Richmond make their historic debut against Carlton at Ikon (Princes) Park this Friday night in where in the world of the AFLW, it’s a clash of co-tenans along with traditional rivals. We take a look at Friday (7/2/2020) AFLW 2020 match which is between the Richmond and Carlton. View the odds and teams for both sides as well as our Tips and Bets for the match.
When: Friday February 7, 7:40pm
Where: Ikon Park (Princes Park)
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Preview:
This is also a cross-conference clash.
The Tigers are in confrence A and the Blues conference B.
Leading up to their inaugural season, Richmond went on an old-fashioned big name recruiting spree not seen by the club since the Tommy Haffey/Graeme Richmond days.
Landing the likes of Monique Conti, Katie Brenan and Sabirina Fredrick showed that the Tigers mean business when it comes to getting success for its womens team as early as possible.
Along with this, many of the Richmond VFLW players have been included in the AFLW team which means a fair few of these girls have at least a couple of years of playing with eachother, so they won’t have the first round jitters you might expect from a new team.
The Richmond VFLW team was known for its attacking style of play, and you should expect that from them in their inaugural AFLW season.
Carlton on the other hand, go into this game in their fourth season and coming off a loss in last years AFLW Grand Final to the Crows.
The Blues lost their captain Brianna Davey to Collingwood during the off-season but the likes of Talya Harris, Darcy Veciso and rising star Maddy Prespakis still makes Carlton a formidable force.
As with a few of these games this weekend, there is an element of the unknown.
While it is a Richmond home game, the Carlton girls will know Ikon Park pretty well but expect the crowd to be filled with the Tiger Army cheering the girls on.
Season openers have produced some low-scoring affairs in the AFLW, but with the attacking style of play both sides can produce – expect a highly entertaining contest and for it to go down to the wire.
Odds:
Tip: Richmond at $1.96
Teams:
CARLTON
Lauren Brazzale, Chloe Dalton, Alison Downie, Jess Edwards, Grace Egan, Georgia Gee, Serena Gibbs, Kerryn Harrington, Tayla Harris, Jess Hosking, Sarah Hosking, Courtney Jones, Vaomua Laloifi, Katie Loynes, Lucy McEvoy, Abbie McKay, Breann Moody, Natalie Plane, Gabriella Pound, Madison Prespakis, Nicola Stevens, Jayde Van Dyk, Brooke Vernon, Darcy Vescio, Brooke Walker, Sharnie Whiting, Charlotte Wilson, Emerson Woods
Rookies: Joanne Doonan, Katie Harrison
RICHMOND
Laura Bailey, Christina Bernardi, Maddy Brancatisano, Katie Brennan, Hannah Burchell, Nekaela Butler, Grace Campbell, Monique Conti, Kate Dempsey, Alice Edmonds, Ciara Fitzgerald, Sabrina Frederick, Emily Harley, Emma Horne, Kodi Jacques, Akec Makur Chuot, Laura McClelland, Rebecca Miller, Sophie Molan, Phoebe Monahan, Iilish Ross, Sarah Sansonetti, Cleo Saxon-Jones, Tayla Stahl, Lauren Tesoriero, Courtney Wakefield, Holly Whitford, Ella Wood, Alana Woodward
Rookie: Gabby Seymour
*Odds correct at time of posting. Subject to change
