With about three minutes to go before half-time in the game that would decide whether North Melbourne would set the record for the longest winning streak in the almost 130-year history of the VFL/AFL/AFLW, Jasmine Garner – a champion in a team of champions – picked the ball up just inside the boundary.
The Roos had not had it their own way – the second-placed Hawks had kicked the only goal of the second quarter, and were just nine points down.
