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Round 6 teams have been released below

Geelong vs Fremantle, Saturday 9th March 2:35pm at GMHBA Stadium

Geelong Cats Squad

Position	Name	#	Name	#	Name	#
Backs	A.Teague	40	R.Goring	44	M.McMahon	24
Half Backs	M.Hickey	18	M.McDonald	11	D.Taylor	27
Centreline			R.Cranston	30
Half Forwards	D.Orr	2	K.Darby	8	S.Van De Heuvel	27
Forwards	M.Clifford	7	P.McWilliams	23	J.Ivey	5
Followers	E.Hoare	46	R.Garing	12	O.Purcell	16
Interchange	R.Caris	1	M.Keryk	45	J.Crockett-Grills	6
	M.Boyd	26	C.Blakeway	4
Emergencies	G.Rankin	10	G.Clarke	17
	EMG4	EMG4_NO

In: - M.Boyd

Out: - G.Clarke

Fremantle Dockers Squad 

Position	Name	#	Name	#	Name	#
Backs	L.Mascall	14	T.Bresland	5	A.Stannett	24
Half Backs	A.Williams	9	E.Antonio	12	P.Seth	18
Centreline			K.Bowers	2
Half Forwards	G.O'Sullivan	22	A.Sharp	1	H.Miller	19
Forwards	K.Donnellan - C	15	G.Houghton	27	S.Duffy	6
Followers	P.Laurie	11	D.Hooker	17	S.Cain	20
Interchange	E.Gooch	8	A.Janz	30	A.Atkins	37
	M.Sergeant	23	M.Caulfield	10
Emergencies	L.Pugh	32	K.Grieve	13
	EMG4	EMG4_NO

In: - E.Gooch, A.Atkins

Out: - K.Gibson (injured), L.Pugh

Collingwood vs North Melbourne, Saturday 9th March 4:45pm at Marvel Stadium

Collingwood Squad

Position	Name	#	Name	#	Name	#
Backs	J.Allen	6	S.Casey	22	I.Ross	21
Half Backs	E.Grant	5	S.Livingstone	12	A.Brazill	10
Centreline			B.Bonnici	8
Half Forwards	D.Guttridge	34	J.Membrey	31	S.Dargan	46
Forwards	S.Rowe	7	S.D'Arcy	4	K.Lynch	16
Followers	E.Hyne	11	S.Chiocci - C	17	J.Lambert	13
Interchange	S.Layton	1	K.Stratton	41	R.Schleicher	18
	M.Shevlin	35	G.Gourlay	32
Emergencies	L.Butler	23	M.Cann	25
	EMG4	EMG4_NO

In: - S.D'Arcy, G.Gourlay

Out: - M.Kuys, S.Alexander

Back in the 2010/11 season, the Nightcliff Tigers claimed the wooden spoon. With just three wins for the season and some horrible score-lines, the Tigers as a club knew things had to change. And they did. Since then they have been a perennial finalist but their next premiership has eluded them – possibly until this year.

On Saturday the tigers mauled the Tiwi Bombers in their semi-final. Not only does that see the Tigers through to the 2018/19 grand-final, they have also earned outright favouritism after dismantling the Bombers by 90 points on the weekend and having hammered the Southern Districts Crocs, also by 90 points, in the final home and away round.

For either of those teams to win grand-final day, it would take a massive form turnaround, and it is hard to see the Nightcliff crew relinquishing their dominance.

AFLW matches in Blacktown, Fremantle and Werribee capped off Round 5 of the AFLW all with consequences for the finals and setting the scene for a big finish in the final two home and away rounds.  

Melbourne look to have ended GWS’s chances of playing in the 2019 AFLW finals with a big win over the Giants at Blacktown. 

An even first quarter with the Giants looking dangerous up forward and Bonner and Bernardi looking dangerous.  But the Demons drew away in the second quarter and continued to outplay the Giants around the ground. 

