The Box Hill Hawks have named an unchanged line-up to take on North Melbourne-Werribee in the rebel VFLW preliminary final at Kinetic Stadium on Saturday.
The winner of the clash will progress to take on Collingwood in the 2025 rebel VFLW Grand Final.
Having made just one change for last week’s second semi, when skipper Ellie McLinden returned from an ankle injury, the Hawks have again opted to take a settled line-up into this week’s clash with the minor premiers.
It means they will entrust the same 21 players who were part of last week’s 25-point defeat to Collingwood to get the job done as the club chases its first VFLW Grand Final appearance since winning the 2018 premiership.
North Melbourne-Werribee has made two changes, with Georgia Nicholas and Courtney Ugle recalled having both featured in the Kangaroos’ qualifying final defeat to Collingwood a fortnight ago
The unavailable Elisabeth Jackson and Aisling Tupper are the two players who make way following last week’s 24-point victory over Williamstown in the first semi final.
A victory this weekend would give the Kangaroos the chance to defend their 2024 premiership as they look to become the competition’s first back-to-back premiers since Darebin won the first two flags in 2016 and 2017.
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BOX HILL HAWKS vs NORTH MELBOURNE-WERRIBEE
Preliminary Final
Saturday 23 August, 12:05pm, Kinetic Stadium
BOX HILL HAWKS
B: E. McLinden (35), M. Zielinski (50)
HB: S. Stevenson (5), E. Robins (80), E. Juneja (23)
C: A. Torcasio (30), R. Dillon (7), E. Stilve (22)
HF: A. Cariss-Brett (4), A. Prosser-Shaw (21), A. Embelton (24)
F: G. Collingwood (10), M. Lee (33)
R: P. Price (27), M. Van Berkel (6), I. Baldwin (12)
INT: B. Neaves (25), J. Matin (18), R. Murdoch (34), T. Cattle (3), N. Exon (19)
EMG: M. Bell (39), N. Furjanic (31), S. Gibbs (29)
No change
NORTH MELBOURNE-WERRIBEE
B: B. Deed (15), S. Ingram (21)
HB: A. Ling (24), Z. Savarirayan (35), M. Zander (10)
C: C. Ryan (5), A. Barba (11), C. Ugle (1)
HF: M. Clifford (47), N. Dojiok (40), T. Ortlepp (34)
F: Z. Flanigan (16), T. Meier (2)
R: K. Reynolds (44), R. Sutton (4), M. Di Cosmo (12)
INT: S. Reid (6), C. Blair (26), G. Nicholas (9), J. Douglas (13), R. Tierney (23)
EMG: A. Tupper (8), A. Gerada (14), T. Cowan (18), M. Purcell (28), S. Hosking (3)
IN: G. Nicholas, C. Ugle
OUT: E. Jackson (unavailable), A. Tupper (omitted)
Head-to-Head: Box Hill Hawks 4-3; At Kinetic Stadium: Never met; Streak: North Melbourne 2; Last time: North Melbourne 9.7 (61) def Box Hill Hawks 4.3 (27) – Round 4, 2025, Arden Street Oval
UMPIRES
BOX HILL HAWKS vs NORTH MELBOURNE-WERRIBEE
FIELD: Jackson Gillespie, Ben Lefebvre, Samantha Ritchie (emergency: Jake Dennerley); BOUNDARY: Darien Blair, Tahlia Merrett, Aiden McDonald; GOAL: Cohen Shannon, Issa Mikhael (emergency: Shaun Meredith)
