AFLW 2021: All the action and results from Round 5
Collingwood is the only unbeaten team in AFLW after brushing Melbourne aside on Sunday. But the Pies coach is trying to keep the lid on.
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Collingwood remain the AFLW’s only undefeated team after running out comfortable victors over an inaccurate Melbourne at Victoria Park on Sunday afternoon.
Melbourne wasn’t just feeling the heat of the late-summer sun, with Collingwood’s pressure and skilful ball movement enough to defeat the Dees by 35 points, keeping them on the winners’ list for the fifth week in a row.
But Pies coach Steve Symonds insists they have room to improve.
“The wins aren’t something we really focus on,” he said.
“We’re trying to continue to improve and evolve, and getting better with what we execute.
“The girls are really embracing what we’re throwing at them each week and are up for the challenge.”
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Symonds pointed to his side’s pre-season efforts as a defining feature of their success.
“I think we worked really hard, which gave us a really good base.
“With the Covid situation every club’s coming at it from different angles and everyone took different ways of doing it.
“We worked our girls pretty hard over the summer, there’s no doubt about that, and I think they’re showing the benefits.
“We ran out the game really strongly, and we think we’ve got a strong fitness base underneath ourselves.
“I think the biggest thing is we’ve got a real even contribution, not even just our players today but in the depth of our squad.
“We’ve got players really pushing for spots each week.”
Chloe Molloy got the party started for the Pies, converting a set shot in the opening minutes of the first quarter.
The Pies controlled the game early, locking the ball inside their forward 50 for much of the first quarter.
The Dees seemed to lack purpose moving the ball forward, panicking under pressure which left the Pies to feast on easy turnovers.
The Dees were kept scoreless in the first half, while the Pies piled on three goals in the second quarter to lead by 25 points at the main break.
Irish import Aishling Sheridan picked off a Demons’ kick out of defence and made them pay, slotting the Pies’ first goal of the second quarter.
Chloe Molloy slotted her second goal of the game in the dying minutes of the second quarter, before Mikala Cann joined the party.
The Demons lifted the intensity in the second quarter, but the Pies defence, led by Stacey Livingston and co-captain Brianna Davey, stood strong,
The Dees had more of the ball in the third quarter and seemed keen to play fast at all costs.
Their frenetic pace did them little favours in their forward 50, as they sprayed scoring opportunities left, right but not centre.
Lauren Pearce finally opened Melbourne’s account late in the third quarter, capitalising on a turnover and kicking truly on the run from 40m out.
Molloy kicked her third of the game early in the final quarter, seeing her overtake Moana Hope as Collingwood AFLW’s record goalkicker.
Molloy’s party was spoiled just minutes later after a nasty collision saw her leave the ground and not return for the remainder of the game.
Brianna Davey all but sealed the deal for the Pies, booting two goals in the final quarter.
MOLLOY MAGIC
Time slows down when the ball is in Chloe Molloy’s hands, and a glorious patch of play early in the first quarter demonstrated her ability to make magic out of nowhere.
Molly twisted and turned amid traffic, managing to evade the three Melbourne players who tried to stop her.
Her three-goal haul saw her extend her unbroken run of kicking at least one goal each game, overtaking Carlton spearhead Tayla Harris to hold the outright record of eight weeks.
FLAGPIES?
The Pies entered the game as the league’s only undefeated team.
With Fremantle’s 11-game winning streak ending in Perth on Saturday, the Pies are the only team yet to post a loss in the 2021 season.
The Pies’ clean disposal and ability to change angles moving forward makes them a daunting prospect for rival teams.
DEE-SASTER AGAIN
Melbourne’s inaccuracy in front of goal proved problematic for the second week in a row.
The Dees kicked 2.12 last week against the sharp-shooting Bulldogs, and didn’t fare much better in front of the sticks at Victoria Park on Sunday afternoon, booting eight behinds and just the single goal.
The scoreline didn’t reflect the goals that missed everything either, with several shots on goal going out on the full.
KNEE NIGHTMARE?
The Pies’ dominant display was soured by an injury to forward Jordan Membrey.
Jordan Membrey came off the ground with a knee injury early in the third quarter, and did not return to the field.
The extent of her injury is not yet known, with Collingwood confirming she would be assessed further throughout the week.
