{"id":77779,"date":"2021-03-17T13:03:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T03:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afl.draftcentral.localhost\/?p=77779"},"modified":"2021-03-17T13:03:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T03:03:57","slug":"reserves-wrap-2021-vfl-womens-round-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2021\/03\/17\/reserves-wrap-2021-vfl-womens-round-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Reserves wrap: 2021 VFL Women\u2019s \u2013 Round 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE Victorian Football League (VFL) Women\u2019s returned for Round 3 on the weekend, with another six enthralling fixtures spread over Friday and Saturday. As the season runs concurrently alongside that of the AFLW, top-flight players from Victorian clubs who miss out on senior action will be able to run out for what are effectively reserve sides in the VFLW. Round 3 saw promising elite level talent scattered across the eight aligned teams, with players again staking claims for call-ups.<\/p>\n

>>\u00a0Results: VFLW Round 3 wrap<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Collingwood kicked off proceedings with a thumping win over the Western Bulldogs on Friday night, with senior-listed talent on the forefront of its triumph. Ruck-forward Bella Smith<\/strong> booted a game-high three goals, while wing-forward Sarah Rowe<\/strong> also hit the scoreboard in her return from injury, and Kristy Stratton<\/strong> proved influential through midfield. Amelia Velardo<\/strong> again played off half-back and copped a head knock in a hard tackle, but seemed unscathed.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs had another decent crop of AFLW players to choose from despite some key changes, with youngsters Annabel Strahan<\/strong> and Amelia van Oosterwijck<\/strong> roaming through midfield as father-daughter coup Isabella Grant<\/strong> kicked a goal up forward. Bailey Hunt<\/strong> was another player to make their return from injury and showed signs of her usual self.<\/p>\n

The next all-aligned fixture saw Casey thump North Melbourne on its home deck, with elite level talent again impacting the scoreboard. Niamh McEvoy<\/strong> (three goals) and Chantel Emonson\u00a0<\/strong>(two) showed their class at the level after being demoted, while young ruck Maggie Caris<\/strong> continues to string together strong performances. North did not have as as strong an AFLW presence, though Bethany Lynch<\/strong> stood tall in the loss.<\/p>\n

A low-scoring slog at Deakin University saw Geelong beat Southern Saints by eight points in a game which saw just three goals kicked overall. The Cats again had a heavy rotation of AFLW players exit the side, but Laura Gardiner<\/strong> remained and got her hands dirty in midfield, with the likes of Maddie Boyd<\/strong> and Stephanie Williams<\/strong> also showing their wares in hopes of a recall. Speaking of recalls, Nadia von Bertouch<\/strong> may well be in line for one after her best afield display for the Saints, supported well by young Jess Matin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

There are even more positive signs for Richmond after the Tigers picked up their second AFLW win, with a bunch of senior players also impressing at state league level. Phoebe Monahan<\/strong>, Luka Lesosky-Hay<\/strong>, and Emily Harley<\/strong> were all named in Port Melbourne’s votes as the Borough beat Williamstown, while young forward Cleo Saxon-Jones<\/strong> booted a goal in her first outing for the year after long bouts of injury.<\/p>\n

Carlton was the final aligned team in action on Saturday and managed to nab its first win of the season, defeating Darebin by seven points. Hard-running youngster Winnie Laing<\/strong> returned to the fold and fared well, as key forward Paige Trudgeon<\/strong> booted one of her side’s three goals and Jess Edwards<\/strong> was again strong rotating through midfield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE Victorian Football League (VFL) Women\u2019s returned for Round 3 on the weekend, with another six enthralling fixtures spread over Friday and Saturday. As the season runs concurrently alongside that of the AFLW, top-flight players from Victorian clubs who miss out on senior action will be able to run out for what are effectively reserve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":77809,"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":[8,3121,3134,137],"tags":[15585,157,15639,16040,7998,10873,7947,4896,4977,5246,7656,3695,10162,3485,3369,3581,10579,3422,4159,4014,5863,4379,7801,10261,15739,5342,15790,7228,2932,27,2802,15774,8554,3455],"class_list":["post-77779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-vflw","category-victoria","category-womens","tag-2021-vflw","tag-aflw","tag-aflw-reserves","tag-aflw-listed","tag-amelia-van-oosterwijck","tag-amelia-velardo","tag-annabel-strahan","tag-bailey-hunt","tag-bella-smith","tag-bethany-lynch","tag-chantel-emonson","tag-cleo-saxon-jones","tag-draft-central","tag-emily-harley","tag-isabella-grant","tag-jess-edwards","tag-jess-matin","tag-kristy-stratton","tag-laura-gardiner","tag-luka-lesosky-hay","tag-maddie-boyd","tag-maggie-caris","tag-nadia-von-bertouch","tag-niamh-mcevoy","tag-paige-trudgeon","tag-phoebe-monahan","tag-reserves-wrap","tag-sarah-rowe","tag-stephanie-williams","tag-vfl","tag-vflw","tag-vflw-results","tag-victorian-football-league","tag-winnie-laing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77779","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\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}