North Melbourne has secured a coveted double-chance within the AFLW finals with a 46-point belting of wooden-spooner Western Bulldogs.
The finals-bound Kangaroos held the Bulldogs scoreless within the first half of their 7.13 (55) to 1.3 (9) victory on the Whitten Oval on Saturday.
Adorned duo Jasmine Garner and Ash Riddell performed starring roles because the Kangaroos took third spot on the ladder.
The Bulldogs end their season final with only one win from 10 matches.
5-time All Australian Garner collected 31 disposals and kicked two objectives in a dominant show.
And Riddell was the architect of a first-half blitz, her 18 disposals to the principle break logging 407 metres gained, virtually double the next-best on the bottom.
The Kangaroos’ membership champion completed with 36 disposals and Emma Kearney (20 disposals) and Amy Smith (14, 5 tackles) have been additionally influential.
Kangaroos star Garner was a continuing roaming risk and joined Emma King, Kate Shierlaw, Ellie Gavalas, Tahlia Randall and Erika O’Shea as objective kickers.
The Bulldogs’ sole objective got here from Britney Gutknecht’s opportunist left-foot snap early within the final quarter.
Regardless of the efforts of Ellie Blackburn (30 disposals), Elisabeth Georgostathis (23), Jess Fitzgerald (17) and Gabrielle Newton (18), the Bulldogs slipped to a ninth loss from 10 matches.
In stark distinction, the Kangaroos bounced again from two losses and enter the finals brimming with confidence.
AAP