It’s the third suspected knee injury of the weekend, with Geelong young gun Olivia Purcell rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament on Friday night.
Bulldog Deanna Berry came off the field after hurting her knee during an innocuous movement in her side’s clash against the GWS Giants on Saturday afternoon, but no official diagnosis has been confirmed by the club yet.
SCOREBOARD
Collingwood 7.7 (49) d Melbourne 1.8 (14)
GOALS
Collingwood: Molloy 3, Davey 2, Cann, Sheridan
Melbourne: L. Pearce
BEST
Collingwood: Molloy, Davey, Bonnici, Lambert, Sheridan
Melbourne: Paxman, Hanks, Hore, L. Pearce, Livingston.
Crowd: 2931 at Victoria Park.
SAINTS EMBARRASSED IN CROWS AVALANCHE
- James Mottershead
They could almost have played without goalposts at one end in Norwood on Sunday afternoon.
From the opening bounce when an Ebony Marinoff handball released Anne Hatchard to hit Chelsea Randall on the chest without St Kilda getting near the ball, the Crows were never troubled.
Adelaide’s 53-point win was its first win at home in more than a year, and had the Crows kicked straight it could have been even bigger.
At times it looked like there was only one team out there, and not just because of the Crows’ dominance.
Predominantly all-white Indigenous Round jumpers worn by both teams made it almost impossible to distinguish the sides during the game.
But when you could find a Saints jumper it was normally that of Georgia Patrikios (24 disposals), Tilly Lucas-Rodd (24) or Hannah Priest (20), who all found plenty of the ball.
But that couldn’t stop the Crows’ territorial dominance, as they finished with 47 inside50s to the Saints’ eight.
ADELAIDE GUNS FIRE
Marinoff (23 disposals), Erin Phillips (21) and Anne Hatchard (20) had the ball on a string in the midfield and gave their younger opponents a bath around the ground.
All three hit the scoreboard, albeit inaccurately for Marinoff and Hatchard with both missing kickable shots.
Phillips’ goal takes her back to the top of the AFLW goal kicking race, tied with Bulldogs star Isabel Huntington.
RECORDS BROKEN
St Kilda’s score of 1.2 was their lowest in the club’s AFLW history, erasing their previous lowest of 1.4. A goal to Kate Shierlaw late in the third quarter ensured the Saints cleared the lowest-score in AFLW history, Gold Coast’s 0.2 (2) against Brisbane.
While it was an unwanted record for the Saints, the Crows became the first club to notch their eighth game with 40 or more inside-50s.
To put that in context, no other club has had more than two games with 40 or more.
MURDER BY CROWS
Adelaide set itself to put on a show for its fans at Norwood, having not won a game at home for more than a year, and wasted no time in toying with the Saints.
The Crows were so dominant in the first half they didn’t allow St Kilda one disposal in their forward 50.
The halftime inside-50 count was 29-2 as Adelaide jumped out to a 30-point lead with complete ease.
Defender Sarah Allan said the Crows had been excited all week to put on a show for their fans.
“We really wanted to get the pressure high from the beginning and set the tone from the start and get the energy up from the start,” Allan told Channel 7 at halftime.
“It’s a great day down back if we can keep it inside our fifty.”
SCOREBOARD
Adelaide 8.13.61 def St Kilda 1.2.8
GOALS
Adelaide: Charlton 2, Phillips, Randall, Ponter, Woodland, Sedunary, Mules
St Kilda: Shierlaw
BEST
Adelaide: Phillips, Marinoff, Hatchard, Charlton, Gould, Randall
St Kilda: Patrikios, Lucas-Rodd, Priest
EAGLES BREAK THROUGH FOR FIRST 2021 WIN
- Eliza Reilly
Cometh the hour, cometh Mikayla Bowen.
In just her 10th game and second season of AFLW football, the 19-year-old nearly single-handedly dragged West Coast to a one-point win over Gold Coast at Mineral Resources Park.
With just two points separating the two winless sides at the final break, Bowen, in an emphatic best-on-ground performance, spun out of trouble to deliver the killer blow.
Her crucial goal was the icing on top of her 21 disposals, seven marks and three clearances.
The one-point win marks West Coast’s first victory since Round 4 of the 2020 season, and the first under coach Daniel Pratt.
