Glenorchy have today delisted Hannah Scott-Lee from the club after a poor showing for the first few weeks of the Development League season. The Huskies cite a lack of enthusiasm and lack of progress during those first 8 weeks as the reason to terminate her from the club.
Scott-Lee came to the club through the pathways program as part of the Northern Magpies, but failed to show any progress in her time at the club and showed a big lack of interest and effort as well.
Glenorchy coach Dave Harding made the tough call to cut her only a few weeks into the season, the Huskie are looking at more possible list changes before the season ends as they look to try and keep themselves going forward. It’s believed that Scott-Lee wasn’t doing the work and showed no interest in being part of the setup and was let go.
She has been linked with a move interstate after she was let go by Glenorchy, a couple of clubs in Tasmania have shown interest in her even before she signed with Glenorchy. The Dingos had a few discussions with her and were keen if she didn’t sign with Glenorchy as a zonal selection.
Bridport were another that were considering her pre-season, it seems that has cooled a little since the start of the season but as the season progresses the Seagulls could reignite their interest in her. For now, Hannah Scott-Lee is a free agent and ready to look at her next move. It’s unknown yet if she’s fielded any offers for next season already, but for now she has time to look.
Bridport’s Sabrina Greensmith has today announced her pregnancy, the 22-year old defender will be taking an indefinite period from the game. Greensmith has only played 8 games so far for Bridport since she was brought to the club.
The Seagulls brought her into their linup from the Development League for this year, and she has had a solid start to her TFLW career. Coach Kaden Romero has given his well wishes to the young defender as she heads towards motherhood.
“We’re very excited for her, we hope she will be back around the club she’s a wonderful young lady. “said coach Romero at the weekly press conference.
The Bridport side is made up of a lot of young players mixed in with some veterans that had played their first TFLW season last year and were let go by their original clubs.
Greensmith had come to the club through their Development League side and she has been a great addition to their young list. She will be sorely missed out there for the Seagulls, but the Seagulls will bring in another young defender to replace her.
It hasn’t been smooth sailing for the Seagulls just having the three wins so far, but the club is hopeful for the future as the young club starts to get more experience.
Rachael Harding is set to debut for Glenorchy against Brighton this week, as Glenorchy loses Bella Watson to a foot injury for at least the next four weeks. The Huskies have been blessed to not have any injuries until Watson went down with her bruised foot.
The Huskies are presently only missing Ashlee Symonds who announced her pregnancy during the TFLS offseason and is unlikely to lineup for Glenorchy this season. Harding is a newcomer to the Glenorchy side, she was zoned to the Huskies through their junior football clubs and the 25-year old will finally make her debut.
Harding has impressed in the Development League, Glenorchy coach Dave Harding deciding to take a chance on her after the Bella Watson injury this past weekend. The Huskies have a few players still pressing a claim for senior football,
Glenorchy may swing the axe shortly with a couple of players also not having the best of form lately, the Huskies wanting to go better than they did the finals last season after they were bundled out in straight sets.
It was a tough day at St. Helens for Bridport as they were demolished by the East Coast Swans 17.8.110 to 7.3.45. The Seagulls have not had a very good start to the season, winning just three of their first eight games. They managed to win the first three, but they’ve lost their last five in a row. For the other newcomers East Coast Swans, they’ve only won two of their eight games so far, beating both newcomers in South Launceston and now Bridport.
The Swans lead from the outset when Jacinda Houlihan put them on the board with an early goal, before going on to boot four for the day. East Coast had a run of goals in the third quarter putting Bridport to the sword and the Seagulls couldn’t respond at all. Lisa Moore booted 10 goals for the game, she was very unstoppable for the Swans, Darcy Murray led the way with 61 disposals for Bridport. Calista Stevenson (57) and Angela Marsh (53) were the leaders for the Swans, Lauren Mainwaring managed to get 53 disposals herself. The only livewire up forward for the Seagulls was Chalmers who managed to boot 4 goals.
Jacinda Houlihan finished with 35 disposals and the four goals, she was generating a lot of forward entries for the Swans, and it led to Moore to managed to boot a bag of goals. Mainwaring getting 53 disposals was a huge return to form for her as she was down for the last couple of games.
Bridport will be back home to Clarence next round, the Falcons lost at home to Sorell with the Wallbies being far too good at Bellerive Oval. While the East Coast Swans are going to be up against Latrobe away, the Panthers weren’t able to overcome the Hobart Devils so they will be hoping to get a much-needed win when they are back at home against an East Coast Swans side off a big win.
