Roos fire into last four with thumping AFLW win

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North Melbourne's charmed tally successful the AFLW finals has continued, sending Richmond retired successful consecutive sets with a ascendant triumph astatine Punt Road connected Saturday.

The eighth-placed finishers squeaked past Geelong this week successful a low-scoring affair, but had nary contented scoring points against the Tigers arsenic they emerged with a 11.8 (74) to 6.2 (38) win.

Both sides kicked 3 majors successful an adjacent archetypal quarter, but the Kangaroos pulled distant successful the second, outscoring their opponents by 21 points and keeping them astatine arm's magnitude aft the interval.

Jasmine Garner was the prima of the show, being progressive successful everything and kicking 2 goals.

Her manager Darren Crocker described her afterwards arsenic "just an out-and-out pro."

"She was disappointed to person her colours lowered past clip we played them, and not beryllium capable to assistance the team," helium said of Richmond's regular play triumph implicit North.

"Everything for Jas, she's specified a prime person, and truthful bully to person successful the program, due to the fact that it's each astir 'how bash I assistance the team?'

"She got to enactment with the midfield radical this week, learnt a batch astir herself and however she tin shingle a tag better, and I thought she was outstanding."

The Kangaroos present volition play Melbourne for a spot successful the expansive final portion insignificant premiers Brisbane volition play Adelaide, the second eking retired a 3.5 (23) to 1.5 (11) triumph implicit Collingwood.

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