mark in 2025. The All-Stars played out a stunning draw last week and if not for Laura Gardiner's huge 154, the result might have gone pear-shaped. The Vultures however have been scoring well, but running into opponents just scoring that bit more... Zippy Fish has been a revelation as a rookie but they are crying out for a ruck this week..... Lima Llamas @hoschke118 (0-1-1) v Lagos Royals @Peter W (2-0) A high octane start to 2025 by the Royals sees them sitting pretty at 2-0 and looking at a perfect start to the year. With new recruit Turbo Bowers and the early ACL recovery from Chloe Molloy, coach has put together a team that can score heavily and quickly. The Llamas will need everything from Mia King and Gabby Newton and will need to find a replacement for Liv Purcell after her season ending ACL if they are to stop the Royals in their tracks. Stuttgart Storm @Jono Steven (1-1) vs Kyoto Kruisers @FreoDockers (1-1) If this match up was played last week it would have seen the Storm victorious by 1 point, so this should be a close tight knit affair. The Storm have their scoring based around a solid midfield with Bri Harrington bouncing back to her normal scoring last week, while the Kruisers came off a solid win (did I mention that my team beat yours @Chloe?) but will need another spectacular performance from Montana Ham and Georgie Prespakis to maintain the rage. First match this week is Richmond v Essendon at TIO Stadium in Darwin starting at 7.15pm EST, so make sure your teams are all in well before then. Best of luck to all coaches for Round 3
Thanks for the intro @FreoDockers Please note that with the exception of the Llamas and Kruisers the other 8 Premier League sides also have their round of 16 clashes this weekend in the new Too Serious intercomp knockout, per the following thread: http://tooserious.net/forum/threads/2025-intercomp-round-of-16.92001/
Very early this week but I've got limited time to sort this out this week so here goes! Def: Emma Swanson, Jess Rentsch, Emily Pease (Poppy Scholz) Mid: Georgie Prespakis, Ellie Blackburn, Ash Centra, Grace Belloni (Orla O'Dwyer) Ruck: Tahlia Hickie (Lauren Pearce) Fwd: Montana Ham, Ash Richards, Lauren Butler (Gabby O'Sullivan) IC: Hayley Miller, Kaitlyn Shroj (Lily Goss) In: Emily Pease, Ash Centra, Lauren Butler Out: Orla O'Dwyer, Gabby O'Sullivan, Hannah Priest
Disappointed to be second last with the fourth most points so far! For their must win clash, Darmstadt will line-up as follows: DEF: T.Lucas-Rodd, B.Koenen, B.Tarrant (T.Smith) MID: E.Marinoff, B.Bonnici, R.Beeson, M.Cann (K.Dempsey) RUC: A.Edmonds (H.Harris) FWD: C.Hodder, D.Ponter, C.Mullins (T.Craven) I/C: T.White, D.Vescio (C.Whitfort) IN: D.Ponter, D.Vescio, B.Tarrant OUT: S.Van De Heuvel (inj.), C.Whitfort, T.Craven
Adelaide All Stars for Round 3 no Defender emergency as have 5 injuries this week so can't cover DEF: Charlotte Thomas Erika O'Shea Elanor Brown Mid Laura Gardiner, Amy Mcdonald, Georgia Nanscawen Alison Drennan (Darcy Moloney) Ruc: Sabrina Fredrick (Liz Mcgrath) FWD Jesse Wardlaw, Taylor Smith, Indy Tahau (Paige Scott) INT Nicola Barr, Ange Stanett ( Brooke Tonon)
DEF: Elisabeth Georgostathis, Chelsea Biddell, Shelley Heath (Lulu Pullar) MID: Abbie Mckay, Anne Hatchard, Keeley Sherar, Madison Prespakis (Ruby Tripodi) RUC: Sarah Lakay (Emma King) FWD: Eloise Jones, Zali Friswell, Heidi Woodley (Abbygail Bushby) INT: Zippy Fish, Madison Newman (Isabelle Dawes) Yay I have a ruck again! It's not the ruck I want, but perhaps its the ruck I deserve!
DEF: E. Kearney, L. Pugh, N. Stevens MID: M. Conti, A. Anderson, M. Bowen, M. Kauffman (S. Thompson) RUC: M. Strom (E. O'Dowd) FWD: M. Eardley, K. Shierlaw, A. Eva (G. Campbell) INT: K. Ashmore, J. Lambert (S. Rowe) Kearney is baaack baby
Lagos Royals Round 3: DEF: Serene Watson, Jade Ellenger, Cambridge McCormick (Libby Birch) MID: Kiara Bowers, Aishling McCarthy, Georgia Patrikios, Kate Hore (Jaide Britton) RUC: Matilda Scholz (Fleur Davies) FWD: Chloe Molloy, Tarni Evans, Tahlia Randall (N/A) INT: Ellie McKenzie, Maddy Guerin (Isabelle Pritchard) Others: Sophie Conway, Bonnie Toogood, Shineah Goody, Mikayla Williamson
Poppy Kelly into IC2 for Lewis, who is IC Emg, Rennie is Ruck Emg Otherwise no changes, full team to be posted slightly late as I need to do an AFLWfantasy update by lockout.
Stuttgart Storm will line up as follows for Round 3: DEF: Ella Heads, Jenna Richardson, Maeve Chaplin (Isabel Huntington) MID: Charlie Rowbottom, Eliza West, Eliza McNamara, Mimi Hill (Jenna Bruton) RUC: Breann Harrington (Jess Good) FWD: Ashleigh Woodland, Cynthia Hamilton, Aine McDonagh (Hayley McLaughlin) INT: Lucia Painter, Rebecca Webster (Lily Mithen)
Islanders Round 3 for our clash with the record breaking defending premiers from Quebec (@FreeKickLiam) Paxman, Verrier, Cordner (C Fitzgerald) Roberts, Ty Smith, Bates, Hurley (Howley) Goldsworthy, Gould, Brennan (Gee) L Wales (Rennie) P Kelly, M Moloney (Lewis) Not selected – Ewings, Skepper, C Randall Injured – D D’Arcy (season), M Gay (tbc)