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It wasn\u2019t all smooth sailing for the Lions, with alarm bells ringing early as three of Melbourne\u2019s first four scoring chances stemming from their lackadaisical defence. <\/p>\n
Conversely, Melbourne\u2019s own defence was impassable with 12 forward half intercepts to three in the first term alone. <\/p>\n
Tayla Harris was the first to capitalise, with a late handball from Shelley Heath exposing Brisbane to seal her side\u2019s first goal of the afternoon. <\/p>\n
Megan Fitzsimon and Kate Hore were shortly afforded chances in a similar fashion, and it was Hore who converted, marking her 100th AFLW goal.<\/p>\n
Craig Starcevich urged his side not to \u201coveruse the ball\u201d and move it forward at all costs. <\/p>\n
A scoreless first quarter for Brisbane loomed large but it was no bad omen as they heeded his advice, claiming an +31 uncontested possession advantage which served as the catalyst for a second quarter domination. <\/p>\n
Dakota Davidson – who had kicked 1.6 across the past two weeks – took her moment when it mattered to open the floodgates. <\/p>\n
She has kicked more goals against Melbourne than any other player. <\/p>\n
A Cathy Svarc tag on Hore flipped the contest, allowing Ally Anderson and Belle Dawes to begin to assert their dominance. <\/p>\n
Ultimately, the eventual 18-31 clearance differential proved too much for the Demons to overcome.<\/p>\n
Whilst they recorded three more inside 50s, Brisbane was clinical with its entries and dictated the contest to lead the disposal count by 36.<\/p>\n
Brisbane was the side which came into today sweating its accuracy, but after rueing missed opportunities in their last meeting, it was Melbourne who left goals on the table.<\/p>\n
The Demons fought back late, but a quick reply through Anderson all but sealed victory for the Lions.<\/p>\n
Austin kicks emotional tribute goal | 00:45<\/p>\n
Anderson starred with two goals and 28 disposals while Jade Ellenger\u2019s 16 disposals and five tackles were influential after she was well held in their last meeting.<\/p>\n
Hore (one goal, 31 disposals) remained far and away the best afield despite Melbourne\u2019s loss. <\/p>\n
They will now have to take the difficult route if they want to add more silverware to their collection, with a loss meaning they sit on North Melbourne\u2019s side of the fixture. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, at Norwood Oval, the class of Adelaide shone bright with the returning Chelsea Randall and Ebony Marinoff running riot to secure a 44-point win, knocking the Saints out of the finals race.<\/p>\n
The clash marked St Kila\u2019s first ever finals appearance, but they were no match for Adelaide, who are pushing to win their fourth flag in 10 seasons.<\/p>\n
Marinoff had a team-high 27 touches, while both India Rasheed and Caitlin Gould kicked two for the Crows.<\/p>\n
Randall got through her first game since Round 5, proving to be a huge boost in Adelaide\u2019s title bid, with their win locking in the second week of the 2025 AFLW finals series.<\/p>\n
Both finals games will be played at Ikon Park, setting up a finals double header next weekend.<\/p>\n
FINALS SCHEDULE – WEEK TWO<\/p>\n
Second Semi Final \u2013 Saturday 15 November at 1:05pm AEDT<\/p>\n
Melbourne vs Adelaide Crows<\/p>\n
IKON Park<\/p>\n
First Semi Final \u2013 Saturday 15 November at 7:15pm AEDT<\/p>\n
Hawthorn vs Carlton<\/p>\n
IKON Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brisbane has advanced to its sixth straight Preliminary Final, claiming a 13-point victory over Melbourne on Sunday while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-272904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}