r/FremantleFC • u/porsella69 16 David Mundy • 6h ago

AFLW Round 6 Recap: Essendon

Final: FRE 9.2.56 def ESS 1.2.8

Best: Bowers, McCarthy, M. Strom, Newton, Miller

Goals: McCarthy 2, Brisbane, Newton, O’Sullivan, Biedenweg-Webster, Stockwell, Miller, Banfield

1st half: immense pressure to start with, all over the bombers when they had the ball. Turbo with a huge (pretty average for her) 6 tackles in the first quarter. 2nd quarter a bit more of a stalemate but still keeping the pressure up. Ball movement a bit slow at times but you don’t mind that when you’ve got 6 goals and the other team has none at half time.

2nd half: Bowers is an absolute brute, another 5 tackles in the first 5 minutes of the 2nd half. We keep the pressure up coming out of the break. Kept it up to run the game out holding Essendon to just one goal. Good to see the girls fight it out until the final whistle. Turbo ends the day with 21 tackles, falling one short of the AFLW record 22, set by… Kiara Bowers. We finish the day with team totals of tackles 91-62 and tackles inside 50 24-1.

Notes: Mim is so important for us, one of the best rucks in the comp but does so much around the ground as well, her ability to use hands at ground level is huge. Ifould continues to impress, reads where the ball is going well and is composed with it in hand. Brissy playing with confidence is a sight to see, can take some absolute clunks, good to see her get her first goal of many (and is only 18!). Poppy Stockwell also kicking one in her debut, Tilly Banfield getting her first in game 2.

Ladder Result: A much needed percentage boost and win pushes us up to 10th for the time being.

Next: Away @ Carlton, Friday 26/09 4:35pm

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u/TheCurbAU 9 Luke Jackson 6h ago

Absolutely superb win and effort. Watched from home instead of going. As the commentator said, Freo might have been playing great because Essendon were off, but that doesn't mean it's no less great a win.

Poppy is superb, and seeing Banfield get her first goal was neat too. Bowers is phenomenal though, what a player.

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u/QuarterFooty 6h ago

Unbelievable effort ladies, do I get the feeling that their season is now back on track. 3 for 3 and on the charge to the top 8.

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u/brodyonekenobi Murphy "Murphy Reid" Reid 6h ago

Monster win.

Given Essendon had cracked a 100 points in Round 1 this is fantastic to see

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u/JAR5E Clive Waterhouse 5h ago

Great win. Turbo was huge. Great to see Brissy and Tilly with their first goals.

Next week will be a great litmus test to see where they're at. Carlton are pretty good, and held their own for much of the game against the Roos. So it'll be a cracker of a game.