AFLW Round 2 2022

West Coast v Gold Coast
AFLW Round 2, 2022

Lewis in action. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 16 January 2022 (12.40pm EDT)

Venue

Whitten Oval

Attendance

587

Result

Lost by 13

Score

GC 7.4.46 - 5.3.33 WCE

Brownlow

Ladder

11th

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West Coast squandered an opportunity to record a rare win, with the Suns overrunning them with the last five goals of the match. With the Eagles' fixture switched to Melbourne due to the WA border closure, the sides fought out a dour first three quarters before the match opened up in the last, with the "home" side booting three quick goals before the Suns' late onslaught. Dana Hooker had 18 touches and Aisling McCarthy kicked a goal from her 13 possessions.

Summary[]

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		0.0.0		2.0.12		2.2.14		5.3.33
Gold Coast		0.2.2		1.4.10		2.4.16		7.4.46

Goals: Atkins, Bowen, Collier, Gibson, McCarthy

Best: Swanson, Hooker, Bowen, Smith, McCarthy

Injuries: Nil

Reports: Swanson for rough conduct against K.Howarth

Named sides[]

	West Coast				Gold Coast
B:	20.Bresland	31.Gooch		B:	42.Pregelj	7.Ahrens
HB:	8.Collier	33.Ward	11.McCarthy	HB:	20.D'Arcy	39.Saad	24.Dunn
C:	2.Gibson	13.Swanson	1.Bowen	C:	23.Howarth	33.Drennan	14.Watson
HF:	9.Atkins	7.Schmidt	12.N.Kelly	HF:	28.Perkins	26.Surman	1.Hampson
F:	22.Gilmore	10.Caulfield		F:	12.Bohanna	30.Keaney
R:	25.Laurie	6.Lewis	17.Hooker	R:	2.Bella	8>Rowbottom	17.Stanton
I:	3.Thomas	26.Gauci	15.G.Kelly	I:	19.Bush	25.Heslop	13.Single
	4.Guard	14.Smith			3.Groves-Little	27.Dupuy
E:	24.Bullas	35.McDonald		E:	15.Randell	21.Barba

In: Gauci

Out: Cameron (leg)

From the papers[]

The West Australian[]

"Wing Mikayla Bowen was finally rewarded for her hard running early in the final quarter, capping off a messy chain of possession to kick West Coast’s first of the final quarter.

Then Kellie Gibson kicked her first goal in Eagles colours and Maddy Collier converted shortly after before Surman and Bohanna combined for five backbreaking goals in a wild 10-minute burst.

Dana Hooker’s return to the midfield and Emma Swanson’s run of form helped West Coast level the midfield battle but too much fell on their shoulders and Gold Coast were hungrier.

The Suns won contested possessions 106-94, but it was their zealous tackling (75-57) which overwhelmed the Eagles and largely stopped them accessing their outside runners."^[1]