Whispering_Jack

North Melbourne bow out and Fremantle move on to their Preliminary Final. The Brisbane v Collingwood game still in limbo?

Keep an eye of for new Bomber, Kaine Baldwin, who was the country’s best key forward prospect back in 2019 but two knee reconstructions and Covid19 left him unwanted and on the sidelines until rookied by Essendon. I thought at the time that he was a bargain pickup - good luck to him tomorrow night at CHF.

Looks like the top 8's settled for the season.

When he wakes up tomorrow morning, he’ll be hoping it was all a dream.

Where can we find the list?

There’s no game in town tonight other than Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs at the home of football.

That’s 13 in a row at the fortress … MELBOURNE 2.3.15 4.3.27 5.3.33 5.4.34 CARLTON 0.0.0 4.1.25 4.1.25 5.3.33 GOALS MELBOURNE Bannan 3 D Pearce 2 CARLTON Stevens 3 Good Sherar BEST MELBOURNE Hanks Bannan Mithen Paxman D Pearce
 CARLTON Stevens Guerin Hill Prespakis Egan INJURIES MELBOURNE Nil CARLTON Nil REPORTS MELBOURNE Nil CARLTON Nil CROWD TBC at Casey Fields

In the VFLW, it’s five in a row to the Casey Demons - CASEY DEMONS 1.5.11 2.7.19 4.10.34 5.15.45 GEELONG CATS 3.1.19 4.2.26 5.4.34 5.4.34 GOALS A.Dowler 2 T.Fellows C.McCossan J.Parry DISPOSALS L.Magee 25 L.Parry 23 A.Brown K.Petrevski 20

Stands to reason. The next Casey practice match against the Bulldogs on Thursday will be more like a dress rehearsal for the full Casey team.

The final countdown to the 2022 AFLW finals ~ Melbourne v Carlton at Casey Fields, 7.10pm AEDT MELBOURNE B: L.Birch 9 G.Colvin 32 HB: S.Goldrick 23 M.Gay 3 S.Heath 30 C: K.Paxman 4 T.Hanks 5 L.Mithen 14 HF: A.Bannan 16 K.Hore 10 M.Fitzsimon 24 F: D.Pearce - C 6 T.Harris 7 Foll: L.Pearce 15 O.Purcell 2 E.West 11 I/C: S.Lampard 8 E.McNamara 22 T.Gillard 17 C.Sherriff 18 S.Scott 12 Emerg: B.Tarrant 20 J.Parry 19 In: T.Gillard Out: E.Zanker (Injured) CARLTON B: V.Laloifi 8 G.Pound 6 HB: K.Sherar 25 P.Trudgeon 26 D.Walker 23 C: M.Hill 10 A.McKay 5 K.Harrington - C 9 HF: D.Vescio 3 J.Good 15 C.Jones 22 F: N.Stevens 21 M.Guerin 18 Foll: B.Moody 16 M.Prespakis 4 G.Gee 19 I/C: E.O'Dea 46 G.Egan 1 N.Plane 32 J.Dal Pos 2 L.McEvoy 13 Emerg: L.Brazzale 12 B.Walker 7 In: L.McEvoy Out: B.Walker (Omitted)

Full Time: Richmond 18.3.111 defeated Casey Demons 7.6.48

I’m getting the feeling that this is a VFL listed players only game.

Half Time: Richmond 11.3.69 to Casey Demons 4.3.27

Tigers leading by 41 points.

Quarter Time: Richmond 6.0.36 Casey Demons 2.2.14

Tigers with the first goal and the second … and the third.

So as Sam Edmund reports:- • Clubs must nominate a 20-player "Covid contingency list" by Friday. • A player can be taken from this pool to train - only if fewer than 30 players are available due to Covid & injuries. That player can only play if less than 28 are available. • The 20-player pool must be selected from aligned state league/2nd tier playing list, NGA/Northern Academy or designated standalone state league listed players. • If a club has less than 30 AFL listed players available, but this is not due to any player being subject to COVID Health & Safety Protocols, then the club will NOT be able to activate a COVID Contingency player.

Having seen the devastation of Covid19 health and safety procedures on Fremantle's women's team on Saturday night (not taking anything away from our team's effort but ...), I think it's not a great idea for the players to mingle with fans in crowds just yet.

MELBOURNE 3.0.18 6.5.41 13.6.84 16.11.107 FREMANTLE 1.0.6 1.1.7 1.1.7 3.1.19 GOALS MELBOURNE D Pearce 5 Harris Hore 3 Paxman 2 Bannan Scott Sherriff FREMANTLE Maclachlan Miller Tuhakaraina BEST MELBOURNE Hanks D Pearce Bannan Mithen Paxman FREMANTLE Miller East Verrier Tighe INJURIES MELBOURNE Zanker (quad tightness) FREMANTLE Sergeant (head knock), E. Antonio, K. Antonio and O'Driscoll (Health and Safety Protocols) replaced in the side with McMahon, MacLachlan and Western REPORTS MELBOURNE Nil FREMANTLE Nil CROWD 2717 at Optus Stadium … and that wasn’t even our biggest win for the day because in the AFLW:- CASEY DEMONS 2.1.13 6.4.40 10.5.65 15.7.97 WESTERN BULLDOGS 1.0.6 1.0.6 1.0.6 1.0.6

