BOND UNIVERSITY v SOUTHPORT
Saturday 6 May 2023, 4:45pm
Bond University Oval, Robina
Streamed live on YouTube
Head-to-head: Played 3 – Southport won 2; Bond University won 1
Head-to-head at Bond University Oval: Played 2 – Southport won 2
Last time they met: 30 July 2022 (Preliminary Final) – Southport 7.4 (46) d Bond University 2.4 (16) at Bond University Oval
The 2023 Bond University QAFLW is merely three weeks old and yet there is already a heavyweight title bout feel about Southport’s visit to The Canal.
Both Bond and Southport have recently and enviably watched their percentage plummet below 1000, a height reached largely through quick ball movement and rapid support play allowing their forwards to camp inside the front 50.
However, while Southport has also made one change to last week’s side, and even that caused only by Lily McDonald moving interstate, Suns Academy commitments have forced the Bull Sharks into nine changes. Bond’s opening round side contained six state league debutantes; they top that this week with seven.
Bond University Australian Football Scholarship holder Jemma Blair has played for Tasmania Devils in the Victorian Futures League and for North Melbourne in the VFLW. Issy Lowe is rewarded for her 8 goals in Reserve Grade last week between Burleigh U17s appearances; and promotions are also in order for ex-Coolangatta midfielder Sunny Hewett and New South Wales Over 40s representative Kylie McMullen.
Then there’s the familiar multi-sport raid for which Bond is famous with netballer Tobi Chapman, track sprinter Annalise Daniel, and rugby sevens’ Tshinta Kendall all donning the yellow and blue.
Meanwhile, the Great White Sharks (look at Southport’s logo; it’s definitely a great white) can include former Richmond and Port Melbourne player Maddy Baldwin into a settled line-up and possibly take some comfort in the knowledge that none of the three previous Shark Stoushes have been won by the home team.
^ denotes QAFLW debut; † denotes QAFLW club debut
BOND UNIVERSITY
FB | 36 Leah Kaslar | 31 Tobi Chapman^
HB | 20 Paris Lightfoot (c) | 10 Grace Moodie | 29 Jemma Blair^
C | 40 Charlotte Taylor | 7 Courtney Sexton | 11 Georgia Hutton
HF | 9 Bella Iverach | 56 Lily Tarlinton | 25 Tshinta Kendall^
FF | 3 Shannon Nolan | 58 Issy Lowe^
FOL | 50 Jasmyn Davidson | 27 Sunny Hewett^ | 2 Georgia Johnson
IC | 14 Gabby Deller | 19 Evy Reeves | 21 Kylie McMullen^ | 34 Annalise Daniel^ | 55 Lexi Samuels
EMG | 39 Madi Furlong^ | 54 Ashleigh Russell^ | 61 Paige Dunstone
Coach: Andy Lovell
IN: Jemma Blair; Tobi Chapman; Annalise Daniel; Jasmyn Davidson; Sunny Hewett; Tshinta Kendall; Paris Lightfoot; Issy Lowe; Kylie McMullen
OUT: Mackenzie Farmer; Tara Harrington; Andria Heard; Piper Phelan; Mia Salisbury; Jasmine Single; Aleira Usher; Ava Usher; Skye White
SOUTHPORT
FB | 30 Matisse Hunter | 2 Rianna Schipp (vc)
HB | 4 Hannah Davies | 11 Leigh Alder | 10 Carly Remmos
C | 8 Abbie Pluples | 7 Steph O’Brien | 12 Tamsin Perry
HF | 21 Selina Priest (vc) | 36 Maggie O’Connell | 35 Jess Maher
FF | 61 Kialla-Skye Bailey | 57 Ruby Mitchell
FOL | 29 Lilly Pearce | 14 Maddy Watt | 47 Georgia Breward
IC | 5 Jess Malouf (c) | 19 Sarah Ingram | 32 Tayla Gregory | 34 Meghan Sullivan | 46 Maddy Baldwin^
EMG | 17 Serina Balanda | 45 Madeline Gault^ | 55 Emma Clifton^ | 58 Peyton Mackie^
Coach: Peter Doherty
IN: Maddy Baldwin
OUT: Lily McDonald
WILSTON GRANGE v UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
Saturday 6 May 2023, 2:00pm
iiNergy Oval, Stafford
Head-to-head: Played 21 – University of Queensland won 14; Wilston Grange won 7
Head-to-head at iiNergy Oval: Played 9 – University of Queensland won 8; Wilston Grange won 1
Last time they met: 18 June 2022 – University of Queensland 16.12 (108) d Wilston Grange 0.2 (2) at Base Architecture Meadows
Wilston Grange will look to break another winning drought in the Bond University QAFLW when it hosts University of Queensland at iiNergy Oval.
The Gorillas’ only home victory over the Red Lionesses came in August 2015 when Katie McGlade’s hat-trick overcame a UQ side featuring future Brisbane Lions Bre Koenen and Sharni Webb. Even in Grange’s premiership year of 2018, their only loss for the season was to the Students at home.
