2023 AFLW Season Semi Final 2: Melbourne Women's v Geelong Women's

This is the match report for the match played on 19 November 2023 between the Melbourne Women's and the Geelong Women's in the second semi final of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League Women's. The Melbourne Women's hosted the Geelong Women's at Ikon Park. The hosts were coached by Mick Stinear and the visitors were coached by Dan Lowther.

The Melbourne Women's (6.9.45) were defeated by the Geelong Women's (7.8.50).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFLW Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Melbourne Women's v Geelong Women's
Date: Sunday 19 November 2023
Time: 3:05 PM
Venue: Ikon Park

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne Women's def. by Geelong Women's
Score: 6.9.45 - 7.8.50

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne Women's	0	.	2	1	.	4	1	.	7	6	.	9	6	.	9	(45)
Geelong Women's	2	.	4	4	.	5	6	.	7	7	.	8	7	.	8	(50)
Margin	GEEW by 14			GEEW by 19			GEEW by 30			GEEW by 5			GEEW by 5
Duration	20:19			21:16			20:02			24:11			1:25:48

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne Women's) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Geelong Women's) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mick Stinear

Geelong Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Dan Lowther

Player Statistics

Melbourne Women's

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
16	Bannan, Alyssa	INT	?	0	0	6	3	3	0	0	2	0	?	2	0	0	1
9	Birch, Libby	BPL	?	0	0	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	?	1	1	1	0
13	Chaplin, Maeve	INT	?	0	0	8	5	3	1	0	1	1	?	0	0	3	0
24	Fitzsimon, Megan	HFFL	?	0	1	6	4	2	2	0	1	1	?	0	0	0	1
3	Gay, Maddi	CHB	?	1	0	18	14	4	4	0	2	0	?	0	1	6	1
17	Gillard, Tahlia	FB	?	0	0	10	6	4	1	8	2	0	?	0	1	2	1
23	Goldrick, Sinead	HBFL	?	0	0	13	8	5	1	0	7	1	?	0	0	1	2
5	Hanks, Tyla	RR	?	1	0	17	10	7	0	0	6	0	?	0	0	2	1
7	Harris, Tayla	FPR	?	0	0	6	3	3	3	2	2	0	?	1	0	0	1
30	Heath, Shelley	HBFR	?	0	0	9	4	5	1	0	2	0	?	1	1	0	2
10	Hore, Kate	FF	?	0	0	12	7	5	4	0	7	2	?	0	0	0	1
19	Ivey, Jordan	INT	?	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	?	1	1	1	0
21	Mackin, Aimee	WR	?	1	0	10	7	3	0	0	3	1	?	0	0	0	4
31	Mackin, Blaithin	WL	?	0	0	13	11	2	0	0	4	1	?	1	0	3	1
22	McNamara, Eliza	INT	?	0	0	8	5	3	1	0	2	1	?	0	1	2	1
14	Mithen, Lily	C	?	0	0	14	6	8	3	0	5	1	?	0	1	0	1
4	Paxman, Paxy	CHF	?	0	0	14	6	8	2	0	4	4	?	0	0	2	2
15	Pearce, Lauren	RU	?	0	2	18	9	9	6	14	4	4	?	0	0	0	1
2	Purcell, Olivia	RO	?	0	0	18	10	8	1	0	2	7	?	1	3	1	2
11	West, Eliza	INT	?	0	0	26	7	19	4	0	5	8	?	0	1	2	2
29	Zanker, Eden	HFFR	?	3	1	10	8	2	3	8	4	1	?	2	1	1	2
Rushed					?
Total (21 players)				6	9	245	138	107	37	32	68	33	0+	10	12	27	27

