THIS Saturday will mark the third Pride Game that Carlton’s AFLW team have participated in. 

Blues forward Darcy Vescio has had a significant impact on Carlton's Pride involvement, designing the guernseys that the Carlton have worn during the matches. 

Vescio has always been supportive making football a safe space for all and the game more accepting as a whole. 

“It’s really important to create safe spaces at the footy and create the spaces we’d like to be in as well,” Vescio said. 

“I think the most special part of the day is that people who might not normally feel comfortable at the footy come to this game and they love being at this game.” 

The pride game has become a tradition between Carlton and the Western Bulldogs, with the previous games also taking place at Whitten Oval in years prior.

With both teams sitting on one win and one loss, the clash itself will be of keen interest to supporters on either side of the fence.

“It’s a pretty important game, you want to be able to get those early wins too as well just to give you confidence heading into the later part of the season,” she said. 

“Every game, there’s so much pressure so you sort of just have to play it week by week and get yourself up again.”

The Carlton girls will run out in the guernsey that Vescio facilitated designing specifically for the occasion. 

“When you see the design it’s all come from what my teammates sort of wanted to see on the jumper,” she said.

“I think in the end we were able to create something that represents us really well.”

Carlton also will continue to support to Minus 18 through this game, an organisation that help facilitate events for LGBTIQ youth. 

“They create events safe events for young queer people to be part of,” she said.

“I think organisations that make young people feel good about themselves and feel like they can express themselves is really important, so that’s why we’re supporting them."

For more details on the game, visit our game-day hub.