KANGAROOS' key forwards Kate Shierlaw and Tahlia Randall kicked bags of five and four respectively against Euro-Yroke on Saturday afternoon to guide the Roos to a 92-point win. 

The two kicked nine of their side’s 13 goals to help guide the Roos to a 14.15 (99) to 1.1 (7) in front of a crowd of 1,832.

It was first playing last on the ladder, but for periods of Saturday’s game, it seemed a lot closer.

In the club’s first home game at RSEA Park, Euro-Yroke came out ready to compete with the back-to-back premiers, challenging the Kangaroos in the windy conditions.

But it was like waiting for the dam wall to break, which it eventually did off the back of North Melbourne’s tall forwards, Shierlaw and Randall.

The Saints jumped out of the blocks early when tall forward Jessie Tawhiao-Wardlaw had the first shot on goal for the game, but missed.

The Kangaroos kicked the first six goals of the match, before Euro-Yroke midfielder Ash Richards scored the Saints first and only goal for the game just before the half-time break.

St Kilda’s defenders put up a fight, Paige Trudgeon (nine intercept possessions) and Bianca Jakobsson (eight), doing their best to reduce the damage, but the weight of numbers from North Melbourne, whose run and carry broke down St Kilda’s defence, meant the Roos piled goals on the scoreboard.

The sting had well and truly come out of the game in the final term, when the Roos dominated inside 50s 14-2.

Up next
Both teams have an eight-day break until their next games. Euro-Yroke plays Richmond on Sunday afternoon at 1:05pm at Windy Hill, whilst North Melbourne takes on Carlton in its first game at Arden St for the season, also on Sunday at 3:05pm.

EURO-YROKE                   0.1   1.1   1.1   1.1     (7)
NORTH MELBOURNE      2.4   6.6   9.9   14.15  (99)

GOALS
Euro-Yroke: Richards
North Melbourne: Randall 5, Shierlaw 4, Sheerin 2, Boague, Riddell, King

BEST
Euro-Yroke: Watson, Richards, Smith, Trudgeon, Jakobsson
North Melbourne: Shierlaw, Garner, Randall, Riddell, Kearney

INJURIES
Euro-Yroke: Nil
North Melbourne: Nil

Reports: Nil

Crowd: 1,832 at RSEA Park