It’s on today at Punt Road and the new buzz words are “health and safety protocols” with both sides affected.

Swinburne Centre (Punt Road Oval), 7.10pm AEDT

RICHMOND

B: R.Miller 15 H.Cordner 23
HB: L.McClelland 16 J.Hosking 11 B.Lynch 32
C: T.Lavey 37 S.Hosking 7 K.Dempsey 19
HF: S.Reid 25 C.Bernardi 6 K.Jacques 10
F: K.Brennan - C 3 C.Wakefield 8
Foll: G.Seymour 28 M.Brancatisano 5 M.Conti 4
I/C: H.Burchell 9 M.Macdonald 38 M.Kiely 31 S.Dargan 17 S.Sansonetti 18

Emerg: I.Houtsma 36 A.Peterson 33

In: L.McClelland, K.Jacques, M.Macdonald, S.Dargan, S.Sansonetti
Out: E.Yassir (Concussion), P.Kelly (Knee), S.D'Arcy (HS Protocol), M.Shevlin (HS Protocol), T.Stahl (HS Protocol)

MELBOURNE

B: B.Tarrant 20 G.Colvin 32
HB: L.Birch 9 L.Magee 26 S.Goldrick 23
C: E.McNamara 22 T.Hanks 5 A.Bannan 16
HF: L.Mithen 14 K.Hore 10 J.Parry 19
F: T.Harris 7 D.Pearce - C 6
Foll: L.Pearce 15 E.Zanker 29 K.Paxman 4
I/C: A.Brown 28 M.Caris 21 E.West 11 M.Fitzsimon 24 K.Petrevski 31

Emerg: G.Campbell 1 J.Zanchetta 33

In: G.Colvin, L.Magee, S.Goldrick, E.McNamara, K.Petrevski
Out: S.Lampard (HS Protocol), S.Heath (HS Protocol), M.Gay (HS Protocol), C.Sherriff (HS Protocol), S.Scott (HS Protocol)

Man oh man the dreaded HS protocols have taken a toll.

Swinburne Centre… sounds yuck.

Good luck Dees, hope we can get two on the Trott!

Edited January 13, 20224 yr by Cards13

Tyranny of distance for me again this week. And no FTA. So, looking forward to reports, from those of you in another "very vocal Melbourne crowd".

2 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Tyranny of distance for me again this week. And no FTA. So, looking forward to reports, from those of you in another "very vocal Melbourne crowd".

Not on FTA.. crazy.

Goldrick, Mcnamara and Colvin are good ins but the loss of Gay and Scott is a worry.

Yes. It would seem that “health and safety protocols” will be a thing for the AFLW season and possibly going into the AFL season unless things with Omnicron can stabilize quickly. This could make 2022 a bit of a crap shoot.

15 minutes ago, Freddy Fuschia said:

Yes. It would seem that “health and safety protocols” will be a thing for the AFLW season and possibly going into the AFL season unless things with Omnicron can stabilize quickly. This could make 2022 a bit of a crap shoot.

And with its introduction it is going to cover all manner of sins that in the past were said to be....knee flu, soreness, groin, or just plain dropped....

Are we expecting a big win tonight or was Richmond's dominant win last week too good to ignore, and do our outs hurt us?

Tiges bringing the heat early

5 hours ago, Cards13 said:

Not on FTA.. crazy.

The Ashes is on ch. 7, fair enough. But they’ve got three other channels in 72, 73 and 76 on which to televise AFLW. I guess some people can’t go a night without Alaskan ice road trucking gold fever picking swamp junkyard overhauling oil digging storage wars and Down East Dickering 🙄 

Goal of the year Alyssa Bannon

Dees going bang, bang, bang.

McNamara is best on so far. Exceptional half.

Outstanding quarter Dees.  Keep it up!

Shaky start but we found our rhythm in that quarter and were excellent. In control in the middle and shooting accurately. Our 2 youngsters McNamara and Bannon showing their class. Hore very good. Harris physicality monstering the Tiges defence

We're well on top and should win handily from here

McNamara is looking like a blonde Ed Langdon striding up and down the wing in peak physical shape and occasionally shanking it but also laying great tackles and providing a defensive and offensive number both ways.  
 

 

Edited January 14, 20224 yr by Chook

i suppose a score would be out of the question 

Demons leading 48 to 25 at 3/4 time.  It's live on afl.com.au Barney.

How good is it having harris who just makes her physical presence felt. Her tackling has been good.

Good having the experienced players in there Daisy and Paxman who have kicked goals when needed. 

We have been great after 1/4 time 

12 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Demons leading 48 to 25 at 3/4 time.  It's live on afl.com.au Barney.

hehe who are you ?    b m ? cheers for the score :) 

cheers  caught the last few mins , go dees :)

Harris was great. Physical all game, got a couple too.

Paxy, really bounced back after a quiet week.

Was pleasantly surprised with West. Thought she did some good things. Also thought Goldy played well, given she missed last week. I know we were low on numbers but can't see Magee developing enough to become a regular player. Just doesn't have the footy IQ.

4 minutes ago, Mickey said:

Harris was great. Physical all game, got a couple too.

Paxy, really bounced back after a quiet week.

Was pleasantly surprised with West. Thought she did some good things. Also thought Goldy played well, given she missed last week. I know we were low on numbers but can't see Magee developing enough to become a regular player. Just doesn't have the footy IQ.

Harris might kill someone one week. Absolutely amazing to watch.

Really good game from the girls. All played pretty well. West was good and Caris was very good early. Tough at selection this week.

Gee when they mentioned about lightning and if it happens the teams going off I thought oh no not again. 

But good win and bring on the saints next week.