Swans book prelim spot with bruising AFLW win over Cats

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Sydney will play off against AFLW heavyweights North Melbourne for a spot in the grand final after downing Geelong by three points.

Sydney have upset Geelong in a bruising AFLW encounter to set up a preliminary final showdown with back-to-back reigning premiers North Melbourne.

The unfancied Swans turned up the pressure in the semi-final to defeat the Cats by 8.2 (50) to 7.5 (47) at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday.

Young ruck Maddie Quinn (22 disposals, 18 hit-outs, one goal), ball-winner Zippy Fish (25 disposals) and superstar Chloe Molloy (three goals, 15 disposals) were instrumental in the three-point win.

"We just stuck to our system - contest, pressure ... got the job done and so excited for next week.

"Throughout the week I just had one focus which was to be physical in the ruck and that's what I did and everything just came from that."

It marks the Swans' first preliminary final berth after entering the competition in 2022.

Quinn said Sydney "100 per cent" could take it to North Melbourne as the Kangaroos try to clinch a grand final spot in another step to a potential three-peat.

"I don't think we played our best game against them in round eight," Quinn said.

"And so we're ready for the fight and (we'll) just bring what we did today to get the win."

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