Long-kicking forward Brooke Sheridan left Stafford for St Lucia at the beginning of 2022 only to miss the season with injury. This Saturday, she makes her UQ debut against the club she left. Coach Clayfield will also enjoy the return of defender Charlotte Andrews and ruck/midfielder Mia Teubler.
Local junior and Lions Academic Mia Geere steps into the state league, as does Jacinta Ens, formerly of Coorparoo and a Calamvale junior, who has been named at centre halfback but may rotate through the ruck.
^ denotes QAFLW debut; † denotes QAFLW club debut
WILSTON GRANGE
FB | 10 Ash Moloney | 51 Gemma Donataccio
HB | 14 Annabel Pettigrew | 21 Jacinta Ens^ | 4 Megan Boscoe
C | 5 Keyshia Matenga | 7 Chloe Litherland (c) | 26 Uma Brennan
HF | 35 Charlize Anderson | 9 Mia Geere^
FF | 15 Daisy Carter | 33 Ella Smith | 19 Zimra Hussain
FOL | 8 Kalista-Jayne Shiner | 1 Mackenzie Findlay | 29 Caitlyn Rawding
IC | 2 Abbey Brokken | 27 Naomi Celebre | 40 Jayme Winter | 48 Emma MacNeill | 52 Grace O’Donnell
EMG | 3 Eloise Ayre | 16 Tarin Moke | 18 Siobhan Senior | 23 Caitlin Gunn^ | 25 Maegan Dick^
Coach: Brenton Meddings
IN: Naomi Celebre; Jacinta Ens; Annabel Pettigrew; Jayme Winter; one to be added
OUT: Eloise Ayre; Emma Gibson; Merissa Millett; Tarin Moke; Kylie Welsh
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
FB | 21 Jessi Henning | 14 Erin Gilbert
HB | 12 Charlotte Andrews | 8 Lucy McCormick | 19 Jasmine Dekker
C | 7 Madi Crowley-Long (c) | 6 Lauren Middleton | 5 Meagan Cook
HF | 41 Harriet Knijff | 4 Kadie Fletcher | 35 Elka Barnett
FF | 17 Brooke Sheridan† | 59 Edie McCabe
FOL | 25 Caitlin Laycock | 16 Ava Seton (vc) | 9 Lara Mason
IC | 22 Julia Dawson | 38 Eva Sartor | 51 Mia Teuber | 55 Kate McKenna | 56 Lucy Hicks (vc)
EMG | 10 Jacinta Fisher^ | 20 Georgia McMullen | 23 Samantha Logovik^ | 57 Ella Reddaway
Coach: Ross Clayfield
IN: Charlotte Andrews; Brooke Sheridan; Mia Teubler
OUT: Gracie Champion; Georgia McMullen; Ella Reddaway
MAROOCHYDORE v ASPLEY
Saturday 6 May 2023, 4:45pm
Domino’s Oval, Maroochydore
Head-to-head: Played 8 – Maroochydore won 7; Aspley won 1
Head-to-head at Domino’s Oval: Played 3 – Maroochydore won 3
Last time they met: 30 June 2022 – Aspley 5.8 (38) d Maroochydore 2.3 (15) at Zupps Aspley Oval
Maroochydore’s expectation-defying start to the 2023 Bond University QAFLW will face a significant challenge when it hosts Aspley in Round 4.
Neither side is recognisable from those which produced two classic matches in six days in the 2022 Bond University QAFLW (rescheduling caused by floods), the second of which gave the Hornets its first ever win over the Roos.
However, Maroochydore has overcome a difficult off-season and a Round 1 belting by Bond Uni to win its next two matches with increasing comfort, whereas an Aspley side with genuine finals aspirations will need to find a way of beginning the match before the second quarter having scored a total of 1.1 (7) in its three opening terms to date.
The Sunshine Coasters are enhanced by the returns of Round 2 hero Naomi Fitzpatrick, club favourite Jessee Sills, and impressive Kawana junior Kiah Thompson.
Aspley’s squad depth means they have only now found room in their top-grade side for ruck Anais Kirvan, winger Bree McKenzie, and 2022 co-Best and Fairest winner Maddy Kawa. Emma Lendrum returns from injury, and Hanna Brennan makes her Queensland debut having played for Sydney’s East Coast Eagles and the Newcastle City Blues in 2022.