GOALS East Coast – Moore 10, Houlihan 4, Morris-Rainey 2, Anderson Bridport – Chalmers 4, Reeves 2, Black.
Glenorchy got a big win over Kingston at home to see them sit outright top of the TFLW table after Bridgewater’s loss this weekend. Glenorchy went on to win 6.6.45 to Kingston 1.2.8. Erin Muir had a massive game for Glenorchy getting 52 disposals and kicking two goals. Nicole Bartlett had 40, and 1 goal, with Matilda Thompson also getting 37 disposals and kicking a goal. The Magpies were only able to manage the one goal for the entire game, which game in the third quarter of the game. It was a tough battle throughout the game, without it being a high scoring affair but Glenorchy still put home 6 goals to keep themselves unbeaten and outright first on the ladder.
The Magpies were led by Lisa Maltby who managed to get 36 disposals, and worked hard to try and keep the Magpies in the game but even though they held young full forward Summer Lee to the one goal, other players were able to step up and make sure of a big Glenorchy win.
The Huskies were a little inaccurate in front of goal booting the nine behinds for the game, something their coaches will no doubt be looking at come the next training session. Kristy Turner kicked the only Magpie goal of the game.
Maltby had to move up the ground often to get any chance of possessions and much of the ball, Kate Campbell and her sister Ellie Campbell kept things very quiet for the Magpie forwards throughout the game. Clare Siggins in the ruck tried very hard with her 30 disposals for Kingston, but there was no way of breaking down the defensive wall that Glenorchy had built for this game.
With Bridgewater dropping the game to Wynyard, Glenorchy are the only team to be unbeaten in the competition, Claremont move into second spot on the ladder behind Glenorchy. Glenorchy head to Pontville to play the Bombers, Brighton got a big win at North Hobart Oval over North Hobart. Kingston head to Launceston to play Launceston, the Jets had a loss to Lauderdale at Lauderdale this week. The Kangaroos proving to be too tough for them.
GOALS
Glenorchy – Muir 2, Thompson, Bartlett, Graham, Lee
A Breann Smith lead Hobart Devils crushed Bridport today at Bridport Oval, the Devils winning 25.15.165 to 1.2.8. Smith booted a league high 12 goals for the game, being the only one to do this feat so far in the history of the TFLW. Libby Boekhorst put the Devils on the board early, and they didn’t look back from that point. Boekhorst went on to boot five goals, as did Megan Merrett, the Seagulls never stood a chance in this game. The Devils lead the first change 3.1 to no score, it took until the third quarter to get a score on the board for Bridport and those were just two behinds. Their only goal coming from Darcy Murray in the final quarter.
Marijana Edwards went on to get 56 disposals for the game, Amanda Hurn had 46, Ava Harms had 46 disposals it was a very tough day to be a Bridport player. Darcy Murray had 38 disposals; Brittany Hallahan had 30 disposals. It was a quieter day for Laruen Mainwaring, but she still managed to get 25 disposals and worked hard to make a go for it for the Seagulls.
Ally Wiggg (25), Teagan Irwin (24) and Parker dePrince (24) got a lot of the ball for the Seagulls but they couldn’t do much with it for the Seagulls as they kept hitting a wall in defence lead by Alyssa Taggart, Tiahna McLeod, and Stacey Dunbar. They proved to be a fierce force throughout the game, none of the Seagulls forwards were able to get much into the game.
Elle Wingard was quiet up forward for the Devils, but Smith from Half Forward managed to do enough of the attacking to make up for this. Bridport would only have the 11 inside 50’s for the entire game and looked like they were out of their depth at every moment in the game.
Hobart have two home game coming up when they face Latrobe and then George Town, the Panthers were disappointing against the Longford Bears. The Sharks were also disappointing against Ulverstone, they have Longford before they travel south to meet the Devils. For the Seagulls they have fellow newcomers East Coast Swans who are struggling themselves, and then they’re back at home against Clarence.
The East Coast Swans have only the one victory this season, they beat fellow newcomer South Launceston in Round 6 before a heavy loss against the Wallabies at Pembroke Park. The Seagulls currently hold three wins this season, all against the new sides in the competition beating North Hobart Round 1, Brighton Round 2, and Derwent Hawks in Round 3. After that they have struggled against Bridgewater, Ulverstone, Longford and now Hobart.
It’ll be interesting to see how Bridport will go about their recruitment and the likes in the coming season and if they continue with current coach Kaden Romero beyond this season.