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Jack Banister from The Guardian has written an amazing story which plumbs the depths of how important football is to the people of the Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin. Built around the Tiwi Bombers club, playing in the NTFL, the story shows how sport can transcend into something far greater and noble than a mere contest. Sport has the capacity to change people and their lives in profound and far-reaching ways.

There is no word for suicide 

The words are scrawled across the bottom of a whiteboard in the Tiwi Bombers’ changing rooms at Norbuilt Oval, 30km south of Darwin. The underdogs are preparing to play the second-placed Southern Crocs. 

Overhead, rusty fans aren’t coping with the heavy January air. The benches creak, the showers leak. A small speaker pumps out upbeat saltwater R&B by a seven-piece outfit called B2M, which stands for Bathurst to Melville, the two main islands that make up the Tiwis.

Carlton notched up a narrow five-point victory over a brave Collingwood in muggy conditions at the Ikon Park in Melbourne.

The two old foes played a thrilling contest that could of gone either way, as the Pies gave it their all and led the match in the second and third quarters.

This win marks the Blues first win at home. 

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The Geelong Cats won convincingly by 27 points in mild conditions at the Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex in Brisbane.

The Cats troubled the Lions with their uncompromising pressure especially with their defensive acts and as a result the Lions could not play their brand of football.

This impressive win is the Cats first win on the road in their inaugural AFLW season and the Cats sit atop of Conference B with the win. 

The Lions recorded the lowest ever AFLW score.

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Round 5 teams have been released below

Brisbane vs Geelong, Saturday 2nd March 4:45pm at Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex

Brisbane Lions Squad

Position	Name	#	Name	#	Name	#
Backs	M.Dowrick	33	L.Kaslar - C	11	S.Campbell	20
Half Backs	S.Virgo	5	K.Lutkins	13	E.Bates	1
Centreline			B.Koenen	3
Half Forwards	E.Zielke	8	J.Tawhiao-Wardlaw	30	L.Arnell	16
Forwards	J.Wuetschner	23	J.Keeffe	27	J.Zanchetta	7
Followers	S.Frederick-Traub	14	N.Exon	15	A.Anderson	18
Interchange	A.Clarke	21	G.Collingwood	28	M.Hunt	6
	K.McCarthy	9	J.Yorston	25
Emergencies	N.Grider	17	E.Pittman	19
	EMG4	EMG4_NO

In: - L.Kaslar

Out: - N.Grider (Omitted)

Geelong Squad

Position	Name	#	Name	#	Name	#
Backs	A.Teague	40	R.Goring	44	M.McMahon	24
Half Backs	M.Hickey	18	M.McDonald	11	D.Taylor	27
Centreline			R.Cranston	30
Half Forwards	D.Orr	2	K.Darby	8	S.Van De Heuvel	27
Forwards	M.Clifford	7	P.McWilliams	23	J.Ivey	5
Followers	E.Hoare	46	M.Keryk	16	O.Purcell	16
Interchange	R.Caris	1	R.Garing	12	G.Clarke	17
	J.Crockett-Grills	6	C.Blakeway	4
Emergencies	G.Rankin	10	M.Fogas	13
	EMG4	EMG4_NO

In: - K.Darby, R.Caris

Out: - A.O'Connor (Suspension), M.Boyd (Suspension)

The following article from the AFLNT (AFL Northern Territory) summarises the growth of the game in the NT. The high points are the increase is higher than the national average – driven heavily by women’s footy – and in an extraordinary piece of data, the participation of people in the Northern Territory playing the game is around one in every five people, making the Northern Territory the highest per capita playing state/territory in Australia – an amazing achievement.

The following article comes from the www.aflnt.com.au website. 

The growth of women’s football in remote Northern Territory communities has directly contributed to participation numbers in Australian Football recording an all-time high in the NT. 

Today, AFLNT released its 2018 participation data, and for the first time since the record-keeping began, the NT has tipped over the 48,000 mark.

 

Adelaide Crows' Danielle Ponter and Collingwood's Sarah Dargan have been named the Rising Star Nominees in Round Four NAB AFL Women's.

Ponter has become the Crows first nomination for AFLW 3.0.

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