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Dandenong Stingrays<\/h5>
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#1<\/strong> Sophie White<\/a>
Ruck | 184cm | 18\/03\/2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nStats:<\/strong> 10 disposals, 3 marks, 3 tackles, 32 hitouts, 2 clearances, 6 inside 50s<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was one of White’s most commanding performances for the season, with her impact-per-possession at a sky-high level. Not only did she dominate the hitouts as she so often does with her height advantage and huge leap, but she impacted around the ground providing a target, and was clean below her knees. She applied pressure when required, was generally effective with ball in hand, and as a whole got into good positions to intercept. In one instance where she kicked the ball out on the full in the forward pocket, she made up for the mistake by staying active on the mark and smothering the ball to lock it inside forward 50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#3<\/strong> Scarlett Marsh<\/a>
Midfielder | 162cm | 03\/04\/2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nStats:<\/strong> 21 disposals, 2 marks, 5 tackles, 7 clearances, 3 inside 50s, 2 rebound 50s, 3 goals<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a performance to remember from Marsh, with her first term in particular yielding an incredible six disposals at 100 per cent disposal efficiency, four clearances and two goals. The Dandenong top-ager then kicked one of the goals of the year under immense pressure on the boundary, dribbling it home on the edge of half-time. She was a clear best on ground in the win, and her performance was one of those ‘jump on my back’ legacy games. Rarely made a mistake and continually set up scoring opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#10<\/strong> Evi Irving<\/a>
Defender | 167cm | 18\/12\/2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nStats:<\/strong> 16 disposals, 4 marks, 3 tackles, 1 clearance, 3 inside 50s, 3 rebound 50s<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While a little rough with her execution under pressure, few can deny that Irving’s move to defence has been a good one. Strong in the air and at ground level, she continually thwarts attacking plays by reading the ball in flight, intercepting and then dishing off. Her vision and decision making is usually very good, and with continually work on tidying up the final product, is definitely one who should be considered outside the Draft Combine invites. A tough defender who can also roll through the middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#11<\/strong> Lily Brittain<\/a>
Forward | 161cm | 26\/01\/2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nStats:<\/strong> 12 disposals, 1 mark, 4 tackles, 2 inside 50s<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Black back in the side, Brittain spent her time almost exclusively forward, and while she still worked up the ground, was deployed in a distributor role across half-forward. She gathers at speed exceptionally well, puts it into dangerous spots and is clean with her hands in close. She can sometimes be a touch erratic by foot going forward, but has plenty of tricks, outstanding defensive pressure and looks made for the big stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#12<\/strong> Zoe Zach<\/a>
Midfielder | 165cm | 09\/12\/2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nStats:<\/strong> 13 disposals, 2 marks, 5 tackles, 3 clearances, 3 inside 50s, 1 rebound 50, 2 behinds<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another industrious performance from Zach who cracks in and plays an important role around the stoppages, extracting it from congestion and being an intercepting force at half-forward when the ball goes in deep. She reads the taps well at stoppages, and had a couple of chances on goal that just missed in the first term. Busy and contributed, hungry to play in that grand final she missed 12 months ago due to a school camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#13<\/strong> Marlee Black<\/a>
Wing | 164cm | 14\/05\/2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nStats:<\/strong> 17 disposals, 6 marks, 4 tackles, 3 clearances, 1 inside 50, 2 rebound 50s, 2 behinds<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An incredible performance from Black to even make the game considering at quarter time it looked dire after landing awkwardly in a marking contest during the quarter final clash with Geelong. She not only took the field, but played a full game in her trusty wing spot, and was one of the more productive players across the ground. No doubt dreaming of being a premiership skipper in a fortnight’s time, Black showed off her two-way running by impacting neatly offensively, while bring the heat defensively. Like Zach, had a couple of looks on goal that resulted in just two behinds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#26 <\/strong>Ella Bologa<\/a>
Defender | 161cm | 10\/09\/2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nStats:<\/strong> 14 disposals, 4 marks, 1 tackle, 1 clearance, 1 inside 50, 4 rebound 50s<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A real headache for the Eastern coaches with her intercepting capabilities, particularly in the second term where she clunked three intercept marks in quick succession, and mopped up a couple more times as well to have six of her 14 touches in the quarter. She is such a lovely ball user that a rare turnover when switching play is noticeable, and while her kick went out of bounds missing the uncontested target, most of the time she was able to drill bullets to teammates further afield, or buy time by going backwards to loose numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#45<\/strong> Amelia Hamod<\/a>
Key Forward | 186cm | 03\/09\/2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nStats:<\/strong> 8 disposals, 1 mark, 4 tackles, 11 hitouts, 1 clearance, 1 inside 50, 2 goals<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Played out of full-forward and presented consistently, having the extra height advantage on Maeve Gill. While not getting a lot of easy looks against the Vic Metro defender, Hamod was very nimble at ground level, making the most of a dropped mark by her opponent near the big sticks to pounce and stretch the margin out to 27 points late in the third term. That was her second goal after launching a ripping major right on quarter time from a forward stoppage gree kick that bounced over hands to be given the all-clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Scout Semple was amongst Eastern’s most damaging players once again. Image credit: Rookie Me Central<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n EASTERN RANGES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
#3<\/strong> Scout Semple<\/a>
Midfielder\/Forward | 162cm | 03\/10\/2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nStats:<\/strong> 15 disposals, 2 marks, 9 tackles, 3 clearances, 3 inside 50s<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The big-game player capped off her year as one of the more damaging Ranges players in the contest, rotating between midfield and attack, and constantly trying to break through tackles and feed the ball out to free runners. Not often afforded too much space herself, Semple showed her dual-sidedness by foot, and set up some scoring chances through the game including a goal to Isabella Lord<\/strong> in the opening minute of the fourth quarter. Oozes X-factor and while not a massive ball-winner consistently, just impacts with each touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#6<\/strong> Alira Barnard-Rossely<\/a>
Forward\/Midfielder | 167cm | 05\/10\/2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nStats:<\/strong> 11 disposals, 1 mark, 5 tackles, 2 clearances, 2 inside 50s, 3 rebound 50s<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cracked in for four quarters, and while the efficiency was lower – like many players in what was ultimately a hotly contested scrap – Barnard-Rossely fought the good fight and gave as good as she got. Starting forward and rotating around the ball at different points, she worked up the ground and showed a nice sidestep inside the defensive 50 at one point, with only that final execution letting her down at times. An exciting prospect with plenty of upside though, and will be one to watch in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#12<\/strong> Emily Rankin<\/a>
Midfielder\/Forward | 166cm | 11\/05\/2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nStats:<\/strong> 21 disposals, 1 mark, 5 tackles, 6 clearances, 1 inside 50, 2 rebound 50s<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The usually composed Rankin was a symbol of the incredible pressure Dandenong applied in the match, with the neat ball-user making some rushed errors trying to free the ball to space. She was still effective in close, sensational by hand, but rarely got time to settle when exiting stoppages by foot and was forced to just get the ball forward at all costs. She never gave in, and continually worked to extract the ball with a team-high six clearances to close out her top-age campaign. A whopping nine hardball gets in the loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n