The Adelaide Crows are into the first ever AFLW Grand Final thanks to awesome performances from Sarah Perkins and Erin Phillips.
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Final score
Collingwood Magpies 7.4.46
Adelaide Crows 10.10.70
The Collingwood Magpies and the Adelaide Crows meet in a match that will decide who does and doesn’t make the AFLW grand final on Sunday afternoon. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match at Olympic Park Oval, starting from 1:35pm AEDT.
The Crows started this season as the most impressive team in the league, taking wins in their first four matches, and many of them by comfortable margins.
However when they come up against the then-also-undefeated Brisbane Lions at home in Round 5, they suffered their first loss as a club.
That was made worse by the fact that they copped another loss last week, defeated by Melbourne in a match that would’ve guaranteed them a grand final spot, had they won.
Now their equation is fairly simple – win here and they are certainties to play in the premiership decider. Lose, and they will miss out.
At the start of the round Collinwood did have a mathematical chance of playing in the grand final, but it was almost purely theoretical.
They would have needed to run up something in the realm of a ten-goal win over the Crows here, and then would also need Melbourne and Carlton to lose their respective matches.
Given that the Demons won their match yesterday, it’s now completely off the cards and they are playing only for pride.
Some credit has to go to Collingwood for their recent form though, after a slow start they have turned things around and won three on the trot.
With a home game to close out the season, they’ve got a great chance to finish on a high and play the role of the spoiler.
Prediction
Collingwood to throw a cat amongst the grand-final-calculation pigeons by claiming a close-fought win.
Collingwood Magpies by 6.
Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match at Olympic Park Oval, starting from 1:35pm AEDT.
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Thanks all for joining me for what was a thriller. Click here to read the full match report.
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Massive result, Crows win and they're through the grand final. Match report on the way.
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FULL TIME CROWS WIN! COLLINGWOOD 7.4.46 ADELAIDE 10.10.70
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GOAL ADELAIDE Jess Sedunary puts one through from the goalline thanks to a free kick, and the Crows have certainly got it won now. COLLINGWOOD 7.4.46 ADELAIDE 10.10.70
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GOAL ADELAIDE Erin Phillips has a snap and I don't believe it but somehow it is a goal. Incredible! Adelaide are going to the grand final. COLLINGWOOD 7.4.46 ADELAIDE 9.10.64
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BEHIND ADELAIDE Rushed behind to the Crows. COLLINGWOOD 7.4.46 ADELAIDE 8.10.58
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GOAL ADELAIDE Erin Phillips sends through a long-range bomb from 50m out, and the Crows lead by ten! COLLINGWOOD 7.4.46 ADELAIDE 8.8.56
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GOAL ADELAIDE PERKINS! She kicks her fourth, Crows lead!! COLLINGWOOD 7.4.46 ADELAIDE 7.8.50
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GOAL ADELAIDE Sarah Perkins pops through her third goal, the Crows claw the margin back to two points. COLLINGWOOD 7.4.46 ADELAIDE 6.8.44
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BEHIND COLLINGWOOD Jess Cameron has a set shot that really should be a goal but it's good news for Adelaide, she misses. COLLINGWOOD 7.4.46 ADELAIDE 5.8.38
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Final quarter underway!
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Massive final term coming up - 20-point turnaround in that quarter for Collingwood and now Adelaide must recover a seven-point deficit, or miss out on a grand final berth.
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3-QUARTER TIME COLLINGWOOD 7.3.45 ADELAIDE 5.8.38
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Melissa Kuys has a set shot after the siren for the Pies, but doesn't have the distance.
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GOAL COLLINGWOOD Jess Cameron puts her second goal through, and Collingwood lead by seven! COLLINGWOOD 7.3.45 ADELAIDE 5.8.38
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GOAL COLLINGWOOD Mo Hope bangs through her second goal, and the Pies have brought it back to level! Awesome effort to put up this much fight in a dead rubber. COLLINGWOOD 6.2.38 ADELAIDE 5.8.38
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GOAL COLLINGWOOD Alicia Eva pops through a goal for the Pies and they are now just one straight kick behind the Crows. COLLINGWOOD 5.2.32 ADELAIDE 5.8.38
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Third term underway.
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Massive quarter from Sarah Perkins, kicked a goal and involved in two others, she is the clear best on ground at the moment and the Crows lead by 13 points. Pies can't afford to drop their heads at this point.
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HALF TIME COLLINGWOOD 4.1.25 ADELAIDE 5.8.38