Get Kayo now ><\/a><\/p>\nAnd while they could still finish minor premiers with an absolute North Melbourne meltdown, the 13.10 (88) to 3.2 (20) victory was enough to seal that home final next week – albeit not at GMHBA Stadium.<\/p>\n
The Cats were on from the opening term with four goals to one start. And it didn\u2019t get any better from there for the visitors.<\/p>\n
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Despite coach Tamara Hyett\u2019s quarter time spray where she then told Fox Footy: \u201cWe got taught a lesson\u201d and accused players of lacking discipline, Geelong kicked the next five goals to essentially seal the match by halftime in worrying signs for the Dogs.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was pretty poor from us \u2013 and we know that,\u201d Dogs star Heidi Woodley said coming out of the break.<\/p>\n
Despite a top four spot on the line for Hyett\u2019s side with a win, they were lacking in star power without Isabelle Prichard (knee) and Ellie Blackburn (rested).<\/p>\n
And it left their backline vulnerable as Cats forwards Jacqueline Parry (five goals), Chantal Mason (three) and Chloe Scheer (two) ran riot.<\/p>\n
Chantal Mason celebrates one of her three goals.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
The Cats were so strong they eclipsed North Melbourne\u2019s all-time record in the final term as the highest scoring team in an AFLW home-and-away season.<\/p>\n
And Friday night\u2019s victory ensured the Cats claimed a stunning 12th straight win with their home final locked in.<\/p>\n
But that match won\u2019t be played at GMHBA Stadium due to a venue clash with Australia\u2019s premier Supercross AUSX Open in Geelong.<\/p>\n
\u201cDisappointed we can\u2019t play at home next week, but guess we can make whatever home ground we play our home,\u201d Parry said post-match.<\/p>\n
The Dogs will now need to wait on other results of the round to see where they finish in season 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Geelong has sealed a top two AFLW finish with a dominant 68-point win over finals contender the Western…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-946385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946385","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=946385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}