Review AFLW Round 1: SHOWDOWN v Port Power, Saturday 2 September, 2:35pm, Norwood Oval

[Firewalker]

McKinnon’s game smarts can be questionable

 

[Crow_68]

Lmao Dursma plays like her brother alright!

Now where have I have seen a similar drop??

 

[jenny61_99]

Not loving ports tackling techniques

 

[jenny61_99]

Now where have I have seen a similar drop??

Wheres GROTTO when you need him?

 

[rocket18]

I will put my hand up and say I don't enjoy watching AFLW, but I won't rubbish it either and understand and agree why it is needed.

I'm just popping in to enjoy the clean sweep against Port this year.

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The AFL stuffed up by having too many teams too quickly.

Should have left it at 10 teams for years, let the talent come through.

 

[JP Sauce]

A down-field free but 20m backwards? Cool. Normal stuff.

 

[jenny61_99]

Good win girls! Rusty first half, much better in the second!

 

[Redleg Crow]

If you can’t love that second half, you can’t love footy

 

[Rankine2Rachele]

5-0 in 2023 Showdowns

Never in doubt.

 

[Redleg Crow]

Now THAT’S how you sing the song!

 

[BRL121]

I notice that Port have gone with a female version of Dixon in the forward line.

 

[Interloperer]

Side seems strong this year. A lot of the rusty players in the first half noticably stepped up in the second.

 

[Soggy2112]

5-0 * off

 

[Firewalker]

Niamh Kelly take a bow, one of the best games I’ve seen by a Crow in this competition.

28 disposals, 21 kicks, 5 marks and a goal.

 

[cmndstab]

Professional performance in the second half.

Jones is a weapon up forward, and we can afford to move her with Kelly playing like that.

Defence is still our strongest line, even without Allan. Biddell still playing excellent footy and Prowse is so clean for a tall. I liked Newman and Tonon back there. Allen was good in patches. SLT looked a bit lost at times but I think she's more useful on the wing.

 

[ABAB]

5-0 * off

All 5+ goals smashing as well?

 

[cmndstab]

Niamh Kelly take a bow, one of the best games I’ve seen by a Crow in this competition.

28 disposals, 21 kicks, 5 marks and a goal.

Determined to take the game on, too. She reminded me of peak-era Mattner, just running around players at will.

Probably the best game Martin has played in two seasons, too.

 

[JP Sauce]

Niamh Kelly take a bow, one of the best games I’ve seen by a Crow in this competition.

28 disposals, 21 kicks, 5 marks and a goal.

Did she get the medal? Broadcast cut to something else.

 

[cmndstab]

Juggling our four ruck-sized players is going to be fascinating. I think Prowse is locked in down back. Gould is clearly preferred up forward but is also our best ruck. Allan looks good around the ground but got beaten in the ruck. McKinnon is best behind the ball but Prowse is already there.

My guess is we'll persist with all four until Sarah Allan gets back, but after that one goes out, probably McKinnon at this stage.

 

[beartoo]

2nd half was a great relief. Got it together nicely.

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[jenny61_99]

Quite like Ponter in the middle too.

 

[cmndstab]

A down-field free but 20m backwards? Cool. Normal stuff.

What on earth was that? At the ground I had NFI

 

[cmndstab]

What's the consensus on the Kelly tackle? Is she in trouble? It looked to me like she tried to roll her safely but the other player tried to power out and they ended up splitting the difference.

 

[Redleg Crow]

What's the consensus on the Kelly tackle? Is she in trouble? It looked to me like she tried to roll her safely but the other player tried to power out and they ended up splitting the difference.

I thought it looked a soft free

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Who won the medal?