Squad for VFLW Team of the Year selection

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Season 2026 - VFLW Competition

The squad of 42 from which the VFLW Team of the Year will be selected has also been named:

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1607221/2026-vflw-team-of-the-year-squad

From the article: 

"The full list of club representation is: Box Hill Hawks (three), Carlton (five), Casey Demons (one), Collingwood (four), Darebin (three), Essendon (two), Geelong Cats (two), North Melbourne Werribee (six), Port Melbourne (three), Sandringham (two), Tasmania (two), Western Bulldogs (four) and Williamstown (five)."

Box Hill: Annabelle Embelton, Kayley Kavanagh, Ella Stoddart

Carlton: Lucy Burke, Octavia Di Donato, Nell Morris-Dalton, Elle Sbeghen, Hannah Scott

Casey: Meg Macdonald

Collingwood: Dom Carbone, Stella Huxtable, Amelia Peck, Jemma Ramsdale

Darebin: Caitlin Bunker, Bella Daddo, Kasey Lennox

Essendon: Lily Batemen, El Chaston

Geelong: Annie Lee, Lucy Marescuk

North Melbourne Werribee: Alana Barba, Maddie Di Cosmo, Nyakoat Dojiok, Mikayla Hyde, Ava Seton, Renee Tierney

Port Melbourne: Mia Caffry, Georgia Foran, Courtney Jones

Sandringham: Zoe Barbakos, Ava Bibby

Tasmania: Ava Read, Grace White

Western Bulldogs: Ellie Bishop, Jorja Livingstone, Sarah Sansonetti, Jemima Wrigley

Williamstown: Laura Blue, Emily Eaves, Naomi Ferres, Georgia Howes, Mia Zielinski

Definitely a strong squad. Guessing Elle Sbeghen is a lock for the ruck position as she leads the comp in hitouts. Mia Zielinski also sure of a spot as the leading goalkicker. Dom Carbone makes a huge difference to Collingwood's VFLW side and seems a lock as well. Having mainly watched Port Melbourne not sure who else they'll pick - not to sound overly biased but I expect to see Mia Caffry in the team also. Tipping her for our best and fairest.

Squad for VFL Team of the Year selection

Submitted by Spiny Norman on
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Season 2026 - VFL Competition

The squad of 48 from which the VFL Team of the Year will be selected has been announced here:

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1606968/2026-smithys-vfl-team-of-the-year-squad

From the article:

"The full list of club representation is: Box Hill Hawks (four), Brisbane Lions (two), Carlton (one), Casey Demons (one), Coburg (six, including Mitch Podhajski), Collingwood (two, including Harrison Coe and Mitch Podhajski), Essendon (two), Footscray (two), Frankston (six, including Harrison Coe), Geelong Cats (four), Gold Coast Suns (one), GWS Giants (two), Port Melbourne (two), Richmond (one), Southport Sharks (two), Sydney Swans (two), Tasmania (three), Werribee (four) and Williamstown (three). North Melbourne, Sandringham and St Kilda do not have a representative named."

Box Hill: Stu Horner, Henry Hustwaite, Finn Maginness, Brodie McLaughlin

Brisbane: Darragh Joyce, Will McLachlan

Carlton: Lachie Fogarty

Casey: Riley Bonner

Coburg: Jack Bytel, Ingo Dammersmith, Cooper Keogh, Jaidyn Stephenson, Donovan Toohey

