2024 AFLW Season Round 1: Geelong Women's v Melbourne Women's

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 2024 between the Geelong Women's and the Melbourne Women's during round one of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League Women's. The Geelong Women's hosted the Melbourne Women's at GMHBA Stadium. The hosts were coached by Dan Lowther and the visitors were coached by Mick Stinear.

The Geelong Women's (6.4.40) were defeated by the Melbourne Women's (6.6.42).

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFLW Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong Women's v Melbourne Women's
Date: Saturday 31 August 2024
Time: 7:15 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong Women's def. by Melbourne Women's
Score: 6.4.40 - 6.6.42

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong Women's 2 . 2 3 . 2 5 . 2 6 . 4 6 . 4 (40)
Melbourne Women's 2 . 0 2 . 2 5 . 4 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
Margin GEEW by 2 GEEW by 6 MLBW by 2 MLBW by 2 MLBW by 2
Duration 21:07 18:29 23:06 19:37 1:22:19

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Geelong Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Dan Lowther

Melbourne Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mick Stinear

Player Statistics

Geelong Women's

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
1 Bowen, Mikayla WR ? 1 1 13 7 6 1 0 7 0 ? 1 0 0 0
6 Crockett-Grills, Julia HFFL ? 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 4 2 ? 1 1 2 1
8 Darby, Kate RU ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 13 8 0 ? 0 0 2 2
16 Emonson, Chantel BPL ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 0 ? 0 0 4 3
32 Featherston, Gabbi INT ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 7 3 1 ? 0 1 0 2
20 Friswell, Zali WL ? 0 0 19 7 12 6 0 4 1 ? 2 1 0 1
26 Gunjaca, Claudia INT ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 3 0 ? 1 1 4 1
22 Kearns, Rachel HBFR ? 1 0 6 5 1 0 0 2 1 ? 1 0 2 2
18 Kennedy, Anna-Rose FB ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0 6 1
12 Kenny, Kate FPR ? 1 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 0 ? 0 0 0 2
3 McDonald, Amy RR ? 0 0 28 16 12 1 0 9 9 ? 0 0 3 6
11 McDonald, Meg CHB ? 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0 1 0
45 Moloney, Aishling FF ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 0 1 0 ? 1 1 0 2
4 Moloney, Darcy INT ? 0 0 18 5 13 1 0 1 3 ? 0 3 0 0
9 Morrison, Nina RO ? 1 0 18 7 11 2 0 6 5 ? 0 0 2 0
5 Parry, Jacqueline CHF ? 2 1 13 9 4 2 0 4 0 ? 3 0 0 3
41 Prespakis, Georgie C ? 0 0 21 13 8 0 0 5 1 ? 1 2 2 4
10 Rankin, Georgie INT ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 1 0 ? 1 1 1 0
15 Scott, Shelley INT ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 0 ? 0 0 0 2
7 Surman, Kate HFFR ? 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 3 0 ? 0 0 0 1
21 Webster, Rebecca HBFL ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 7 0 ? 1 0 4 2
Rushed ?
Total (21 players) 6 4 258 145 113 35 20 71 23 0+ 13 11 33 35

