The fifth round of the AFL-W competition
served up an unexpected top-of-the-table clash and our first free-to-air look
at both the Crows’ superstar Erin Phillips and the Lions’ key forward combo of
Tayla Harris and Sabrina Frederick-Traub. The match itself didn’t disappoint,
Brisbane winning a thriller by three points.
The first quarter was a tight one, Emily
Bates opening the visitors’ account and vice-captain Sally Riley hitting back
for the Crows as the two sides headed into the first change with six points and
seven inside 50s apiece. Big full-forward Sarah Perkins was the only goalscorer
in the second term, Adelaide leading by eight points at the main break.
Kate McCarthy blasted the Lions back into
the game in the first minute of the second half with a glorious running goal,
and teammate Kate Lutkins’ snap dribbled through shortly afterwards to put them
into the lead. The momentum see-sawed as Perkins won a free and goaled, then
Harris soccered the ball in mid-air from outside fifty for a behind. A pair of
goals from set shots, one for each side, saw the hosts head into lemon time
with a two-point lead.
Brisbane snatched the lead early in the
last with a seven-point play, McCarthy kicking her second major. Two more
behinds to Adelaide was all she wrote, and i
marroniblu had asserted their favouritism for the flag with a hard-fought
win.
Adelaide 4.6.30 (Perkins 2,
Holmes, Riley) – Brisbane 5.3.33 (McCarthy 2,
Bates, Lutkins, Zielke)
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