2022 QUALIFYING FINAL
Three weeks later, we’re back at Windy Hill for the first final. The Hawks pull most but not all of their AFLW-listed players out, and lose two more to West Coast and Gold Coast the day before. We pull “Fresh Princess” Bella Ayre out for dedicated training; sadly, she would have a series of injuries and never play an AFLW game for us.
Boundary Rider Girl eventually tops their disposal tally, with 17.
We strangle them to half-time, but waste our chances: 2.8.20 leads 0.0.0
The Hawks come out hard in the second half, and score the first seven points. And then things get interesting…
Frew got charged and decked from behind, Barba saw it coming and responded, and it was ON. NatMac had just kicked her second goal, and the ump gave her another free and hence her third goal.
We know the script when the Hawks go sniping and give us a double goal: they go from a team with momentum to a remaining game score of 0-40. Ashley-Cooper kicks another goal, and then CBomb, and then Fede slots one from forty out, and Courtney’s rundown tackle becomes a goal too.
We win 8.12.60 to 1.1.7