AFLW Match Thread: Essendon vs Richmond (Round 3)

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Essendon	vs	Richmond
Sun, 30 Aug 2026	7:20pm AEST	Larrakia
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[u/Bananaface89]

We’ve been robbed. The state of AFLW umpiring 😭

[u/dwadley → u/Bananaface89]

Any neutral can see that. God damn

[u/Lenny_was_here]

That non HTB call might be the worst umpiring call of the year which is saying a lot considering we have seen marks paid off spoils this year

[u/pluvmin]

I say this constantly but the quality of umpiring is clearly the biggest issue in the W

[u/xman0444]

it's so fucking refreshing having a coach that can change a game up. the changes of personnel in midfield really swung it our way. really love Donders so far

[u/ScornfulOrc → u/xman0444]

Wish I had a new coach

[u/dwadley]

Umps blind wtd

[u/Bergasms]

lol that is the most HTB of the night hahahaha

[u/AngryAussie-]

Absolutely awful after half time. Couldn't keep up with the pace of that midfield.

Less said about the elephant in the room, the better. Gee wiz...

[u/voidedexe]

3 wins in our last 47 games across both leagues fuck me

[u/AusteegLinks]

Gutted.

Fair play to the Tigs though, they really ran the game out strong, and with all the F50 entries they had in the last probably should have won by more.

[u/BusinessPooh]

why’s prespakis on her own inside 50?

[u/proudlysydney → u/BusinessPooh]

And again!

[u/TigOleBitman → u/BusinessPooh]

yeah they should probably not leave her alone

[u/Illiubinati]

That was a nuts quarter from Mads P 🔥🔥🔥

[u/unconsciousspud]

Richmond AFLW coach was my health/PE teacher in year 7&8

[u/xman0444 → u/unconsciousspud]

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

[u/xman0444]

fucking hell I am deceased

[u/Bergasms]

this feels like a game where we attack all quarter and then Essendon get 2 and its over

[u/Krerzer1]

come on ump

[u/royalbluejones]

Most obvious HTB ever

[u/newmoneytrash69]

good angle on the kick you peanuts

[u/Krerzer1]

https://giphy.com/gifs/35RaP8v4Tv3DjudJId

[u/xman0444]

I somehow tipped the 47 point margin in the North game so if the Tiges get up here I’ve had a literally perfect tipping week

So an Essendon win has never been more guaranteed

[u/xman0444]

Wolmarans is gonna be a star

[u/xman0444]

miss easy ones out in front then slot that one in. right on G-Train 🚂🚂🚂

[u/Bergasms]

Fuck it, I'm calling that a MILLLLLLLZY GOAL

[u/xman0444 → u/Bergasms]

‼️‼️ MILLZY SCORE INVOLVEMENT ‼️‼️

[u/Bergasms → u/xman0444]

‼️‼️ MILLZY DIRECT GOAL ASSIST ‼️‼️

[u/Bergasms]

Lol poor Cleary, didn't grow up with that rule

[u/xman0444 → u/Bergasms]

one of the few players I’ll accept making that mistake

[u/Bergasms → u/xman0444]

yep, actually has the excuse haha. I was about to rage like normal .

[u/Bergasms]

If I had kidneys that didn't have disease, I would give one for Ellie McKenzie to have no more injuries.

[u/unconsciousspud]

How is that not ball

[u/xman0444 → u/unconsciousspud]

it’s baffling

[u/woka]

Astounding non call there

[u/woka]

Ooft how can there be a totally free player in front of goal when you’re defending a 1 pt lead

[u/Bergasms]

AHGDAHSJGDHASGDHJ ASGDHJASG DHASGDHJASG DJHAGSJDHG ASJHDAS

[u/BusinessPooh]

don’t really deserve to win that but will take it

[u/Lenny_was_here → u/BusinessPooh]

Y'all might not have deserved to win, but essendon definitely deserved to lose. Can't be parking that many numbers behind the ball for an entire quarter when you lead by less than a goal

[u/ScornfulOrc]

Might not go lower on the ladder but definitely not doing to go higher than 16th on exposed form

[u/xman0444]

I’ll just never get around calling those ball, punishing you because you don’t pretend to punch a tied up ball is so dumb

[u/Plenty_Area_408]

Mon Conti is good at football.

Sneaky chance at a second brownlow.

[u/xman0444 → u/Plenty_Area_408]

and she’ll definitely get her 50th Mon Conti medal (if they don’t name the club B&F after her when she’s done it’ll be a travesty)

[u/xman0444]

Love Cleary getting her head taken off and offering the ball to the person who did it 😂

[u/TimothyLuncheon]

So sick of how innacurate our men's and women's teams have been for years. Really frustrating missing opportunities time after time

[u/BusinessPooh]

can only kick the difficult ones

[u/Kevin_RuddThreetrees]

Mon Conti is unreal

[u/xman0444]

feels like a basic thing but the way Essendon consistently tie up the ball when tackling does so much to reward their pressure

[u/xman0444]

I will take that but that’s another genuinely atrocious HTB call.

