GEELONG left reigning minor premier Collingwood languishing six points outside the top six after thrashing the Magpies by 35 points in the rematch of the 2021 Grand Final That Never Was at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday. Picture: Darrian Traynor/AFL Photos GEELONG 8.9 (57) The fifth-placed Falcons remain eight points clear inside the top six, but they play every other team in the finals race after the general bye so will need to get back to their best quickly.Īmelia Radford continued her sensational debut season for Essendon in a big win over Carlton.
North Melbourne’s weight of possession was the difference, finishing +75 in disposals as experienced midfielders Reni Hicks (24 disposals, four marks, six clearances) and Annabel Scott (23, four marks, five clearances) were easily the most prolific on the ground and Jess Mourney (21, four marks), Maurer (19, four marks, five clearances, one goal), Alexia Hamilton (17, five marks) and Elizabeth McGrath (23 hitouts) provided strong back-up.ĭarebin relied on a more even spread with 12 players having between and 15 disposals, led by Emma Mackay (15, seven tackles) and Mikayla Meyer (15, four marks), but Naomi Celebre was the Falcons’ best with 13, six marks, five tackles and a goal, while Mifsud’s two goals from four marks made her the only multiple goalkicker in the game.
The Falcons went in without their best two players in Angelica Gogos and Nicole Callinan, plus captain Steph Simpson, but had the better of the tight early exchanges, with Alyssa Mifsud kicking the first two goals to lead by 13 points at the 10-minute mark of the second term.īut Ella Maurer and Brooke Slaney wiped out the deficit by half-time and the Kangaroos added five goals to one in the second half to claim their second win of the season. NORTH Melbourne brought Darebin’s month-long rebel VFLW renaissance to a crashing halt when it upset the Falcons by 25 points at Bill Lawry Oval on Saturday.