IN the final round of the NAB League Girls competition, there were a number of terrific performances across the board with eight teams bidding farewell to their premiership hopes for season 2019. Four teams remain in the hunt, with Calder Cannons, Eastern Ranges, Geelong Falcons and Northern Knights all preparing for at least another round of action with two teams to advance through to the decider. In this week’s Draft Central NAB League Girls’ Team of the Week, the Falcons and Knights have three players each once again, while other winners, Dandenong Stingrays and Oakleigh Chargers also have a trio of players in our 24-player squad. Calder Cannons and Sandringham Dragons tasted victory in the final round and have two players in the team. Round 9 losers, Bendigo Pioneers and Murray Bushrangers also have two players, while the remaining four losing sides have the one player in the team.

Minor premiers the Northern Knights have three players in the side with Ellie McKenzie a regular in the side, joined in the team by Nell Morris-Dalton and Jess Fitzgerald. Reigning premiers Geelong Falcons finished second overall and enjoyed a nice last round win, with captain Lucy McEvoy, winger Paige Sheppard and forward Mia Skinner all making this weeks team. Oakleigh Chargers also had three players in the team, with two new players in the side, with Amelia Peck and Nicola Xenos in, as well as Gemma Lagioia. The other side with three players in the team is Dandenong Stingrays, as Draft Central Player of the Week‘s Tyanna Smith, as well as Team of the Week regular, Brooke Vernon and Stingrays’ captain Molly McDonald.

The backline features Team of the Week regulars, Western Jets’ Elisabeth Georgostathis and Murray Bushrangers’ Millie Brown, as Olivia Barber joins Brown in the team lining up at full-forward. Also in defence is Bendigo Pioneers’ Kate Douglass, who is in the side with teammate Maeve Tupper. Sandringham Dragons have Sophia Rothfield and Alice Burke in the side, while Calder Cannons duo, Georgie Prespakis and Georgia Patrikios make the team once again. Of the players remaining, they are the sole representative for their team, with Matilda Van Berkel (Gippsland Power), Tarni Brown (Eastern Ranges) and Sophie Molan (GWV Rebels).