And West Coast had to do it the hard way, losing star defender Tayla Bresland to a suspected hamstring injury late in the first quarter.
The game looked threatened to take a dramatic turn in the dying stages when Gold Coast All-Australian Kalinda Howarth made it a two-point margin from the goal line.
A runner infringement by West Coast runner Jacob Brennan then gifted the Suns the ball just beyond 50 in a final twist.
But Gold Coast will rue its inaccuracy, finishing with nine behinds and 13 scoring shots to West Coast’s nine shots on goal.
Co-captain Hannah Dunn summed up her Gold Coast’s day when the game was on the line in the third quarter, kicking straight into the man on the mark from 15m out.
But West Coast’s accuracy from limited opportunities proved the difference.
Kalinda Howarth! What a goal! 🔥#AFLW | #AFLWEaglesSunspic.twitter.com/8BJ2cRrUsw
— AFL Women's (@aflwomens) February 28, 2021
At haftime, the Eagles had four scoring shots, three of which were goals, from four inside-50s while the Suns could only manage 11 points from 22 inside-50s.
Bowen, captain Emma Swanson (22 touches, six tackles and four clearances) and Maddy Collier (22 touches and four tackles) were the difference in the midfield.
While the defence, led by Belinda Smith (17 touches and six tackles), held firm all day.
SCOREBOARD
West Coast 5.4 (34) d Gold Coast 4.9 (33)
GOALS
West Coast: K. Orme, I. Cameron, G. Kelly, M. Caulfield.
Gold Coast: S. Perkins, P. Parker, J. Stanton, K. Howarth
BEST
West Coast: M. Bowen, E. Swanson, M. Collier, B. Smith, I. Lewis, G. Kelly
Gold Coast: A. Drennan, L. Ahrens, J. Stanton, L. Bella, D. D’arcy
INJURIES
West Coast: A. McCarthy (knee) replaced in the selected side by K. Orme. T. Bresland (hamstring).
Gold Coast: L. Kaslar (ankle) replaced in the selected side by G. Bevan. S. Perkins (knee).
Crowd: 1119 at Mineral Resources Park
HEARTBREAK MARS DOGS’ COMMANDING WIN
James Mottershead
The Bulldogs might be the most underrated team in AFLW in 2021.
Another win on Saturday took them to 4-1 on the season, having only dropped points after an inaccurate display in front of goal in Rd 1.
Main weapons Isabel Huntington and Ellie Blackburn led the charge again for the Dogs, but the performance of Bonnie Toogood (three goals) provided a helping hand the formidable duo needed.
The win was soured by what looked to be a serious knee injury to half forward Deanna Berry in the last quarter.
GWS ball magnet Alyce Parker notched an AFLW record, being the first player ever to have 70 contested possessions in the first five rounds of a season.
The other good news for a Giants team which finds itself at 2-3 for the season was the successful return of Katherine Smith from an ACL injury.
Huntington too good
A second quarter exhibition from Isabel Huntington and Bonnie Toogood in front of goal was just the tonic the Bulldogs needed after a tense opening term.
In what was some of the best sharpshooting in recent memory, Huntington and Toogood slotted two goals each in the quarter, including a goal of the year contender from Toogood.
At the 14-minute mark the 23-year-old burst onto a ball in the Bulldogs’ forward pocket and outran her opponent before launching from 20 metres out on the wrong side for her right foot, sending the Sherrin over the goal umpire’s head.
Toogood and Huntington both finished with three goals.
Bonnie Three-good 🤩🤩 pic.twitter.com/43Rlt3ottw
— WesternBulldogs AFLW (@BulldogsW) February 27, 2021
Time to be bullish about the Dogs
Wasteful kicking is all that’s stopped the Western Bulldogs from boasting a 5-0 record at the midway point of the season.
The Dogs kicked 6.6 in Rd 1 to fall agonisingly short against the Saints’ 8.3, but in the time since that game we’ve seen the young Bulldogs find their bite.
Not only have they won the games you’d expect them to against GWS and Geelong, but they’ve also knocked off competition heavyweights Melbourne and Carlton.
If Doggies fans weren’t optimistic already, they should be now.
