{"id":41193,"date":"2018-10-19T11:29:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T00:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afldraftcentral.com.au\/?p=41193"},"modified":"2018-10-19T11:29:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T00:29:33","slug":"aflw-draft-preview-western-bulldogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2018\/10\/19\/aflw-draft-preview-western-bulldogs\/","title":{"rendered":"AFLW Draft Preview: Western Bulldogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE reigning premiers have suffered some losses already, losing AFL Women\u2019s Best and Fairest, <\/span><b>Emma Kearney <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as well as <\/span><b>Jenna Bruton <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Aasta O\u2019Connor <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ahead of their 2019 AFL Women\u2019s campaign. However, the Bulldogs have signed three exciting players in Fremantle\u2019s <\/span><b>Belinda Smith, Tom Boyd<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s sister, <\/span><b>Tessa <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Breann Moody<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s sister and Carlton Victorian Football League (VFL) Women\u2019s player, <\/span><b>Celine. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If they can secure some up and coming stars to go along with this solid list, they could be a chance to defend their title. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Last season: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1st &#8211; Premiers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>IN: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belinda Smith, Tessa Boyd (rookie), Celine Moody (rookie)<br \/>\n<\/span><b>OUT: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daria Bannister, Jenna Bruton, Emma Kearney, Aasta O&#8217;Connor, Jess Anderson, Rachel Ashley, Laura Bailey, Kim Ebb <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WESTERN BULLDOGS AFLW LIST (25\/30)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deanna Berry <\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libby Birch <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ellie Blackburn <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Katie Brennan <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tessa Boyd <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nicole Callinan <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monique Conti <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiarna Ernst <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naomi Ferres <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elise Gamble <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angelia Gogos <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bailey Hunt <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Isabel Huntington <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kristy Lamb <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brooke Lochland <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emma Mackie <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kristen McLeod <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celine Moody <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kimberley Rennie <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hannah Scott <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belinda Smith <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lauren Spark <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bonnie Toogood <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aisling Utri <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hayley Wildes <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>DRAFT PICKS <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10, 23, 26, 34, 45, 55<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>POSSIBLE DRAFT PROSPECTS <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the loss of <\/span>Jenna Bruton <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span>Emma Kearney <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the midfield, the Bulldogs will be looking for some up and coming talent to fill the gap. The Bulldogs could land either <\/span><b>Mikala Cann <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span><b>Emerson Woods <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the Eastern Ranges if any of them are still available after nine picks. Their TAC Cup Girls teammate, <\/span><b>Charlotte Wilson <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is also a potential prospect for the Bulldogs. Wilson tested well in the AFL Women\u2019s Draft Combine and is a great one-on-one defender who can go into the ruck when needed. With the loss of <\/span>Aasta O\u2019Connor <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the ruck department, Wilson will be a big help, as will Vic Metro\u2019s leading ruck, <\/span><b>Carla Rendelmann<\/b>.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rendelmann dominated in the ruck for the Cannons this season in the TAC Cup Girls and has consistently been doing so over the years. She would be a very handy addition to the Bulldogs\u2019 ruck stocks. If Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels star,\u00a0<strong>Rene Caris\u00a0<\/strong>nominates for all of Victoria or metropolitan Victoria, expect the Bulldogs to keep a close eye on her, as the AFL Women&#8217;s Academy member has the capacity to match up against bigger bodies and dominate at ground level.\u00a0<\/span><b>Eleanor Brown <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is another name who could come into the mix for the Bulldogs, with the Dragons midfielder proving to have an impact wherever she plays. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE reigning premiers have suffered some losses already, losing AFL Women\u2019s Best and Fairest, Emma Kearney as well as Jenna Bruton and Aasta O\u2019Connor ahead of their 2019 AFL Women\u2019s campaign. However, the Bulldogs have signed three exciting players in Fremantle\u2019s Belinda Smith, Tom Boyd\u2019s sister, Tessa and Breann Moody\u2019s sister and Carlton Victorian Football [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":32853,"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":[3115,8,137],"tags":[3021,3186,3237,3761,4949,3661,3310,3277,3022,3187,3278,3348,7274,2654],"class_list":["post-41193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aflw","category-news","category-womens","tag-aasta-oconnor","tag-belinda-smith","tag-breann-moody","tag-carla-rendelmann","tag-celine-moody","tag-charlotte-wilson","tag-eleanor-brown","tag-emerson-woods","tag-emma-kearney","tag-jenna-bruton","tag-mikala-cann","tag-rene-caris","tag-tessa-boyd","tag-tom-boyd"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41193","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}