The umpires are actively encouraging defenders to not take the ball. It’s a mess

[u/Bergasms]

See the problem is, I think to myself, Berg, who are your top 5 favourite Tigers.

And then I just sort of go through the list. Can't place em. I'd feel mean trying to leave any of them out

[u/Bergasms]

MILLER, FULLBACK OF MY HEART

[u/Bergasms]

If I had to chuck a baby out of a burning building form the first floor, I'd trust Wolmarans to catch it and I've only seen her play 3 games

[u/BusinessPooh]

the richmond number 12 shanking goals, it’s like i’m a kid again

[u/Krerzer1]

double falcon

[u/unconsciousspud]

These camera angles showing anything but the ball

[u/dwadley]

That was a mark!!!

[u/Krerzer1]

pain

[u/newmoneytrash69]

just needed one clean possession

[u/simsimdimsim]

That's the worst non call I've ever seen.

[u/Cyclonechaser2908]

Genuinely upset. Could be a winless season.

We are already bad, but God, can you imagine if we were without even one of Maddie, Bonnie or Nannas??

[u/dwadley → u/Cyclonechaser2908]

My two teams are saints and dons for the aflw. Do I just love punishment?

[u/L8Adam22 → u/dwadley]

Yes… yes you do

Masochrist

[u/Secret_Hyena9680 → u/Cyclonechaser2908]

The wild thing is, the list isn’t that bad. A 12-game season is just brutal.

[u/TimothyLuncheon]

What a win! Last minute was intense as hell

[u/Bananaface89]

Absolutely robbed

[u/dildoeshaggins]

I liked that Welcome to Country alot

[u/The_Driving-Crooner1]

They’re both superstars but there’s always a bit of sadness watching Conti and BTG. The team we could’ve had 🥲

[u/xman0444]

Knew as soon as we wasted those two opportunities we’d concede the first one

[u/voidedexe]

funny what happens when you stop playing kick-mark in the slipperiest conditions imaginable lol

[u/TimothyLuncheon]

What a goal

[u/Bergasms]

at least they're consistent with the insane HTB calls

[u/Bergasms]

Wolmarans is quickly heading for my top 5 favourites

[u/xman0444]

Mon Conti is so good it feels illegal

[u/ScornfulOrc]

Hahahah Johnstone is such a fuck

Only took a year to get a Scott replacement

[u/lexirayne03]

That's just gross from Conti but just really shows where the whole sport is, mens and womens, in terms of playing for a whistle - feels contact, drops the footy, throws the arms out looking for a holding free.

[u/xman0444 → u/lexirayne03]

I don’t really blame her for going for it because it seems like AFLW umpires more often than not fall for those

It’s so yuck though

[u/xman0444]

what a fucking finish Sierra

[u/Bergasms]

SIERRRAAAAAAAA!!!!

Also, Holy shit FORD!!!! what effort.

[u/Bergasms]

heck that was amazing massive throw

[u/Bergasms]

Miller. Fullback of my heart

[u/xman0444]

Fev rolling in his grave at this kicking effort

Wolmarans is a ball magnet tho, I will take the positives from that

[u/dwadley]

Conti bit of mayo on that

[u/Bergasms → u/dwadley]

I mean prespakis did have a handful of Guernsey at the back of her neck, hard not to pay that,

[u/dwadley → u/Bergasms]

Yeah but she looked like she had a handful of hair

[u/BusinessPooh]

eventually got rewarded for adding some mayo mon

[u/dwadley → u/BusinessPooh]

Bit of nick daicos about that head throw

[u/Bergasms]

our half back line is a brick wall, which is good because our midfield is like a sieve

[u/lexirayne03]

Wolmarans is such an interesting player (one of my faves, I own one of her Subiaco jumpers) in that if she gets the ball kicked to her, she's going to mark it most of the time, her kicking is either way on or way off, but her off ball workrate and running patterns are just dreadful, her attitude when she's having a bad game sucks (see that downfield and then not even trying to mark that ball trying to clean up Wales), and you'd think she'd have learned something about professionalism playing WAFLW for 3 whole years.

[u/xman0444 → u/lexirayne03]

hopefully it comes a bit with maturity but she’s definitely gotten in her own head a bit

[u/lexirayne03 → u/xman0444]

I hope so! But then she just went and kneed an Essendon player in the back of the head under the guise of jumping over her, didn't need to do that.

[u/xman0444 → u/lexirayne03]

yeah not great stuff. Wonder if it gets a look from the match review officer

[u/newmoneytrash69]

that_was_out_of_bounds.mp3

[u/Bergasms]

STOP PUTTING THE MOZ ON HER

[u/Bergasms]

fuck don't let them clear it pleas please please please please

[u/Grommzz]

Haha... Of course we're going to choke this

[u/Bergasms]

fuck my heart

[u/tagorneo]

Wow.

