AFLW Round 1, 2021
Gold Coast vs Melbourne
Saturday 30 January
Venue: Carrara
Attendance: 1902
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
| Gold Coast | 3.1 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 5.5.35 |
| Melbourne | 2.0 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 9.2.56 |
Melbourne win by 21 points
Goalkickers: Tegan Cunningham 2, Kate Hore 2, Krstel Petrevski 2, Eden Zanker 1, Lily Mithen 1, Shelley Heath 1
AFLW B&F votes
3 - Daisy Pearce
2 - Tegan Cunningham
1 - Karen Paxman
Coaches votes:
9 - Karen Paxman
6 - Lily Mithen
3 - Tyla Hanks
2 - Tegan Cunningham
Milestones:
First game
Alyssa Bannan
Megan Fitzsimon
Eliza McNamara
First goal
Shelley Heath (7th game)
Krstel Petrevski (2nd game)
First game against Gold Coast and at Carrara
The home side got off to a hot start in the season opener, kicking two goals in the opening minutes. The Demons recovered with two of their own, before winning the game courtesy of a five goal to nil second quarter. The Suns won the rest of a game by a point but found the gap too much to bridge.
Links
Demonblog match review