All the teams for Round 2 in the rebel VFLW.

Essendon has called on the cavalry as it aims to get its rebel VFLW season underway against Williamstown at the NEC Hangar on Easter Saturday.

The Bombers have welcomed back former player Sarah Ford after a season on Sydney’s AFLW list and handed a debut to their pre-draft expansion club priority pick Amy Gaylor to take on a Seagulls team that set club record scores and winning margins in thrashing Darebin last week.

Essendon, which was held goalless by reigning premier Port Melbourne, has also called on AFLW ruck Steph Wales and second-year talent Mia Busch.

But the news is not all good, with Tyla Crabtree ruled out for up to 10 weeks with an ankle injury and Chloe Prpic to miss six with a knee.

The Seagulls made just one change, with Neve Crowley to play her first game against the club where she made her VFLW debut last year while on the Calder Cannons’ list, replacing Coburg ruck recruit Cat O’Bryan.

Collingwood recruit and new vice-captain Riley Christgoergl will play her first game for Darebin against Southern Saints on Sunday morning, with mature-age pair Lauren Collis and Mia Rudzki to also debut, but Sally Lynch will miss with concussion.

The Saints have two debutants in Seaford’s Courtney Aughtie and former Western Bulldog Kiara Henry, while Gabby De Angelis and Georgia Foran return from injury alongside Sophie Phillips.

Tayla Kearns has a lower leg injury and will miss, while St Kilda has withheld Darcy Guttridge and Ella Friend.

Casey Demons have a tough postscript to last week’s thrashing from Box Hill Hawks, losing key players Emma Horne and Sammy Johnson to injury and Mel Hogg to an overseas trip for their clash with Western Bulldogs at Casey Fields.

India Lehman also goes out with injury and Melbourne’s Jemma Rigoni won’t play, with AFLW-listed Alison Bannan coming in alongside Alicia Bertrand, Indi Makai, Dayna Smith and a debutant in Oak Park teenager Alexi Kasteliotis.

The Bulldogs put in a strong performance against North Melbourne last week and will regain Eleanor Cornish and Trinity Skenderis, while Isadora McLeay will make her debut after playing three AFLW games for GWS last year.

Box Hill Hawks will has lost young gun Jasmine Fleming to injury for its trip to Geelong, but two AFLW-listed players have been named to replace her in Emily Everist and VFLW debutant Mackenzie Eardley, while Eardley’s Dandenong Stingrays teammate Eleanor Butler also makes a club debut after playing for Southern Saints last year.

Their opponents at GMHBA Stadium, Geelong, was overrun by Carlton last week and will be without their best three players from that game with Abbey McDonald unavailable and Abby Favell and Gabby Featherston injured, while key forward Liv Cicolini is also out with concussion and Lily Jordan has a leg problem.

The Cats have four club debutants, with Jamilla Cranny to play her first VFLW game since lining up for Williamstown in 2018, Zoe Larkins crossing from Darebin and first-gamers in Zoe Larkins and netball convert Bridget Aughton.

All matches in the 2024 rebel VFLW season will be live streamed free via the AFL website, AFL Live Official App and VFL App.

NORTH MELBOURNE vs CARLTON

Friday 29 March, 9:30am, Arden Street Oval
Head-to-head: 2-2; At Arden Street Oval: 1-1; Streak: Carlton 1; Last Time: Carlton 7.9 51 def North Melbourne 2.4 16 (April 15, 2023)

NORTH MELBOURNE
B: N. Hales (30), M. McSweeney (22)
HB: T. Cowan (18), J. Jones (17), T. Meier (2)
C: S. Hosking (13), A. Barba (26), A. Rhodes (4)
HF: E. Paterno (21), B. Sheridan (6), F. Theodore (1)
F: M. Zander (10), Z. Flanigan (16)
R: S. King (46), M. Di Cosmo (12), R. Tierney (34)
INT: E. Jackson (19), N. Dojiok (40), A. Ling (24), J. Guy (8), G. Nicholas (9)
EMG: K. Delia (20), M. Maguire (11), B. Slaney (7),