GOALS
Bridport: Murray
Hobart: Smith 12, Merrett 5, Boekhorst 5, Norriss, Higgins, Dunbar
Glenorchy had a huge win today over North Hobart, winning 18.15.123 to 2.0.12, the Huskies remain undefeated on the back of Alexandria Halldandals 45 disposal and 4 goal game. Halldandal got the Huskies on the board early in the first quarter and Glenorchy didn’t look back after that running out convincing winners.
Glenorchy’s dominance showed not only on the scoreboard, but also the stats sheet with Bella Watson getting 59 disposals, Matilda Thompson getting 57 disposals, Erin Muir with 55 disposals, Daisy Taylor with 49. Katie Juhnke also had a day out getting herself 44 disposals after she’d been down on form for a little bit.
Glenorchy piled on the goals in the second quarter taking a massive lead into half time, the Dingos finally got themselves on the board through Rebecca Clarke. Their only other goal coming in the last quarter when Kirsten Gilfoy found herself free and kicked a goal. Daisy Taylor managed to kick three in the second quarter, Juhnke added onto the total in the same quarter. Ashlee Bloomer had 33 disposals for North Hobart, being one of the very few highlights for the newly formed Dingos.
Kristy Mohr managed to get 30 from Half Forward but couldn’t at all get anywhere near the goals to score any goals for North Hobart. Glenorchy would limit North Hobart to the five forward entries and of those they scored two goals. The rest of the game was them playing catchup as Glenorchy would run the young Dingos ragged.
The Huskies would see Summer Lee find herself in front of goal later in the game, she was held for a bit but when the wind was out of the sails of North Hobart, she was ready to pounce. She was working hard around the forward line, helping setup two goals and then finally she got onto the board herself.
Namoi Hart also managed to get herself a goal and add to the tremendous bag of goals that Glenorchy managed to score throughout the game. North Hobart’s defence was stretched with the fire power that the Huskies had ready to get on the board. Even Lauren Linton managed to score herself a goal it was such a goal fest for the Huskies.
Watson’s two goals came from out of nowhere in the last quarter, the Dingos had tightened the reins on the Huskies to prevent it blowing out even more, but once Watson got herself free, she slammed home two goals. The damage however was already done in this game, and North Hobart have been left to lick their wounds from this game.
North Hobart remain winless, they’re back at home next week against Brighton, a fellow newcomer to the TFLW the Bombers themselves only have two wins and have lost their last four games of the season. Glenorchy will be at home to Kingston, with the Magpies coming off a 25-point loss to the Kangaroos. The Magpies have three wins and a draw so far this season, their last win coming in Round 6 against Devonport. They’re going to be up against it when they met the red-hot Glenorchy. The Huskies have not lost a game this season and are looking like a strong contender for this year’s premiership after missing out on their chance last season.
The Huskies have had a decent run with injuries as well, with Ashlee Symonds the only player on their injury list currently as she recovers from having a baby. The 26-year-old Half Forward remains three months away from returning to training if she does decide to return.
GOALS North Hobart – Gilfoy, Clarke Glenorchy – Hallandal 4, Taylor 3, Lee 3, Watson 2, Linton, Thompson, Henley, Bartlett, Hart, Juhnke
The Tasmanian Football League Women’s has been toying with the idea of bringing in a trade period for the league in the next season. While not set in stone, the idea is to help assist players who wish to move clubs and to also see clubs acquire some compensation in the form of another player of whom wishes to move clubs.
The league has issued a notice to all clubs of its interest in possibly bringing in this for the next season, while the league hasn’t stated this is a definite move for the league going forward, they’ve tabled the idea to clubs to gauge their responses before making a move.
The league had also considered initiating a draft, a mid-season, rookie and pre-season draft for the league as well. The idea has yet to be brought to the clubs, but rumours were rife preseason that the TFLW was considering making this a fixture for the future of the league.
Clubs currently can sign players during the offseason and can also select players via their zones, some clubs have opted against some players coming to the league from their zonal clubs, but all clubs have been given the opportunity to develop and sign talent in their own areas.
Glenorchy had made the tough decision to forgo signing Victoria White from their Northern Magpies feeder club she would go on to sign with the East Coast Swans. Emma Frost who now plays for North Hobart was also given the news that she would not be retained by the Huskies.
It was a similar story for Derwent Hawks player Jamie Wearne, who was let go by Hobart at the conclusion of last season. A former Hobart junior she was with the club until the formation of the TFLW, at the conclusion of the season the Devils decided to let her go.
Rhiannon Sadlier was also given the news she was not going to be selected as part of the Hobart zoned players signing period, she went onto sign with the East Coast Swans as well.
