{"id":45635,"date":"2019-03-06T19:13:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T08:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afl.draftcentral.localhost\/?p=45635"},"modified":"2019-03-06T19:13:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T08:13:39","slug":"team-of-the-week-nab-league-girls-round-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2019\/03\/06\/team-of-the-week-nab-league-girls-round-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Team of the Week: NAB League Girls – Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

A COMPREHENSIVE win to the Northern Knights in Round 1 of the NAB League Girls competition has resulted in them receiving the most nominees in the Draft Central Team of the Week<\/em><\/strong>. The Knights had four players named in the 24-player squad, one more than Oakleigh Chargers, with eight of the 12 sides having two players, while Gippsland Power had one, and Murray Bushrangers just missed out on a player following the heavier defeat.<\/p>\n

Northern’s 76-point victory over Murray saw equal round-high leading goalkicker, Britney Gutknecht<\/strong> slot into a forward pocket with Ellie McKenzie<\/strong> at half-forward having spent time between midfield and attack. Gabby Newton<\/strong> played all over the ground, but spent some time in the ruck and therefore was named there, while Jess Fitzgerald<\/strong> was also impressive and earned a spot on the bench. Oakleigh’s attacking duo of Emily Harley<\/strong> (four goals) and Amelia van Oosterwijck<\/strong> (two) earned their places in the forward line, while speedster Alana Porter<\/strong> also made the team for her performance.<\/p>\n

The defensive end is mostly comprised of Stingrays and Dragons, and while both sides lost, Zoe Hill<\/strong> and Sarah Hartwig<\/strong> hold down the key defensive posts, while Brooke Vernon<\/strong> and Winnie Laing<\/strong> provide the run. Laing spent more time in the midfield, but can play in defence, similar to Gippsland’s sole nominee, Chandra Abrahams<\/strong> who played through the midfield, but has the capacity to play in defence and earned her spot in the team. Greater Western Victoria (GWV) defender, Nekaela Butler<\/strong> rounded out the starting back six, joined in the team by forward, Isabella Simmons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The final forward in the starting side was Calder Cannons’ Makeisha Muller<\/strong> who looked lively throughout the match up forward, joined in the side by bottom-age prospect, Georgie Prespakis<\/strong>. Geelong Falcons and Eastern Ranges make up the rest of the midfield, with Falcons captain, Lucy McEvoy<\/strong> and their best on the day, Luka Lesosky-Hay<\/strong> both in the side with Ranges’ Tahni Brown<\/strong> and Olivia Meagher<\/strong>. On the bench are two Pioneers and Jets who, while they did not pick up the four points, earned their places in our team. Eloise Gretgrix<\/strong> and Maeve Tupper<\/strong> represented the Pioneers in the side, while Isabella Grant<\/strong> and Elisabeth Georgostathis<\/strong> stood out for the Jets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A COMPREHENSIVE win to the Northern Knights in Round 1 of the NAB League Girls competition has resulted in them receiving the most nominees in the Draft Central Team of the Week. The Knights had four players named in the 24-player squad, one more than Oakleigh Chargers, with eight of the 12 sides having two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":45792,"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":[7950,8,137],"tags":[3482,7998,3291,3431,2929,3395,3852,4347,3485,3292,4529,3369,3447,3400,3322,4014,2906,3848,7988,8002,8000,8001,2913,3729,3459,7930,7999,3455,3432],"class_list":["post-45635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nab-league-girls","category-news","category-womens","tag-alana-porter","tag-amelia-van-oosterwijck","tag-britney-gutknecht","tag-brooke-vernon","tag-chandra-abrahams","tag-elisabeth-georgostathis","tag-ellie-mckenzie","tag-eloise-gretgrix","tag-emily-harley","tag-gabby-newton","tag-georgie-prespakis","tag-isabella-grant","tag-isabella-simmons","tag-jess-fitzgerald","tag-lucy-mcevoy","tag-luka-lesosky-hay","tag-maeve-tupper","tag-makeisha-muller","tag-nab-league-girls","tag-nab-league-girls-draft-central","tag-nab-league-girls-team-of-the-week","tag-nab-league-girls-team-of-the-week-round-1","tag-nekaela-butler","tag-olivia-meagher","tag-sarah-hartwig","tag-tahni-brown","tag-team-of-the-week-round-1","tag-winnie-laing","tag-zoe-hill"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45635","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\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}