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AFLW Grand Final Insight: The ‘balance of power’ mids, a gun you can’t ignore – AFLW
Sarah Black puts the spotlight on the Grand Final teams’ midfielders
THE MIDFIELD battle is set to be a defining factor of Saturday’s NAB AFLW Grand Final between Adelaide and Brisbane.
Both sides rarely rotate their centre bounce attendees, making it easy to identify which players hold the balance of power.
Centre Bounce Attendances
| Adelaide | Brisbane | ||
| Player | 2021 CBA | Player | 2021 CBA |
| Ebony Marinoff | 121 | Cathy Svarc | 104 |
| Anne Hatchard | 103 | Tahlia Hickie (ruck) | 89 |
| Rhiannon Metcalfe (ruck) | 88 | Emily Bates | 81 |
| Erin Phillips | 81 | Ally Anderson | 71 |
| Caitlin Gould (ruck) | 45 | Isabel… |
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