In the penultimate weekend of the AFLW ladder, the Irish women in Australia delivered big performances as the race for the play-offs heats up.
Mayo’s Niamh Kelly scored her first AFLW goal for Adelaide Crows as they battled to a narrow 30-28 victory over Geelong.
The win puts Adelaide in fourth place with one game left to play against St Kilda, while Geelong remain in seventh, with Kelly’s Mayo teammate Rachel Kerns returning from a serious injury on the first round.
Niamh Kelly kicks an absolute beauty 👌#AFLW | #AFLWCrowsCats pic.twitter.com/4zrNoPWRAn
— AFL Women's (@aflwomens) October 21, 2022
In one of the most important games of the weekend, Vikki Wall’s goal helped North Melbourne to a huge 57-25 victory over Collingwood.
Wall’s seventh goal of the season helped North Melbourne up to sixth place in the table, four points behind Collingwood.
Vikki Wall goes bang!#AFLW | #AFLWPiesNorth pic.twitter.com/QjoTJAlukm
— AFL Women's (@aflwomens) October 22, 2022
Despite Sarah Rowe and Aisling Sheridan both putting in strong performances with a combined with 25 disposals and 16 kicks, it wasn’t enough as they face Brisbane next weekend in a must win game.
Brisbane are set to finish the ladder season top of the table as they made light work of Hawthorn in a 61-7 victory at the Skybus Stadium. Orla O’Dwyer was once again immense for the Lions as she kicked a behind, along with 17 disposals and 14 tackles.
Heading into round 10, they are level on points with second place Melbourne, who overcame Essendon 50-9 in windy conditions at Casey Fields.
Sinead Goldrick made eight disposals and four tackles for Melbourne, while Blaithin Mackin made seven disposals for Melbourne, who look set for a top two finish.
Further down the table, Áine Tighe and Amy Mulholland both scored a behind to help Fremantle to a 42-28 win over Sydney Swans to leave them 15th in the table.
Cora Staunton and Brid Stack suffered a heavy defeat with the 58-15 Great Western Sydney Giants against Richmond, who are on the verge of reaching their first ever finals.
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