Story of two knees
💔 pic.twitter.com/M3JrFsxNWA
— WesternBulldogs AFLW (@BulldogsW) February 27, 2021
It wasn’t the result Katherine Smith wanted in her long-awaited return from an ACL injury for the Giants, but the 22-year-old managed to get through her first game of AFLW since suffering the injury in December 2019.
Unfortunately, on the day the former Melbourne Demond returned, the Bulldogs’ Deanna Berry looked to suffer an ACL injury herself halfway through the last quarter.
The game was stopped while Berry came to the bench looking distressed in the hands of trainers after being one of the Western Bulldogs’ best performers, collecting 12 disposals.
“We’ll get it scanned and to say that it doesn’t look good at this stage is probably fair enough to say,” coach Nathan Burke said.
“We’ll wait and see but it just highlights the fragility of playing this game that the girls have chosen to play.
“Those sorts of things are a possibility, they happen, it doesn’t make them any less heartbreaking for her and her family and her friends.”
Burke said Berry’s teammates could use the injury to get the best out of themselves for the rest of the season.
“It does serve as a reminder to the other girls not to take anything for granted — coming to training and sitting in an ice bath, don’t take that for granted because there are players who won’t get the chance to do that for the rest of the year,” he said.
“She’ll serve as inspiration for us in lots of ways for the rest of the year.”
The Bulldogs sit at 4-1, but Burke said his side’s patchy form within games had been holding them back.
“There were glimpses of us being better today, but the thing that I’m probably most pleased with today is that in the past if you won four in a row and you win by 20-odd points, potentially the girls would be going nuts,” he said.
“There was a little bit of a ‘oh we could have done better’, so there was a little bit of gloss taken off the win and that shows me their expectations are rising week-in, week-out.
“There’s a mentality shift from ‘hey we won a game’ to ‘we want to win a game well’ and that’s a pleasing shift.”
Crossing everything for @deannaberry07🤞ðŸ½
— Stephanie Chiocci (@Steph_Chiocci) February 27, 2021
SCOREBOARD
Western Bulldogs 7.5.47 def GWS 3.4.22
Goals
Western Bulldogs: 3 Huntington, 3 Toogood, 1 McLeod
GWS: 1 McKinnon, Privitelli, Tully
Best
Western Bulldogs: Huntington, Toogood, Lamb, Blackburn, Lochland
GWS: Beeson, Parker, Eva, Tully
Attendance: 2461
TIGER TIME: RICHMOND ENJOYS HISTORIC VICTORY
Lachie Young
It took Richmond until its 11th AFLW game to score its first win, but the maiden victory over Geelong on Friday night could not have been more emphatic.
The Tigers looked like a premiership contender at GMHBA Stadium, which says as much about their own performance as it does their opponents, who now remain winless after five games.
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The Cats failed to trouble the scorers in the opening quarter and had nine of their players not touch the ball – a stark contrast to Richmond, who controlled the contest completely.
Richmond forward Gabby Seymour was gifted the first goal of the night within minutes of the opening bounce after Geelong gave away a 50m penalty, and, soon after, Courtney Wakefield took a mark on the goal line and converted with little trouble to extend the lead.
But things went from bad to worse for the Cats after quarter time, losing lost Liv Purcell just as Ellie McKenzie added a third goal for Richmond, before Wakefield made it 26 points the difference with her second of the night.
The skipper adds the exclamation mark to the Tigers' first #AFLW victory 🙌#AFLW | #AFLWCatsTigerspic.twitter.com/Mo4Y39MlZf
— AFL Women's (@aflwomens) February 26, 2021
The Tigers had their fifth on the board when Katie Brennan took an uncontested mark in the goalsquare, and, when key-forward Sabrina Frederick made it four for the quarter after a strong mark inside-50, the halftime margin was 39 points.
Alarmingly for the Cats, it was the thirteenth time they had gone goalless in a quarter, the eighth time in which they had been scoreless in a quarter and the fourth time they had been held goalless in a half in 2021.
They improved after the main break, but the damage had been done.
The first two quarters saw Richmond midfielder Monique Conti in everything, gathering 17 disposals and three inside-50s in a dominant display.
She finished the night with 26 possessions and three clearances, while Brennan turned back the clock, kicking three majors and taking five marks in a starring role in attack.
