The Crows recorded a come-from-behind victory against the Cats

By Jason Phelan/AFL Media

Resurgent Adelaide celebrated Chelsea Randall’s 75th AFLW game with a pulsating, come-from-behind win, the former skipper booting three second-half goals to spur the Crows to a brilliant 38-point victory against Geelong a Unley Oval.

Adelaide trailed by 11 points at half-time, but booted the next nine goals of the match, including a devastating seven-goals-to-nil final term, keeping the Cats goalless in the second half on the way to a stirring 10.5 (65) to 3.9 (27) win on Sunday.

Crows Co-Captain Ebony Marinoff was outstanding throughout and was pivotal late, along with fellow Crows stars Eloise Jones, Danielle Ponter and Randall.

Jones and Randall each booted two goals in the last-quarter assault, Caitlin Gould with a goal after the siren to seal Adelaide’s first win of the season.

It was a remarkable turnaround given Geelong’s impressive first half.

The Cats’ pressure worried the Crows in a hot opening term, and it didn’t take long for the visitors to take a deserved lead with a goal to Aishling Moloney who swooped on a rare Chelsea Biddell howler when she kicked back inside defensive 50 and missed her teammate.

The switched-on visitors led the inside 50s 5-1, but Adelaide made the most of that one entry, Ponter snapping truly in traffic.

But that would be the home side’s only goal of the first half, Geelong extending a seven-point lead at quarter-time to 11 at the main break. 

Led by Nina Morrison with a game-high 17 touches, five Cats had double-figure possessions at half-time to the Crows’ one – Marinoff with 14 disposals.

Geelong’s midfield dominance kept Adelaide’s defence under repeated pressure, Daniel Lowther’s side leading the inside 50s 22-13 at half-time.

The Crows suffered a blow before the opening bounce, with Co-Captain Sarah Allan a late withdrawal due to a quad injury, the co-captain replaced by Kayleigh Cronin.

SCOREBOARD

ADELAIDE  1.1   1.4   3.5   10.5 (65)
GEELONG   2.2   3.3   3.7    3.9 (27)

GOALS
Adelaide:  Randall 3, Jones 2, Ponter 2, Gould 2, Kustermann
Geelong: Moloney 2, Parry

BEST 
Adelaide:  Marinoff, Randall, Jones, N.Kelly, Newman, Ponter, J.Allan
Geelong: Prespakis, Webster, Morrison, Moloney, A.McDonald, Crockett-Grills

INJURIES 
Adelaide: Nil
Geelong: Nil

LATE CHANGES
Adelaide: Sarah Allan (quad) replaced in selected side by Kayleigh Cronin
Geelong: Nil