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And Footscray are into the VFLW Grand Final!
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Doggies win, you'd think that Hardingham would be a heavy favourite for the team of the year and whatever the VFLW equivalent of the brownlow is.Comment
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Any idea where/when the grand final is?Comment
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North Port Oval, Sunday 12:10pm
Profiles for every Bulldog on Sunday are available here
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Not looking good for the girls North look too strong in the first half.Don't piss off old people
The older we get the less "LIFE IN PRISON" is a deterrent...Comment
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One goal the difference now, go GirlsFFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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4 goals and scores are level in the 3rdFFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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great come back from the girlsDon't piss off old people
The older we get the less "LIFE IN PRISON" is a deterrent...Comment
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Brave effort. Lots of grit to come back in Q3. The wind was a factor. Pity we didn?t score in that first foray forward in last qtr. Big congrats to Roos & their supporters.
Our ruck and on ball brigade really turned things around after Q1 after being smashed.
Shout out to all the fans (doggies cheer squad way better than Roos) who made it a great atmosphere worthy of the good final it was.
From last to G Finalists-great platform for next year and great example for our AFLW team too. Bravo.Josie :)
Our day will come
And we'll have everything.
We'll share the joy
Just like '54 again.Comment
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Really thought Ellie had the captaincy for as long as she wanted it!
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Berry on top: Blackburn replaced as Dogs captain as changes continue
CONTINUING a year of change at the Western Bulldogs, Deanna Berry has been appointed captain for the 2024 NAB AFLW season.
Berry takes the baton from Ellie Blackburn, who has led the club since 2019 initially as co-captain and then standalone once inaugural captain Katie Brennan moved across to Richmond. Blackburn will remain in the leadership group.
"I'm probably a bit speechless right now to be honest ? I'm just thrilled," Berry said.
"In the last few years, I've really found myself as a leader, and where I can make an impact both on and off the field. I want to help drive the behaviours and the culture and the standards that we want to set as a club."
After finishing 18th on the ladder last year, recording just one win for the season, the Bulldogs have made significant change in recent months.
Coach Nathan Burke ? who joined the club the same year that Blackburn was ratified as sole captain ? was moved on at the end of the season, as was list manager Mick Sandry.
The Bulldogs have since welcomed Tamara Hyett as their third head coach, and appointed Dan Fisher as list manager. Meanwhile, Patrice Berthold was also appointed as general manager of women's football earlier in the year, replacing Debbie Lee who moved to a position at the AFL in August of 2022.
Change was also felt across the playing list, with four players ? Kirsty Lamb, Katie Lynch, Celine Moody, and Gabrielle Newton ? traded to other clubs, and a further six either delisted or retired.
Blackburn is the sole remaining member of the club's inaugural list from 2017.
New captain Berry joined the Bulldogs during the 2017 off-season, arriving in time to play in the side's 2018 premiership. She was initially drafted to Melbourne with pick No.9 of the inaugural draft, and has played 40 of her 47 career games since arriving at the Dogs.
The leadership shift comes as a result of a new selection process instigated by Berthold.
"Following extensive consideration, we are pleased to appoint De as captain," Berthold, said.
"Reflective of the changes across our women's program in the off-season, we introduced a new and robust leadership selection process to help position the club with the best chance of success now and into the future across all on-field and off-field endeavours.
"De emerged from this comprehensive process as the successful candidate, and we are excited for her to guide and help propel the team's growth through this next chapter."
Berry will be supported by a leadership group made up of Blackburn, Elle Bennetts, Isabelle Pritchard, Isabella Grant, and Jess Fitzgerald.
"I'm pretty lucky in the fact that I've got Ellie to help guide me along the way. She's been an enormous leader of this club for the past eight years," Berry said.
"Having her qualities beside me is only going to help me and the direction we want to go as a club. The girls in the leadership group are a great bunch ? it just excites me to know how much it means to all to them, and how hard they've been working to be leaders."
The Bulldogs kick off their 2024 campaign on Saturday, August 31 against Greater Western Sydney in Canberra.Comment
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