Adelaide have secured an AFLW finals double-chance and ended Geelong’s season with a gritty four-point win at GHMBA Stadium.
The Crows overcame some shoddy goalkicking and a 15-point second-quarter deficit on Friday night to hang on 4.8 to 4.4 and clinch fourth spot on the ladder.
The only negative for Adelaide came in the fourth quarter when exciting forward/midfielder Danielle Ponter had to be helped off the ground with a right foot injury.Spearhead Caitlin Gould kicked three goals and defender Chelsea Bidell’s intercepting was a feature, while Ebony Marinoff confirmed her standing as the league’s No.1 player, with 24 disposals and 11 tackles.
The superstar midfielder enters the major round averaging 30.3 disposals, becoming the competition’s first player to average 30-plus across a home-and-away campaign. “An absolute hot contest out there,” said Gould, who nabbed seven marks and had seven score involvements.“It is absolutely an area we need to keep working on.“Hopefully through finals we get that together.”
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