{"id":160601,"date":"2024-06-08T07:18:18","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T21:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=160601"},"modified":"2024-06-08T07:18:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T21:18:19","slug":"preview-vflw-round-12-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2024\/06\/08\/preview-vflw-round-12-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | VFLW Round 12 \u2013 Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>THIS weekend\u2019s unique VFLW round structure continues today, with only one match on the cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Darebin vs Western Bulldogs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>12:05pm<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Genis Steel Oval, Preston<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>HEAD TO HEAD<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s clash will be the seventh meeting between the sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately for Falcons fans, the ledger is firmly in the Bulldogs\u2019 favour, with today\u2019s visitors having won five of those previous clashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, one thing in the Falcons\u2019 favour is that these two sides have never met at Genis Steel Oval before, which could play into the Falcons\u2019 hands as they know how to play the ground well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>LAST TIME THEY MET<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s clash will also be the first time these sides have met this season, but with very new looking lineups today compared to back then, perhaps only little can be learnt from that game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last time these sides met was Round 9 last season, and that afternoon the Bulldogs emerged victorious by 34 points. The Bulldogs skipped ahead to a 23 point lead at quarter time, and did not look back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>KEY MATCH UP<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"50132\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/afl\/player\/caitlin-bunker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CAITLIN BUNKER<\/a> <strong>VS <\/strong><a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"54275\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/afl\/player\/dominique-carbone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOM CARBONE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This should be one hell of an entertaining match up. Captain against captain, both the heart of their respective midfields, and neither will give up the ball without a big fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are also both inside midfielders who love to get to the bottom of the pack and earn a clearance, so if one can keep the other quiet it could prove very pivotal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ramifications\"><strong>RAMIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being at very different ends of the ladder, this game is still an important one for both sides. If the Bulldogs emerge victorious, they will just about secure a spot in the finals for 2024, and make finals for the first time since 2019, which was also the year they made the Grand Final. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Darebin win, that will jump them ahead of a number of teams and although finals is now out of the question, for a side at the spot Darebin is at, every win is super important even without the potential prize of finals.<\/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\/caitlin-bunker\/\">Caitlin Bunker<\/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\/dominique-carbone\/\">Dominique Carbone<\/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>THIS weekend\u2019s unique VFLW round structure continues today, with only one match on the cards. Darebin vs Western Bulldogs 12:05pm Genis Steel Oval, Preston HEAD TO HEAD Today\u2019s clash will be the seventh meeting between the sides. Unfortunately for Falcons fans, the ledger is firmly in the Bulldogs\u2019 favour, with today\u2019s visitors having won five [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10000,"featured_media":160603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18232,8,3121,137],"tags":[9659,7556],"class_list":["post-160601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-match-preview","category-news","category-vflw","category-womens","tag-caitlin-bunker","tag-dominique-carbone"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10000"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160601"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160611,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160601\/revisions\/160611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}