Julia Teakle kicks first AFLW major in breakthrough Power win as Mim Strom stars in difficult season for Freo

Julia Teakle and Port Adelaide have broken through as the Mid West star kicked her first goal in the AFLW and the Power claimed their first-everwin in the competition. The Power have posted their first-ever win after they smashed the winless Sydney Swans by 66 points on the weekend. After a difficult start to life in the AFLW being well beaten in their first two games, the Power looked likely to pick up their first win in round 3 but they coughed up a 13-point lead halfway through the third quarter and had to settle for a disappointing draw. It has been a quiet start to life in Port Adelaide for Teakle. After kicking their first-ever point in the opening round she has not managed to hit the scoreboard averaging under four disposals a game. However, she had her chance in the third quarter against the Swans after being awarded a free kick and kicked truly from about 35m to boot her first major at league level. While she missed a second opportunity settling for behind Teakle laid a career-high five tackles and earned her first coaches’ votes with two in her best performance of the season. The Power will next play in the first-ever women’s showdown against Adelaide and will be captain Erin Phillip’s first game against her old side after her high-profile move in the off-season. Life over at the Dockers has been hard in season 2022 as they are now winless after four games to sit third last on the ladder. Although they at least pick up their first points with a draw against Carlton on the weekend. For the second game in a row, the Blues came back in the last quarter to seal a draw kicking three final-quarter goals. Fremantle had a chance for the win but Aine Tighe missed a golden opportunity, spraying her kick from the edge of the goal square out to the right. Despite the teams struggles, Mim Strom is quietly putting together another excellent season in the ruck averaging a career-high 17 hit-outs per game and just under 10 disposals including 13 on the weekend against the Blues. She also kicked her first-ever score with a behind against Geelong in round two which was the only score the Dockers managed in that match. She has also helped out in defence at times this season with injuries plaguing the Dockers’ first starters, with coach Trent Cooper pleased with her efforts. “Mim always works back and helps out, she knows we are a bit short down there and she did that really well,” he said. Roxanne Roux has had a frustrating start to this season after being omitted after their loss to the Cats in round 2 and then sustaining an ankle injury in training. However, she did return to play in the derby against West Coast on Thursday recording four disposals and behind as the Dockers got their first win of the season 3.5 (23) to 3.8 (26).