You wouldn’t know it was only Cathy Svarc’s third year of AFLW by looking at her football resume.
She’s a Premiership player with a reputation as one of the toughest players in the competition to meet in a one-on-one contest, all while she’s yet to even notch up 25 games.
Collingwood’s Britt Bonnici learnt that the hard way on Saturday, when Svarc restricted the experienced Collingwood midfielder to her quietest game of the 2022 season at just 16 disposals.
A tough-as-nails midfielder, Svarc laid 12 tackles of her own in Saturday’s win, while also creating plenty of opportunity off the ball for her teammates in what was her strongest performance of the season so far.
As she settles into her third AFLW season, Brisbane Lions AFLW Head Coach Craig Starcevich believes we will start to see more performances like these from Svarc.
“It’s been a shame that with the COVID-interrupted start to our season that we’re only just starting to see a glimpse of the Cathy we saw last year,” Starcevich said.
“She’s someone that's able to be offensive herself but she's also able to restrict the opposition.”
“She did a lot of that last year against quality opposition, and she helped us out against Collingwood with another quality opponent.”
“As we start to get some consistency back in our season, I’d expect we’ll start to see more like what we saw from Cathy on Saturday.”
You can watch Svarc and the rest of the Lions take on St Kilda this Sunday from 1:10PM on Seven or Kayo.
