By Daniel Viles
YERONGA SOUTH BRISBANE v UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
Saturday 13 May 2023, 2pm at Leyshon Park, Yeronga
Live with commentary on YouTube
Head-to-head: Played 24 – Yeronga SB won 17; University of Qld won 6; drawn 1
Head-to-head at Leyshon Park: Played 10 – Yeronga SB won 6; University of Qld won 3; drawn 1
Last time they met: 25 June 2022 – Yeronga SB 3.3 (21) d University of Qld 1.4 (10) at Leyshon Park
Such is the difficulty in maintaining dominance in the Bond University QAFLW that the last two teams to win the premiership will meet in a bottom-of-the-table clash at Leyshon Park this Saturday.
Yeronga has made six changes from the side that gave Coorparoo an almighty scare in Round 4. The wise heads of Jessie Baltus, Camilla Burnett and former baseballer Taylah Welch add both experience and size to the Devils. Holly Mills, recruited from the Toowoomba Tigers over the summer, returns for her second QAFLW match, Kara Stock has been named on the halfback flank, and exciting inside midfielder Kasey Holleran looks to continue her impressive debut season.
For UQ: Jane. Childes. Is. Back. After a stellar 2021 season which established her as one of the QAFLW’s most skilled wingers in both attack and defence, Childes will play her first match since the 2021 Grand Final after missing last year with an ACL injury. Rieley Bloor, formerly of Jindalee, retains her place after debuting as a late replacement in Round 4. Gracie Champion and Ella Reddaway return for the Red Lionesses after short absences.
YERONGA SOUTH BRISBANE
FB | 24 Stephanie Field | 3 Georgia Carmody
HB | 22 Kara Stock | 8 Lucy Bellinger (c) | 18 Madie Satyasiv
C | 4 Camilla Burnett | 55 Jamie Howell (vc) | 7 Tiarnah Isua
HF | 6 Courtney McDonnell | 21 Sophie Dunne | 30 Peppa Poultney
FF | 2 Georgia Hewett | 14 Madison Goodwin
FOL | 15 Jessie Baltus | 20 Kasey Holleran | 10 Madi Twin
IC | 16 Clancey Sutton | 31 Holly Mills | 35 Sophie Wheeler | 38 Emily Bleney | 47 Taylah Welch
EMG | 25 Georgia Cuffe | 46 Briony Black
Coach: Lisa Milne
IN: Jessie Baltus; Camilla Burnett; Kasey Holleran; Holly Mills; Kara Stock; Taylah Welch
OUT: Farradai Hopkins; Abigail Lunson; Ebony Milne; Emily Rogers; Stephanie Rosenthal; Tamika Smith
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
FB | 21 Jessi Henning | 18 Rieley Bloor
HB | 12 Charlotte Andrews | 8 Lucy McCormick | 19 Jasmine Dekker
C | 7 Madi Crowley-Long (c) | 16 Ava Seton (vc) | 2 Jane Childes
HF | 41 Harriet Knijff | 1 Gracie Champion | 4 Kadie Fletcher
FF | 35 Elka Barnett | 17 Brooke Sheridan
FOL | 25 Caitlin Laycock | 6 Lauren Middleton | 9 Lara Mason
IC | 5 Meagan Cook | 22 Julia Dawson | 55 Kate McKenna | 56 Lucy Hicks (vc) | 57 Ella Reddaway
EMG | 10 Jacinta Fisher | 23 Samantha Logovik | 33 Jasmyn Murphy | 43 Amelie Osborne | 58 Indiya de Jonge
Coach: Ross Clayfield
IN: Rieley Bloor; Gracie Champion; Jane Childes; Ella Reddaway
OUT: Erin Gilbert; Edie McCabe; Eva Sartor; Mia Teubler
SOUTHPORT v MAROOCHYDORE
Saturday 13 May 2023, 3pm at Fankhauser Reserve, Southport
Head-to-head: Played 3 – Southport won 2; Maroochydore won 1
Head-to-head at Fankhauser Reserve: Played 1 – Maroochydore won 1
Last time they met: 23 July 2022 (Semi Final) – Southport 7.13 (55) d Maroochydore 2.2 (14) at Leyshon Park
Ladder leaders Southport make two changes from their Round 4 side, primarily to include Poppy Boltz and Darcie Davies, although at least one change would have been needed following the season-ending injury to Meghan Sullivan. Defender Matisse Hunter is the other to make way.
Maroochydore has made six changes, including a Bond University QAFLW debut to Holly Hurley who has played 29 Reserve Grade matches over the last three years. Club legend Marybeth Banks also makes a rare sojourn to the top grade playing just her second QAFLW match in four years.
