AFLW Round 12: Crows Defeat Dockers, Lions Rise to Third
- The Brisbane Lions will finish the AFLW regular season in third place, defeating Collingwood on Sunday to extend their winning streak to seven games.
- the Lions were able to leapfrog Hawthorn on the ladder, recording a 6.16 (52) to 5.2 (32) victory at Victoria Park on Sunday.
- The Lions have set up a qualifying final next weekend against second-placed Melbourne, while Hawthorn will face the undefeated North Melbourne Kangaroos.
Lions Roar into Third With Win Over Collingwood
The Brisbane Lions will finish the AFLW regular season in third place, defeating Collingwood on Sunday to extend their winning streak to seven games.
the Lions were able to leapfrog Hawthorn on the ladder, recording a 6.16 (52) to 5.2 (32) victory at Victoria Park on Sunday.
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The Lions have set up a qualifying final next weekend against second-placed Melbourne, while Hawthorn will face the undefeated North Melbourne Kangaroos.
Brisbane, on a seven-game winning run after losing two of their opening three games, beat Melbourne at home by nine points last week and will take confidence heading into next week.
“Really good home and away season – didn’t start the way we wanted but feels like [it] finished the way we wanted with a few good wins,” midfielder Belle Dawes told the seven Network.
“We didn’t have a lot of belief from othre people and people always write us off, but I think we feed off that and over the last few weeks, the beliefS strong.”
In Shannon Campbell’s 100th AFLW game, Craig Starcevich’s side were dominant all day, with only poor goal kicking and delivery inside 50 letting them down.
The magpies suffered a pre-game setback with Brit Bonnici (ankle) ruled out of the match, while youngster Lucy Cronin was in tears after a potentially serious left knee injury in the third quarter.
Ruck Tahlia Hickie (20 hitouts, 20 disposals, four clearances) had plenty of the ball and gave first use to the Lions’ midfield.
Sophie Conway (19 disposals), ally Anderson (26 disposals, six clearances), Charlotte Mullins (26 disposals), Dawes (23 disposals, six clearances) and Orla O’Dwyer (21 disposals) were all influential.
In her 75th game, Irishwoman Sarah Rowe (20 disposals) was Collingwood’s best, with support from Airlie Runnalls (20 disposals) and Tarni White (10 intercept possessions).
Collingwood got off to the perfect start when Sabrina Frederick clunked a huge contested mark and kicked truly.