IN: G. Nicholas
OUT: K. Reynolds (suspended)

CARLTON
B: O. Di Donato (51), C. Fitzgerald (36)
HB: D. Di Santo (76), L. Prince (58), S. Demeo (66)
C: K. Skepper (4), B. Vickers (24), H. Bowey (64)
HF: G. Tait (57), M. Austin (22), M. Robertson (15)
F: L. Keck (23), S. McCarthy (54)
R: J. Stokes (65), M. Guerin (18), K. Sherar (25)
INT: A. Turner-Funk (53), N. Phipps (74), I. Baldwin (70), I. Khoury (52), E. Wood (50)
EMG: I. Parnell (59), A. Trindade (62)

IN: D. Di Santo
OUT: L. Beatty (injured)

PORT MELBOURNE vs COLLINGWOOD

Friday 29 March, 12:35pm, ETU Stadium
Head-to-head: Collingwood 4-2; At ETU Stadium: 2-2; Streak: Port Melbourne 1; Last Time: Port Melbourne 5.5 35 def Collingwood 3.5 23 (Grand Final)

PORT MELBOURNE
B: B. Clarke (23), M. McKellar (10)
HB: L. Caruso (5), B. Lyne (3), I. Bacon (57)
C: I. Hartog (2), B. Woolcock (9), N. Borg (12)
HF: K. Cox (49), S. Reid (48), M. Ford (59)
F: M. Patterson (21), E. Harley (17)
R: M. Denahy-Maloney (28), E. Ashley-Cooper (8), A. Seton (36)
INT: K. O'Keefe (18), I. Stutt (29), K. Adams (7), F. Frew (14), J. Williams (26)
EMG: C. Bromage (4), G. Pruden (22), L. Hart (30), G. Booth (13), M. Mottram (24), M. Buchanan (33)

IN: K. Adams
OUT: L. Davie

COLLINGWOOD
B: K. Lennox (47), J. Ramsdale (51)
HB: C. Taylor (11), L. Cronin (27), A. Schutte (32)
C: M. Jarvis (48), M. Ryan (44), A. Peterson (52)
HF: S. Williams (70), A. Campbell (39), C. Granville (42)
F: M. Freeman (45), S. Degiacomi (65)
R: L. Pearce (41), F. Walsh (54), S. Ingram (38)
INT: N. Watts (62), H. Dyson (59), C. Remmos (40), M. Ellin (55), G. Osborne (66)
EMG: M. Molenberg (37), R. Grant (53), M. Maroney (57), A. Francese (60), H. Fosbrooke (64)

IN: M. Ellin, S. Williams
OUT: R. Grant, H. Fosbrooke

CASEY DEMONS vs WESTERN BULLDOGS

Saturday 30 March, 11:05am, Casey Fields
Head-to-head: Western Bulldogs 3-2; At Casey Fields: Western Bulldogs 2-1; Streak: Casey Demons 2; Last Time: Casey Demons 5.12 42 def Western Bulldogs 4.4 28 (March 26, 2023)

CASEY DEMONS
B: A. Kasteliotis (35), K. Phillips (31)
HB: S. Fairchild (8), C. Sexton (23), L. Johnson (12)
C: D. Smith (3), M. Macdonald (18), T. Burn (4)
HF: T. Williams (36), S. D'Arcy (2), N. O'Neill (19)
F: Z. Mitchell (21), A. Bannan (24)
R: L. Jatczak (14), O. Morris (13), S. Casey (22)
INT: A. Bertrand (7), L. Swain (50), J. Lin (10), I. Makai (1), S. Sheerin (5)
EMG: E. Layfield (16), T. Mills (15)

IN: A. Bannan, A. Bertrand, A. Kasteliotis, I. Makai, C. Sexton, D. Smith
OUT: G. Proy (quad), M. Hogg (overseas), E. Horne (quad), S. Johnson (hamstring), I. Lehman (finger), J. Rigoni
NEW: Alexi Kasteliotis, 19, Oak Park

