Euro-Yroke v Brisbane
Sunday 3 November, 1:05pm 
RSEA Park | Kulin Nations
Broadcast on Fox Footy & Kayo

Public gates open at 12:05pm
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Brisbane has made a statement leading into finals, defeating Euro-Yroke by 27 points on Sunday to put pressure on Hawthorn in the race for second place and the McClelland Trophy.

It was a statement game from the reigning premier, with the 10.8 (68) to 6.5 (41) scoreline largely driven in short, but devastating bursts of attacking on the RSEA Park deck.

It was ferocious, but the Saints were equally physical, as heavy hits proved the storyline of the first half. In the face of that pressure, however, the Lions didn't baulk, instead they established a neat handball game in spite of it.

Nick Dal Santo opted to prepare for the future throughout the match. Instead of locking down on direct opponents, and forcing a dour, difficult to watch spectacle, he chose to send youngsters into the contest. J'Noemi Anderson (11 disposals, four clearances) and Charlotte Simpson (12 disposals) played as pure midfielders for the match, going head-to-head with the Lions' star contingent.

Paige Trudgeon (five intercept possessions, one goal) offered a challenging one-on-one match-up for Lions star Dakota Davidson (11 disposals, one goal), while at the other end of the ground, Jesse Wardlaw (19 disposals, two goals) had Jennifer Dunne (six intercept possessions, 14 disposals) to contend with.

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A late shoulder injury to important midfielder Sophie Conway soured the win for Brisbane, however. The 2023 All-Australian landed heavily on her right shoulder late in the game, pounding the ground before being helped from the field.

Typically a winger, Conway (27 disposals, two goals) worked largely through the midfield for the match, pairing beautifully with energiser Belle Dawes (20 disposals, nine tackles), with the latter often winning the hardball and feeding it out to a perfectly positioned Conway on the move outside the scramble.

Ahead of an eighth finals series in nine seasons, and in its first trip to RSEA Park since last year's shock loss, Brisbane was determined to come out and make a statement. It whacked the Saints between the eyes in the first quarter, with its second highest ever opening-quarter score across 90 games.

The swirling wind offered an advantage toward the South Road end of the ground, which assisted the Lions' early flurry, and then contributed to the side's devastating six-goal third term in which it widened the gap on the scoreboard.

Brisbane was momentarily in second place on the ladder throughout the game, throwing a challenge Hawthorn's way to win back the home ground advantage come finals, but the Hawks just need a win over Richmond on Sunday to finish second, and also claim the McClelland Trophy and $1 million prize.

A retiring pioneer

At the conclusion of the game, inaugural AFLW player Steph Chiocci was chaired from the ground, retiring from the game. Although she was unable to run out for a game this year, due to an ACL injury, her impact on the AFLW cannot be diminished. The inaugural captain of Collingwood, who led the club out in the very first AFLW match back in 2017, Chiocci played 61 games across both the Pies and Euro-Yroke, joining the latter ahead of the 2023 NAB AFLW season.

EURO-YROKE  1.0  2.1  3.3  6.5 (41)
BRISBANE  4.5  4.7  10.8  10.8 (68)

GOALS
Euro-Yroke: Wardlaw 2, Trudgeon, Stuart, Richards, Exon
Brisbane: Smith 2, Conway 2, R.Svarc, C.Svarc, Long, Hartill, Davidson, Anderson

BEST 
Euro-Yroke: Lambert, Guttridge, Trudgeon, Smith, Wardlaw
Brisbane: Dawes, O'Dwyer, Koenen, Conway, Anderson, C.Svarc

INJURIES
Euro-Yroke: Nil
Brisbane: Conway (right shoulder)

Reports: Nil

Crowd: 1,678 at RSEA Park