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2025 Smithys VFL Round 8
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Friday May 16

3:35pm AEST Sydney Swans v Carlton - SCG, Sydney • Gadigal

 

Saturday May 17

10:05am AEST Collingwood v GWS GIANTS - Victoria Park, Melbourne • Wurundjeri

11:05am AEST Gold Coast SUNS v Box Hill Hawks - People First Stadium, Gold Coast • Yugambeh

11:05am AEST Casey Demons v Southport - Casey Fields, Melbourne • Wurundjeri/Boon Wurrung

3:05pm AEST Williamstown v Footscray Bulldogs - DSV Stadium, Victoria

7:10pm AEST Port Melbourne v Geelong - ETU Stadium, Melbourne • Wurundjeri

 

Sunday May 18

1:05pm AEST Coburg Lions v Northern Bullants - Barry Plant Park, Coburg

2:05pm AEST Sandringham Zebras v Werribee Tigers - Trevor Barker Beach Oval, Sandringham • Bunurong

2:05pm AEST North Melbourne v Richmond - Arden Street Oval, Melbourne • Wurundjeri

 

Ladder at conclusion of Round 7

 

#

Club

Pld

W

L

D

Pts

%

1

GWS GIANTS

6

6

0

0

24

188.9

2

Box Hill Hawks

6

5

1

0

20

118.1

3

Brisbane Lions

6

5

1

0

20

117.3

4

Southport

6

4

1

1

18

130.2

5

Footscray Bulldogs

6

4

2

0

16

131.5

6

Collingwood

6

4

2

0

16

115

7

Frankston

6

4

2

0

16

108.1

8

Richmond

6

4

2

0

16

85.2

9

North Melbourne

6

3

2

1

14

105.3

10 

Werribee Tigers

7

3

4

0

12

107.8

11

Essendon

6

3

3

0

12

106.1

12

Geelong

6

3

3

0

12

99.1

13

Casey Demons

6

2

3

1

10

106.6

14

Gold Coast SUNS

5

2

3

0

8

129.7

15

Coburg Lions

6

2

4

0

8

106.3

16

Carlton

6

2

4

0

8

87.9

17

Williamstown

6

2

4

0

8

82.4

18

Port Melbourne

6

1

4

1

6

100.8

19

Sandringham Zebras

6

1

5

0

4

64.8

20

Sydney Swans

6

1

5

0

4

62.4

21

Northern Bullants

6

0

6

0

0

38.2

 

Edited by: NorthPort on 15/05/2025 - 08:25
Spiny Norman
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Great to see AJ Kuol Mun named to Port Melbourne's lineup - the commentators last week made it sound like his foot injury was pretty bad, and of course he didn't return to play, so I was worried he'd be out for a while.

MegaA
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One of the commentators last week was pretty average and the camera work… I know I should be great full but truth be told their was room for improvement 

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NorthPort
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I think if we can play the kind of good footy we are capable of, then we should be able to post up an important win.

The camerawork was poor last week.  The tripod wasn't even set up straight so the ground look liked it had a significant slope.  It looked like they were in a location that couldn't sufficiently look down to the closest boundary line, so a bit of play got missed there as well.

 

 


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Spiny Norman
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That is definitely true about the camera work and commentary. I recall Stubbings got called Highmore multiple times, and once one of the commentators called Hird Lloyd (maybe twice, actually, since I recall an expression of surprise at Drew Lloyd being in defense when it didn't seem that he was).

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NorthPort
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Charlie Lazzaro, got referred to as Lorenzo as well on at least one occasion.

 


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Spiny Norman
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It's great to be on the right side of a fourth-quarter comeback! It was a messy game, but they fought it out well and deserve to be proud of their performance tonight.

Did anyone see what happened to Luca Alessio? I missed whatever it was. Hope his injury isn't as bad as it looked.

MegaA
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Yes indeed a great result, under Digs instructions who said get to know Brendan I bought him a beer who sounded satisfied with the way things are progressing and gave the impression that he definitely expects this is only the beginning and further improvements to come. 
 

Unfortunately I didn’t see Allesios injury but it looks like he’s out for a few weeks. I think Charlie Clarke will be included next week. 3 weeks is a long time in football, 🏉 I’m definitely not saying we will win on Sunday but had you of asked me 3 weeks ago Ild say more chance that hell would freeze over, in the here and now Ild say we have put ourselves in a realistic position where 4 points is very doable. 

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THE VFLS MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB - THE MIGHTY PORT MELBOURNE BOROUGH!

I'M PORT MELBURNE BORN, I'M PORT MELBOURNE BRED, I'LL BE PORT UNTIL I'M DEAD!!!

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Good double yesterday with both VFA clubs Williamstown and port Melbourne having good wins over Footscray and Geelong.

digs
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Happy days Mega !

We might be from the bush. but we ain't green

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What a game.. Played in absolutely drenching rain. The surface held up remarkably well considering how much came down.

 

What a heart in mouth final quarter! I thought the players responded really well and should be very proud of their improvement in the past 3 weeks. 

I had been critical of Tom Graham earlier in the season, but he player such an important role during key moments in the game as a very solid defender, particularly after losing High more earlier. 

I watched the replay and the Alessio injury was a heavy landing in a marking contest with his head striking the ground. Hopedully the scans all show no signs of damage. 

I'm weighing up taking the kids up on the 6 hour round trip to Albury this coming week! 

 


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