THE West Coast Eagles AFLW team, headlined by Nowra's Maddy Collier, scored the most comprehensive victory of their brief history with a 39-point rout of Geelong at Mineral Resources Park on Monday, winning 8.5- 53 to 22.2-14.
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The Eagles controlled virtually all aspects of the game throughout the duration to record their second win of the season and their third in their year-and-a-half existence.
After dominating the game in the early stages but failing to get a reward for their control, the Eagles were far more enterprising in the second term.
They kicked 0.4 in the opening term, despite the good work they enjoyed from the likes of Niamh Kelly, Aisling McCarthy and Bella Lewis, but with Imahra Cameron imposing herself on the game in the second stanza, West Coast started to reap reward for effort.
Cameron had looked dangerous from the outset but three personal goals for the quarter - along with one from Niamh Kelly - and the Eagles had the most dominant half of their history franked with a 27-point lead at the main break, after holding the Cats goal-less.
The Eagles continued to produce some exciting football, using their skill and leg speed to break open the Cats, after the long break.
In the second stanza, the hosts kicked another four goals, while only restricting the Cats to just two, to run winners by 39 points and secure the Eagles their second win of 2021.
The Eagles now travel to Melbourne to play Richmond at Punt Road on Sunday.
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