The Adelaide Crows are the 2022 AFLW premiers after defeating the Melbourne Demons 4.5 (29) to 2.4 (16) in a gripping contest amid wild scenes at Adelaide Oval. Chasing their third flag, the Crows were just a bit tougher and a cleaner all game, and despite a third quarter rally from Melbourne, the home team ran out worthy winners when Danielle Ponter broke away and goaled to seal it for Adelaide.
A dejected Melbourne captain Daisy Pearce, who was rumoured to be playing her final game in a glittering career, told her vanquishers: “We knew it would take a bloody good team to beat us, and that’s what you were.”
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