VFLW 2021 Finals

[CarringbushCigar]

Fantastic game on a beautiful afternoon on a flat deck at the spiritual home of football.
Very impressive performance.

Special shout out to Marla NEAL who tagged her heart out curtailing the Bombers best midfielders all day.

Good luck in the Granny @ Port Melbourne.
Can't wait !

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Apparently ive heard the gf will be played in Launceston i would have thought say Marvel docklands be alot better place to play the gf

[Dark Beanie]

"Unfortunately for the Saints, their season ends with the loss. The Cats now go into the preliminary final to face the Bombers, with the winner heading to the Grand Final to take on Collingwood at ETU Stadium on July 25th."

https://www.afl.com.au/news/645728/pies-straight-to-grand-final-cats-bombers-head-to-the-prelim

[Dark Beanie]

Collingwood 2.6.18 defeated Essendon 1.5.11

Goal Kickers: I. Barnett, M. Cann
Best Players: S. King, C. Molloy, J. Ferguson, E. O''Dea, I. Barnett, K. Lee

Match stats:

https://www.afl.com.au/matches/3715

[Presti35]

ETU Stadium is of course, North Port Oval.

Who will we play in the GF?

VFLW Preliminary Final
Saturday 17th July: Geelong v Essendon: Windy Hill, 12pm Windy Hill.

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Is ETU the old teac oval at port melbourne nice ground but i still feel docklands would have been a better venue for the GF. Its was played at docklands last year and the year before that i feel.
Like port melbourne oval its a classic oval ground built for VFL footy the home of the borough.

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In the premlim im going for essendon to win over the cats at the bombers spirit home ground windy hill.

GF: Collingwood v Essendon

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Yep ETU stadium is port melbourne is more of a footy ground then a stadium though there are some grand stands there though heaps of grass banks and towering pine trees at one end.

[Dark Beanie]

Background to Pies finals team selection - at the end of June all teams had to nominate their squads for finals. In previous years there was a points system for final qualification but not now.

Steve Symonds (AFLW head coach) decided that the Pies would nominate U22 members of the AFLW team in addition to VFLW team members. Hence Molloy, Butler, Cann, O'Dea and Porter et al have continued to play into finals.

As the VFLW team is seen as a development towards the senior team, Steve viewed this as an opportunity for the younger girls to play together and get to know styles of play.

[Presti35]

Any news on when the PF and GF will be?

[Dark Beanie]

Nothing yet.
All dependant on when lockdown ends and restrictions on sport are eased.

[Dark Beanie]

VFLW Preliminary final, Essendon v Geelong, on Saturday 31 July at Windy Hill @ 12pm AEST.

VFLW Grand Final scheduled for Sunday August 8 at ETU Stadium (North Port Oval) at 1.15pm.

[Presti35]

Thank you DB!

Although, I'm guessing no crowds will be allowed.

[Presti35]

In the draft tonight, North Melbourne have selected one of our VFLW players, Jasmine Ferguson.

How will that effect the VFLW GF? Has she been playing??

[Dark Beanie]

Definitely no crowds this weekend.

Will have to wait and see if the govt. makes any changes for following weekend. At this stage GF will be crowd free.