^ denotes QAFLW debut; † denotes QAFLW club debut
MAROOCHYDORE
FB | 39 Imagen David | 28 Zara Hurley
HB | one to be added | 25 Sara-Jane O’Grady | 2 Kelsee Sills (c)
C | 13 Jya Epstein | 21 Anneka Williams | 49 Kaiya Hides
HF | 23 Ebony Otto | 24 Grace Perry | 50 Tara Muir
FF | 9 Naomi Fitzpatrick | 57 Lilly Baker
FOL | 48 Renee Teys | 7 Demi Norton | 5 Kate Fowles
IC | 1 Jessee Sills | 22 Lily Logan | 34 Bethany McKenna | 47 Hayley Edgar | 55 Kiah Thompson
EMG | nil
Coaches: Dave Hume and Hetti Malone
IN: Naomi Fitzpatrick; Jessee Sills; Kiah Thompson; one to be added
OUT: Chelsea Gillard; Arden Quilliam; Poppy Tindal; Chloe Turner
ASPLEY
FB | 13 Lucy Thompson | 16 Anna van de Wiel
HB | 20 Emma Pittman | 23 Ange Lingard (c) | 35 Ella Desrettes
C | 15 Jaimie Bryant | 12 Lucia Liessi | 11 Tarryn Meyer
HF | 9 Louise Tyson | 25 Jess Stallard | 10 Morgan Lanigan
FF | 4 Courtney Daniec (c) | 54 Emma Lendrum
FOL | 28 Anais Kirvan | 8 Maddy Kawa | 30 Mikayla Martin
IC | 19 Hanna Brennan^ | 31 Jaida Tabb | 32 Bree McKenzie | 40 Rachael Vetter | 48 Izzy Kotatis
EMG | 38 Finn Davies
Coach: Luke Glacken
IN: Hanna Brennan; Maddy Kawa; Anais Kirvan; Emma Lendrum; Bree McKenzie
OUT: Silvana Goldbach-Eggert; Ellyse McNiven; Holly Mirfield; Lucy Pengelly; Ari Williams
COORPAROO v YERONGA SOUTH BRISBANE
Saturday 6 May 2023, 4:45pm
Giffin Park, Coorparoo
Head-to-head: Played 33 – Coorparoo won 17; Yeronga South Brisbane won 16
Head-to-head at Giffin Park: Played 14 – Coorparoo won 7; Yeronga South Brisbane won 7
Last time they met: 9 July 2022 – Coorparoo 3.8 (26) d Yeronga South Brisbane 1.2 (8) at Giffin Park
The 34th edition of the Bond University QAFLW’s El Clasico takes place at Giffin Park on Saturday evening with Coorparoo seeking to retain the Southside Cup.
Every state league Grand Final from 2011 to 2020 contained at least one of Coorparoo or Yeronga, and the two deciders in which they met (2013 and 2017) are undisputed classics. Following two strong victories in 2022, Coorparoo leads the head-to-head count 17 wins to 16 and the overall points tally 1576 to 1468, a gap of 3.3 points per match.
Each side has a litany of reasons for making seven changes from their Round 3 teams. This gives the Kings’ an opportunity to include Bridget Taylor, formerly of Sydney’s North Shore Bombers, and Reserve Grade stalwart Courtney Alder.
The Devils welcome back Tiarnah Isua, a regular starter in 2022, and introduce fullback Stephanie Field following strong displays for Mt Gravatt in last year’s QFAW Division 1.
^ denotes QAFLW debut; † denotes QAFLW club debut
COORPAROO
FB | 6 Ari Reilly | 45 Bonnie Farrell
HB | 29 Kaitlyn Zelinski | 15 Ajla Fetahagic | 30 Taya Oliver
C | 42 Grace Roberts-White | 3 Sally Young (c) | 47 Laura Blue
HF | 22 Binta Lamin | 25 Stacey Francis-Bayman
FF | 21 Chelsea Winn | 55 Courtney Alder^ | 54 Chloe Gaunt
FOL | 32 Emily Robinson | 36 Ayla Fraser | 27 Megan Evans
IC | 1 Bridget Taylor^ | 4 Jess Watts | 13 Gabby Fares | 23 Charlotte Edmunds | one may be added
EMG | 5 Amy Dwyer | 8 Mel Sweeney | 40 Rose Collins
Coach: Rebecca Randazzo
IN: Courtney Alder; Charlotte Edmunds; Gabby Fares; Chloe Gaunt; Ari Reilly; Bridget Taylor
OUT: Jacinta Baldwick; Coco Garton; Jenae Govan; Hannah McLaughlin; JJ McLean; Lucy Schneider; Emma Zielke
YERONGA SOUTH BRISBANE
FB | 24 Stephanie Field^ | 3 Georgia Carmody
HB | 28 Emily Rogers | 8 Lucy Bellinger (c) | 1 Stephanie Rosenthal
C | 12 Abigail Lunson | 55 Jamie Howell (vc) | 45 Tamika Smith
HF | 6 Courtney McDonnell | 21 Sophie Dunne
FF | 2 Georgia Hewett | 14 Madison Goodwin | 9 Ebony Milne
FOL | 30 Peppa Poultney | 40 Farradai Hopkins | 10 Madi Twin
IC | 7 Tiarnah Isua | 16 Clancey Sutton | 18 Madie Satyasiv | 35 Sophie Wheeler | 38 Emily Bleney
EMG | 15 Jessie Baltus | 25 Georgia Cuffe^ | 46 Briony Black^
Coach: Lisa Milne
IN: Stephanie Field; Tiarnah Isua; Abigail Lunson; Emily Rogers; Stephanie Rosenthal; Madie Satyasiv; Clancey Sutton
OUT: Crystal Browne; Camilla Burnett; Kasey Holloran; Jess Matthews; Kara Stock; Laura Wagner; Taylah Welch
You can watch all matches in the Bond University QAFLW by visiting AFL Queensland on YouTube.
