AFLW Round 2 was full of lung-busting, eye-watering, heart-warming moments and we've collected the very best, right here.
While the AFLW hashtag has seen more than its fair share of vitriolic negativity, Round 2 provided a welcome upsurge in wholesome content. Here is the best of social media from the second week of the 2020 season.
Let’s start with this recap of Nat Exon’s spectacular move against the Bulldogs. Crumbing a ball and weaving through traffic to create this opportunity demonstrated a talent for truly intuitive play.
Just a reminder of how good this goal was last night by Nat Exon. #AFLW #AFLWDogsLions @lionsaflw @BLionsAFLWfans pic.twitter.com/1PeaDWUDMW
— Josh 🐯🐯 (@JoshPoulter04) February 24, 2019
Winning at more than footy, Ebony and Kara Antonio’s shared success in this post-derby photo is a welcome segue into Pride Round this weekend.
Happy wife. Happy life.#AFLW #foreverfreo pic.twitter.com/5rm6nMJba3
— Fremantle Dockers AFLW (@freodockersAFLW) February 15, 2020
@Laurajmoran shared the wholesome content we’ve all been craving, tweeting the proof of her grandad’s unwavering support of the AFLW since its inception.
in case you’re sick of insecure men and trolls - my 80 year old grandad has been sending me #AFLW newspaper clippings with handwritten notes from Melb since 2016 because he knows we don’t get coverage in Syd and his endless support is so wholesome @aflwomens #AFLWDogsDees pic.twitter.com/HGWWOW3UWm
— laura (@laurajmoran) February 14, 2020
Tayla Harris exhibits pure class when she takes the high road in a statement regarding the well-publicised comments of opponent Stacey Livingstone. Rather than retaliating against the ‘useless’ comment, Harris points out what should be the real focus of the game.
‘Not sure why we’re talking about this when the fact that she’s played the best game of her career… and we’re talking about something so minor.’
AFLW star Tayla Harris insists she's brushed off the post-match sledge from her Collingwood opponent. https://t.co/5zYfOfohG3 @SeanSowerby7 #7AFL #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/gTMm4MXUIJ
— 7NEWS Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) February 17, 2020
@RankingSw’s indignation that Courtney Gum’s one-handed mark isn’t a talking point of Round 2 is spot on. Such a fantastic display of deft athleticism that should be widely applauded.
How is it still no-one is talking about #AFLW Courtney Gum's one-handed mark? pic.twitter.com/DwoLdXRHs1
— Darren O'Shaughnessy (@RankingSw) February 17, 2020
To finish, here are two Auskickers that perfectly embody the spirit of the AFLW.
This is the video I will watch on loop every single time a silly little troll tries to dampen our spirits #aflw pic.twitter.com/VpRuqMdvwk
— Darcy Vescio (@darcyvee) February 15, 2020
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