Kiara Bowers has fallen simply wanting equalling her personal AFLW tackling document as Fremantle made it two wins on the trot with a 48-point demolition of Essendon at Fremantle Oval.
Bowers tallied a whopping 21 tackles – narrowly lacking her earlier document of twenty-two set three years in the past – to assist encourage Fremantle to the 9.2 (56) to 1.2 (8) win in sunny situations on Saturday.
Georgia Nanscawen of the Bombers is tackled by Kiara Bowers of the Dockers.Credit: AFL Photos by way of Getty Images
Star midfielders Aisling McCarthy (24 disposals, two objectives, 520m gained, 5 clearances) and Gabrielle Newton (27 disposals, one aim, 10 tackles) have been large for Fremantle, whereas Bowers added to her tackling heroics with 22 disposals.
For Essendon, Georgia Nanscawen (22 disposals, 10 tackles) and Madison Prespakis (20 disposals, three clearances) battled exhausting in a dropping trigger.
Fremantle’s finals hopes regarded lifeless and buried after they adopted up their opening-round win over Port with horror losses to Brisbane (70 factors), North Melbourne (100 factors) and Sydney (25 factors).
Last week’s seven-point western derby win over West Coast breathed some life into their season, and the demolition job on Essendon showcased they could be a real finals contender when enjoying at their fiercest.
Fremantle have now evened their ledger at 3-3 forward of street video games towards Carlton and Hawthorn.
“The 4 factors is what we would like – not tackling information,” Bowers informed Fox Footy after the match.
“But I’ll be feeling it tomorrow for positive.
“It’s about getting again to our recreation of footy, and I felt like immediately and final week we sort of did that. We wish to be that tough staff to beat.”
Essendon began their season at 3-0 however they’re now 3-3, with final week’s 52-point loss to St Kilda and Saturday’s heavy defeat to Fremantle elevating main considerations about their finals credentials.
Only a behind from Bonnie Toogood with three minutes remaining on Saturday ensured Essendon averted equalling their lowest complete – the 1.1 (7) they recorded towards North Melbourne final 12 months.
Scores have been locked at 0-0 with lower than six minutes remaining within the first quarter earlier than McCarthy sparked a four-goal burst.
She kicked a aim from the pocket after which adopted it up with a 45m banger lower than a minute later to get the celebration began.
The scoreboard learn 31-0 with six minutes remaining within the first half earlier than Essendon lastly registered their first rating – a behind to Toogood.
It was 37-1 at half-time, and Fremantle turned for house with a dominant 43-1 lead after debutant Poppy Stockwell took a powerful contested mark to kick the one aim of the third quarter.
Essendon scored their solely aim of the match early within the remaining quarter when Daria Bannister nailed her shot on the run.
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