Back to basics for Thunder – Round 10
06.06.18 15:28NEAFLMatch PreviewThunder is hoping to snap its current losing streak at two losses and will be attempting to do so where it won in Round 2.
Thunder is hoping to snap its current losing streak at two losses and will be attempting to do so where it won in Round 2.
No new additions to the VFL Women’s injury list however there are a few of the NEAFL players require assessment after Saturday’s clash.
The Crows have retained its core AFLW talent, with a further eight current NT Thunder VFL W players – including NT-product and Thunder vice-captain Sally Riley – signing on for 2019.
Firstly, I want to thank you for your support in 2018 – Thunder’s 10th year, and for committing as a member of our Club.
A third-quarter fade out has cost NT Thunder dearly in its Round 9 NEAFL match against GWS in Darwin on Saturday night.
NT Thunder has overcome a spirited Western Bulldogs in Round 5 of the VFL W at TIO Stadium in Darwin to maintain its unbeaten start to the season, winning by 36 points.
The contribution the past and present players have made to this Club and in representing the Northern Territory has been unwavering and this weekend we mark 10 seasons by wearing a commemorative jumper.
NT Thunder Football Club congratulates VFL W captain Angela Foley, tall forward Jasmyn Hewett and tough, inside midfielder Renee Forth on signing with the Adelaide Crows for the 2019 NAB AFL Women’s competition.
Sure to be spurred on by wearing a special 10-year commemorative guernsey emblazoned with the names of all Thunder players over the past decade, the Round 9 team consists of players in their first season with the club and those in their tenth.
Up and coming young gun, Madeline Gault joins the ThunderW team after a great performance representing the NT in the Under 18s last weekend.
Despite the Bulldogs’ lack of wins so far this season, Thunder won’t be taking them lightly.
The jumper is embedded with the name of every player to have played a game in the club’s 10-year history and contains over 220 names.
NT Thunder is hoping to regroup at home in Darwin and launch itself back into the winners’ circle when it comes up against GWS in Round 9 of the NEAFL at TIO Stadium on Saturday night.
Tim Brook is looking like the closest player to come off the Men’s injury list, needing to pass a fitness test in order to get back on the field this weekend.
By three-quarter-time the margin had blown out to 55 points and Thunder was facing a doomsday scenario, but three goals apiece in the final quarter meant Thunder again essentially matched its tormentor.