1/33North Melbourne run out for their first match at the AFLW match between North Melbourne and Carlton at North Hobart Oval. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
AFLW action in Hobart
All the colour and movement from the first AFLW match played in Hobart.
2/33A North Melbourne fan celebrates a goal. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
3/33Tasmanian North Melbourne player Nicole Bresnehan, right, celebrates winning the team’s first match with team mate Kaitlyn Ashmore. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
4/33Sisters Phoebe, 5, left, Millie, 9, and Sophie Maher, 7, all of Melbourne, at the AFLW match between North Melbourne and Carlton at North Hobart Oval. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
5/33North Melbourne’s Ashleigh Riddell, right, being chased by Carlton’s Sarah Hosking, left, Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
6/33Kangaroos star Moana Hope celebrates with senior coach Scott Gowans. Picture: Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images
7/33North Melbourne’s Moana Hope celebrates scoring a second quarter goal. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
8/33Tasmanian North Melbourne player Nicole Bresnehan, right, celebrates winning the team’s first match with team-mate Kaitlyn Ashmore. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
9/33Kangaroos players sing the team song after winning the AFLW Round 1 match at North Hobart Oval.bruary 03, 2019 in Hobart, Australia. Picture: Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images
10/33Jasmine Garner of the Kangaroos and Nicola Stevens of the Blues compete for the ball during the AFLW Round 1 match in Hobart. Picture: Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images
11/33Moana Hope celebrates her first goal as a Kangaroo during the AFLW Round 1 match at North Hobart Oval. Picture: Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images
12/33Darcy Vescio of the Blues marks the ball. Picture: Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images
13/33Kangaroos players sing the team song. Picture: Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images
14/33Blues players looking dejected after their loss in the AFLW Round 1 match at North Hobart Oval. Picture: Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images
15/33The Kangaroos AFLW team lines up for a team photo before their debut match at North Hobart Oval. Picture: Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images
16/33HOBART, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 03: Brittany Gibson of the Kangaroos (left) celebrates a goal with Emma Kearney of the Kangaroos during the 2019 NAB AFLW Round 01 match between the North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos and the Carlton Blues at North Hobart Oval on February 03, 2019 in Hobart, Australia. (Photo by Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images)
17/33AFLW: North Melbourne vs Carlton, North Hobart Oval: Carlton's Tilly Lucas-Rodd and North Melbourne's Jasmine Grierson contest a mark Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
18/33AFLW: North Melbourne vs Carlton, North Hobart Oval: North Melbourne's Alison Drennan (centre) celebrates a goal. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
19/33HOBART, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 03: L-R Georgia Nanscawen, Alison Drennan, Kaitlyn Ashmore and Daisy Bateman of the Kangaroos celebrate during the 2019 NAB AFLW Round 01 match between the North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos and the Carlton Blues at North Hobart Oval on February 03, 2019 in Hobart, Australia. (Photo by Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images)
20/33Nicole Bresnehan celebrates winning her first AFLW match with her father Adrian Bresnehan, back left, and friends Mel Wise, Darcy Elliston and Jacinta Limbrick. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
21/33North Melbourne’s Ashleigh Riddell running with the ball. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
22/33AFLW chief executive Nicole Livingstone, left, Tasmanian Minister for Sport and Recreation, Jacquie Petrusma, and AFL chief executive Gillion McLachlan holding the AFLW premiership cup at the match between North Melbourne and Carlton at North Hobart Oval. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
23/33North Melbourne celebrates winning its first AFLW match, against Carlton at North Hobart Oval. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
24/33North Melbourne players celebrate with fans after this first win against Carlton. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
25/33Kangaroos Jessica Trend, left, and Daisy Bateman celebrate during the AFLW Round 1 match. Picture: Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images
26/33North Melbourne’s Nicole Bresnehan looks to handball to a team-mate. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
27/33North Melbourne fans Olivia Jarvis, left, Kristi Jenkins, Noni Taylor and Lauren Boothby flew across from Melbourne today. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
28/33North Melbourne fan Sam Breen, centre, with Tasmanian North Melbourne player Nicole Bresnehan’s former Clarence Football Club teammates, from left, Sophie and Courtney Pennicott, Zoie Crawford and Tarn Ford. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
29/33North Melbourne celebrate winning its first AFLW match, against Carlton at North Hobart Oval. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
30/33North Melbourne sing its team song after winning its debut AFLW match. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
31/33Carlton’s Alison Downie, centrem swamped by North Melbourne players. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
32/33Big crowd in at North Hobart for the AFLW match between North Melbourne and Carlton. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
33/33AFLW chief executive Nicole Livingston with AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan at the match between North Melbourne and Carlton at North Hobart Oval. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
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