Head Coach Steve Symonds has named his team for Sunday’s Round Seven NAB AFLW clash against Carlton at Ikon Park.

Sarah Sansonetti and Emily Smith come into the squad, replacing Stacey Livingstone and Selena Karlson who will miss the game through suspension.

The clash will be Sansonetti’s fifth of the year, after playing in the first four of season 2023.

Smith will also play her fifth game of the season, after being omitted for last week’s Round Six victory against Brisbane. 

Sunday’s clash will mark Sarah Rowe’s 50^th game at AFLW level. Rowe played her first AFLW game in Round One, 2019 against Geelong, after playing both professional soccer and Gaelic Football in Ireland. The midfielder has averaged 13.8 disposals and 205 metres gained from her 49 games thus far.

The clash on Wurundjeri Country will be the first of two games that Collingwood will play in the 2023 AFLW Indigenous Rounds – held across Rounds Eight and Nine of this season.

This year’s theme of ‘Forged by First Nations Moments’ will see a series of celebrations from Collingwood and the league across the two weeks of fixtures, culminating in next Sunday’s home game against Geelong at Victoria Park.

NAB AFLW Round Seven
Collingwood v Carlton
Sunday October 15, 3.05pm
Ikon Park, Wurundjeri

IN: Sarah Sansonetti, Emily Smith
OUT: Stacey Livingstone (suspension), Selena Karlson (suspension)