Collingwood/Coburg: Mitch Podhajski

Collingwood/Frankston: Harrison Coe

Essendon: Tyler Sellers, Elijah Tsatas

Footscray: Jack Billings, Cooper Craig-Peters

Frankston: Corey Ellison, Darby Hipwell, Tyson Milne, Trent Mynott, Jackson Voss

Geelong: Nathan Kreuger, Mitch Knevitt, Jesse Mellor, George Stevens

Gold Coast: Ben Jepson

GWS: Harvey Hooper, Jack Ough

Port Melbourne: Kaine Baldwin, Ben Hobbs

Richmond: Mutaz El Nour

Southport: Jacob Dawson, Zac Foot

Sydney: Joel Hamling, Mitch Mellis

Tasmania: Hugh Dixon, Jed Hagan, Jye Menzie

Werribee: Ajang Kuol Mun, Louis Pinnuck, Jack Riding, Brady Wright

Williamstown: Jake Greiser, Luke Parks, Jack Toner

Bit surprised Brayden Crossley didn't make the squad. I did think AJ Kuol Mun had a narrow win over him when Werribee played Southport, and perhaps the games he missed cost him the squad spot. Two in the squad seems a bit low for Port Melbourne given the sixth-placed finish, but to some extent we did have different players excelling at different points in the season. From Werribee I had expected to see Dom Brew and Charlie Lazzaro in the squad, but there is always a lot of competition for the midfield spots. Sandringham's Nathan Philactides perhaps a bit unlucky. In any case the selectors should certainly be able to pick a strong team out of this squad.

VFLW 2026 Preliminary Finals

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Season 2026 - VFLW Competition

Saturday, September 12

Second Preliminary Final: North Melbourne Werribee vs Collingwood

Arden Street Oval, 11:35am AEST

Broadcaster: AFL.com.au and AFL Live Official App

First Preliminary Final: Williamstown vs Port Melbourne

DSV Stadium, 1:35pm AEST

Broadcaster: AFL.com.au and AFL Live Official App

VFL Finals Week 4 - Preliminary Finals

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Season 2026 - VFL Competition

Saturday, September 12

Second Preliminary Final: Box Hill Hawks vs Essendon

Box Hill City Oval, 11:05am AEST

Broadcaster: ABC (ABC in Victoria, ABC iview nationally)

Sunday, September 13

First Preliminary Final: Geelong Cats vs Port Melbourne

GMHBA Stadium, 1:35pm AEST

Broadcaster: ABC (ABC in Victoria, ABC iview nationally)

Williamstown unrest

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Williamstown

Some of you may be aware that Williamstown has a rival ticket for a spill of the board and election. 

 

I believe this may have revolved around a few issues, but stale bread and cold showers have been circulating on Facebook. 

Today the President put out a press statement in response....

 

Board Statement: Formal Response to Member Notice

September 3, 2026

Thursday 3rd September 2026

Formal Response to Member Notice

Dear Williamstown Football Club (WFC) members and extended community.

On 25 August 2026 the WFC received a notice requesting the Board to convene a general meeting of the Club (Member Notice).

As a Member, you may now have also received an email from a group of members called the Action Group.

Having reviewed the Member Notice, the Board has no option but on legal grounds to reject the Member Notice as invalid and not to call or hold a General Meeting as requested.

The Member Notice has numerous irregularities and fails to meet the rules of the WFC Constitution. It was with great disappointment that the individuals behind the Member Notice declined an earlier written invitation from the Board to meet and discuss any and all concerns they have with the Board prior to issuing the Member Notice.

We are further disappointed that they then chose to continue the process during the men’s and women’s football finals programs – particularly given the VFLW were playing for second Minor Premiership which they won.

The Board rejects the mostly operational assertions made in the email and remains unaware of any specific and substantial grievances.

A letter containing a detailed explanation for the rejection has been sent to representatives of the Member Notice. The rejection was the only proper and legal way the Club is able to respond given the nature of the Notice. For transparency, a copy of that letter is available here.

Any Club members wishing to seek election to the Board should do so by the procedure set out in clause 12.5 of the Constitution.

This is the same procedure followed prior to each AGM, where positions on the Board must become vacant. A copy of the Constitution is available on the Club’s website, and any direct enquiries regarding applications or the procedure may be made to the CEO/Secretary of the Club.

The Club anticipates that the next AGM will be held in the latter part of February 2027 (following similar timing to the AGM held earlier this year). Formal nominations must be received 35 days prior to the date set for the AGM, which will be duly notified by the Club well in advance.

Should any members have any queries, please do contact me by email at: admin@williamstownfc.com.au

Yours sincerely,

Merryl Dooley

President, Williamstown Football Club

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