WESTERN BULLDOGS
B: E. Cornish (55), C. Ugle (29)
HB: S. Asciak (28), T. Crook (30), A. Snow (57)
C: J. Livingstone (44), D. Carbone (54), T. Skenderis (34)
HF: I. McLeay (73), M. McLeod (31), R. Saulitis (56)
F: J. Tabb (63), I. Milford (64)
R: K. Hardingham (66), E. Bishop (35), M. Klingbeil (53)
INT: R. Beuzeville (50), C. Mailer (60), S. Skinner (62), T. Pulcino (36), J. Henry (68)
EMG: M. Cowan (67), F. Taylor (48), C. Leonard (38)

IN: E. Cornish, I. McLeay, T. Skenderis
OUT: L. Ashcroft (back), C. Pickett (concussion), F. Taylor
NEW: Isadora McLeay, 20, GWS Giants

ESSENDON vs WILLIAMSTOWN

Saturday 30 March, 12:05pm, NEC Hangar
Head-to-head: Essendon 6-1; At NEC Hangar: Essendon 2-0; Streak: Essendon 6; Last Time: Essendon 4.6 30 def Williamstown 3.3 21 (April 30, 2023)

ESSENDON
B: M. Ford (42), M. Robinson (80)
HB: A. Van Loon (26), E. Chaston (61), C. Adams (15)
C: A. Gaylor (23), M. Busch (28), D. Ryan (51)
HF: A. Jordan (62), L. Williamson (13), S. Orritt (68)
F: J. Richardson (52), O. Manfre (43)
R: S. Wales (30), A. Melnikas (64), R. Mahony (78)
INT: R. Murdoch (72), A. Cariss-Brett (41), T. Davidge (77), S. Ford (45), K. Russell (50)
EMG: K. Tracey (46), E. Gallagher (66), L. Bateman (63)

IN: M. Busch, S. Ford, A. Gaylor, S. Wales
OUT: T. Crabtree (ankle), S. Molan (unavailable), C. Prpic (knee), K. Tracey
NEW: Sarah Ford, 27, Sydney AFLW; Amy Gaylor, 18, Strathmore/Calder Cannons

WILLIAMSTOWN
B: N. Julian (9), Z. Day (13)
HB: E. Meade (19), L. Stepnell (4), E. Freeman (33)
C: I. Barker (16), E. Eaves (6), M. Edwards (17)
HF: E. Straford (18), S. Whiting (25), T. Brett (20)
F: R. Randell (41), M. Simpson (39)
R: N. Crowley (40), M. Williamson (24), A. Thorneycroft (27)
INT: S. Bridgewater (12), B. Gray (44), C. Tyrell (11), J. Tweddle-O'Donnell (36), C. Bain (10)
EMG: L. Sulieman (3), L. Blue (47), K. Leare (1), M. Plunkett (8), M. Smart (26)

IN: N. Crowley
OUT: C. O’Bryan
NEW: Neve Crowley, 20, Doutta Stars

GEELONG CATS vs BOX HILL HAWKS

Saturday 30 March, 2:10pm, GMHBA Stadium
Head-to-head: Geelong 5-2-1; At GMHBA Stadium: Geelong 1-0; Streak: Geelong 3; Last Time: Geelong 4.3 27 drew Box Hill Hawks 3.9 27 (June 17, 2023)

GEELONG CATS
B: M. Bragg (44), J. Cranny (60)
HB: M. Fuller (31), J. Sunderland (52), M. Walton (29)
C: B. Plummer (19), D. Taylor (28), H. Burchell (57)
HF: C. De Groot (33), J. McMeel (30), B. Pratt (36)
F: C. Reid (37), C. Mason (24)
R: S. Gooden (59), P. Schaap (35), Z. Cowan (49)
INT: B. Aughton (62), S. Mahar (40), E. Firth (56), Z. Larkins (51), O. Stewart (34)
EMG: A. McKeegan (27), P. Dunlop (38), K. Gray (58), A. Haigh (55), B. Collings (54)