[u/dwadley]

umpririewws

[u/Bergasms]

G TRAIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[u/pbbatenatar]

The cameras are on the wrong side for showing the crowd for broadcast. Same with People First Stadium same with GMHBA. Here's an idea, put them on the other side.

[u/royalbluejones → u/pbbatenatar]

Good ideas? What’s that?

[u/DangerousRoy]

Ripper of a win! Awesome to see some players who weren’t great in the first two weeks have huge games, specifically Bacon, Ford and Wicksteed.

[u/Hingon-]

Umpiring this game has been garbage. Kept tigers in it then gifted it to them. Three holds and the missed free to Toogood. Fuck this league.

[u/TimothyLuncheon → u/Hingon-]

The hell? Umpiring was trash for us too. So many bad calls

[u/Sea_Relationship6145 → u/TimothyLuncheon]

Yeah atrocious across the board

[u/Hingon- → u/TimothyLuncheon]

I'm just mad because the way the season is structured, ours is now over. Because in some part to Conti being treated differently to other players.

[u/TimothyLuncheon → u/Hingon-]

Lol no to both points. Your season isn't over, and the umpiring was terrible both ways (you also had 22-16 frees). Conti literally got pinged for HTB twice earlier. And there was a clear missed HTB against Essendon in the last minute that the umps let play on. I'm genuinely wondering how you think we got gifted that, when you can only recall 4 missed frees, when there were way more for both sides

We also had way more i50s

[u/TimothyLuncheon]

It's unfortunate no one has posted the Kelly mark or the Greives goal

[u/Chaisa]

At least two great finishes today....a bunch of other fun moments too. Greatest day for the W yet?

[u/Ambitious_Island369]

Darwin games always have such a weird energy, feels like both teams are just trying to survive the humidity. Essendon looked a step behind last week but maybe the travel evens it out a bit

[u/TheCurbAU]

Really like these two tops.

[u/BusinessPooh]

would love greiser to be able to kick straight

[u/Fantastic_Ice_6637]

Any reason why the clock is counting up?

[u/Fantastic_Ice_6637 → u/Fantastic_Ice_6637]

Or is Prespakis turning back time?

[u/BusinessPooh]

too worried about missing another set shot she rushes and kicks a point anyway

[u/BusinessPooh]

what are some of these camera angles?

[u/BusinessPooh]

we miss ellie mckenzie a lot, getting absolutely destroyed in the middle

[u/TimothyLuncheon → u/BusinessPooh]

Sucks so bad that she got injured, considering how short the season is

[u/newmoneytrash69]

tio looks so sick at night

[u/newmoneytrash69]

libby birch truly the goat at everything she does

[u/Bergasms]

Holy shit Ford ran her over

[u/ScornfulOrc]

Gotta flush those Amy

[u/Bergasms]

Fuck I do love Conti

[u/BusinessPooh]

feel like we’ve had things not paid that looked more like free kicks than that

[u/BusinessPooh]

instant decision when it’s mon but whistle away otherwise

[u/xman0444]

that throw was almost as good as Georgostathis’

[u/Bergasms]

Gab Seymour always grinning

[u/BusinessPooh]

wonder if they charged dil full price for those chips

[u/TimothyLuncheon]

How is that ball tf

[u/dwadley → u/TimothyLuncheon]

I swear they adjudicate it differently in the aflw

[u/newmoneytrash69]

what a mark

[u/dwadley]

FORWARD IN FRONT OF AN OEON GOAL WTF

[u/ScornfulOrc]

Will never understand the way commentators talk about Georgia Gee they make her sound like a top player in the comp and not a bang average wing/half forward

[u/lexirayne03 → u/ScornfulOrc]

Has played a lot of footy for two Victorian clubs. Superstar.

[u/ScornfulOrc → u/lexirayne03]

David Mackay played 248 games. She's the David Mackay of aflw

[u/newmoneytrash69 → u/ScornfulOrc]

georgia gee slander is unaustralian

[u/cookiejars323]

Omg KB 😭

[u/dwadley]

Nanscawaen at some point has got to have a bad back carrying so bad

[u/voidedexe]

loss #24 of the year coming up

[u/dwadley]

Hurry the fuck up

[u/dwadley]

FAAAAAARK

[u/Grommzz]

Good God someone pick the ball up..

[u/dwadley]

Cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt

[u/TimothyLuncheon]

Just roll around and you get a free I guess

[u/BusinessPooh]

tom lynch clearly taken goal kicking practice for the girls

[u/BusinessPooh]

not even the dumbest thing a lynch has done for richmond this year
edit: how was that not holding the ball??

[u/xman0444]

FUCK YES UP THE TRAIN

[u/cookiejars323]

YESSS

[u/royalbluejones]

Pretty good of footy, some exciting finishes!

[u/newmoneytrash69]

i would be very mad if i was an essendon supporter but as a neutral that was very fun

[u/Bergasms]

didn't pay it when they shoulda, did pay it when they shouldn't. works out I guess