SOUTHPORT
[team listed as submitted by club]
FB | 2 Rianna Schipp (vc) | 61 Kialla-Skye Bailey | 5 Jess Malouf (c)
HB | 47 Georgia Breward | 32 Tayla Gregory | 11 Leigh Alder
C | 12 Tamsin Perry | 22 Poppy Boltz | 35 Jess Maher
HF | 8 Abbie Pluples | 4 Hannah Davies | 10 Carly Remmos
FF | 21 Selina Priest (vc) | 36 Maggie O’Connell | 43 Darcie Davies
FOL | 29 Lilly Pearce | 7 Steph O’Brien | 14 Maddy Watt
IC | 19 Sarah Ingram | 46 Maddy Baldwin | 57 Ruby Mitchell
EMG | 17 Serina Balanda | 30 Matisse Hunter | 45 Madeline Gault | 58 Peyton Mackie
Coach: Peter Doherty
IN: Poppy Boltz; Darcie Davies
OUT: Matisse Hunter; Meghan Sullivan (inj – broken leg)
MAROOCHYDORE
[team listed as submitted by club]
FB | 39 Imagen David | 52 Kiara Hillier | 28 Zara Hurley
HB | 44 Madalyn Hennessy | 31 Chloe Turner | 2 Kelsee Sills (c)
C | 13 Jya Epstein | 21 Anneka Williams
HF | 50 Tara Muir | 24 Grace Perry | 33 Holly Hurley^
FF | 9 Naomi Fitzpatrick | 26 Marybeth Banks | 32 Alyssa Armstrong
FOL | 48 Renee Teys | 7 Demi Norton | 5 Kate Fowles
IC | 1 Jessee Sills | 22 Lily Logan | 34 Bethany McKenna | 47 Hayley Edgar
EMG | 4 Claire Drake | 6 Charlotte Healy | 10 Keely Fitzgerald | 55 Kiah Thompson
Coaches: Dave Hume and Hetti Malone
IN: Alyssa Armstrong; Marybeth Banks; Madalyn Hennessy; Kiara Hillier; Holly Hurley; Chloe Turner
OUT: Lilly Baker; Kaiya Hides; Tiona McMenamin; Sara-Jane O’Grady; Ebony Otto; Kiah Thompson
WILSTON GRANGE v COORPAROO
Saturday 13 May 2023, 4:45pm at iiNergy Oval, Stafford
Head-to-head: Played 21 – Coorparoo won 16; Wilston Grange won 5
Head-to-head at iiNergy Oval: Played 9 – Coorparoo won 7; Wilston Grange won 2
Last time they met: 25 June 2022 – Coorparoo 8.7 (55) d Wilston Grange 1.2 (8) at Giffin Park
In the wildest off-season ever seen in the Bond University QAFLW, there were two main directions in which players moved: from University of Queensland to Aspley; and from Coorparoo to Wilston Grange. UQ plays Aspley in a week’s time; Wilston Grange hosts Coorparoo on Saturday.
Seven players in Wilston Grange’s starting line-up for Round 5 played for Coorparoo in 2022 in either the Bond University QAFLW or Reserve Grade. Another two have played for the Kings in previous years, one of whom is Emma MacNeill who played for the Gorillas the last time they beat Coorparoo – the 2018 Grand Final.
Wilston Grange will be without captain and centre halfback Chloe Litherland for the first time this year. Centre Maegan Dick, formerly of Mayne in the QFAW, debuted for Wilston Grange last week and retains her starting spot.
Coorparoo look settled with the only two changes from last Saturday’s victorious Southside Cup team being to accommodate the return of Lucy Schneider and Hannah McLaughlin.
