Hawthorn, Fremantle and Geelong have picked up important wins on Saturday in round four of the AFLW.
Greta Bodey kicked six goals in Hawthorn 's win over St Kilda , as Fremantle completed a late comeback over Melbourne . Hawthorn have handed St Kilda their first defeat of the AFLW season, with a game-breaking six-goal haul from Greta Bodey the difference in a 57-point victory.
St Kilda's Darcy Guttridge went into the rooms for treatment after a heavy collision midway through the third term and was ruled out for the remainder of the game after a head injury assessment.Bodey was simply superb when it counted to set up the win. Hawthorn next play Geelong on Thursday at Kardinia Park while St Kilda play Fremantle at Moorabbin Oval next Friday.An after-the-siren Aisling McCarthy goal has launched Fremantle to a six-point win over Melbourne, but the Dockers face a nervous wait after AFLW star Aine Tighe suffered a knee injury.
The Dockers' afternoon got off to a dreadful start when sharpshooter Tighe was taken out of the game with a knee complaint following an off-the-ball incident two minutes into the opening term. The Demons have their own injury concerns after fellow Irish player Blaithin Mackin was taken out of the game in the first quarter with a calf concern.
Gold Coast kicked three goals in the final term, meaning they avoided their highest losing margin, and the Cats were only six points short of their highest AFLW score.The massacre takes Geelong to a 1-2 record, with a draw, to keep them in the finals hunt, while the Suns only have a draw after four rounds.
Then, with only seconds left in the first term, Kate Kenny was paid a dubious free in a marking contest and had a shot at goal from 60m out.
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