For now, it’s unknown if a trade period or even a draft period will be added to the league in the future for now it’s current discussion with the TFLW teams.
Bridport go down in a closely fought contest on Saturday, the Bears came back to win the game 6.15.51 to 5.4.34. Bridport would get the lead out to 9-points in the last quarter, but the Bears fought back and got over the line. Alexandria Chalmers goal in the last helped put the Seagulls nine points ahead of the Bears, but goals to Todd, Yeats and McDonough helped bring the Bears back into the game.
Neither side were able to get too far ahead at all during the game, Bridport seemed to have all the momentum on the back of Chloe golds 42 disposals, but when Cora Lawrence who ended up with 38 of her own started getting into the game the Seagulls couldn’t stem the tide.
Parker DePrince has again gotten 53 disposals for the Seagulls, Lauren Mainwaring had 49 disposals ending her quiet spell that saw her need to bounce back. Brittany Hallahan (23) booted two goals showing that she’s been quite the pickup for the Seagulls this season. Kellie Godden was the standout for the Bears, she had 50 disposals and was a key part of the midfield for the Bears throughout the day.
Tilly Hogan was among the goals for the Bears with three, all very important goals to bring the Bears back into the game. Seagulls coach Kaden Romero would be happy with the fight that Bridport showed in this game, even though they let the Bears back in, the young Seagulls are showing they’re not going to be a pushover this season. They’re only six games into their existence and they have managed three wins though they’ve lost their last three games. They’re back at home against a Hobart Devils who ended up going down to Sorell at home this past weekend.
Longford have gone win-loss to start the season, unable to get a streak going, their loss to Sorell was one of their more disappointing loses. They’re back at home against Latrobe next weekend, the Panthers getting a big win over Ulverstone and wanting to string a couple of wins together as they too haven’t managed to get a winning streak going.
The Panthers will hope to be able to take full advantage of a young Longford Bears outfit when they clash at Longford next weekend.
Glenorchy flexed their muscles at KGV Oval today beating Lauderdale by 60-points, and only conceding one goal to win 10.8.68 to 1.2.8. Glenorchy were on the board early when Katie Juhnke kicked her first and only goal for the game, after that the Huskies kept the momentum flowing. They’d only concede the one goal in the third quarter before running out easy winners.
Matilda Thompson again proved to be the ball magnet getting 70 disposals for the game and booting five goals as well. Alexandria Hallandal was also the ball magnet as she got herself 56 disposals and kicked two goals as well.
Glenorchy booted six consecutive goals in the third quarter to push the lead out to 40-7, Bonnie Fyffe (39), Reni Lambe (38) lead the way for Lauderdale trying to keep them in the game. But Glenorchy’s Ellie and Kate Campbell both kept things strong in the defence. Lauren Linton only had 13 disposals, but she was a strong cog in the defensive machine for Glenorchy. Dayna Code worked hard and scored the Kangaroos’ only goal for the game in the third quarter. Daisy Taylor kicked off the last quarter with a goal, Katie Juhnke proved a lot of run and carry through the midfield in the last as part of the power engine that was the Glenorchy midfield. Jasmine Graham was quiet, as was Summer Lee and Naomi Hart, but they were up and about in the last quarter for Glenorchy.
Bella Watson had a good game as well, Tayla Morrissey was quiet but there wasn’t much for the Glenorchy defence to do in this game as Glenorchy limited them to just 16 inside 50’s. Lauderdale had the one mark inside 50 as well, Glenorchy went into their forward line 41 times. Hannah Webb, Brianna Fielding, Georgia Bailey and Tiarna Elliott did well to prevent Glenorchy from scoring more than the 10 goals and having 18 shots. Kayla Makepeace managed 35 disposals. Amanda Nankervis managed 31, neither were able to get themselves onto the scoreboard at all during the game.
The undefeated Glenorchy travel to North Hobart next to face the Dingos, they’re yet to win a game in their debut season so far. They’re game against Claremont they were only able to manage 3.1.19. Lauderdale will be off to Kingston Beach Oval to play Kingston. The Magpies managed to pinch a close win against Devonport away in Devonport. They now have the three wins and a draw to start their season. They will be expecting to continue the pain for the Kangaroos next weekend.
Bridgewater and Glenorchy remain the only two unbeaten sides this season, both have won all six games Glenorchy hit atop of the table with the better percentage. Bridgewater are at home to Burnie, who beat them in last years Grand Final. The Wolves have managed to bounce back from their Round 1 poor performance, they went onto smash newcomers Derwent Hawks this week.