Clare's Ailish Considine enters history books with second Premiership title
Ailish Considine of the Crows with the Premiership Cup during the 2022 AFLW Grand final win over the Melbourne Demons at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.Â
Ailish Considine has won her second AFL Womenâs Premiership medal this morning after her Adelaide Crows side defeated the Melbourne Demons 29-16 in front of 16,712 at the Adelaide Oval.
She is the first Irish player to win two coveted titles.
Considine, who made her debut in Round 1 of the 2019 AFLW season, was picked to start the game but ended up on the interchange bench for the opening period. She did have three disposals and a tackle on the field.
WHAT AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT @Duckyc7 receives her 2nd AFLW PREMIERSHIP MEDAL, after @CrowsAFLW WIN the 2022 AFLW Grand Finalđ
— AFLW Ireland (@aflw_ireland) April 9, 2022
Ailish has now become the FIRST EVER IRISH PLAYER to WIN Multiple @aflwomens Premierships (2022,2019)đ
Stuff of DREAMS!
Congratulations Ailish đ pic.twitter.com/12krZhRtdM
Adelaide had the majority of the possession in the opening half but could not make that count on the scoreboard despite getting two goals in that 30 minutes of play.
Jasmyn Hewett had the opening goal in the 10th minute after a claiming a superb mark outside the goal square and coolly slotted home the resulting set play to have the hosts lead 7-0 at quarter time.
Adelaide picked up four behinds in the opening seven minutes of the second quarter before club legend Erin Phillips kicked her side into a 17 point lead with a snap shot off her weaker side for their second goal of the game.
The Demons could not get clean possession in the opening half to threaten the Adelaide goalposts until Alyssa Bannan intercepted a cross field pass before hitting her side's first goal late in the half. That score saw the Crows lead by 10 (17-7) at the major break.
The Crows got off to a perfect start in the second half with an early goal from Danielle Ponter in the opening minute before Kate Hore cancelled it out with a goal to leave the margin at nine points at three quarter time.
But Adelaide showed good composure throughout the final term and the game was finished off with a second Ponter goal midway through the fourth quarter to write a new dynasty into the AFL books with a 13 point win for the hosts.
Pure emotion as the final siren sounds â€ïž#AFLW | #AFLWGF pic.twitter.com/HPLI7umLDw
— AFL Women's (@aflwomens) April 9, 2022
Despite being on the losing side, Sinead Goldrick was outstanding throughout, picking up 20 disposals, a game high for the Demons, with three marks, three tackles and four clearances.
Goldrick has been outstanding all season for the Demons and while she will return to Dublin to concentrate on Ladies Football with her native county, she has committed returning to Melbourne as soon as the county side exit Championship.
Her Dublin teammate Lauren Magee did not get a run out in the Grand Final match but did finish second in the Colgate Grand Final Sprint, narrowly touched off by Collingwoodâs Alana Porter. Aileen Gilroy represented the Kangaroos in the final also.
GRAND FINAL SPRINT
— AFLW Ireland (@aflw_ireland) April 9, 2022
Big Shout Out to @Lauren_MageeR who represented @MelbourneAFLW & @AileenGilroy who represented @NorthMelbourneW in the GRAND FINAL SPRINT (a long standing Footy Tradition).
Lauren was just pipped on the line đ#AFLW pic.twitter.com/kj8wzjHlaA
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