Bendigo sportswoman Kerryn Harrington has one of the biggest games of her career this weekend.
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The Carlton player will start at fullback in the preliminary final clash against Fremantle.
"They're an explosive and exciting team that play an attacking brand of football," Harrington said.
"We have put a few things in place during the week and have done our homework.
"We have scouted them and identified some of their strengths and where we can use our strengths against them - hopefully we can execute it well on the day."
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This season marked Harrington's second year with Carlton, where she averaged 10.7 kicks, 3.6 handballs, 14.3 disposals, 3 marks and 1.4 tackles per game.
Carlton finished on top of the Conference B ladder with a 4-3 ratio and 16 points.
"The team has worked really hard over the past few weeks to finish on top of the ladder," Harrington said.
"We certainly grew throughout the season and performances got better and better - to the point we qualified for the preliminary finals."
Harrington is also a former Bendigo Spirit player, and spent multiple years playing with the team on a national level.
"I played basketball all the way through junior and senior ranks and eventually found myself with an opportunity to convert to football once AFLW emerged," Harrington said.
"The rise of the AFLW in the first three seasons has been exponential and it's a really exciting time to be involved in the sport."
Bendigo sportswoman and current Geelong player Jordan Ivey will also take to the field this weekend in the preliminary finals.
Ivey will start as a full-forward in the clash against Adelaide.
Geelong finished second on the Conference B ladder with a 3-4 ratio and 12 points.
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