Carlton AFLW coach Mathew Buck speaks on the Blues win over Fremantle on Friday:
On bouncing back from Round 6:
"Coming off last week's loss and then the resilience to kind of bounce back and have a solid performance, it was a challenging game right throughout for us but come out on come out the winner was a really positive result, so overall got to be pleased with it."
Overall reflection of the match:
"I think the weather conditions at IKON Park, it swirls around a little bit so it doesn't quite blow to one end in a big way like we see at some other grounds, so, we didn't change too much. We had a lot of repeat entries in the first quarter and couldn't quite capitalise which we might have been able to separate the game there but we weren't able to do that.
"So then it was about challenging around the contest that you got to turn up there consistently so proud of our team. They dug in and we got over the line in the last, but in particular I thought we lifted our contest in that last quarter to get it done."
On Meg Robertson producing her first AFLW goal:
"I mean Meg's such a great teammate. She's working really hard to get better every week and got an opportunity to play this week and it's all about owning your moments a little bit, and she managed to do that. I think everyone's really pleased for her, so it's great for Meg and hopefully we can build on that from here.
On finishing strong to secure the win:
"I think the last quarter, in particular, I don't think there was a lot of goals to go to the football club end, so to actually hit the scoreboard this end was really good, and I think they come on the back of our shape at our contest and Keeley Sherar and Lily Goss in particular through the middle of the ground really dug in. The maturity of Jess Good and Breann Moody late and the experience that they have in tight games, got us over the line."
Looking ahead to the Round 8 clash against Geelong:
"We get a few days' break here which would be great for our squad. We've been pushing really hard to this point of the season, and now to go down to Geelong and play... they're a team that have been in great form and had had a tight loss last night, so I think it'll be a ripping game, that's for sure.
"They've got some high quality players that we'll have to put some work into, so we're really looking forward to getting down there and taking them on."
