
Melbourne will travel to Metricon Stadium on Saturday evening to take on Gold Coast, who is trying to stay in touch with the top eight, while the Western Bulldogs will host St Kilda in Ballarat on Sunday afternoon. Seven's news audience plunged so low it was represented in the official ratings. Racking up 350m gained from 18 disposals, Blackburn's power and explosiveness out of congestion stole the show despite the Bulldogs' struggles on the scoreboard. that displayed little insight into Melbourne's proud rejection of Sydney. Benloch, Beveridge, Bylands, Clarkefield, Forbes, Kilmore, Melbourne Airport, Mickleham, Mount Macedon, Nulla Vale.

With her third disposal on Sunday Ellie Blackburn became the seventh AFLW player to register a thousand disposals, but it wasn't just her ability to win the ball that was important for the Dogs.
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Finishing the game with three goals - her first since round three - Bannan's best moment was her involvement in a series of play that saw her run from defence into the attacking goalsquare to lay an important tackle that ultimately resulted in Tayla Harris's second goal. Seven News live and comprehensive coverage of breaking news and local, national and international top stories, plus Sport, Finance and Weather updates.
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But it wasn't enough as the Demons continued to pepper the goals, kicking four goals from eight scoring shots in the final quarter.ĭEMONS v BULLDOGS Full match coverage and statsĪfter a lean couple of games, Alyssa Bannan had a huge impact for Melbourne.

The Dogs worked hard to create forward entries but the likes of Sinead Goldrick (six intercepts), Shelley Heath (five) and Libby Birch (three) were well set up behind play to pick off those long kicks and set up another Demons attacking play.īulldogs coach Nathan Burke threw the magnets around at three-quarter-time, sending key defender Katie Lynch into attack and Richelle Cranston and Elisabeth Georgostathis into defence.

