State’s top female players set for AFL Derby clash

WOMEN’S teams representing the Fremantle Dockers and West Coast Eagles will play a curtain-raiser to the Carlton Draught Western Derby at Domain Stadium on Saturday April 9 as part of the 2016 AFL Female Exhibition Match Series.

The 10-game series will be played across three rounds with matches also scheduled to be played in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane.

State Academy players will feature in Round One teams, while Round Two will feature the best players from around the country in State representative matches with a WA team set to play the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on June 5.

The final round will be a stand-alone match between the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne for the Hampson-Hardeman Cup.

Three games of the series, including the West Coast Eagles v Fremantle derby will be televised on FOX SPORTS and will also be live on afl.com.au and the AFL Live Mobile App on mobile and tablet.

Broadcast schedule is as follows:

BROADCAST MATCHES

West Coast Eagles v Fremantle Dockers

3:05pm WST / 5:05 EST

Saturday April 9

Domain Stadium

Melbourne v Queensland

10:05am EST

Sunday May 22

MCG

South Australia v New South Wales

1:05pm CST / 1:35 EST

Sunday June 5

Adelaide Oval

Fremantle Dockers
West Coast Eagles

Head Coach

Patrick Litherland

Head Coach

Martine Pearman

Cassie Davidson
Brianna Green

Renee Forth (C)
Rheanne Lugg

Lara Filocamo
Chelsea Randall

Tarnica Golisano
Demi Okley

Melissa Caulfield
Kahra Sprlyan

Courtney Ugle
Georgia Perry

Gemma DiLello
Milly Burns

Emily Bonser
Tayla Bresland

Leah Mascall
Hayley Miller

Jessica Wuetschner
Kara Donnellan (C)

Kayla Bradshaw
Emma Swanson

Ashley Sharp
Kellie Gibson

Erin Fox
Caitlyn Edwards

Bree Mahoney
Susan Chuot

Chloe Taylor
Alex Williams

Ashton Hill
Aimmee Schmidt

Chloe Colegate
Taylah Angel

Eliza Gelmi
Katrina Tinson

Ebony Antonio
Allana Dickie

Brooke Whyte
Trisha Lake

Sara Lewis
Kira Phillips

Sabrina Frederick-Traub
Laura Pugh

Raine Vawser
Zoe Palandri