Women's Round 1, 2018
Melbourne vs Greater Western Sydney
Saturday 3 February
Venue: Casey Fields
Attendance: 5100
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
| Melbourne | 1.2 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 7.3.45 |
| Greater Western Sydney | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 6.3.39 |
Melbourne win by 6 points
Goalkickers: Richelle Cranston 3, Shelley Scott 2, Tegan Cunningham 1, Kate Hore 1
AFLW B&F votes
3 - Richelle Cranston
1 - Daisy Pearce
Coaches votes:
9 - Daisy Pearce
6 - Richelle Cranston
5 - Elise O'Dea
2 - Shelley Scott
Milestones:
First game
Tegan Cunningham (and first goal)
Maddy Guerin
Erin Hoare
Kate Hore (and first goal)
First MFC game
Ashleigh Guest
Bianca Jakobsson
Statistical categories led:
Nil
After a surprise loss to GWS in 2017 which ultimately ruined their finals chances, Melbourne lined up against the Giants as premiership favourites and were given another scare.
The Demons had all the play early, but were unable to capitalise and conceded goals to the Giants on the rebound. By half time they were in front courtesy of nine more scoring shots, but lost the third quarter and had to fight back from a five point deficit at the last change to win.
Best were O'Dea, Cranston and Scott. Karen Paxman injured her back.
Links
Demonblog match review