AFLW INSIGHTS - ROUND 8 PART 2

UNCHARACTERISTIC NORTH MELBOURNE

MY TAKE

There's a bunch of excellent teams in the AFLW but none maybe more talented across the board than North Melbourne and maybe no player more talented than Jassie Garner, who can do it all.

I've loved the Lions since AFLW 1 and their consistency has been a staple since their inception.

The Roos haven't been under a lot of pressure since they've been in AFLW but this week they were under some "real" pressure in regards to this specific game and also looking at the season in general and securing the best finals spot as possible.

Here Garner recieves an in-board kick and handballs off to a running Kearney who draws the Lions player from Garner and handballs back to Garner.

She receives the ball back but in front of the initial play and on the run, with 20 - 25m of space directly in front of her.

Garner has tore through the center square countless times in her career under perfect control resulting in direct kicks into the forward 50, which the Roos rely on for the most part without a major marking target down there except for when King is resting down there.

In this play perceived pressure gets the better of Garner who takes 1 step and tries launching into a torpedo that is nothing short of a wobbler.

Pressure doesn't care who you are!

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