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Collingwood Magpies vs GWS Giants: AFLW live scores, blog

18th February, 2018

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Collingwood Magpies vs GWS Giants

AFLW 2018

Olympic Park Oval
Collingwood Magpies GWS Giants
35 SCORE 48
5 Goals 7
5 Behinds 6
Where: Olympic Park Oval
When: 4:35pm
TV: Fox Footy
Betting: Collingwood $1.77, GWS $2.05

Collingwood
B: E.Grant 5, R.Schleicher 18, I.Ross 21
HB: C.Molloy 2, S.Casey 22, T.Morgan 26
C: C.McIntosh 20
HF: M.Kuys 9, J.Garner 43, S.Chiocci17
F: C.Edwards 1, L.Tesoriero 7, C.Bernardi 6
Foll: E.King 60, J.Lambert 13, A.Barden 38
I/C: B.Bonnici 8, B.White 33, H.Whitford 28, J.Duffin 27, M.Hutchins 25, S.Dargan 46, M.Hope 23

GWS
B: A.Farrugia 18, T.Hetherington 9, P.Randall 21
HB: N.Barr 8, L.Stephenson 12, E.Brush 10
C: A.Eva 2
HF: J.Dal Pos 7, P.McWilliams 3, J.Hicks 5
F: J.Barclay 34, A.Schmidt 11, R.Beeson 6
Foll: E.McKinnon 23, C.Gum 26, E.Swanson 17
I/C: P.Smyth 15 M.Collier 14 P.Monahan 28, C.Staunton 13 E.Bennetts 22, B.Tully 16, R.Forth 27
Collingwood's form turnaround in 2018 has been remarkable (AAP Image/Tony McDonough)
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Match result:

The GWS Giants have scored their first win of the season and left the Collingwood Magpies with an 0-3 record in AFLW 2018 after a 13-point win on Sunday.

Final score
Collingwood Magpies 5.5 (35)
GWS Giants 7.6 (48)

Match preview:

The Collingwood Magpies host the Greater Western Sydney Giants at Olympic Park Oval in a must-win game for both teams. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match from 4:35pm (AEDT).

Collingwood was expected to hang down the bottom of the ladder and GWS came into the season carrying a wooden spoon, but both have still largely disappointing across the first two rounds.

Both suffered losses to Carlton in winnable games and while GWS looked good against Melbourne in Round 1, they ultimately were beaten by the better side.

Collingwood, meanwhile, opened Optus Stadium with a loss to Fremantle, where they barely fired a shot after quarter time.

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The biggest question surrounding the Pies is how they’re going to get their forward line working. They are ranked last for total points scored so far this season and given their strength was supposed to be their forward line, something drastically needs to change.

Number three draft pick Chloe Molloy has looked an immediate star of the game down back, but made a name for herself as a key forward and the move needs to be made this week.

As for GWS, this is a game they should be winning despite it being in Victoria. They showed drastic improvement from last season in Round 1 and there’s no reason they can’t finish in the top four.

In another world, the Giants win the tug-of-war with the Demons and immerge victorious in that game. Then they face Carlton in conditions not featuring torrential rain and use their outside skills to beat the Blues and go 2-0.

Unfortunately, they had to take on a Carlton side that dominates contested possession and were beaten.

Prediction
GWS is the better team on paper and should dominate through the midfield. If the Giants can capitalise early and find avenues to goal, this Collingwood side is going to be in a lot of trouble.

GWS by 9 points

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