{"id":141510,"date":"2023-09-15T11:32:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T01:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=141510"},"modified":"2023-09-15T11:32:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T01:32:36","slug":"aflw-2023-round-3-preview-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2023\/09\/15\/aflw-2023-round-3-preview-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"AFLW 2023 Round 3 Preview: Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<div class=\"t7_match_result match-result-comparison rmc-block is-match-preview\">\n<div class='match-result_legend'><ul><li>Team<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class='match-result_team'><ul><li class='column-head'><h5 class='heading title h5'>Geelong<\/h5><img src='https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/geelong-150x150.jpg' \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class='match-result_team'><ul><li class='column-head'><h5 class='heading title h5'>North Melbourne<\/h5><img src='https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/north-150x150.png' \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>5:05pm<br>GMHBA Stadium<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-recent-form\"><strong>Recent Form<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Both these teams come into tonight&#8217;s clash with an undefeated start to the season, so unless tonight&#8217;s match is a draw, one of these teams&#8217; undefeated records will come to an end tonight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-history\"><strong>History<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These teams both came into the AFL Women&#8217;s competition in the same season, so there is plenty of history between the two sides. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although, the history between the sides is more positive for the Roos than the Cats. Tonight&#8217;s match is the seventh between the pair, with North Melbourne winning all six of the previous encounters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-stat-areas\"><strong>Key Stat Areas<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With some big wins for both sides and two undefeated campaigns all to begin the season, there are some big numbers in Geelong and North Melbourne\u2019s stats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The start of this season has shown that North Melbourne are the more kicking side of the two, while Geelong prefers to handball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Geelong also do better in the uncontested possessions, while North Melbourne are better in the contested possessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The stats around ball ups are also very interesting. North Melbourne have been doing significantly better in the hit outs and stoppage clearances, but Geelong are doing better in overall clearances and centre clearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Match Ups<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"#\" data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"30817\" class=\"_dc_spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgie Prespakis<\/a><strong> vs <\/strong><a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"29772\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/afl\/player\/jasmine-garner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jasmine Garner<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These two have both had exceptional starts to their 2023 AFLW seasons, and are both crucial components to the midfield success of their respective teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both are strong bodied midfielders who are the first link in the clearance chains for their teams, so expect to see a hard fought battle between the pair tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"42935\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/afl\/player\/meghan-mcdonald\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meghan McDonald<\/a><strong> vs <\/strong><a href=\"\/afl\/player\/kate-shierlaw\/\" data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"29752\" class=\"_dc_spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Shierlaw<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>North Melbourne do have a lot of tall targets in their forward line that are going to be a tough assignment for Geelong\u2019s defence tonight, but Shierlaw is the newest addition that has provided a huge boost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shierlaw is not easy to match up on, but Geelong might just have the solution in its captain. McDonald is all, strong, and can match it with someone like Shierlaw in a contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"42895\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/afl\/player\/chloe-scheer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chloe Scheer<\/a><strong> vs <\/strong><a href=\"#\" data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"32163\" class=\"_dc_spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eliza Shannon<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Up the other end Geelong also has plenty of dangerous forward targets for North\u2019s defence to take care of, but Geelong\u2019s are more varied in size than North\u2019s are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of those is Chloe Scheer who is small and quick but very dangerous and she proved last week how dangerous she can truly be. With other more experienced team mates likely to be matched up on other opponents, the task of keeping Scheer quiet may fall to Shannon, but if she can do her job than North\u2019s night will get a lot easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dc-block-dc-mention _dc_mention\"><div class=\"section-heading_wrap\"><span class=\"section-heading is-small\">Mentions<\/span><span class=\"hor-border\"><\/span><\/div><ul class=\"js-overflow-list overflow-list\"><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/player\/georgie-prespakis\/\">Georgie Prespakis<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/player\/jasmine-garner\/\">Jasmine Garner<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/player\/meghan-mcdonald\/\">Meghan McDonald<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/player\/kate-shierlaw\/\">Kate Shierlaw<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/player\/chloe-scheer\/\">Chloe Scheer<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/player\/eliza-shannon\/\">Eliza Shannon<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_e\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/event\/geelong-vs-kangaroos\/\">Geelong vs Kangaroos<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"js-dropdown dropdown overflowed\"><button class=\"btn btn-icon-only\"><span class=\"icon btn-icon\">\n                    <!-- icon - plus circle - 20px-->\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\">\n                        <path d=\"M15,9.28h-4.3V5h0A.72.72,0,1,0,9.28,5h0V9.28H5a.72.72,0,0,0,0,1.43H9.28V15a.72.72,0,0,0,1.43,0h0V10.71H15a.72.72,0,0,0,0-1.43Z\"\/>\n                        <path d=\"M10,0A10,10,0,1,0,20,10,10,10,0,0,0,10,0Zm0,18.57A8.57,8.57,0,0,1,10,1.43h0a8.57,8.57,0,0,1,0,17.14Z\"\/>\n                    <\/svg>\n                <\/span><\/button><div class=\"popover\"><div class=\"popover-content\"><ul class=\"popover-menu\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5:05pmGMHBA Stadium Recent Form Both these teams come into tonight&#8217;s clash with an undefeated start to the season, so unless tonight&#8217;s match is a draw, one of these teams&#8217; undefeated records will come to an end tonight. 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