To be fair, the Newcastle team are OK and helped by the inclusion of Katie Ebzery for 5 games including this one. Apart from Evans, Melbourne and Dunn... COE shot poorly, but definitely tough at both ends.

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nbl1 + aflw

VFL or otherstate league + wnbl


That is right the seasons are now running parralell and when one is currently 40% of the wage about to be 30% it is a no brainer. The kids in wnbl sit anyway usually so it won't be a problem for 5-6 years.
People like Lavey will probably continue with Ball and Conti etc will continue with AFLW

I don't think you can do cross code anymore with aflw season pushed forward.

They are forced to make a choice, which isn't good for Basketball.

As mentioned another 120 spots on lists from next year and the AFLW will be playing curtain raisers to the men.

Not many who make the switch have gone on more than 1 year

That isn't true, may have been at the start but the $ are there now.
Conti. Lavey. Newton. Downie. Pererra all off the top of my head, let us know who lasted a year, isn't many of them.
They bring them over on 2.5 times the money plus the ability to get some marketing $ and then still play NBL1.

Not many who make the switch have gone on more than 1 year

They are being offered 2 year contracts because of the expansion of ALFW going to 4 extra clubs and wanting to hold their players.

So all of a sudden it is $60k plus marketing plus NBL1

vs WNBL $26k and VFLW which wouldn't pay more than petrol

It is going to be a problem.

Melbourne would be a good footballer, Swain would be a gun

Cant imagine that anyone else apart from the AFLW club she goes to is making that decision.
BA and BV made kids like Taranto, Scrimshaw, Petracca, Florent, Pitonet, Owies even I think Pendles choose back in the day so the AFL aren't going to do them any favours in a competitve market.

Other girls to do well after leaving are Chloe Molloy, Tarni Brown, Jess Fitzgerald, Pearce, Hore, Cunningham

And most of them have been going now for the 5 years except the younger ones

Watch how many of those players get delisted.

All nine or ten named are key players in their sides.
600k new grass roots girls and they account for 20% of all AFL memberships now.
18 sides at 30 spots so 540 spots in the league.
National juniors are looking at 80 spots with 16 imports and probably 5 vets per team (40) so realistically that leaves national level juniors fighting for 24 spots. Then take away the NZ non imports and it is way less.
That is on a third of the wage that AFL offers at the moment.
Matt Owies is a prime example of the AFL having the time to develop a national level junior player to a competitive AFL Player. Kids like Psatopolous and Price have been in the vic carnival system at u15.
Marte Kolina same thing, u15 carnival player going to Richmond next year, Tom WIlson, Greenwood and I am sure plenty of others.
If you are a national junior level player or high state you have the physical attributes to survive and in some cases they enter as one of the tallest on any lists. 4 Clubs in AFLW next year paying massive licence fees that will be reinvested into the development, it is a marketing machine

They are state based drafts, kids like Borlase, Brazel look like natural footballers you would think that SA would be all over them.

Probably neither, I think the Gems will be all the COE who haven't travelled at all due to Covid and need something to show for their time up there.

Given Herbie and Veal and everyone else work for BA and BA is the COE it is more likely than not.
BA have overstated the connection between the current and ex COE athletes in both the GEMS and EMUS. Where there is a chance to get as many COE girls into the trip as possible she is going to take the chance, she has to justify the COE existence. Particularly when they are playing Waratah

When Herbie is the Aust Coach ^^^

Jas Simmons and Price announced AFLW today. Simmons Crows, Price ?. Two aussie captains, but AFLW isn't a problem according to BA
Good for the ones who stay though

#690 If that is the team

Melbourne-Deeble-Loughridge
Swain-Brazel
Morgan-Borlase
Puoch-Dunn-prior
Rees-Evans

I think you are right, you Will need prior in there instead of Pollerd to at least take it up to them physically. You only have Prior, Evans, Brazel and Borlase who like any type of physicality in the team. Pollerd is struggling to score at all in the last couple of Waratah games and National 20's, I think she will get through on height.

The next crop will be good once they play this and the next, maybe you take the hit and load this team up with the double bottom agers

I am pretty sure aflw preseason has been bought forward to August this year and I would imagine you would have 2 lots of 2 week quarantine so you lose a month and a half, so Mid July to Mid Sept?

#734 I like the balance in that team

Melbourne-Deeble-loughbridge
swain-morgan
puoch-borlase-dunn
prior--pollerd
Rees-Evans

Thats what we are hearing

Physicality may be an issue, good to see them loading up for 2023 and taking a hit this year

Brazel should be in over Dunn based on nationals performances

Loading up, only 3 players 04

That is 30% I think you will find Ezy might be the last true double bottom ager to go to a worlds, that is a big number when you are taking on european and uSA 19 year olds as a skinny 16-17yo

^^^of starters 25% of squad

Brazel is a sg, Dunn a pf.

If that is the case, put Brazel in as a 3, move dunn to a 4 and take out Pollerd who can't score at the moment. Totally lacking confidence in Waratah and nationals

Even if you are young and double bottom, if you like the physical stuff which the SA girls did in the 18s and the NSW girls did in the 20s you should fill it with them, the skill sets are comparable but we are going to get smashed on the boards. All the older 2002 bigs (Pollerd and Rees) are not physical at all. Will be a coach killer

Good squad but not our best.

Potter injury
Price aflw

Big losses, highest FIBA ranked girls last time this team played.
Interesting to note Froggy Hibbert has pulled out