The toughest road trip in women's footy ~ Fremantle v Melbourne at Optus Stadium, 4pm AWST FREMANTLE B: L.Pugh 32 E.O'Driscoll 3 HB: S.Verrier 5 A.Tighe 10 J.Low 30 C: E.Antonio 12 A.Stannett 4 S.Cain 20 HF: B.Webb 26 G.Houghton 27 K.Antonio 15 F: S.Wielstra 24 M.Tuhakaraina 13 Foll: M.Strom 21 H.Miller - C 19 T.Toth 33 I/C: D.East 8 J.Stewart 7 M.Hyde 28 A.Runnalls 22 M.Sergeant 23
Emerg: M.Maclachlan 16 A.McMahon 25 In: B.Webb, S.Wielstra, M.Sergeant Out: M.Morrison (Injured), A.Franklin (HS Protocol), G.O'Sullivan (HS Protocol) MELBOURNE B: L.Birch 9 G.Colvin 32 HB: S.Goldrick 23 M.Gay 3 S.Heath 30 C: K.Paxman 4 T.Hanks 5 L.Mithen 14 HF: A.Bannan 16 K.Hore 10 M.Fitzsimon 24 F: D.Pearce - C 6 T.Harris 7 Foll: L.Pearce 15 E.Zanker 29 E.West 11 I/C: S.Lampard 8 E.McNamara 22 O.Purcell 2 C.Sherriff 18 S.Scott 12 Emerg: J.Parry 19 T.Gillard 17 In: G.Colvin, M.Fitzsimon Out: T.Gillard (Omitted), J.Parry (Omitted)

Really disappointed that the report doesn't mention the couple of Casey Demons VFL listed players who kicked goals. This is a team game and it represents the Casey Demons. Club reports on these games should respect this fact and acknowledge the Casey players. Let's not forget that one of our best players in our premiership team and again last night, was originally a Casey VFL listed player.

Positive. The above scores include the scores from the reserves game of three “quarters” that followed the real contest that finished with the Tigers in front 110 - 92.

The Tigers win over the Cats sees the Bombers fall out of the top 8. Fremantle 1 - - 141 44 320.5 4 Melbourne 1 - - 132 44 300.0 4 Brisbane 1 - - 138 49 281.6 4 Collingwood 1 - - 111 45 246.7 4 Gold Coast 1 - - 76 55 138.2 4 GWS Giants 1 - - 126 95 132.6 4 Richmond 1 - - 110 92 119.6 4 Carlton 1 - - 67 60 111.7 4 ———————————————————— Essendon 1 - - 81 75 108.0 4 Western Bulldogs - 1 - 75 81 92.6 0 St Kilda - 1 - 60 67 89.6 0 Geelong - 1 - 92 110 83.6 0 Sydney Swans - 1 - 95 126 75.4 0 Port Adelaide - 1 - 55 76 72.4 0 Hawthorn - 1 - 44 111 39.6 0 Adelaide - 1 - 49 138 35.5 0 North Melbourne - 1 - 44 132 33.3 0 West Coast Eagles - 1 - 44 141 31.2 0

Our Casey Demons VFLW team has made it three in a row with a 20 point victory over North Melbourne. Casey Demons 2.2.14 3.3.21 6.5.41 6.8.44 North Melbourne 1.0.6 2.1.13 3.3.21 3.6.24 Goals M. Caris, M.Chaplin, M.Fitzsimon, S.Johnson, C. McCrossan, B.Tarrant Now for the big one!

So, the Demons have finally been knocked off their perch after the Dockers thrashed the Eagles yesterday. The thrashing in Perth assured Freo of top spot on the 2022 pre season ladder with only today’s Richmond v Geelong blockbuster replay of the 2020 grand final to complete the opening round. Fremantle 1 - - 141 44 320.5 4 Melbourne 1 - - 132 44 300.0 4 Brisbane 1 - - 138 49 281.6 4 Collingwood 1 - - 111 45 246.7 4 * Gold Coast 1 - - 76 55 138.2 4 GWS Giants 1 - - 126 95 132.6 Carlton 1 - - 67 60 111.7 4 Essendon 1 - - 81 75 108.0 4 ———————————————————— Western Bulldogs - 1 - 75 81 92.6 0 St Kilda - 1 - 60 67 89.6 0 Sydney Swans - 1 - 95 126 75.4 0 Port Adelaide - 1 - 55 76 72.4 0 Hawthorn - 1 - 44 111 39.6 0 * Adelaide - 1 - 49 138 35.5 0 North Melbourne - 1 - 44 132 33.3 0 West Coast Eagles - 1 - 44 141 31.2 0 * The anomaly of the round was the Collingwood v Hawthorn game played over six quarters (sixths) which ended in a 141 all draw but I’ve only counted the serious part which was the first three quarters that saw the Pies well in front at the not so final siren. The rest of that game was a bit like this series - somewhat Mickey Mouse.