Sheer inaccuracy has cost Launceston an opportunity to claim a TSLW record score.
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"To be honest, those things we just don't know about," coach Angela Dickson said.
"It's never within our focus.
"I think the last 10 minutes of the game the girls might've been looking after me a bit."
Coach Angela Dickson in her 100th club game starred with nine goals. Meg Sinclair added a further four up front.
Launceston looked at half-time to be tracking to break Glenorchy's 181 points.
But needing three goals to set a new record, the last five shots Sunday were four behinds and one out on the full.
"We're just not at all a score-orientated team - it's all about the little things and the goals we set at the start of each game," Dickson said.
The match also marked the TSLW debut for new Lauderdale ruck Tayla Roberts.
Rookie AFLW club North Melbourne-Tasmanian Kangaroos recruited the former Launceston Tornadoes star without having played a game, but Roberts withdrew to concentrate on basketball.
North Launceston trailed all game against Clarence in a 11.7 (73) to 4.2 (26) defeat.
The Bombers look set to finish the home and away season in fourth and meet the Roos in a cutthroat final.
Coach Dean Smith felt the Bombers were outsmarted.
"We've just got to learn to be able to spread and transition the ball as quickly as Clarence do," Smith said.
"They set a couple of good players back off their half-back flank and launched a lot of their attack from there.
"Just getting our forwards to chase.
We put on forward pressure, but once Clarence switched, ran and spread, we were a bit slow catching on."
Andrew Mathieson
The day I realised I wasn't good enough to play for St Kilda or be the No.1 spinner for Australia was when I realised journalism was the closest I could come to follow my passion for sport. And it's not just about the scores for me. It's the back story behind the game.
The day I realised I wasn't good enough to play for St Kilda or be the No.1 spinner for Australia was when I realised journalism was the closest I could come to follow my passion for sport. And it's not just about the scores for me. It's the back story behind the game.
