Brisbane bounced back from a \u201cmini-crisis\u201d to return to winning ways with a 31-point AFLW home victory over the GWS Giants on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Hurting after back-to-back defeats, including an embarrassing 56-point loss to Melbourne last weekend, the Lions responded with a 7-13 (55) to 3.6 (24) win at Brighton Homes Arena.<\/p>\n
While the Lions were wasteful in front of goal, their performance would have satisfied coach Craig Starcevich, who in the build-up to the game admitted that his injury-hit outfit was \u201cdesperate\u201d and in a \u201cmini-crisis\u201d.<\/p>\n
Forward Shanae Davison was Brisbane\u2019s most potent threat in attack, kicking two goals for the winners.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey love to get on their bikes and get up the ground \u2026, so if I can stop that and burn them on the other way, I\u2019ll keep doing that,\u201d Davison told Fox Footy at half-time.<\/p>\n
Lions star Orla O\u2019Dwyer finished with 21 possessions, including a goal, while teammates Charlotte Mullins and Belle Dawes each chipped in with 20 disposals.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really just wanted to compete and play well,\u201d Dawes said after her team\u2019s second win of the season,<\/p>\n
\u201cWe definitely didn\u2019t kick straight tonight so we\u2019ve still got a bit to work on, but that\u2019s a good step in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the Giants suffering their third defeat from four games this season, GWS assistant coach Emma Zielke was pleased with her side\u2019s effort in the early stages of the second-half.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur third-quarter pressure lifted, the \u201cOrange tsunaml\u2019\u201d showed up and we capitalised on the scoreboard,\u201d said Zielke, a former Brisbane captain who led the Lions to an AFLW premiership in 2021.<\/p>\n
Lions roar early<\/p>\n
Intent on responding after successive losses, the Lions took control from the opening bounce and should have led by more than their 14-point quarter-time advantage.<\/p>\n
Brisbane had 80 disposals to the Giants\u2019 59 in the first-quarter, with the Lions entering their 50-metre attacking zone 14 times compared to six occasions from GWS.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot too bad from the territory point of view, but it\u2019s on the back of our midfield workrate and pressure, taking some ground off the opposition and forcing them into turnovers on their way out of their defensive 50.\u201d Brisbane coach Starcevich told Fox Footy at quarter-time..<\/p>\n
\u201cThat has been really pleasing from our end.\u201d<\/p>\n
Precise Parker<\/p>\n
Giants midfielder Alyce Parker starred for the losing team, having 13 possessions after two quarters, and finishing the contest with a game-high 31 disposals.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve liked her presence as the release option,\u201d Fox Footy expert and two-time All-Australian Meghan McDonald said .<\/p>\n
\u201cShe has opened the ground up with her left foot, she\u2019s bringing her presence across the ground, she\u2019s providing that leadership, she just needs a few players to be able to go with her.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s largely been one-out for the Giants.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brisbane bounced back from a \u201cmini-crisis\u201d to return to winning ways with a 31-point AFLW home victory over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[151342,148609,51320,151361,41460,151362,151315,108090,151368,151334,49413,44447,75396,151333,148615,151344,151357,36519,151349,151369,151364,43176,114370,151358,12143,151322,151353,151338,151366,1112,22,23,19647,151340,151325,99,151347,408,6232,151350,15840,151354,151365,151327,151348,406,151326,38110,12881,5066,151335,14058,151356,151324,151321,103697,60226,151318,85701,8000,260,1080,36518,151363,151317,151343,151316,151314,211,8839,16821,151332,151352,98520,151319,151337,151345,151328,42022,65016,151341,43008,64150,43062,40472,43255,39477,111692,9246,151339,151360,38540,151323,151346,70015,64989,43078,39988,151355,151336,151320,151330,151367,61718,84027,151370,37083,38175,51701,33333,151359,84554,151329,151331,4877,33486,39318,151351],"class_list":["post-88793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brisbane","tag-forward-shanae-davison","tag-mini-crisis","tag-s-effort","tag-s-second-win","tag-41460","tag-13-possessions","tag-14-times","tag-20-disposals","tag-2021-lions-roar-earlyintent","tag-21-possessions","tag-49413","tag-3-6","tag-75396","tag-80-disposals","tag-a-mini-crisis","tag-a-31-point-aflw-home-victory","tag-a-7-13","tag-a-bit","tag-a-few-players","tag-a-former-brisbane-captain","tag-a-game-high-31-disposals","tag-a-goal","tag-a-good-step","tag-a-home-win","tag-aflw","tag-aflw-campaign","tag-aflw-ways","tag-an-aflw-premiership","tag-an-embarrassing-56-point-loss","tag-attack","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-back-to-back-defeats","tag-belle-dawes","tag-brighton-homes-arena-while","tag-brisbane","tag-brisbane-coach-starcevich","tag-brisbane-lions","tag-brisbane-qld","tag-coach-craig-starcevich","tag-control","tag-crfaig-starcevich","tag-davison","tag-dawes","tag-four-games","tag-fox-footy","tag-fox-footy-expert","tag-front","tag-goal","tag-gws","tag-gws-assistant-coach-emma-zielke","tag-gws-giants","tag-half-time-lions-star-orla-odwyer","tag-her-left-foot","tag-her-presence","tag-her-side","tag-her-team","tag-his-injury-hit-outfit","tag-last-weekend","tag-lions","tag-melbourne","tag-newswire-sport","tag-night","tag-our-end","tag-our-midfield-workrate-and-pressure","tag-our-third-quarter-pressure","tag-potent-threat","tag-precise-parkergiants-midfielder-alyce-parker","tag-qld","tag-quarter-time","tag-saturday","tag-six-occasions","tag-some-ground","tag-straight","tag-successive-losses","tag-teammates-charlotte-mullins-and-belle-dawes","tag-that-leadership","tag-the-orange-tsunaml","tag-the-back","tag-the-brisbane-lions","tag-the-build-up","tag-the-contest","tag-the-early-stages","tag-the-first-quarter","tag-the-game","tag-the-giants","tag-the-ground","tag-the-gws-giants","tag-the-lions","tag-the-losing-team","tag-the-opening-bounce","tag-the-opposition","tag-the-other-way","tag-the-release-option","tag-the-right-direction","tag-the-scoreboard","tag-the-season","tag-the-second-half","tag-the-territory-point","tag-the-winners","tag-their-14-point-quarter-time-advantage-brisbane","tag-their-50-metre-attacking-zone","tag-their-bikes","tag-their-defensive-50","tag-their-performance","tag-their-third-defeat","tag-their-way","tag-this-season","tag-tonight","tag-track","tag-turnovers","tag-two-goals","tag-two-quarters","tag-two-time-all-australian-meghan-mcdonald","tag-victory","tag-view","tag-ways","tag-zielke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}