Welcome to the Round 6 fixture. Bathurst Belles vs Sandgate Sugar Gliders @Len @Tiny_doughnut With these teams at 8th vx 9th, boasting the same record and having shown they are capable of playing to a draw, expecting an armwrestle that shall be the subject of this week's poll. Katanning Krushers vs Timboon Trailblazers @FreoDockers @Peter W The Krushers appear to be unbeatable, but then again so did Fremantle. All eyes on Timboon to produce the upset of the season. Legana Legends vs Georgia Geeniuses @Pearcey47 @marconofrio Almost a spoonbowl, the Geeniuses should have a good chance for their first win of the season here, particularly if Kearney continues her excellent form from last week. Manildra Mystix vs Glenbrook Galahs @TheTassieHawk @ver_redit_optatum Currently 5th & 4th on the ladder, the winner will probably be firmly in the top 4 while the loser struggles to claw their way back. Expect coaches keenly following and score updates throughout the weekend (but only from TTH if I go camping). Pomona Nymphs vs Vivonne Bay Valkeries @anthak @That KI Guy A game to boost Pom's chances as Viv would have to produce their top score of the year and Pomona their worst in order to flip this one. Scone Sirens vs Lake St Clair Devils @Tracey @dmandrews Another game that could really shake up the top of the ladder. The Sirens are probably the weaker team on paper and a loss by them will likely leave space for two of the chasing pack to emerge. [From the TTH] Please note that the Friday night match for Round 6 is a 510pm start so be sure to re-set your team at least an hour prior to the naming of Saturday teams which is usually about 540pm on Friday night!
The Krushers team sheet is going in very early this week due to the coach having prior commitments (very limited access over the next 3 days). Looking forward to the matchup against @Peter W Def: Kerryn Harrington, Hannah Priest, Issy Huntington (Nicola Barr) Mid: Bri Davey, Jaimee Lambert, Hayley Miller, Steph Cain (Emily Goodsir) Ruck: Rhi Watt (Lauren Bella) Fwd: Katie Brennan, Lauren Butler, Jordan Ivey (Hannah Button) Int: Sarah Hosking, Tarni Brown (Bianca Jakobsson) In: Tarni Brown Out: Bianca Jakobsson
Galahs sadly sporting injuries to Bresland and Levi, hopefully short term. Def: Jess Hosking, Shelley Heath, Vaomua Laloifi (Akec Makur Chuot) Mid: Ellie Blackburn, Georgia Patrikios, Britt Bonnici, Britt Tully (Imahra Cameron) Ruck: Aasta O'Connor (Jess Allan) Fwd: Orla O'Dwyer, Chloe Scheer, Lauren Arnell (Kate Gillespie Jones) Int: Cora Staunton, Tiah Haynes (Maddison Levi) In: Vaomua Laloifi Out: Tayla Bresland
Timboon Trailblazers: D: Tarni White, Breanna Koenan, Nicola Stevens (Elizabeth Keaney) M: Kiara Bowers, Alicia Eva, Maddison Gay, Erin Phillips (Richelle Cranston) R: Alison Downie (Alicia Janz) F: Chloe Molloy, Stevie-Lee Thompson, Abbie McKay (Olivia Barber) INT: Phoebe Monahan, Brooke Lochland (Alyssa Bannan) IN: Phoebe Monahan (def), Alyssa Bannan (INT EMG) OUT: Elizabeth Keaney (to EMG), Katie Loynes (dropped) Welcome to Keaney and Janz who come into the side, the latter as an emergency.
