Injury-hit Saints move into AFLW top eight after win over GWS

[ad_1] St Kilda has overcome GWS by 14 factors to leap contained in the AFLW prime eight for the primary time since spherical one.

The Saints blew the match open with three unanswered objectives within the third time period, organising the 4.6 (30) to 2.4 (16) win at Henson Park in Sydney.

However St Kilda can be sweating on scans to Nicola Barr, who got here from the sphere with a suspected knee damage within the final quarter.

Darcy Guttridge and Bianca Jakobsson (ankle) additionally left the bottom within the remaining time period in a bitter finish to a profitable street journey for the Saints.

Why Blues are a finals menace Carlton's emergence as a finals menace is not any shock, with the Blues now possessing the personnel to execute an efficient recreation plan.

It was their fourth win in a row after that they had slumped to a 1-3 win-loss file a month in the past with consecutive defeats to Melbourne, West Coast and Hawthorn.

Since getting into the AFLW in 2020, St Kilda's greatest consequence has been ninth (twice) and it has by no means certified for finals in six earlier seasons.

Twin All-Australian Jaimee Lambert put in a powerhouse efficiency, exhibiting why she has been the most effective gamers because the basis of the AFLW again in 2017.

Lambert, a five-time membership best-and-fairest with Collingwood and the Saints, was a continuing menace up ahead with two objectives and 25 disposals.

Midfielder Georgia Patrikios is again to her greatest after lacking all of final season because of damage, gathering 26 disposals and having 4 clearances.

All six objectives within the match had been kicked to the identical finish of the bottom, though that was extra coincidental with wind not showing to be a significant component.