The Storm have officially signed NM player Brooke Brown on a short term contract, due to the absence of Tilly Lucas-Rodd due to an AFLW postponement. The Storm selection committee have also named the side to take on the Vixens @dmandrews in the replay of the 2021 Premier League Grand Final, although the Premiers will be the home side for this long awaited clash. There are 4 changes due to the postponement of the West Coast vs St Kilda match, return of players from HSP stints and a lineup tweak Serena Watson replaces the HSP impacted Tilly Lucas-Rodd Kirsty Lamb replaces Haylee Bullas Brooke Brown replaces Kellie Gibson Georgia Garnett is a left-field choice as a mobile first ruck, with Freo sensation Aine Tighe preferred as Ruck Emrgency to Lauren Pearce who is IC Emergency. Note that this team is subject to change Def = Watson, Sheriff, Koenen (Reid oop) Mid = Parker, Lamb, Cann, Webster (T Brown) Fwd = Brooke Brown, O’Dwyer, McEvoy (Georgostathis) Ruck = Garnett (Tighe) IC = Riddell, Gavalas (L Pearce) 2nds - nil Injured/HSP - Egan, Newton, Lochland, TLR postponed game topups - Brooke Brown (Fwd 3)
Mid-way through the 3rd quarter the match at Stuttgart is as close as it gets with the Storm holding a 2 point lead over Vancouver @dmandrews (455 to 453), with 8 of 13 played apiece. The home side have McEvoy, Brooke Brown, Gavalas and Riddell against the visitors current lineup of Harrington, Wilson, Kearney and Gee in the early Sunday game before Suns young guns Serene Watson and Lauren Bella go in to battle for the opposing sides to complete proceedings in the Grand Final replay.
Top-ups for Vancouver Vixens: Jessica Dal Pos (Carlton) Courtney Jones (Carlton) Replacing: Maddy Collier (West Coast Eagles) Aisling McCarthy (West Coast Eagles)
Vancouver Vixens Round 4 team Out: Aisling McCarthy (postponement), Maddy Collier (postponement) In: Olivia Fuller, Charlotte Wilson Def: Kerryn Harrington, Nicola Barr, Charlotte Wilson (Jessica Dal Pos) Mid: Emma Kearney, Jaimee Lambert, Hayley Miller, Stephanie Cain (Courtney Hodder) Ruc: Lauren Bella (Alison Downie) Fwd: Erin Phillips, Kate Hore, Eden Zanker Int: Olivia Fuller, Georgia Gee (Courtney Jones) Top-ups Dal Pos and Jones have been named as emergencies
Half time between the Kruisers and the Conservatives sees a close match in progress The Kruisers are 7/317 (ave 45.3) and the Conservative are 9/413 (ave 45.8) The Kruisers are set to rollout their midfield and I/C players today so are hopeful of a big jump in the scores to get us over the line!!
The Storm appear to have held on for an important Rd4 win, with unofficial scores 739 to Vancouver @dmandrews 704.
Sorry I didn't end up putting a team up here. The Llamas scratched by without needing any temporary recruits and looked like this: DEF: Ferres, Bennetts, Brown MID: Eva, Bates, Garner, Conway RUC: Strom FOR: Howarth, Houghton, Hickie (Scheer) INT: Stanton, McNamara My count has Lima and Korea tied at 779 each which is pretty exciting. Who knows which way it will go if my numbers are a bit off.
The 4 matches in round 4 were decided by 1, 3, 21 and 51 points as the Legana, Korea, Stuttgart and Koyoto sides all took the W over the defeated Lagos, Lima, Vancouver and Canberra outifts. The highlight matches were the shootout in Lima, with the visitors knocking off the previously undefeated hosts, as well as the nailibiter in Lagos with Las Vegas holding on for their maiden Premier League win of 2022 by the narrowest of margins. The ladder has Lima and Stuttgart a game ahead of a pack of 4 teams with Lagos and Las Vegas both at 1-3 needing to put together winning streaks as they chase top 4 positions. Round 5 Premier League action commences on Friday. .