WILSTON GRANGE
FB | 14 Annabel Pettigrew | 10 Ash Moloney | 51 Gemma Donataccio
HB | 21 Jacinta Ens | 19 Zimra Hussain
C | 5 Keyshia Matenga | 25 Maegan Dick | 26 Uma Brennan
HF | 27 Naomi Celebre | 35 Charlize Anderson | one to be added
FF | 52 Grace O’Donnell | 33 Ella Smith
FOL | 48 Emma MacNeill | 1 Mackenzie Findlay (c) | 29 Caitlyn Rawding
IC | 4 Megan Boscoe | 8 Kalista-Jayne Shiner | 15 Daisy Carter | 18 Siobhan Senior | 40 Jayme Winter
EMG | 2 Abbey Brokken | 16 Tarin Moke | 17 Kylie Welsh | 23 Caitlin Gunn
Coach: Brenton Meddings
IN: Maegan Dick; Siobhan Senior
OUT: Abbey Brokken; Mia Geere; Chloe Litherland
COORPAROO
FB | 6 Ari Reilly | 45 Bonnie Farrell
HB | 36 Ayla Fraser | 15 Ajla Fetahagic | 30 Taya Oliver
C | 18 Lucy Schneider | 3 Sally Young (c) | 47 Laura Blue
HF | 22 Binta Lamin | 54 Chloe Gaunt | 13 Gabby Fares
FF | 21 Chelsea Winn | 32 Emily Robinson
FOL | 25 Stacey Francis-Bayman | 27 Megan Evans | 24 Hannah McLaughlin
IC | 1 Bridget Taylor | 4 Jess Watts | 8 Mel Sweeney | 23 Charlotte Edmunds | 55 Courtney Alder
EMG | 7 Adair Henderson | 19 JJ McLean | 40 Rose Collins
Coach: Rebecca Randazzo
IN: Hannah McLaughlin; Lucy Schneider
OUT: Grace Roberts-White; Kaitlyn Zelinski
ASPLEY v BOND UNIVERSITY
Saturday 13 May 2023, 4:45pm at Zupps Aspley Oval, Carseldine
Head-to-head: Played 8 – Bond University won 7; Aspley won 1
Head-to-head at Leyshon Park: Played 3 – Bond University won 3
Last time they met: 9 July 2022 – Bond University 5.4 (34) d Aspley 2.1 (13) at Zupps Aspley Oval
Third place hosts second place at Zupps Aspley Oval on Saturday evening with three current Brisbane Lions available for the Bond University QAFLW.
Neither Charlie Mullins nor Ella Smith have debuted for the Lions in the AFLW yet but both have already shown the benefits of elite-level training when able to re-don the Hornets jersey. Mikayla Pauga has 7 matches including a Grand Final in a Brisbane shirt and returns to Bond Uni for her second appearance of 2023.
Aspley has made two other changes with Holly Mirfield and Lucy Pengelly returning after a week out.
The Bull Sharks are still missing a generation of players on Lions and Suns Academy duty, but are delighted to welcome back former Coolangatta and Queensland Under 19 utility Sally Evans, one of several players throughout the QAFLW who missed 2022 with injury but are returning in the early rounds of 2023.
Bond also gives a debut to Sophie Balcombe, most recently of Broadbeach but originally from Nelson Bay Marlins north of Newcastle.
ASPLEY
FB | 15 Jaimie Bryant | 13 Lucy Thompson
HB | 20 Emma Pittman | 23 Ange Lingard (c) | 25 Jess Stallard
C | 17 Ella Smith | 12 Lucia Liessi | 5 Lucy Pengelly
HF | 9 Louise Tyson | 30 Mikayla Martin | 34 Charlie Mullins
FF | 59 Holly Mirfield | 54 Emma Lendrum
FOL | 28 Anais Kirvan | 4 Courtney Daniec (c) | 11 Tarryn Meyer
IC | 8 Maddy Kawa | 10 Morgan Lanigan | 16 Anna van de Wiel | 35 Ella Desrettes | 40 Rachael Vetter
EMG | 32 Bree McKenzie | 38 Finn Davies
Coach: Luke Glacken
IN: Holly Mirfield; Charlie Mullins; Lucy Pengelly; Ella Smith
OUT: Hanna Brennan; Izzy Kotatis; Bree McKenzie; Jaida Tabb
BOND UNIVERSITY
FB | 31 Tobi Chapman | 12 Sally Evans
HB | 20 Paris Lightfoot (c) | 10 Grace Moodie | 29 Jemma Blair
C | 40 Charlotte Taylor | 2 Georgia Johnson | 11 Georgia Hutton
HF | 9 Bella Iverach | 21 Andria Heard | 3 Shannon Nolan
FF | 56 Lily Tarlinton | 58 Issy Lowe
FOL | 50 Jasmyn Davidson | 18 Mikayla Pauga | 36 Leah Kaslar
IC | 14 Gabby Deller | 38 Aleira Usher | 44 Sophie Balcombe^ | 55 Lexi Samuels | 61 Paige Dunstone
EMG | 5 Eve Randall | 16 Georgia Wakefield | 39 Madi Furlong
Coach: Andy Lovell
IN: Sophie Balcombe; Paige Dunstone; Sally Evans; Andria Heard; Mikayla Pauga; Aleira Usher
OUT: Annalise Daniel; Sunny Hewett; Tshinta Kendall; Kylie McMullen; Evy Reeves; Courtney Sexton
^ denotes QAFLW debut; † denotes QAFLW club debut
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