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AFLW 2021 season opens with Collingwood beating Carlton by six points at Princes Park
Collingwood has survived a third-quarter comeback from Carlton to open the AFLW season with a one-goal victory in front of a sell-out crowd at Princes Park.
Key points:
- The Magpies scored the opening four goals of the match and kept the Blues scoreless in the first half
- The Blues’ three-goal passage in the third term saw them trail by just eight points, before the Magpies responded
- The AFL announced the match was a sell-out with a socially-distanced crowd
In the first AFLW premiership match since the 2020 season was brought to an abrupt end because of coronavirus last March, the Magpies appeared headed for a convincing win when they scored 26 points in the first half while keeping the Blues scoreless.
But the Blues fought back in the third…
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