Geelong Women's

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
1	Bowen, Mikayla	INT	?	0	1	6	6	0	4	0	3	1	?	0	0	1	2
6	Crockett-Grills, Julia	WR	?	1	0	8	4	4	2	0	3	1	?	0	1	0	0
8	Darby, Kate	INT	?	1	0	9	8	1	5	16	7	0	?	0	0	0	4
16	Emonson, Chantel	BPL	?	0	0	12	11	1	1	0	4	0	?	0	0	7	2
32	Featherston, Gabbi	INT	?	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	0
20	Friswell, Zali	WL	?	0	0	14	2	12	2	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	2
12	Garing, Renee	HFFL	?	0	0	10	2	8	1	0	9	1	?	1	1	0	0
26	Gunjaca, Claudia	FB	?	0	0	6	6	0	3	0	1	0	?	0	2	1	1
46	Hoare, Erin	RU	?	0	0	7	0	7	0	21	1	2	?	0	0	3	0
22	Kearns, Rachel	HBFR	?	0	0	8	5	3	0	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	2
3	McDonald, Amy	RR	?	2	0	21	8	13	3	0	5	4	?	2	1	0	4
11	McDonald, Meg	CHB	?	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	2	0	?	0	1	1	0
45	Moloney, Aishling	FPR	?	1	2	11	9	2	3	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	2
4	Moloney, Darcy	INT	?	0	1	12	6	6	2	0	5	3	?	2	0	0	0
9	Morrison, Nina	RO	?	0	1	29	14	15	1	0	8	10	?	1	0	1	4
5	Parry, Jacqueline	CHF	?	1	0	13	10	3	7	0	3	1	?	0	0	0	3
41	Prespakis, Georgie	C	?	0	0	18	13	5	2	0	13	5	?	2	1	1	3
10	Rankin, Georgie	INT	?	0	0	6	4	2	2	0	2	0	?	0	0	2	0
15	Scott, Shelley	FF	?	1	0	9	7	2	3	0	0	0	?	3	1	0	1
7	Surman, Kate	HFFR	?	0	0	6	4	2	0	0	7	1	?	1	0	0	1
21	Webster, Rebecca	HBFL	?	0	2	19	11	8	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	3
Rushed					?
Total (21 players)				7	8	234	134	100	47	37	78	29	0+	12	10	19	34

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Women's							Coach: Mick Stinear
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	16	C. Emonson	26	C. Gunjaca			15	L. Pearce	16	A. Bannan
	7	T. Harris	10	K. Hore			5	T. Hanks	13	M. Chaplin
FORWARD							2	O. Purcell	19	J. Ivey
HALF-BACK									22	E. McNamara
	21	R. Webster	11	M. McDonald	22	R. Kearns			11	E. West
	29	E. Zanker	4	P. Paxman	24	M. Fitzsimon
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	20	Z. Friswell	41	G. Prespakis	6	J. Crockett-Grills
	21	A. Mackin	14	L. Mithen	31	B. Mackin	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							46	E. Hoare	1	M. Bowen
HALF-FORWARD							3	A. McDonald	8	K. Darby
	12	R. Garing	5	J. Parry	7	K. Surman	9	N. Morrison	32	G. Featherston
	30	S. Heath	3	M. Gay	23	S. Goldrick			4	D. Moloney
HALF-BACK									10	G. Rankin
FORWARD
			15	S. Scott	45	A. Moloney
			17	T. Gillard	9	L. Birch
BACK
Geelong Women's							Coach: Dan Lowther

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEEW	Amy McDonald goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	02:50
	GEEW	Rebecca Webster behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	07:03
	GEEW	Amy McDonald goal	0.0.0	-	2.1.13	08:09
	GEEW	Rebecca Webster behind	0.0.0	-	2.2.14	09:31
	MLBW	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	2.2.14	14:50
	GEEW	Aishling Moloney behind	0.1.1	-	2.3.15	18:04
	GEEW	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	2.4.16	18:46
	MLBW	Eden Zanker behind	0.2.2	-	2.4.16	20:13
Q2	GEEW	Aishling Moloney behind	0.2.2	-	2.5.17	00:55
	GEEW	Jacqueline Parry goal	0.2.2	-	3.5.23	02:24
	GEEW	Kate Darby goal	0.2.2	-	4.5.29	04:51
	MLBW	Rushed behind	0.3.3	-	4.5.29	12:38
	MLBW	Rushed behind	0.4.4	-	4.5.29	18:48
	MLBW	Maddi Gay goal	1.4.10	-	4.5.29	21:11
Q3	MLBW	Megan Fitzsimon behind	1.5.11	-	4.5.29	01:57
	GEEW	Julia Crockett-Grills goal	1.5.11	-	5.5.35	04:06
	GEEW	Mikayla Bowen behind	1.5.11	-	5.6.36	07:50
	GEEW	Shelley Scott goal	1.5.11	-	6.6.42	08:50
	GEEW	Nina Morrison behind	1.5.11	-	6.7.43	11:35
	MLBW	Lauren Pearce behind	1.6.12	-	6.7.43	13:25
	MLBW	Rushed behind	1.7.13	-	6.7.43	16:15
Q4	MLBW	Tyla Hanks goal	2.7.19	-	6.7.43	00:20
	MLBW	Eden Zanker goal	3.7.25	-	6.7.43	03:16
	MLBW	Eden Zanker goal	4.7.31	-	6.7.43	05:53
	GEEW	Aishling Moloney goal	4.7.31	-	7.7.49	08:43
	GEEW	Darcy Moloney behind	4.7.31	-	7.8.50	13:48
	MLBW	Rushed behind	4.8.32	-	7.8.50	16:28
	MLBW	Eden Zanker goal	5.8.38	-	7.8.50	17:50
	MLBW	Aimee Mackin goal	6.8.44	-	7.8.50	19:38
	MLBW	Lauren Pearce behind	6.9.45	-	7.8.50	23:38

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