{"id":70105,"date":"2020-07-30T13:36:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T03:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afl.draftcentral.localhost\/?p=70105"},"modified":"2020-07-30T13:36:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T03:36:52","slug":"qafl-womens-weekend-preview-round-7-sharkettes-and-roos-to-clash-for-top-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2020\/07\/30\/qafl-womens-weekend-preview-round-7-sharkettes-and-roos-to-clash-for-top-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"QAFL Women&#8217;s weekend preview: Round 7 &#8211; Sharkettes and Roos to clash for top spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A TOP of the table clash between Bond University and Maroochydore headlines our Round 7 Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) weekend preview, with a number of ladder-defining clashes occurring on the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BOND UNIVERSITY vs. MAROOCHYDORE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Saturday, August 1, 3.30pm at Bond University<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Top of the table clash between first placed Bond University and second placed Maroochydore, winner takes top spot, loser could drop to fourth<\/li>\n<li>The teams have both had four wins, a loss and a draw on 18 points, though the Sharkettes&#8217; draw was a cancellation against Wilston Grange<\/li>\n<li>Maroochydore had four wins on the board either side of the extended break, but have picked up just two points in the past two weeks<\/li>\n<li>Of the losses, the Roos&#8217; came last week by just five points to Coolangatta Tweed, the same team Bond University lost to way back in Round 1 &#8211; eerily also by five points<\/li>\n<li>After losing to the Bluebirds in Round 1, Bond University exacted revenge after the break in Round 4 with a four-goal win<\/li>\n<li>Bond University is ranked second for offence and first for defence, conceding just a stingy 12.8 points to their opposition<\/li>\n<li>Maroochydore are strong defensively as well, conceding the 21.5 points, while averaging the 37.5 points per game<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annie Muir<\/strong> (four), <strong>Lucinda Pullar<\/strong> (three) and <strong>Maddison Levi<\/strong> (three) have all been named in the best multiple times for the Sharkettes, while <strong>Jasmyn Davidson<\/strong> (six goals) and <strong>Taylor Smith<\/strong> (five) lead the club&#8217;s goalkicking<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maggie Harmer<\/strong> (four) and <strong>Ruby McDowell<\/strong> (four) are the most common players in the Roos&#8217; bests, while <strong>Lily Postlethwaite<\/strong> (three) has been named in the bests every game she has played<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ashleigh Hales<\/strong> and <strong>Mikayla Pauga<\/strong> both lead Maroochydore&#8217;s goalkicking with five majors each<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>COOLANGATTA TWEED vs. WILSTON GRANGE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Saturday, August 1, 3pm at Eximm Oval<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coolangatta Tweed won its first game since the break over Maroochydore after losing the past two<\/li>\n<li>Wilston Grange has not won since Round 1, with four losses and a cancelation draw the results in the past five rounds.<\/li>\n<li>Last week the Gorillas got within a point of Yeronga South Brisbane without spiritual leader <strong>Kate Lutkins<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Bluebirds are the only side to have toppled the Roos and are four points clear inside the top four<\/li>\n<li>A win to the Gorillas will see them at least draw level with University of Queensland, though they cannot move out of seventh<\/li>\n<li>Coolangatta Tweed can leapfrog whoever loses the top of the table clash, as well as Yeronga South Brisbane if the Devils have a shock loss to the Hornets<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sally Riley<\/strong>, <strong>Keyshia Matenga<\/strong>, <strong>Casey Samuels<\/strong> and <strong>Alexandra Hamlyn<\/strong> have all been named in the best a team-high three times for the Bluebirds<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kaitlyn Day<\/strong> (five games) and <strong>Catherine Svarc<\/strong> (three) have been named in the Gorillas&#8217; best in every game they have played<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ASPLEY HORNETS vs. YERONGA SOUTH BRISBANE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Saturday, August 1, 4pm at Aspley<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Third placed Yeronga South Brisbane travel to last placed Aspley to take on the Hornets<\/li>\n<li>The Devils will take second spot with a win given the top two sides face off, whilst a loss could see them drop as low as fifth if both Coolangatta Tweed and Coorparoo both get up<\/li>\n<li>Aspley cannot move from the bottom of the table, but were more competitive last week against University of Queensland<\/li>\n<li>Yeronga South Brisbane won its first two matches, then became the first team to draw consecutive matches then hold off Wilston Grange in a thriller last week<\/li>\n<li>The Devils are