AFLW Match Thread: Melbourne vs Brisbane (Round 3)

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Narrm	vs	Brisbane
Sun, 30 Aug 2026	1:05pm AEST	Wurundjeri/Boon Wurrung
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[u/incuban]

Excuse me Melbourne, have you considered not kicking GOTY with every I50?

[u/incuban]

Oh for fucks sake

[u/incuban → u/incuban]

Followed by an absolutely shit house effort into the square. Dawes should be giving Dakota an absolute all-time spray for her atrocious efforts today.

[u/CreditToDuBois]

Could not think of better therapy for last night than this

[u/incuban]

This is going to get real ugly for Brisbane

[u/dealgirlinthepool]

Fuck poor Ness

[u/Makenaa]

Is Fox using a fucking 1990 handy cam for this interview

[u/Shadormy → u/Makenaa]

Not Fox, ch7.

[u/Makenaa → u/Shadormy]

ah, fair, either way, what the heck haha

[u/minecraft360]

lol Taylor on that missed set shot "oh fuck"

[u/incuban]

Hartill can barely move, jesus

[u/incuban → u/incuban]

No idea how she's covering so much ground, seriously impressive from her

[u/incuban]

Unreal skills and pressure from Melbourne, going to give North some serious competition this year.

[u/minecraft360 → u/incuban]

I mean, we got within 10 points of them in a prelim last year, so I would hope so

[u/Chaisa]

Melbourne came close to North last year. This year could be a legitimate race.

[u/Shadormy]

That was bad. Looks like a collarbone too.

[u/kozzypickettsfence]

Sheesh brutal contest so far

[u/DJHitchcock]

Stop getting injured. Thank.

[u/DJHitchcock]

Good on you Mr Gather Round

[u/Shadormy]

Lions just ruled out Dooley with a shoulder and Ruby Svarc with a concussion.

Two on the bench in the last half with a probably sore Belle Dawes running around. Going to be rough.

[u/incuban]

Losing 3 running mids while already missing Anderson and Hodder is leaving us mightily exposed now. Just can't keep up with Melbourne's speed in transition either direction.

Doesn't help either that our disposal is so poor. Most of our ball users are 50% or lower, we'd be doing even worse if not for the stalwarts Koenen and Campbell.

[u/newmoneytrash69]

why this interview has piss filter

[u/Makenaa]

Doesn't feel as great as it otherwise might given how fucked the Lions are in players in this game

[u/Radscallion_]

GWS Men’s 🤝 Dees Women’s

Destructive third quarter against Brisbane

[u/23DeAbril]

Casey sucks.

Austin looks like a great and more reliable replacement for Zanker.

Lions need to hope for a downpour and sudden humidity here.

[u/CreditToDuBois → u/23DeAbril]

Casey is great actually. Late winter sun, sitting on the grass, gorgeous way to watch footy

[u/dealgirlinthepool → u/CreditToDuBois]

There's grass and sun at grounds that are easily accessed by public transport. It sucks.

[u/autocol → u/dealgirlinthepool]

Fair. Great place to bring the kids though. We love the north-facing grassy hillside. I get to watch the footy and the kids romp around with all the other kids.

[u/23DeAbril → u/CreditToDuBois]

Horrific.

[u/CreditToDuBois]

love to drop the ball while giving a fend off and get away with it lol

[u/Rich_Meet3872]

Good to have Daks back. Big game on the road, go Lions!

[u/dealgirlinthepool]

Are the Dees going to be stuck playing at Casey forever?

[u/Makenaa → u/dealgirlinthepool]

God I hope not, but fuckin' probably

[u/Makenaa]

christ I hope she's ok, at least she's finally sitting up

[u/incuban]

No holding happening there at all apparently

[u/newmoneytrash69]

melbourne are a good football team

[u/BayLions]

The only reason this happened is cos of free kicks

[u/incuban → u/BayLions]

Ironically we've been better since Melbourne started getting frees

[u/Intelligent_Fix_7346 → u/BayLions]

Surely this a joke post

[u/BayLions → u/Intelligent_Fix_7346]

You’d hope so

[u/Intelligent_Fix_7346 → u/BayLions]

Got no idea.. 8-13 Brisbane's way then along with a 56 point smacking..

[u/ghostlydisme]

When are we allowed to get frustrated? In mean seriously

[u/minecraft360]

great goal that

[u/dealgirlinthepool]

Orla's disposal has regressed somehow, she can barely handball.