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How good is this run from Ellie McKenzie? 🌟#AFLW | #AFLWCatsTigerspic.twitter.com/XpVbKuoysD
— AFL Women's (@aflwomens) February 26, 2021
For Geelong, it now finds itself with a percentage of 27.5, having scored an average of less than two goals per game in the opening five rounds, while conceding an average of 50.2 points per match.
But credit must go to Richmond, who showed that with persistence comes reward – a fact the Cats will at least take some comfort from.
SCOREBOARD
GEELONG 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.1 (13)
RICHMOND 2.1 6.3 7.4 9.6 (60)
GOALS
Geelong: Cranston, A.McDonald
Richmond: Brennan 3, Wakefield 2, Seymour, McKenzie, Frederick, Jacques
BEST
Richmond: Conti, Brennan, McKenzie, Wakefield, Hosking.
Geelong: M. McDonald, A. McDonald, Webster.
INJURIES
Geelong: Purcell (knee)
Richmond: Nil
GARNER FALLS SHORT OF RECORD
James Mottershead
Jasmine Garner fell agonisingly short of an AFLW record as she powered North Melbourne to a circuit-breaking win.
The 26-year-old had her best game of the season and finished with 32 disposals as North arrested their two-game slide.
It looked like they were set for a barnstorming win after kicking two goals before Carlton had got their hands on the ball, extending the Blues’ first quarter woes in 2021. But a Darcy Vescio led fightback in the second term had North Melbourne staring down three losses in a row.
Enter Garner, Emma Kearney and Sophie Abbatangelo in the second half. The former two collected 60 touches between them, while Abbatangelo kicked two vital final term goals.
Tayla Harris will be monitored throughout the week after she was assessed for concussion at halftime following a fiery first half.
The star forward returned in the second half but looked a step off the pace.
Ball magnet
Garner fell just short of setting a new AFLW record for most disposals in a game, finishing with 32. The record of 35, set by Anne Hatchard last year, looked in trouble late in the game as Garner won first clearance after clearance to propel North Melbourne to its win. But her 32 left her equal-third of all time, tied with Jaimee Lambert.
Back in business
It was worth the wait to see 2019 All Australian Jess Duffin back in action for North Melbourne. The 31-year-old sat out the 2020 AFLW season due to pregnancy and gave birth to daughter Georgie in late June.
It didn’t take long for Duffin to make her mark on the game, getting a vital hand on the ball to stop Carlton from scoring a certain goal in the first quarter.
Given her game time was managed as she builds back into fitness, finishing with 11 disposals would’ve left a smile on Darren Crocker’s face.
Stuck in the blocks
The Blues found themselves two goals down before they’d had a meaningful disposal after Emma Kearney blasted them out of the middle.
Slow starts have become a worrying trend for Carlton, giving up 13 scoring shots (6.7) and only having three (1.2) themselves in five games.
But Daniel Harford said he felt the Blues were unlucky not to get more reward on the scoreboard against North Melbourne.
“Outside of those two centre bounces we were OK,” he told Fox Footy at quarter time. “It was just those two centre bounces they got those first two goals and after that the quarter was pretty even.”
SCOREBOARD
NORTH MELBOURNE 9.5 (59) def CARLTON 6.1 (37)
GOALS
North Melbourne: 2 Abbatangelo, 2 Bateman, 1 Garner, Bannister, Gillespie-Jones, Campbell
Carlton: 2 Hill, 2 Vescio, 1 Stevens, Brazzale
BEST
North Melbourne: Garner, Kearney, Riddell, Bruton, Abbatangelo
Carlton: Stevens, Hill, Pound, Vescio, Hosking
LIONS CAUSE HUGE UPSET IN THE WEST
Greg Davis
Brisbane produced the boilover of the 2021 AFLW season with an 11-point victory over the previously unbeaten Fremantle at Fremantle Oval on Saturday.
The Lions kept the Dockers to just one goal and jumped to the top of the AFLW ladder with the 3.7 (25) to 1.8 (14) win to confirm Brisbane’s status as a legitimate premiership contender.
The Dockers had their 11-game winning streak snapped emphatically thanks largely to Brisbane’s backline and the pressure all over the ground which did not allow Fremantle a goal until Roxanne Roux kicked truly in the dying minutes.