Lake St Clair Devils Round 6 team Out: Tait Mackrill (omitted) In: Aishling Sheridan Def: Emma Swanson, Meghan McDonald, Sarah Allen (Tahlia Randall) Mid: Monique Conti, Kirsty Lamb, Lily Mithen, Catherine Phillips (Najwa Allen) Ruc: Emma King (Jesse Tawhio-Wardlaw) Fwd: Jasmine Garner, Eden Zanker, Aishling Sheridan (Tait Mackrill) Int: Hannah Dunn, Stephanie Chiocci (Tahlia Meyer)
The Mystix selection committee have made 2 changes for the 2021 ORFFW Round 6 team to play the Galahs @ver_redit_optatum Our opposition is heading 240km west to Flour Girls Park via Bathurst and we are keen as mustard to even the ledger at 1 apiece as we play our second head to head matchup. Note this team is subject to change, once Saturday and Sunday AFLW line-ups are announced Def = Cuthbertson, J Allen, C Randall (M Brown) Mid = Drennan, Dillon, A McDonald, Prespakis (M King) Fwd = Hore, E Antonio, Ashmore (Georgostathis) Ruck = Seymour, (McKinnon) IC = Gavalas, Elise O'Dea, (Metcalfe) 2nds - Zreika, Parry, Molan, M McKinnon Returning - Prespakis New - J Allen (2021 MSD) Out - M King, Parry (rubbish last week, even as an oop ruck)
Scone vs Lake St Clair is the only one of this weeks matchups that is a first time clash (completing the full set of 11 opponents for both teams) while in the 5 remaining games the teams meet again after entertaining tussles last time they met 2020 Round 2 - Sandgate Sugar Gliders 644 def Bathurst Belles 589 http://tooserious.net/forum/tsLeagueMatchday.php?leagueId=21&round=2&year=2020 Votes - 5 Conway 103 (Gliders), 4 Exon 82 (Belles), 3 Anderson 76 (Gliders), 2 Riddell 72 (Gliders), 1 Stanton 64 (SIrens) 2020 Round 3 - Glenbrook Galahs 731 def Manildra Mystix 696 http://tooserious.net/forum/tsLeagueMatchday.php?leagueId=21&round=3&year=2020 Votes - 5 Higgins 95 (Mystix), 4 Prespakis 93 (Mystix), 3 J Foley 91 (Galahs), 2 Cameron 84 (Galahs), 1 Blackburn 75 (Galahs) 2020 Round 4 - Timboon Trailblazers 744 def by Katanning Krushers 786 http://tooserious.net/forum/tsLeagueMatchday.php?leagueId=21&round=4&year=2020 Votes - 5 Bowers 98 (Blazers), 4 Harrington 96 (Krushers), 3 Lambert 94 (Krushers), 2 Davey 94 (Krushers), 1 Hooker 90 (Krushers) 2020 Round 4 - Georiga Geeniuses 619 def by Legana Legends 641 http://tooserious.net/forum/tsLeagueMatchday.php?leagueId=21&round=4&year=2020 Votes - 5 Kearney 101 (Geeniuses), 4 Paxman 89 (Geeniuses), 3 Bates 80 (Legends), 2 Vescio 68 (Legends), 1 S Scott 66 (Legends)) 2020 Round 5 - Vivonne Bay Valkeries 557 def by Pomona Nymphs 722 http://tooserious.net/forum/tsLeagueMatchday.php?leagueId=21&round=5&year=2020 Votes - 5 Marinoff 132 (Nymphs), 4 Bruton 83 (Nymphs), 3 Purcell 68 (Valks), 2 Lucas-Rodd 61 (Nymphs), 1 Norder 60 (Nymphs)
In the match at Manildra the home side are 7/506 leading the visitors @ver_redit_optatum 7/312. It is 3 players apiece in the early Sunday game with Prespakis, Elise Odea and Amy McDonald for the Mystix mixing it with Jess Hosking, Laloifi and O'Connor for the Galahs. The penultimate match of the round then sees Glenbrook holding the numerical advantage 2:1 with big guns Bonnici and Blackburn running out against Jordan Allen for Manildra. Should the Galahs be in front heading into the last game then the Mystix finals hopes will depend on the duo of Cuthbertson and Ebony Antonio trying to run down the lead despite the best endeavours of Tiah Haynes for their opponents.
Scone Sirens 329/6 Ave of 54.8 hosting Lake St Clair 477/8 Ave of 59.6 Devils have a narrow advantage, the output of exciting Sirens forwards Vescio and Duffy today could be critical to the outcome.
The Mystix have stretched the lead beyond 300 as they reach 10/755 to 10/416 for the Galahs @ver_redit_optatum and will look to run out the game strongly to assist with the points scored tiebreaker in what is shaping as a typically tight conclusion to the home and away series this week and next.
In a contest that has significant top four implications the Lake St Clair Devils and Scone Sirens have played an absolute thriller. The unofficial score is Lake St Clair Devils 736 defeated Scone Sirens 730. If this is correct the performance of two opposition players who are housemates outside of the ORFFW season has served as a virtual tie-breaker with Devils defender Meghan McDonald outscoring Sirens forward Darcy Vescio by 7 points, 62 to 55. Both sides had multiple emergencies that if selected in the 13 player team would have improved their club’s score, most notably Grace Egan who scored 80 points for the Sirens in the seconds. Devils emergency Najwa Allen made her debut in the midfield and scored 36 points after Lake St Clair’s first ever draft choice Monique Conti was a late withdrawal.
An ORFFW record 923 points by the Mystix has the final margin against the Galahs @ver_redit_optatum at 269 as the visitors tallied 654 in reply.
923?! Son of a.... This is an ungodly level of scoring like we have never seen before Well, thanks for not making it a close one that could have depended on my selection errors
The Round 6 winners were the Devils @dmandrews by 6, Nymphs @anthak by 92, GEEniuses @marconofrio with their first W of the season by 93, the Krushers @FreoDockers win their 6th straight by 128, the Gliders @Tiny_doughnut win their 2nd straight by 177 and the Mystix won by 273. The Krushers and Devils lock in their 2021 finals spots ahead of a matchup next week with the Mystix and Nymphs in charge of their own destiny in the final week and the Sirens @Tracey, Galahs @ver_redit_optatum and Blazers @Peter W sitting in 5th-7th and poised to capitalise on any last round slipups as next weeks action once again commences on a Friday night.