ORLA O’DWYER’S BRISBANE Lions women’s team are off the mark in their AFLW campaign after thumping Port Adelaide, 76-26.
Played at the Alberton Oval on Saturday, O’Dwyer was playing a midfield offside role and instrumental in building their 39-8 half-time lead before the inevitable tail-off, nailing a goal with one of their first attacks off her left foot.
Playing in just her second AFLW game, Donegal’s Niamh McLaughlin proved to be a human highlights reel for Gold Coast Suns against West Cost Eagles as they marched to a huge 73-point victory at Heritage Bank Stadium, 99-26.
At one stage McLaughlin took off on a mazy run, using a Gaelic football style hop twice to evade defenders and drawing an exclaimed, “What confidence” from the matchday commentator, to cap an impressive opening couple of games as she finds her way into the team.
That ref is a bit whistle happy. Being particularly harsh on KK I’d think.
@Jason Pierce: he is a joke the cork keeper should get a oscar for acting
@Tom Dowling: yellow was for throwing the hurl…
@IrishOwl: she threw the defenders hurl away. Not at someone. How is that foul play? I haven’t read the rule book so I’m open for correction.
@Jason Pierce: ref loves Cork, thats why
@Jason Pierce: apparently its there somewhere i believe. Sportsmanship and all that….
@Oisin Curry: oh that must be it… my bad ? Ffs
@IrishOwl: why was the goalie acting then the usual cork stuff
@IrishOwl: and penalty what was that for?
@Jamie Walsh: and about three or four other frees, he gave one for charging that was a joke
@IrishOwl: nothing about yellow for throwing a hurl away
@Tom Dowling: usual stuff like winning another All Ireland ? Ffs pipe down
@Anthony Davoren: thats that settled then. Anyway… who cares.. Cork won !
@IrishOwl: brilliant analysis, who cares? Handed an all Ireland ffs
@Jamie Walsh: handed an All Ireland ? Lol. Sure all Kilkennys wides had no bearing on the result.. go back to bed. The hatred for Cork is strong today.
@IrishOwl: I’m wide awake and hate to point the obvious but the amount of wides registered by a team has no bearing on scoreboard?! , but if one team scores when handed penalties and frees that have no place in a competitive match let alone an AI final well that might I’m thinking
Ref is woeful
Ref should be ashamed of himself
That ref should be ashamed of himself.
What women if only cork men hurlers had the same bottle
Up the Rebels. Well done!
A complete joke of a referee kilkenny were totally robbed, working hard all year to reach AI then cheated by an imbecile
Denise Gaule might just pip it. Sorry I mean Kilkenny of course
Heap of shite. *anny hurling
@Paulie T: anny hurling?