Hurt Phillips still seals AFLW flag

ADELAIDE’S inspirational cocaptain Erin Phillips dominated before a serious knee injury in a 45-point win against Carlton in yesterday’s AFLW grand final at Adelaide Oval yesterday.

Before a record AFLW crowd of 53,034, the Crows claimed their second premiership with a 10.3 (63) to 2.6 (18) triumph.

Phillips starred with 18 disposals and two goals before being taken from the field on a stretcher in the third quarter.

Phillips crumbled after trying to change direction and tore her left anterior cruciate ligament.

“It’s an ACL, something I have done before in my other leg,” Phillips said.

“This was supposed to be the good leg.”

Despite the injury, Phillips won the medal for the grand final’s best player, as she did in Adelaide’s 2017 premiership.

“It’s pretty emotional,” she said. “It’s an absolute dream come true ... to play in front of this crowd, it means so much.”

Her teammate Chloe Scheer also sustained what appeared a serious knee injury and Stevie Lee-Thompson hurt an ankle as the Crows hammered the Blues.