Blues cruise past Cats for second straight AFLW win

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Blues cruise past Cats for second straight AFLW win

Carlton’s midfield brigade has stood tall to deliver a 24-point victory over a goalless Geelong and keep the Blues firmly in the thick of the AFLW finals race.

In horrendous conditions at Ikon Park, where the weather switched intermittently between torrential rain and sun, scoring was at a premium on Saturday.

But Carlton handled the conditions far better than the Cats, with a three-goal second quarter setting up the impressive 4.5 (29) to 0.5 (5) win, their second on the bounce.

Blues midfield trio Maddy Guerin (31 disposals and eight clearances), Abbie McKay (29 disposals, seven clearances) and Mimi Hill (29 disposals) thrashed Geelong around the ball and also hit the scoreboard.

Carlton led hit-outs (50-20) thanks to ruck pair Jessica Good and Breann Moody, and dominated inside-50s (34-22) throughout.

It was a particularly disappointing loss for Geelong, who were kept goalless a round on from a gutsy draw with early premiership fancies North Melbourne, and are now winless from their opening three games.

With Georgie Prespakis (quad) unavailable, Rebecca Webster (22 disposals), Nina Morrison (22 touches) and Amy McDonald (nine clearances, nine tackles) were busy on a ****** day for the Cats.

Geelong skipper Meg McDonald looked proppy at times and spent time off the ground, but got through the game.

Carlton dominated the first quarter, but had just a point to show for it.

A week after kicking the winner against Gold Coast, Guerin stepped up to get the Blues on the board early in the second term.

The midfielder intercepted a sloppy kick out of defence from Geelong, then converted with a booming kick from just inside 50.

Hill snuck through another after sustained pressure on the Geelong defence, before McKay powered home a third to nudge the Blues out to a 17-point half-time lead.

Carlton forward Tarni Brown added the only goal of the third term, extending Carlton’s advantage to 25 points at the final change.

Geelong added two points in the final quarter but couldn’t break through for a goal.

The Blues (2-1) play Richmond at Ikon Park next Thursday, and the Cats (0-1-2) travel to People First Stadium to take on Gold Coast on Saturday.

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