St Kilda has an opportunity of reserving its first AFLW finals look after claiming an exciting 20-point win over Carlton.Filled with confidence after toppling competitors heavyweights Brisbane final spherical, the Saints claimed their first victory in 4 conferences with the Blues, profitable 7.4 (46) to three.8 (26) at Princes Park on Sunday.Caught in a logjam …
St Kilda has an opportunity of reserving its first AFLW finals look after claiming an exciting 20-point win over Carlton.
Filled with confidence after toppling competitors heavyweights Brisbane final spherical, the Saints claimed their first victory in 4 conferences with the Blues, profitable 7.4 (46) to three.8 (26) at Princes Park on Sunday.
Caught in a logjam of 4 groups with six wins, St Kilda wants Fremantle to beat fellow finals hopefuls Sydney within the final match of the spherical to say the coveted eighth place by share.
Saints star Georgia Patrikios confirmed her class within the do-or-die match, gathering 25 disposals and eight contested possessions in a powerhouse show.
Her teammate Hannah Priest was a brick wall in defence with 9 intercept possessions.
Abbie McKay labored extra time for the Blues to counter Patrikios within the midfield, however her facet was outclassed throughout the park.
McKay racked 28 disposals and 12 clearances alongside Mimi Hill (30 disposals), whereas defender Keeley Sherar (17) toiled towards a potent Saints assault.
Mia Austin kicked Carlton’s first purpose within the opening quarter and was backed by Lily Goss within the second time period, however that was the final time the Blues recorded a significant till the ultimate time period.
The Saints broke away simply because of a blitz of targets from Nat Exon and Nicola Xenos (two every), Maddie Boyd and Ella Buddy.
The Blues had an opportunity of closing in on the guests however have been dogged by wayward kicking, scoring 0.5 within the third time period.
Ruck Breann Moody took issues in her personal fingers, profitable the ball from a centre-bounce clearance earlier than flaunting her pace and sending the ball by on the bounce from 50 metres to interrupt the Carlton purpose drought.
However J’Noemi Anderson minimize the social gathering brief with purpose of her personal, sealing the win for the Saints.
Star duo Monique Conti and Katie Brennan helped elevate Richmond to a 52-point thrashing of Collingwood that emphatically ended the Magpies’ finals probabilities.
Needing a win and share enhance to overhaul St Kilda, and with fellow top-eight hopefuls Sydney nonetheless to play afterward Sunday, the Magpies flirted with their destiny early.
However Conti (34 disposals, 11 clearances, one purpose) took over within the midfield and Brennan kicked 4 targets because the Tigers ran away with an 11.11 (77) to 4.1 (25) cakewalk at Victoria Park.
The end result meant Richmond overtook Collingwood on share, ending in tenth spot on the ladder.
Key ball-winners Grace Egan (25 disposals, 4 clearances) and Eilish Sheerin (24, six) additionally shone within the Tigers’ engine room alongside Conti.
Their ascendancy across the ball meant Richmond simply gained the territory battle with 38 inside-50s to 25, and the Tigers scored with greater than half of their ahead entries.
Every of their first three targets got here from marks inside 50 — a statistic they dominated 14-2 — however their inaccuracy saved Collingwood within the contest till late.
Richmond kicked 9.3 to 0.1 within the second half, together with seven unanswered targets within the remaining time period, to run excessive of their opponents.
Aishling Sheridan (20 disposals), Mikala Cann (17) and Brittany Bonnici (15) fought onerous for an outclassed Magpies facet.
Collingwood began brightly in quest of the required win and share enhance, with targets to Ash Brazill and Emily Smith giving them a nine-point buffer at quarter-time.
A pair of Brennan targets breathed life into the competition throughout the second time period, earlier than Nell Morris-Dalton kicked two of her personal to place the Magpies 4 factors up on the major break.
Sarah D’Arcy’s diving mark and funky end put the Tigers again in entrance and Brennan made Collingwood pay for a talent error deep in defence, pouncing to snap her third main.
The Magpies have been scoreless within the third quarter and the competition was successfully over when Sarah Hosking out-muscled Lauren Brazzale within the purpose sq. besides the primary purpose of the ultimate time period, placing Richmond 15 factors up.
It was a procession from there because the Tigers completed stuffed with operating towards a crestfallen Collingwood facet.
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