Snapshot for round two of the AFLW season

THEY SAID IT: “When she’s on like that, she’s pretty hard to stop.” – Brisbane coach Craig Starcevich delighted in Dakota Davidson’s match-winning efficiency towards Port Adelaide. The energy ahead took six contested marks and kicked 4 objectives and even dropped again to assist out her defence when the warmth was on.

PLAYER OF THE ROUND: Gold Coast star Jamie Stanton celebrated her fiftieth sport in model, slotting six objectives to take her aspect to a membership record-breaking 73-point win over West Coast on Saturday.

THE MOMENT: Adelaide star Danielle Ponter shocked herself when she nailed an unimaginable purpose from the centre circle. It was a long-range boot that cleared each participant within the Crows forward-half and dribbled fantastically into the purpose sq. and thru. It will little doubt be a goal-of-the-year contender.

TALKING POINT: Matches at conventional suburban venues are one among AFLW’s most celebrated options and Essendon added one other to the listing with their first AFLW match at Windy Hill. The Bombers returned for his or her first sport at their religious residence in a nationwide competitors – both males’s or girls’s – since August 1991. They celebrated the event with a win, beating St Kilda by 12 factors.

TRIBUNAL WATCH: Nil.

STATS THAT MATTER: Until 5 minutes earlier than the ultimate siren, Carlton have been seeking to develop into the primary workforce in AFLW historical past to be stored scoreless all through a whole sport. The Blues misplaced 1.0 (6) to the Kangaroos’ 10.6 (66). Fremantle’s defeat to Geelong final 12 months in season seven introduced the bottom rating within the competitors – 0.1 (1) to three.9 (27).

INJURIES: E. Hartill (WC, concussion), S. Davison (WC, shoulder)

WHAT’S NEXT: Undefeated duo North Melbourne and Geelong sq. off on Friday evening in what seems match of the spherical, though Adelaide and the resurgent Essendon will problem for that tag on Saturday afternoon. At the opposite finish of the desk, St Kilda and Port Adelaide search their first wins of the marketing campaign, whereas red-hot Melbourne will need one other simple win, towards Western Bulldogs.