Port Adelaide spearhead Gemma Houghton has become the first player to reach 100 AFLW career goals, kicking truly after the siren in the Power’s 57-point demolition of GWS.
With the result secure at the final change at Sydney’s Henson Park, Power teammates were desperately trying to get the ball to Houghton throughout the last quarter of the 11.15 (81) to 3.6 (24) win.
The 31-year-old missed multiple chances earlier in the term, before captain Justine Mules-Robinson spotted her about 30 metres out just before full-time.
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Houghton made no mistake after the siren to kick her fourth goal of the match, before being mobbed by excited Power teammates.
She beat Melbourne captain Kate Hore (98) and North Melbourne’s Jasmine Garner (97) to the 100-goal milestone.
Starting her career at Fremantle in the inaugural AFLW season in 2017, Houghton moved to the Power ahead of their entry into the competition in 2022.
“I’m still a bit speechless,” Houghton said.
“I was getting a little bit frustrated with myself, [I] missed a few.”
Trailing by 12 points at quarter-time, the Power made up for their slow start by piling on 6.2 to 0.1 in the second term to lead by 25 points at the main break.
The Power’s electrifying performance would have been bittersweet, as they missed the top eight after making a superb run to the preliminary final last year.
AAP