IN: B. Aughton, Z. Cowan, J. Cranny, Z. Larkins, J. McMeel, O. Stewart
OUT: O. Cicolini (concussion), A. Favell (knee), G. Featherston (shoulder), L. Jordan (leg), Abbey McDonald (unavailable), K. Gray
NEW: Bridget Aughton, netball; Zoe Cowan, 21, Grovedale; Jamilla Cranny, Darwin Waratah/St Mary’s/Geelong West Giants; Zoe Larkins, 20, Darebin

BOX HILL HAWKS
B: J. Richardson (74), M. Eardley (93)
HB: T. Smith (24), E. Butler (68), E. Everist (25)
C: C. Thorne (32), E. West (81), C. Sherriff (87)
HF: B. Hipwell (19), A. McDonagh (86), M. Kendall (44)
F: K. Stratton (41), T. Luke (40)
R: L. Wales (31), E. Bates (85), T. Cattle (48)
INT: D. Spamer (42), G. Collingwood (46), A. Embelton (61), R. Dillon (60), J. Matin (45)
EMG: G. Matser (49), E. Robins (80), A. Muir (59), M. Van Berkel (38)

IN: E. Butler, M. Eardley, E. Everist
OUT: J. Fleming (injured), E. McLinden, M. van Berkel
NEW: Eleanor Butler, 18, Frankston/Dandenong Stingrays/Southern Saints; Mackenzie Eardley, 18, Hawthorn AFLW/Dandenong Stingrays/Beleura

SOUTHERN SAINTS vs DAREBIN FALCONS

Sunday 31 March, 9:45am, Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval
Head-to-head: Southern Saints 4-1; At WSTBBO: Southern Saints 3-0; Streak: Southern Saints 4; Last Time: Southern Saints 6.10 46 def Darebin 2.1 13 (March 25, 2023)

SOUTHERN SAINTS
B: N. Plane (38), B. Enno (26)
HB: C. Matthews (36), T. Boyd (21), G. Ricardo (44)
C: W. Laing (9), E. Nikolitsis (17), K. Henry (22)
HF: M. Stobie (48), S. Phillips (8), C. Aughtie (31)
F: D. Jolliffe (4), C. Hunt (29)
R: M. Torpey (28), A. Tregellis (12), A. Hynes (16)
INT: G. Foran (37), C. Ryan (5), G. Hodder (7), P. Phelan (27), G. De Angelis (39)
EMG: C. Saultry (6), A. Russell (14), A. Penry (32), Z. McCurdy (11), F. Crank (25), T. Browne (20)

IN: C. Aughtie, G. De Angelis, G. Foran, K. Henry, S. Phillips
OUT: T. Kearns (leg), A. Penry (Gippsland Power), E. Friend, D.Guttridge, C. Saultry
NEW: Courtney Aughtie, 22, Seaford; Kiara Henry, 21, Western Bulldogs VFLW

DAREBIN FALCONS
B: G. Wake (37), K. Lee (43)
HB: S. Ruedin (32), O. Storer (21), R. Christgoergl (20)
C: E. Mackay (39), C. Bunker (33), M. Shone (60)
HF: C. Kodagoda (15), S. Cowley-Du Parquet, E. Southgate (48)
F: G. Gough (4), A. Mifsud (9)
R: S. Egan (34), A. Gogos (1), E. Rayment (35)
INT: S. Baisas (36), P. Louey (3), M. Rudzki (11), A. Gottliebsen (10), L. Collis (46)
EMG: P. Kearney (28), J. Fitzpatrick (29), J. Farrugia (14)

IN: R. Christgoergl, L. Collis, M. Rudzki, M. Shone
OUT: S. Lynch (concussion), J. Farrugia, L. Griss, C. Wright
NEW: Riley Christgoergl, 27, Collingwood VFLW; Lauren Collis, 26, Coburg; Mia Rudzki, 25, Darebin NFNL