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Geelong have secured an AFLW qualifying final at “our house” with a 30-point win that also put a massive hole in Fremantle’s top-eight hopes.
There could be major injury ramifications out of Saturday’s physical clash at GMHBA Stadium, which the Cats won 9.10 (64) to 5.4 (34).
Rachel Kearns of the Cats collides with Emma O’Driscoll of the Dockers on Saturday. AFL Photos via Getty Images A heavy collision early in the last quarter put Geelong’s Rachel Kearns out of the game, while Fremantle player Noa McNaughton needed help from two trainers when she also went off in the final term with an ankle injury.
Geelong forward Chantal Mason suffered an ugly cut to her face in a marking contest. Fremantle’s Aoife Healy, Aisling McCarthy and Kiara Bowers, plus Cats player Aishling Moloney all needed injury treatment during the game.
Fremantle started the clash in eighth spot and dropped to 10th. They will host seventh-placed Sydney in the last game of round 12 next Sunday, with the finals starting the following weekend.
The Cats led by 48 points early in the final term, after coach Mick Stinear urged in their three-quarter time huddle to finish the job at “our house”.
It was their fourth home win in a 10-game streak overall that has shot them to second on the ladder. Their only blemish was the 73-point loss in round one to two-time defending premiers North Melbourne, who will most likely again finish the regular season on top of the ladder.
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