Melbourne Women's

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Bannan, Alyssa FF ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 0 ? 0 1 0 3
16 Beasley, Grace INT ? 0 1 15 6 9 1 0 3 2 ? 0 0 1 2
13 Chaplin, Maeve HBFL ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 3 0 ? 1 2 4 0
32 Colvin, Gabrielle BPL ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 ? 0 1 0 1
24 Fitzsimon, Megan HFFR ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 5 0 ? 1 1 0 0
17 Gillard, Tahlia FB ? 0 0 10 2 8 2 0 1 0 ? 0 1 2 1
23 Goldrick, Sinead INT ? 1 1 14 9 5 1 0 6 0 ? 1 0 0 3
5 Hanks, Tyla RR ? 0 0 18 10 8 1 0 6 0 ? 0 0 1 4
7 Harris, Tayla FPR ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 ? 1 0 0 1
30 Heath, Shelley CHB ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 6 0 ? 1 0 5 2
19 Hill, Grace INT ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 1 1 0 ? 0 0 1 0
10 Hore, Kate RO ? 3 0 23 17 6 5 0 1 7 ? 0 0 0 4
8 Lampard, Sarah C ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 2 ? 0 1 0 3
31 Mackin, Blaithin WR ? 1 1 25 18 7 1 0 2 3 ? 1 2 4 3
22 McNamara, Eliza WL ? 0 0 21 13 8 1 0 5 7 ? 1 0 4 4
14 Mithen, Lily CHF ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 8 2 ? 2 1 1 0
4 Paxman, Paxy HBFR ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 2 0 ? 0 2 3 2
15 Pearce, Lauren RU ? 0 0 17 5 12 1 26 1 6 ? 0 0 2 3
26 Watt, Rhiannon INT ? 0 1 5 3 2 1 11 2 1 ? 1 0 0 2
12 Wotherspoon, Ryleigh INT ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 3 1 ? 1 0 0 0
29 Zanker, Eden HFFL ? 1 0 6 4 2 3 1 5 0 ? 0 1 0 1
Rushed ?
Total (21 players) 6 6 253 147 106 34 40 64 31 0+ 11 13 28 39

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

Geelong Women's Coach: Dan Lowther
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
32 G. Colvin 17 T. Gillard

8 K. Darby 32 G. Featherston
12 K. Kenny 45 A. Moloney

3 A. McDonald 26 C. Gunjaca
FORWARD 9 N. Morrison 4 D. Moloney
HALF-BACK

10 G. Rankin
13 M. Chaplin 30 S. Heath 4 P. Paxman

15 S. Scott
7 K. Surman 5 J. Parry 6 J. Crockett-Grills



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 E. McNamara 8 S. Lampard 31 B. Mackin



1 M. Bowen 41 G. Prespakis 20 Z. Friswell FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 15 L. Pearce 16 G. Beasley
HALF-FORWARD 5 T. Hanks 23 S. Goldrick
29 E. Zanker 14 L. Mithen 24 M. Fitzsimon 10 K. Hore 19 G. Hill
22 R. Kearns 11 M. McDonald 21 R. Webster

26 R. Watt
HALF-BACK

12 R. Wotherspoon
FORWARD





6 A. Bannan 7 T. Harris





18 A. Kennedy 16 C. Emonson



BACK



Melbourne Women's Coach: Mick Stinear

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEW Nina Morrison goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:39
GEEW Mikayla Bowen behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 05:26
GEEW Mikayla Bowen goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 08:03
GEEW Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 12:07
MLBW Kate Hore goal 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 13:58
MLBW Kate Hore goal 2.2.14 - 2.0.12 15:29
Q2 MLBW Blaithin Mackin behind 2.2.14 - 2.1.13 02:20
GEEW Rachel Kearns goal 3.2.20 - 2.1.13 06:54
MLBW Rhiannon Watt behind 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 10:07
Q3 GEEW Jacqueline Parry goal 4.2.26 - 2.2.14 04:01
MLBW Grace Beasley behind 4.2.26 - 2.3.15 08:53
MLBW Kate Hore goal 4.2.26 - 3.3.21 10:20
GEEW Kate Kenny goal 5.2.32 - 3.3.21 12:36
MLBW Sinead Goldrick behind 5.2.32 - 3.4.22 13:54
MLBW Sinead Goldrick goal 5.2.32 - 4.4.28 17:39
MLBW Blaithin Mackin goal 5.2.32 - 5.4.34 21:56
Q4 GEEW Aishling Moloney behind 5.3.33 - 5.4.34 04:08
GEEW Jacqueline Parry behind 5.4.34 - 5.4.34 05:31
MLBW Eden Zanker goal 5.4.34 - 6.4.40 06:49
MLBW Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 6.5.41 12:13
MLBW Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 6.6.42 13:21
GEEW Jacqueline Parry goal 6.4.40 - 6.6.42 17:53