Fremantle had won 17 of their previous 19 outings and 13 of their past 14 home games but an Ally Anderson goal iced the game for the dogged visitors who were never headed all day.
Courtney Hodder, Orla O’Dwyer and Anderson were the goalkickers for the Lions while Emily Bates was a ball magnet with 26 disposals. The entire Brisbane backline was outstanding.
Brisbane extended its buffer at the start of the third quarter when Irishwoman O’Dwyer soccered through a goal which ended up being the only major of the term with the Lions enjoying a 12-point lead at three-quarter time.
The Lions thought they may have been further in front but Hodder’s snap in traffic was ruled to have been touched off the boot.
Brisbane led by one point at halftime with the Lions kicking the solitary goal of the opening two terms with Hodder producing a brilliant snap from up against the boundary line after winning a free kick in the first term.
Hodder calmly slotted the banana kick with virtually no angle to work with to help Brisbane a five-point buffer at quarter-time despite the Dockers enjoying the better of inside 50 entries (8-5), clearances (8-2) and contested possessions (30-21).
The Dockers kicked five unanswered behinds in the second quarter after dominating possession and field position in the back-half of the term with Brisbane adding the one behind to their tally from the first break.
— For the fifth time in 2021, the Dockers failed to kick a goal in the first quarter. Fremantle senior coach Trent Cooper said the way Dockers trained during the week was not a promising sign but the loss could end up being a blessing in disguise for his side.
“We saw this coming, to be honest,” Cooper said. “We trained really poorly during the week and we sparked up a little bit on Thursday night but it wasn’t at our usual level.
“We’ve obviously been up for a while … it was just a bit of mental fatigue. There was no reason for physical fatigue but today was probably exactly what we needed to sharpen up that mindset and get ready for the second half of the year.’’
— Fremantle Oval has been “Fortress Freo” with the Dockers claiming 13 wins from 14 games before Saturday’s clash with Brisbane. The Dockers’ last loss at home was to GWS in 2018 with their ability to use the wide, open expanses of Fremantle Oval and move the ball down the wings, stretching opposition back lines. Brisbane threw extra numbers back at every opportunity and choked the life out of Fremantle’s attacking thrusts.
— There were some question marks on whether or not Brisbane were contenders or pretenders before Saturday. Three easy wins over AFLW expansion clubs Richmond, Gold Coast and West Coast were followed by heavyweights Adelaide out-muscling and outclassing the Lions in their first real test of 2021. The question marks were blown away at Fremantle Oval as Brisbane put the dominant side of the past two years to the sword.
Cooper said the Dockers failed to handle Brisbane’s relentless pressure.
“We’ve been playing some good footy but didn’t play well today. Brisbane were really good. They had every right to be a bit flat after two six-day breaks and travel so absolute credit to them for the energy they brought…we didn’t bring the energy to match,’’ Cooper said.
CATS SWEAT ON SCANS FOR INJURED STAR
Geelong will be sweating on scans on Olivia Purcell’s knee this weekend after the young midfielder went down in the second quarter of Friday night’s loss to Richmond.
Purcell, who claimed her club’s 2020 best-and-fairest, has been a shining light in an otherwise disappointing season for the Cats.
Geelong coach Paul Hood would not be drawn on the status of his star ball-winner, but the club will be crossing its fingers for a positive outcome.
“Liv has got a leg injury at the moment but we haven’t checked it out,” Hood said.
“All the appropriate scans will take place and we will hear more about that hopefully in the early days next week.
“I didn’t (see it), unfortunately the ball moved on pretty quickly and I just saw that Liv was down. We didn’t know who it was for a while and then saw it was Liv.
“We hope that everything works out really well for her. It didn’t fill us with much joy, Liv is a terrific young person who works really hard at her footy and is so determined to continue to improve.
“We hope that she gets the best news she can when she gets checked out during the week.”
The injury is a bitter blow for Geelong, who again was showed up on Friday night.
But despite the 47-point loss Hood said he was not concerned about a potential gulf opening up between the Cats and the rest of the competition.
“I am not concerned about that because we can’t control it,” he said.
“What we are concerned about is our team, our squad, improving as much as they can and working as hard as they can all together at improving our footy club.
“So the rest of the competition will do what they do but we can’t influence that. We just have to focus on ourselves and improve our development every time we get out to play.”
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