Carlton v Brisbane Lions 
7.45pm AEDT, Saturday, February 17

Ikon Park 

The match is live on 7mate, Fox Footy and the AFLW App. Updates will also be on the LionsAFLW Twitter.  

The only previous encounter between Carlton and the Brisbane Lions resulted in a draw. The match holds extra spice this time around, with Tayla Harris in line to face her old side for the first time since defecting to the Blues. 

Carlton sits undefeated atop the AFLW ladder after two rounds with a healthy percentage (226.1).

Despite the strong position, inside midfielder Shae Audley said the team wasn’t thinking ahead, focusing only on the Lions this weekend.  

"It’s only two games (the season so far). [We’re] trying not to get ahead of ourselves," she told SEN.

"We’re looking forward to having Brisbane here. They’ve got some really good players [and] really good up-and-coming runners.

"We’ll just have to make sure we’re on our A-game and shut them down where we have to." 

The Blues will be without captain Brianna Davey for the remainder of the season after she ruptured the ACL in her right knee during the final quarter against Greater Western Sydney. 

They have made two changes, recalling utility Katherine Gillespie-Jones and handing midfielder Katie-Jayne Grieve her debut. Defender Sarah Last (omitted) makes way, along with Davey. 

Brisbane will be hoping to bounce back after they suffered their first home and away loss in the competition’s short history last weekend.

Injured defender and acting team manager Sam Virgo said the team was focused on Carlton and not simply former teammate Harris.   

"We have to focus on our game and on their entire team … not worry about one person because they’ll burn us on the other end," Virgo told Trail Blazers, AFL Media's official AFLW podcast. 

"She’s an excellent player – our back five will have to work together to combat Carlton’s pretty impressive forward line. 

"We match up quite well against Carlton. They play a similar brand of footy to us – they’re pretty hard at the coalface and they like to spread and switch it.

"It should be a cracking game." 

Forward Bella Ayre will run out with the Lions for the first time, having made the move from the Blues in the off-season, with young midfielder Gabby Collingwood omitted.