As this week is the first week of finals, all of the remaining teams are making numerous changes in an attempt to find their best team when it counts. Audiences will be treated to two great games this weekend as the four best teams remain. It all starts will Collingwood and Hawthorn on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
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VFLW Semi-Final 1<\/strong><\/p>\n Collingwood v Hawthorn<\/strong> Hawthorn<\/strong><\/p>\n B:\u00a0Kim Ebb, Pepa Randall, Dianna Haines In:\u00a0Emily Gilder, Melissa Kuys, Kara Henderson, Emerson Woods, Sarah Kendall Hawthorn still has a selection dilemma on their hands with three further players to miss out on the final team that takes on Collingwood on Saturday. The Hawks will be ecstatic that they are regaining midfield superstar Melissa Kuys<\/strong> for the massive match against the Pies. Nicky Cormack<\/strong> is the unlucky one to miss out so far, but she will be waiting in the wings as an emergency for her chance to play on the big stage.<\/p>\n Collingwood<\/strong><\/p>\n B:\u00a0Katelyn Lee, Ruby Schleicher, Iilish Ross IN:\u00a0Hannah McLaren, Sophie Alexander, Brittant Bonnici, Erica Fowler, Hillary Grubb, Sarah D\u2019Arcy, Paige Nash, Emma Grant Collingwood have made eight changes for their first final, with the hope that their inclusions will make the difference come game day. Hannah McLaren<\/strong> should help sure up their key back stocks while Collingwood are hoping Sophie Alexander<\/strong> can make a difference up forward. The Pies have lost AFLW star Sophie Livingstone<\/strong>, although they will be hoping to regain her later in the finals series.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n VFLW Semi-Final 2<\/strong><\/p>\n NT Thunder vs Geelong Cats<\/strong> NT Thunder:<\/strong><\/p>\n B:\u00a0Samantha Barnett, Sarah Allan, Lisa Roberts IN:\u00a0Sarah Allan, Sharona Bishop, Kylie Duggan, Anne Hatchard, Lauren O\u2019Shea, Machaelia Roberts, Jessica Sedunary, Stevie-Lee Thompson Northern Territory has continued to make numerous changes with an unprecedented eight changes for the first week of the finals. Their inclusions are headlined by five AFLW players some big names who will make a difference in seeing NT making the grand final. Jess Sedunary<\/strong> has been a revelation up forward this VFLW season kicking 15 goals, which has her third in the competition. NT will be hoping that Stevie-Lee Thompson<\/strong> can light up the half back line and use her pace to set up attacks for NT.<\/p>\n Geelong Cats<\/strong><\/p>\n B: Rebecca Pearce, Rebecca Goring, Anna Teague In: E. Hoare, H. Trevean, N. Morrison, M. McMahon, M. Fedele, O. Purcell Tarryn Love<\/strong> would be heartbroken to miss out in her first taste of finals football. While Hayley Trevean<\/strong> will add some added experience and leadership as she is apart of the team\u2019s leadership group. Erin Hoare<\/strong>\u2018s inclusion will give them an advantage in the air, as her 194cm frame should dominate for Geelong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As this week is the first week of finals, all of the remaining teams are making numerous changes in an attempt to find their best team when it counts. Audiences will be treated to two great games this weekend as the four best teams remain. It all starts will Collingwood and Hawthorn on Saturday morning. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":31906,"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":[8,3121,137],"tags":[3072,3300,4758,3473,3057,5656,4611,6829,3027],"class_list":["post-39806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-vflw","category-womens","tag-erin-hoare","tag-hannah-mclaren","tag-hayley-trevean","tag-jess-sedunary","tag-melissa-kuys","tag-nicky-cormack","tag-sophie-alexander","tag-sophie-livingstone","tag-stevie-lee-thompson"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39806","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\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSaturday September, 10.15am<\/strong>
\nStannards Stadium<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHB:\u00a0Jess Sibley, Melissa Kuys, Jayde Van Dyk
\nC:\u00a0Meg Hutchins, Emma\u00a0 Mackie, Tahni\u00a0 Nestor
\nHF:\u00a0Rebecca Beeson, Mikala Cann, Clare O’Donnell
\nF:\u00a0Tamara Luke, Sarah Perkins, Phoebe McWilliams
\nR:\u00a0Lou Wotton, Chantella Perera, Julia Crockett-Grills
\nInt:\u00a0Steph Carroll, Rosie Dillon, Sarah Kendall, Ebony Nixon, Claire Dyett, Emily Gilder, Kara Henderson, Ellie Macdonald
\n23P:\u00a0Emerson Woods<\/p>\n
\nOut: Nicky Cormack<\/p>\n
\nHB:\u00a0Sophie Casey, Hannah McLaren, Nicole Hales
\nC:\u00a0Grace Buchan, Jamiee Lambert, Shayla Marsh
\nHF:\u00a0Holly Whitford, Sophie Alexander, Brittany Bonnici
\nF:\u00a0Chloe Molloy, Erica Fowler, Nicole Hildebrand
\nFoll:\u00a0Eliza Hynes, Jessica Edwards, Kristy Stratton
\nInt:\u00a0Sarah D\u2019Arcy, Hillary Grubb, Emma Grant, Paige Nash
\n23P:\u00a0Daisy Bateman<\/p>\n
\nOUT: Stacey Livingstone, Ally Bild, Carle Rooks, Amy Malander, Katie Lynch, Chloe Leighton, Julia Halaseh-Russo, Sarah King<\/p>\n
\nSunday September, 9, 11.45am<\/strong>
\nStannards Stadium, Port Melbourne<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHB:\u00a0Jenna McCormick, Tayla Thorn, Stevie-Lee Thompson
\nC:\u00a0Katie Streader, Angela Foley, Jessica Sedunary
\nHF:\u00a0Sally Riley, Anne Hatchard, Marijana Rajcic
\nF:\u00a0Renee Forth, Jordann Hickey, Machaelia Roberts
\nFOLL:\u00a0Jasmyn Hewett, Ebony Marinoff, Emma Swanson
\nINT:\u00a0Sharona Bishop*,\u00a0Lauren O\u2019Shea, Sue Nalder, Kylie Duggan, Lateesha Jeffrey<\/p>\n
\nOUT:\u00a0\u00a0Jessica Allan, Janet Baird, Georgia Bevan, Courtney Cramey, Abbey Holmes, Tahlia Holtze, Kristy Irvine, Madeline Keeble<\/p>\n
\nHB: Amy McDonald, 25. Elise Coventry, Jamie Woollett
\nC: Cassandra Blakeway, Maighan Fogas, Hannah Burchell
\nHF: Nina Morrison, Jordan Ivey, Danielle Orr
\nF: Maddy Boyd, Mia Rae Clifford, Kate Darby
\nR: Erin Hoare, Madeline Keryk, Richelle Cranston
\nInt: Hannah Mangan, Maddy McMahon, Courtney Stevens, Hayley Trevean
\n23P: Olivia Purcell<\/p>\n
\nOut: T. Love<\/p>\n