Airport West completed their perfect season to hoist the Division Two Premiership Cup high above their heads after a dominant showing at Windy Hill on Saturday.
The Eagles entered the game red-hot favourites winning all of their games by significant margins bar a drawn result of a game which was called off early.
After experiencing the heartache of last year’s Grand Final loss, the Eagles were primed to go one better in 2023.
They quickly showed why they earnt the right to be the favourites with a dominant opening term kicking five unanswered goals.
Rachel Lorenzon opened the game with the first goal, just her fifth of the season before the league leading goal kicker Emily Gipp chimed in with their second a couple of minutes later.
Two brilliant goals from Chey Macumber and Gipp had the Eagles soaring approaching the first change, before Georgia O’Donovan matched their efforts to provide their fifth goal of the opening 20 minutes.
It was going to be an uphill battle from there for Aberfeldie who had only registered three goals against the Eagles in their previous three matchups.
Star Two Blue Lily Robinson did all she could to lift her side as she streamed down the centre of Windy Hill taking three bounces, selling some candy, and running into an open goal to kick their first of the game.
The deficit at half time stood at 35 points, a margin that Aberfeldie did well to keep in check when the final siren went, the second half score 14-7 in favour of Airport West.
Despite the Aberfeldie fightback, Airport West were far too strong and continued their dominant run in the final game of the year and took out the Premiership with a 42-point victory.
A number of performers stood up for the Eagles with Natasha Campbell named best on ground with a hard-working performance through the middle of the ground, willing herself to contest after contest and getting first hands on the footy.
Edyn Grubisic fought hard in the ruck to supply the Eagles mids with first use while the Airport West forward half was as potent as ever.
Marking options in Gipp and O’Donovan ended up with three and two goals respectively, while Lorenzon (two goals) and Macumber (one goal) were dangerous at ground level.
Antonietta Parisi was hard at the contest, while Captain Shae Montrose was a steady head behind the ball for the Eagles.
For Aberfeldie, Jacqueline Wade joined Robinson as their other goal scorer, while Amelia Liberato and Briana Marino had solid days out.
Fifteen wins and an average score of exactly 100 points, the Eagle landed in the nest at Hansen Reserve with the flag.
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