Brisbane Lions star ahead Taylor Smith has kicked the match-winning objective to defeat the Adelaide Crows by two factors in an AFLW thriller.
Smith’s correct set-shot from 25 metres with lower than two minutes remaining delivered the Lions a stirring 5.5 (35) to five.3 (33) triumph in Springfield on Sunday.
The Lions appeared down and out when Adelaide’s prime mover Ebony Marinoff rolled via a shocking 55-metre objective from contained in the centre sq. to place the Crows 9 factors up.
However the Lions, enjoying 24 hours after their males’s workforce received the AFL premiership, rallied with two targets in 50 seconds.
Dakota Davidson took a robust pack mark within the objective sq. and transformed with two-and-a-half minutes remaining.
And from the restart, the Lions bombed into assault and Smith took an overhead mark, outstretching Adelaide’s Zoe Prowse.
Smith, the AFLW’s main goal-kicker this season, coolly slotted her thirteenth main to please the parochial 6,102-strong crowd and make amends for some earlier misses.
The loss was the Crows’ first this season and so they slip to 3rd on the ladder with 4 wins and one loss.
The Lions (5-1 win-loss document) climb to second behind unbeaten North Melbourne.
However the Lions’ win got here at a value, with Orla O’Dwyer struggling a dislocated left shoulder.
O’Dwyer kicked the opening objective however was damage quickly after when crunched in a robust sort out by Crow Teah Charlton.
The Lions had been up by seven factors at quarter-time, eight at half-time and three on the final change.
Adelaide then made two fast strikes.
Charlton took possession in the course of the bottom, kicked ahead, then sprinted into area to mark a return go from Hannah Munyard and transformed from a decent angle.
And when Marinoff’s lengthy bomb went via quickly after, the Crows had been 9 factors clear earlier than the late drama.
Brisbane’s Ally Anderson collected a match-high 32 disposals and her teammates Natalie Grider and (20) and Ruby Svarc (19) had been outstanding.
Adelaide’s Marinoff (31 disposals) and Anne Hatchard (27 disposals, one objective) had been stand-outs, and Caitlin Gould booted two targets.
Kangaroos’ win soured by harm
North Melbourne’s Bella Eddey is met by the Richmond defence throughout the Kangaroos’ two-goal win. (Getty Photographs: Simon Sturzaker)
Premiership favorite North Melbourne overcame atrocious situations to increase its unbeaten begin to the AFLW season with a 12-point win over plucky Richmond.
The Kangaroos’ lowest rating of the 12 months up to now was sufficient to see them dwelling in a 3.9 (27) to 2.3 (15) victory in Launceston on Sunday.
The consequence left Darren Crocker’s aspect undefeated on prime of the ladder with 5 wins and a draw.
However it got here at a value when captain Emma Kearney sustained a hamstring harm early within the first quarter.
The Kangaroos will sweat on the outcomes of scans on Kearney’s injured proper hamstring heading into the second half of a brief season.
Jasmine Garner (24 disposals, one objective), Mia King (22 disposals) and Ash Ridell (22) had been all influential for the Kangaroos.
Their teammates Bella Eddey and Alice O’Loughlin kicked one objective every.
Monique Conti (32 disposals, seven clearances) was among the many Tigers’ finest along with her cleanliness and precision with the ball within the moist climate.
Caitlin Greiser and Emelia Yassir offered the Tigers with their solely targets for the afternoon.
The Tigers had been with out captain Katie Brennan and winger Maddie Shevlin, who’re each sidelined with ankle accidents.
Good 10 as Eagles beat GWS
West Coast kicked a club-record rating, beating GWS on the street by 4 targets to consolidate its spot within the prime eight.
Ella Roberts registered a career-best three targets because the Eagles received 10.4 (64) to six.4 (40) at Sydney’s Henson Park.
The Eagles’ earlier highest rating was 8.5 towards Geelong, three years in the past.
It was an vital win for West Coast after final weekend’s hammering at dwelling from an in-form Brisbane Lions.
West Coast kicked the primary three targets of the third time period to steer by 39 factors and whereas the Giants rallied, their season is on the brink.
Because the Eagles improved to 4-2 in seventh spot on the ladder, GWS has a draw and three losses from its final 4 matches and is in thirteenth place.
Tarni Evans kicked three for GWS, a career-best haul.
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