{"id":172309,"date":"2024-09-20T16:20:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T06:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=172309"},"modified":"2024-09-20T16:20:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T06:20:58","slug":"2024-aflw-week-4-preview-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2024\/09\/20\/2024-aflw-week-4-preview-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 AFLW Week 4 Preview: Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TONIGHT in the AFL Women\u2019s sees the biggest challenge of Port Adelaide\u2019s season to-date, as it takes on one of the premiership favourites North Melbourne at a ground the Power have never played at before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<div class=\"t7_match_result match-result-comparison rmc-block is-match-preview\">\n<div class='match-result_legend'><ul><li>Team<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class='match-result_team'><ul><li class='column-head'><h5 class='heading title h5'>North Melbourne<\/h5><img src='https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/north-150x150.png' \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class='match-result_team'><ul><li class='column-head'><h5 class='heading title h5'>Port Adelaide<\/h5><img src='https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/port-adelaide-logo_0-150x150.jpg' \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>5:05pm<br>Whitten Oval<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-recent-form\"><strong>Recent form<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>North Melbourne is in scintillating form at the moment and backed up from a bit of a hiccup in week two to make a statement in week three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Port Adelaide meanwhile has shown glimpses of improvement so far this season, but ultimately still only has the one win to its name this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-last-time-they-met\"><strong>Last time they met<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the newness of Port Adelaide\u2019s entry into the competition, the fixture designers like pitting the Power against North, with the 2024 season being the third in a row the two have met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last time these two met was back in Round 7 last year, and it was not a day the Power will want to remember particularly fondly. That particular afternoon, after a slow and even start from both sides, North Melbourne really kicked away in the second half to win by 63 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-stat-areas\"><strong>Key stat areas<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Both sides prefer to kick the ball rather than handball it, so it will be interesting to see how those game styles clash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Port is a slightly better centre clearance side than North so far this season, but North has been doing much better in the stoppage clearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>North has been getting a lot more of the ball than Port has this season, so Port is going to really have to land its tackles tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-match-up-s\"><strong>Key match up\/s<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is going to be the battle of the big forwards tonight. <a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"29752\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/afl\/player\/kate-shierlaw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Shierlaw<\/a> and <a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"29707\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/afl\/player\/tahlia-randall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tahlia Randall<\/a> up one end of the ground versus <a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"43041\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/afl\/player\/ashleigh-saint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashleigh Saint<\/a> and <a href=\"\/afl\/player\/julia-teakle\/\" data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"100046\" class=\"_dc_spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julia Teakle<\/a> up the other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both sets of players have had excellent starts to the season, and both sets of players will be crucial to their respective sides in their mission to get decent score on the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/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\/kate-shierlaw\/\">Kate Shierlaw<\/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\/tahlia-randall\/\">Tahlia Randall<\/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\/ashleigh-woodland\/\">Ashleigh Woodland<\/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\/julia-teakle\/\">Julia Teakle<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_e\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/event\/kangaroos-vs-port-adelaide-2\/\">Kangaroos vs Port Adelaide<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"js-dropdown dropdown overflowed\"><button class=\"btn btn-icon-only\"><span class=\"icon btn-icon\">\n                    <!-- icon - 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