{"id":151404,"date":"2024-02-27T10:37:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T00:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=151404"},"modified":"2024-02-27T10:37:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T00:37:50","slug":"saints-raise-high-as-darwin-says-tah-to-flag-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2024\/02\/27\/saints-raise-high-as-darwin-says-tah-to-flag-hopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints raise high as Darwin says Tah to flag hopes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WEEK One of the 2023\/24 NTFL Women\u2019s Finals have come and gone, with Waratah and St Mary\u2019s coming away the happiest from the weekend\u2019s proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>St Mary\u2019s one win away from Grand Final after taming Tigers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>St Mary\u2019s are one win away from a spot in the Grand Final, after taming the Nightcliff Tigers by six goals in the Qualifying Final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Things were tight early, with only five points separating the teams at the first change, but the Saints just started to build in the second term, kicking three goals to none to open a bit of a buffer between the sides. Ultimately the Tigers\u2019 inability to kick any majors in the last term which saw St Mary\u2019s easily take home the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kaitlyn Armstrong<\/strong> was the star up front for the Saints with three goals to her name and was the only multiple goal kicker on the ground. <a href=\"\/afl\/player\/danielle-ponter\/\" data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"42900\" class=\"_dc_spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danielle Ponter<\/a> also got on the scoresheet for the Saints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the Tigers, captain <a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"51667\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/afl\/player\/mickayla-ward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mickayla Ward<\/a> was among the goal kickers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-waratah-washes-away-buffaloes-with-huge-win\"><strong>Waratah washes away Buffaloes with huge win<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Waratah has kept its season alive with a huge win over the Darwin Buffetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The margin was only just over two goals at the first change, but after that things fell apart for Darwin. That one goal they kicked in the first term would be their sole goal for the game as the Tahs continued to kick further and further away as the game progressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tahs had eight different goal kickers in the huge win, with most kicking two or more goals. Top of the tally though was <a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"64800\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/afl\/player\/jenna-singh-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jenna Singh<\/a> and <a href=\"\/afl\/player\/naomi-celebre\/\" data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"79461\" class=\"_dc_spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Naomi Celebre<\/a>, with five three goals respectively to their names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile <strong>Janna Ransome<\/strong> provided the brief bit of scoreboard joy for Darwin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>NTFLW Finals Week 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nightcliff vs Waratah<br>Saturday at TIO Stadium<br>Elimination Semi Final<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PINT vs St Mary\u2019s<br>Saturday at TIO Stadium<br>Winner straight through to Grand Final, loser plays Preliminary Final<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dc-block-dc-mention _dc_mention\"><div class=\"section-heading_wrap\"><span class=\"section-heading is-small\">Mentions<\/span><span class=\"hor-border\"><\/span><\/div><ul class=\"js-overflow-list overflow-list\"><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/player\/danielle-ponter\/\">Danielle Ponter<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/player\/mickayla-ward\/\">Mickayla Ward<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/player\/jenna-singh-2\/\">Jenna Singh<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/player\/naomi-celebre\/\">Naomi Celebre<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"js-dropdown dropdown overflowed\"><button class=\"btn btn-icon-only\"><span class=\"icon btn-icon\">\n                    <!-- icon - plus circle - 20px-->\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\">\n                        <path d=\"M15,9.28h-4.3V5h0A.72.72,0,1,0,9.28,5h0V9.28H5a.72.72,0,0,0,0,1.43H9.28V15a.72.72,0,0,0,1.43,0h0V10.71H15a.72.72,0,0,0,0-1.43Z\"\/>\n                        <path d=\"M10,0A10,10,0,1,0,20,10,10,10,0,0,0,10,0Zm0,18.57A8.57,8.57,0,0,1,10,1.43h0a8.57,8.57,0,0,1,0,17.14Z\"\/>\n                    <\/svg>\n                <\/span><\/button><div class=\"popover\"><div class=\"popover-content\"><ul class=\"popover-menu\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEEK One of the 2023\/24 NTFL Women\u2019s Finals have come and gone, with Waratah and St Mary\u2019s coming away the happiest from the weekend\u2019s proceedings. 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