West Coast suffered a disappointing loss to an understrength Essendon. Looking to build on their stirring first-up win over Richmond, the Eagles were slow out of the blocks but ground their way within a kick during the third term, but were unable to make any further headway as the Bombers ran out 16-point winners. Bella Lewis had 15 touches and a goal.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast | 0.0.0 | 2.1.13 | 3.4.22 | 3.7.25 | ||||
| Essendon | 2.2.13 | 4.3.27 | 6.3.39 | 6.5.41 |
Goals: Franklin, Lewis, Western
Best: Schilling, Roberts, Thomas, Western, Lewis
Injuries: Smith (arm), Roberts (nose)
Milestones: Harken AFLW debut, Schilling Rising Star nomination
Named sides[]
| West Coast | Essendon | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | 7.Rentsch | 30.Schilling | B: | 7.Jacques | 17.Clarke | ||
| HB: | 22.Cleaver | 3.Thomas | 14.Smith | HB: | 2.Gee | 25.Morcom | 22.Radford |
| C: | 8.Goranova | 6.Lewis | 18.Britton | C: | 12.Kearney | 4.Prespakis | 27.Van De Heuvel |
| HF: | 13.Swanson | 2.Gibson | 21.Western | HF: | 6.Gay | 9.Walker | 3.Bannister |
| F: | 19.Franklin | 11.Hosking | F: | 24.Alexander | 1.Gough | ||
| R: | 1.L.Wakfer | 4.Roberts | 10.Drennan | R: | 30.Wales | 20.Cain | 5.Nansacwen |
| I: | 15.Bushby | 16.Z.Wakfer | 20.Bakker | I: | 16.Dyke | 13.Williamson | 10.Vogt |
| 23.Lakay | 27.Harken | 23.Gaylor | 26.van Loon | ||||
| E: | 12.Simmons | 26.Webb | 31.Gooch | E: | 15.Adams | 11.Sheridan | 19.Van Dyke |
In: Swanson, Lakay, Harken
Out: Lyons, Simmons, Gooch
Late change: (ESS) Adams for Gee (calf)
New: Jayme Harken (Claremont)
From the papers[]
Injury list[]
In the leadup to the match the following players were listed as being injured or unavailable:
| Player | Injury | Expected return | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergeant | Knee | Season | (On inactive list, replaced by Bakker) | |||
| Hooker | Pregnancy | Season | (On inactive list, replaced by Di Donato) | |||
| Kavanagh | Knee | Season | (On inactive list, replaced by Harken) | |||
| Johnson | Knee | Season | (On inactive list, replaced by Lyons) | |||
| Rowley | Knee | TBC | ||||
| Elkington | Concussion | TBC | ||||
| Roux | Hand | 3-4 weeks | ||||
| McDonald | Concussion | 1 week | ||||
| Swanson | Groin | Test | ||||
| Lewis | Knee | Test | ||||
| Di Donato | Quad | Test |
References[]
| 2024 AFLW season <--2023-24 offseason | Playing squad | 2024-25 offseason--> |
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| AFL | Reserves |
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Pre-season 1 (FRE) | Pre-season 2 (STK) | 1 (RIC) | 2 (ESS) | 3 (WB) | 4 (COL) |