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Who would have thought? The match of the round between two of the top sides facing each other off on a hot steamy night. Bring it on!

Last year there were times when you just couldn’t find the teams until start of play on the day of the game. 😀

Not so quick. The Suns have made a big investment in Mac and are already moving to secure him long term - Suns moving to lock away top draftee

Did Mick Malthouse really tip Essendon to win the flag?

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.