A SLOW start might have cost them success against Sapphire Coast on Saturday, but the contest still left the AFL Central West Eagles women's side with the goal of an expanded representative program.
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Saturday's match at Nowra, which the hosts won 6-7-43 to 3-2-20, was just the second time a senior Eagles women's outfit had played even though AFL Central West has included a women's premiership since 2015.
It was a game which highlighted the talent in another region and had the Eagles eager to be exposed to that sort of competition more often.
"They know that the standard of footy in other areas is higher, but we would love to see that carnival extended now and maybe get some more teams in so you can play more than one game," Eagles manager Liz Kennedy said.
"It was a good weekend, but we'd like a bit more emphasis on it now, we'd like to move forward with it now.
"It's something that we are going to pursue for sure. It would be nice to play other teams and see how we do stand up."
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It was the first term which set up victory for Sapphire Coast, the well-prepared outfit starting much stronger than the Eagles.
But from that point onwards the Eagles improved and they even won the final quarter.
"The opening quarter they were a little bit shell-shocked I think, the speed of the game was just totally not what our girls are used to," Kennedy, who worked alongside coach Mick Sloan, said.
"But at quarter-time we spoke about it and they redeemed themselves, the last quarter was where they really clicked. You could see them lift, you could see them go 'Okay we've got to lift our work rate here' and they did, every single one of them lifted."
The best for the Eagles included Bathurst Giants trio Carla Hill, Aimee Schmidt and Katie Katie Kennedy, Bathurst Lady Bushrangers talent Chloe Hinde and Dubbo duo Kaitlyn Waldie and Korine Coleman.
Dubbo Demons midfielder Mitch Russo was the only representative from the senior men's side that lost 15-13-103 to 5-7-37 against a Sapphire Coast side who had trained for months.
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