Took 0:15 for Adelaide to… point.
Took 1:15 for each team to lose a player from a flying head clash.
Took 2:15 for Norf to mark forward… and give it up.
The Norf Randall marks in the goal square and goals a second before 3:15 in.
6-1
Norf getting some kind umpiring. That includes soft contact favouring Shierlaw next to the goal square.
13-1
Gould got the scare of her life when that ball fell onto her chest in the middle of the pack.
Misses.
13-2
WTF was that “clearing” kick?
Yikes.
And that sets up Ponter hitting the stoppage at pace at the top of the goal square, and goaling.
13-7
These frees… Norf can’t pay, ya know?
Quarter time:
Norf 2.1.13
Crows 1.2.8
Well, that was an overt crowd free.
Yes, Norf kinda drew a smidgen of a crowd!
Garner squeezes a set shot through on the angle.
19-8
Garner fails to go BANG-BANG.
20-8
Riddell moves to top-disposals, with 15 shortly before half-time.
Norf 3.2.20
Crows 1.5.11
Crows were 14-4 for inside fifties that quarter, and conceded the only goal.
12 consecutive pressured disposals, plus a tackle in the middle of that, and Ponter takes the contested mark in the goal square.
(yes, I went back and counted)
Game is very definitely not over yet!
20-17
Ponter goes BANG-BANG to be the all-time leading AFLW finals goal-kicker.
21-24
Let me live in a world where Ponter, Ahrens, Friswell, Yassir, Georgie, Patrikios, Anderson, and Gillard are in our AFLW team.
Would be all of the premiership.
Took a lot of attempts, but Norf’s Randall marks at the top of the goal square. Back in front!
28-24, 3:50 left in the third quarter.
The better-known Randall (Chelsea) has been a brute today. This time the ump pings her.
Emma King has a set shot after the siren…
… it’s a wobbler, and is stopped before they trot off to the final huddle.
Norf 4.4.28
Crows 3.7.25
Norf’s Jenna Bruton is leading disposals (23), tackles (6), and clearances (4).