With Round 18 being the final home and away round of the NTFL season, some clubs made sure they imposed their will to either secure finals berths or avoid wooden spoons. With the victors winning by a combined total of almost 300 points, it was probably the most one-sided round of the season.

The Tiwi Bombers hammered St Mary’s by 87 points, Waratah took down the Darwin Buffaloes by 76 points, Nightcliff thrashed Southern Districts by 90 points and Wanderers also enjoyed a 44 point win over Palmerston.

The carnage started at Tracy Village where the Tiwi Bombers jumped out of the blocks with a seven goal to one opening term. From there they were never seriously challenged, extending their lead at every break. It was a huge result for the Bombers as they secured third place on the ladder and a double chance in the first round of the finals. The loss was painful on many fronts for the Saints, earning the wooden spoon to complete a fall from grace which has seen them drop from a premiership in 2017 to fourth in 2018 and now last. It promises to be a big off-season for the Saints.

 

Melbourne hammered the Brisbane Lions by 39 points at Hickey Park on a good day in Brisbane.

It was the first AFLW match ever played at the ground.

The Dees put on a master class all day and the Lions could not match it with them.

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Adelaide Crows showed their supremacy at the Norwood Oval as they smashed the Cats by 29 points in hot conditions in Adelaide.

Erin Phillips, Ebony Marinoff and Anne Hatchard stood up all day for the Crows and the Cats could not stamp out their dominance. 

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Fremantle Dockers notched up a solid 33 point win over Collingwood at the Fremantle Oval on a pleasant day in Perth.

The win was set up by the Dockers in the first half as they put Collingwood to the sword with five goals.

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Carlton blew the GWS Giants out of the park by 29 points at the Blacktown International Sportspark on a nice sunny day in Sydney.

The Blues were powerful all match long with their marking and pressure for four quarters of football.

Vescio and Harris wreaked havoc up forward for the Blues and Prespakis was a star in the midfield. 

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North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos belted the Western Bulldogs by 31 points at the University of Tasmania Stadium on a fine beautiful night of football in Launceston. 

The five-goal win was set up by North Melbourne in their five goal second quarter and the win makes them the team to beat in season three of the AFLW. 

Debutant Courtney Munn was potent up forward for North Melbourne with four goals. 

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Round 3 team lists have been released below

North Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs, Friday 15th February 7:15pm at UTAS

North Melbourne Squad

Position	Name	#	Name	#	Name	#
Backs	J.Trend	21	B.Gibson	18	J.Grierson	19
Half Backs	D.Hardiman	31	T.Randall	16	J.Duffin	27
Centreline			E.Kearney - C	9
Half Forwards	K.Ashmore	10	K.Gillespie-Jones	5	D.Bateman	11
Forwards	M.Hope	23	J.Garner	25	C.Munn	13
Followers	E.King	60	J.Stanton	17	J.Bruton	35
Interchange	E.King	4	E.Humphries	6	A.Drennan	8
	N.Bresnehan	12	C.Haines	29
Emergencies	T.Mesiti	3	G.Nanscawen	22
	EMG4	EMG4_NO

 In: - C.Munn, C.Haines

Out: - S.Abbatangelo (Injured), A.Riddell (Injured)

Western Bulldogs Squad

Position	Name	#	Name	#	Name	#
Backs	N.Ferres	16	L.Spark	11	B.Hunt	21
Half Backs	N.Callinan	10	T.Ernst	19	H.Scott	22
Centreline			K.Lamb	27
Half Forwards	L.Birch	18	K.Brennan - C	3	M.Conti	8
Forwards	A.McCarthy	15	E.Mackie	25	A.Utri	23
Followers	K.Rennie	24	A.Gogos	36	E.Blackburn	2
Interchange	C.Moody	13	H.Wildes	17	B.Toogood	28
	D.Berry	7	B.Smith	12
Emergencies	E.Brown	9	E.Gamble	14
	EMG4	EMG4_NO

In: - E.Mackie, H.Wildes

Out: - K.McLeod (Omitted), E.Brown (Omitted)

Friday 15 February, 7:15pm

North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos vs Western Bulldogs (UTAS) 

Both teams are undefeated in AFLW 3.0 and are also in conference A. 

With only percentage separating the two teams on the ladder, this top of the table clash is expected to be the match of the round.

North Melbourne have had big percentage boosting wins in the opening two rounds and the Western Bulldogs have had closer wins. 

AFLW fans will see if the North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos can continue to score heavily and remain unbeaten in their first AFLW season or will the reigning premiers be the first team to defeat the new kids on the block. 

Adelaide Crows Ebony Marinoff has been one of the toughest midfielders in the AFLW since the inaugural 2017 season.

Marinoff debuted for the Adelaide Crows in Round 1 against the Greater Western Sydney Giants.

“Incredible feeling I had the biggest smile on my face as I ran out the race.”

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