Gun Brisbane winger Sophie Conway insists her clash with Chelsea Randall, which left the Adelaide captain nursing a split lip, is “not who I am”. 7NEWS 7AFL
Crows coach Matthew Clarke is hopeful Randall will be available to take on fellow top-four aspirants Geelong next Friday at Unley Oval.
“She’s got a cut lip, which should heal up pretty well, and a rolled ankle, lateral side - so that’s the better way to do it,” Clarke said.After a tight opening stanza, Friday night’s top-of-the-table blockbuster was largely one-way traffic as Brisbane dictated proceedings and firmed as premiership favourites.
“I thought we started pretty strongly but from the second quarter onwards, the Lions pretty much owned the game,” Clarke said.Brisbane coach Craig Starcevich was full of praise for his players’ elite combination of tough-tackling, physical exertion and eye-catching, attacking flair. “The method our players showed, that they could out-pressure the opposition and then go ahead and hurt them on the scoreboard - that was pleasing, the way we went about it,” he said.“I think we play an attractive, intense brand of footy.Your cookie settings are preventing this third party content from displaying.
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