Round 3: Watch the Saints take on undefeated Demons on their home ground this Friday night
Friday night footy has got to be the best way to round out the working week! At RSEA Park, St Kilda will be looking to use the home ground advantage to notch up their first win, while the Demons will be keen to keep their winning streak alive.
Be sure to get there early with family and friends to enjoy all the festivities on offer. There’s the Chemist Warehouse Cool Off Zone with games, inflatables, face paint and plenty more. Plus, the Reflex Truck will be serving slushees in a cool collectable cup.
It’s the perfect start to another weekend of incredible footy and community and best of all, entry is FREE!
Entry is free!
Be sure to bring your footy for some Macca’s Kick 2 Kick after the final siren.
AFLW boilover: Saints get first win over wasteful Demons
Star forward Caitlin Greiser steers her side home for a breakthrough victory
THERE'S a new G-Train in town.
Bullocking forward Caitlin Greiser rubber-stamped her status as a St Kilda cult hero with two goals in a match-winning performance over Melbourne.
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The Demons led for most of the evening, but it all turned once Greiser took a mark close to the boundary line midway through the final term and launched a bomb from 50 metres.
That outstanding effort handed St Kilda a 3.1 (19) to 1.8 (14) victory, its first ever in the NAB AFL Women's Competition.
Karen Paxman was the stand out for Melbourne with 26 disposals, bolstering her claim to the throne as the most in-form player in the league.
The moment Greiser's magnificent goal from outside 50 might have had a little assistance from the wind, but it was no doubt the standout moment of the game. With eight minutes left, the third-gamer had the composure of a ten-year veteran to slot the match-winner from a very tough angle.
Who's that? Melbourne fans would have been frustrated watching several shots get swallowed up right on the goal line by St Kilda co-captain Rhiannon Watt. With a breeze favouring one side of the ground, Watt tracked back to take several key marks and keep the Saints afloat under serious pressure.
The first blow St Kilda is getting better every week, with the chemistry up forward starting to click. Greiser tapped on a ball that allowed McCarthy to boot the ball deep towards the goals. Instead of registering a score, the ball stayed in and McCarthy was able to get it again in the pocket, before Greiser received a free kick straight in front en route to her first goal.
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One to watch
Sinead Goldrick was a standout in the first quarter for Melbourne before sitting out the rest of the game under the concussion protocol. The Irish recruit seemed to find the football with ease and looked promising in her limited game time.
Say what?
"It was pretty special, I think that was the start of my speech tonight, it was a Friday night footy special." – St Kilda coach Peta Searle.
"If we kicked a little straighter we might be on the right end, but fundamentally the way we played we just didn't execute and play our roles the way we would have liked." – Melbourne coach Mick Stinear.
"I was actually a little bit disappointed that we didn't stop the game, because she was kind of in the middle of it." – St Kilda forward Kate McCarthy said in response to when Melbourne's Guerin went down with an injury.
"Kate McCarthy, I was standing with her when it happened and she was telling me that we've got to stop the play and I was telling her to get on with it. It was nice to have her concerned, it's good that she's so empathetic." – Daisy Pearce on when Guerin injured her knee.
What's next? Melbourne faces Collingwood at Marvel Stadium next Friday at 5.40pm AEDT in a double-header with the State of Origin match for bushfire relief. St Kilda hosts Fremantle at RSEA Park on Sunday March 1 at 3.10pm AEDT.
