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10th season of the AFLW

Dees_In_October
in AFLW Melbourne Demons

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

Jim's team, too, BDA. Can you tell us more? A bit of the 'Collingwoods' or 'Geelongs' for you, perhaps?

Not exactly equivalent but Collingwood is probably best comparison

The dubs are the big city team with all the advantages that confers. Nobody outside of Dublin likes to see them win.

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    Amusingly after missing much of the praccy match, I found myself awake in the early hours and managed to watch quite a bit of Dublin's victory!

    Like so many others, Goldrick is one of my favourites just for the pure attack she has on the game, and it will surprise no one that this was on show in this game. She plays a very similar role as we see in AFLW, hustling and scrapping then providing lots of bounce off the defensive area. It was apparent why every time she gets the ball in Aussie Rules, the instinct to play on is so, so, ingrained.

    Weird thought I had while watching, I wonder how many people warned her about the Jimmy running over the mark incident when she first came to Australia? Or maybe it was a "let's not speak about it" situation...

    Anyway, I must admit as the minutes ticked away, and with Dublin well in front, I was keen for Sinead to maybe just take it easy. Of course, that was never going to happen. You can imagine my consternation when she went down with a leg issue late in the game. Seemed ok though and played out the final minutes despite several other substitutions being made, so nothing to be concerned about.

    So that's 4 All-Ireland championships for Goldie, to go along with her AFLW premiership. Super effort. Hope the winning feeling continues in Australia.

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    Sadly the Women's team can forget about getting a lot of coverage with the men's team ending in 3 weeks time.

    They will be drowned out!

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    22 minutes ago, old dee said:

    Sadly the Women's team can forget about getting a lot of coverage with the men's team ending in 3 weeks time.

    They will be drowned out!

    The seasons have overlapped since 2022, so it'll be the same as it's been for a while now. And really, when the men are not competing during September, there's less overlap.

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    4 hours ago, old dee said:

    Sadly the Women's team can forget about getting a lot of coverage with the men's team ending in 3 weeks time.

    They will be drowned out!

    Apologies, think I misread what you meant here - yes, the coaching situation on the men's side will probably do a lot of drowning out!

    Even Kate Hore was asked for comment at the AFLW captains day today, to which she played a straight bat.

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    Kate also gave some promising comments regarding Tayla Harris's injury and Round 1:

    "A little ankle sprain. I don't think it's anything too major so she should be fine to go for round one. A little bit of a bump in the road but no doubt she's fine."

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    Latest injury update. Reading between the lines:

    Harris - ankle (available)

    Campbell - concussion (available)

    B.Mackin - hamstring (test)

    S.Taylor - calf (test)

    Rigoni - knee soreness (test)

    Hore - knee soreness (test)

    Goldrick - wild celebrations (TBA)

    Gall - ankle (unavailable, TBA)

    D.Taylor - ankle (unavailable, TBA)

    Colvin - MCL (mid-season, running next week)

    Beasley - ACL (mid-season)

    Gillard - MCL (TBA)

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    43 minutes ago, Dees_In_October said:

    Latest injury update. Reading between the lines:

    Harris - ankle (available)

    Campbell - concussion (available)

    B.Mackin - hamstring (test)

    S.Taylor - calf (test)

    Rigoni - knee soreness (test)

    Hore - knee soreness (test)

    Goldrick - wild celebrations (TBA)

    Gall - ankle (unavailable, TBA)

    D.Taylor - ankle (unavailable, TBA)

    Colvin - MCL (mid-season, running next week)

    Beasley - ACL (mid-season)

    Gillard - MCL (TBA)

    Goldrick: saw what you did there!

    😄

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    On 07/08/2025 at 16:21, Dees_In_October said:

    Latest injury update. Reading between the lines:

    Harris - ankle (available)

    Campbell - concussion (available)

    B.Mackin - hamstring (test)

    S.Taylor - calf (test)

    Rigoni - knee soreness (test)

    Hore - knee soreness (test)

    Goldrick - wild celebrations (TBA)

    Gall - ankle (unavailable, TBA)

    D.Taylor - ankle (unavailable, TBA)

    Colvin - MCL (mid-season, running next week)

    Beasley - ACL (mid-season)

    Gillard - MCL (TBA)

    Thanks DIO, that is quite a list. Shades of last year unfortunately. Hopefully we can jag a couple of early season wins and get some troops back along the way.

    I am really looking forward to Saturday

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