AFLW keeps getting better as young guns, veterans impressing at 2021 mid-season mark

At the mid-way point of the fifth season of AFLW, contenders for the best game in the competition’s history keep accumulating.

Judging by social media, the standard of each round appears to eclipse the last. 

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In round three there was near-universal agreement that the best game of AFLW was the crowd-less epic between Melbourne and the Kangaroos at Casey Fields.

In round four, the winless Tigers had fans on the edge of their seats as they pushed the Blues to the death at Princes Park.

Just a day later, that contest was rivalled by the Lions and Crows, with an Erin Phillips masterclass (four goals and 21 disposals) the only difference in a game played at finals-like intensity.

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Such top quality football follows the highest-scoring…