{"id":173090,"date":"2024-09-24T13:34:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T03:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=173090"},"modified":"2024-09-24T13:34:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T03:34:24","slug":"2024-aflw-week-5-preview-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2024\/09\/24\/2024-aflw-week-5-preview-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 AFLW Week 5 Preview: Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WEEK 5 of the 2024 AFL Women\u2019s season and week two of midweek football kicks off tonight with a clash that is important for both sides involved, but for very different reasons.<\/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'>Richmond<\/h5><img src='https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/richmond-vflw-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\">7:15pm<br>Ikon Park<\/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>Richmond has proven over the last few weeks that its poor week one performance was not a true indicator of where it is at this season and is currently on a three match winning streak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Port Adelaide meanwhile has had a little bit of an up and down season so far, and will be looking to have a much better performance tonight than they did in their last match.<\/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>Although Port has not been in the competition long, it has taken these two two and a half seasons to finally meet in a competitive match in the AFLW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means history will be made tonight no matter who wins.<\/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>Richmond prefers to kick the ball more than handball it, while for Port Adelaide it is very much the other way around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neither side has been particularly strong in the tackle department, so that probably means tonight\u2019s match probably will not be the congested, continuous tackle fest that we saw from Richmond\u2019s game midweek last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One area Richmond can really exploit Port Adelaide is in uncontested possessions. The Tigers have not been competition leaders in this area, but they have been 160 possessions better than Port Adelaide has in this area this season.<\/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=\"29886\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/afl\/player\/katie-brennan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Katie Brennan<\/a> and <a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"31089\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/afl\/player\/caitlin-greiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caitlin Greiser<\/a> up one end of the ground versus <a href=\"\/afl\/player\/ashleigh-saint\/\" data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"43041\" class=\"_dc_spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashleigh Saint<\/a> and <a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"100046\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/afl\/player\/julia-teakle\/\" 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\/katie-brennan\/\">Katie Brennan<\/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\/caitlin-greiser\/\">Caitlin Greiser<\/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\/richmond-vs-port-adelaide\/\">Richmond 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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