third for scoring, but also concede the second most points of any side<\/li>\n<li>The only side that concedes more points than the Devils is Aspley, who also average just under 10 points per game<\/li>\n<li>Four players &#8211; <strong>Courtney McDonnell<\/strong>, <strong>Lucy Bellinger<\/strong>, <strong>Madison Goodwin<\/strong> and <strong>Sam Virgo<\/strong> share the goalkicking for the Devils in an even spread of three each, whilst Bellinger, Goodwin, <strong>Emily Bates<\/strong> and <strong>Jordan Zanchetta<\/strong> have been named in the best multiple times<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rachel Crawford<\/strong> and <strong>Michaela Campbell<\/strong> are the sole multiple goalkickers for the Hornets with two apiece, but Phoebe Baird has been among the best the past three weeks for the Hornets, while <strong>Courtney Daniec<\/strong> (six), <strong>Isabella Kotatis<\/strong> (four), <strong>Lucy Pengelly<\/strong> (four) and <strong>Shaye Easton<\/strong> (four) are regularly named among the best<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND vs. COORPAROO<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Saturday, August 1, 4.45pm at UQ at St Lucia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a battle of fifth against sixth, a win will at the minimum guarantee fifth spot, with Coorparoo also able to leapfrog Coolangatta Tweed and Yeronga South Brisbane if both lose<\/li>\n<li>The Kings have the highest scoring offence in the competition, averaging 50.8 points per game compared to the Red Lionesses&#8217; 28.5 points per game<\/li>\n<li>Defensively, the University of Queensland (UQ) average 27.3 points per game, while Coorparoo average only marginally more at 28.8 points per game<\/li>\n<li>After losing their first three matches and then drawing the first game out of the break, the Red Lionesses have won the past two against the bottom two teams<\/li>\n<li>Coorparoo won three consecutive games coming into last week, including two thumping wins over Aspley, but then went down to Bond University by 21 points<\/li>\n<li>Three leading goalkickers in the competition will be situated up either end, with <strong>Dakota Davidson<\/strong> (UQ), <strong>Emma McKenzie<\/strong> and <strong>Kelsey Crosbie<\/strong> (both Coorparoo) all on eight majors<\/li>\n<li><strong>Megan Hunt<\/strong> (five), <strong>Alexandra Moran<\/strong> (three), <strong>Jane Childes<\/strong> (three) and <strong>Mikayla Martin<\/strong> (three) are all among the top players earned in the Red Lionesses&#8217; bests<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jade Ellenger<\/strong> (four), <strong>Brooke Spence<\/strong> (three) and McKenzie (three) have been the top Kings throughout the season, but with the amount of AFL Women&#8217;s talent such as <strong>Emma Zielke<\/strong>, <strong>Ally Anderson<\/strong>, <strong>Jess Wuetschner<\/strong> and <strong>Jamie Stanton<\/strong> among others, it is hard not to consider them one of the favourites for the title<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A TOP of the table clash between Bond University and Maroochydore headlines our Round 7 Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) weekend preview, with a number of ladder-defining clashes occurring on the weekend. BOND UNIVERSITY vs. MAROOCHYDORE Saturday, August 1, 3.30pm at Bond University Top of the table clash between first placed Bond University and second [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":70124,"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":[11723,3132,15,137],"tags":[10931,13504,3076,9886,6111,12815,5774,13160,11005,6076,12349,6731,6077,6058,6067,3078,10939,3081,12464,5854,3103,10912,11020,3039,3002,10933,3075,10937,11283,5768,13498,5971,12035,9360,11008,12944,11806,6066,6399,12949,10940,12543,13565,10942,11007,11017,3682,7736,6051,5773,12816,6730,12817],"class_list":["post-70105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-match-day","category-queensland","category-state-leagues","category-womens","tag-alexandra-hamlyn","tag-alexandra-moran","tag-ally-anderson","tag-annie-muir","tag-ashleigh-hales","tag-aspley-hornets","tag-bond-university","tag-brooke-spence","tag-casey-samuels","tag-catherine-svarc","tag-coolangatta-tweed","tag-coorparoo","tag-courtney-daniec","tag-courtney-mcdonnell","tag-dakota-davidson","tag-emily-bates","tag-emma-mckenzie","tag-emma-zielke","tag-isabella-kotatis","tag-jade-ellenger","tag-jamie-stanton","tag-jane-childes","tag-jasmyn-davidson","tag-jess-wuetschner","tag-jordan-zanchetta","tag-kaitlyn-day","tag-kate-lutkins","tag-kelsey-crosbie","tag-keyshia-matenga","tag-lily-postlethwaite","tag-lucinda-pullar","tag-lucy-bellinger","tag-lucy-pengelly","tag-maddison-levi","tag-madison-goodwin","tag-maggie-harmer","tag-maroochydore","tag-megan-hunt","tag-michaela-campbell","tag-mikayla-martin","tag-mikayla-pauga","tag-qafl-womens","tag-qafl-womens-previews","tag-qaflw","tag-rachel-crawford","tag-ruby-mcdowell","tag-sally-riley","tag-sam-virgo","tag-shaye-easton","tag-taylor-smith","tag-university-of-queensland","tag-wilston-grange","tag-yeronga-south-brisbane"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70105","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=70105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}