BRISBANE'S record-breaking performance against West Coast has been reflected in womens.afl's Team of the Week for round eight.

The Lions booted the highest score in the AFLW (98 points), and have five players in this round's 21.

This week, the team encompasses GWS v St Kilda on Wednesday night through to GWS v Carlton on Sunday night.

Players who featured in multiple games are selected for particular performances, rather than their average output over their two matches.

The team is selected to mirror the All-Australian side: five defenders, six midfielders (including a ruck), five forwards and five interchange players.  

Like the All-Australian team, it has players selected in general categories, rather than in traditional positions. The 16-a-side set-up often means teams play with varying configurations, making set selections (e.g wings and flanks) difficult. 

DEFENDERS

Maddy McMahon (Geelong), Gab Pound (Carlton), Laura Pugh (Fremantle), Vivien Saad (Gold Coast), Ruby Schleicher (Collingwood)

Schleicher (23 disposals, nine intercepts) was back to her very best against the Western Bulldogs, while Pound (21 disposals, nine intercepts) has been in rare touch of late.

Saad (14 disposals, 12 intercepts) kept the Suns in touch while the Saints were in control, Pugh (21 and 13) held up well under a weight of Adelaide numbers and McMahon (15, six marks) controlled play for the Cats.

MIDFIELDERS

Tahlia Hickie (Brisbane, ruck), Emily Bates (Brisbane), Anne Hatchard (Adelaide), Jaimee Lambert (Collingwood), Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide), Ash Riddell (North Melbourne)

Hickie (30 hitouts, 12 disposals) was setting the ball on a silver platter to teammates against West Coast.

Bates (31, seven clearances), Hatchard (31, 403m gained), Marinoff (30, six tackles) and Riddell (30, seven tackles) all cracked the 30 barrier in a stellar round for midfielders.

Lambert (22 disposals) kicked three goals in a match-winning turn, despite playing as a midfielder and losing offsider Brit Bonnici in the first quarter.

FORWARDS

Tara Bohanna (Gold Coast), Sophie Conway (Brisbane), Danielle Ponter (Adelaide), Cora Staunton (GWS v St Kilda), Jesse Wardlaw (Brisbane)

Wardlaw and Conway kicked three apiece in Brisbane's record-breaking win over West Coast, helping the Lions to the highest ever AFLW score in the process.

Staunton (three goals) was instrumental in GWS' win over St Kilda, Bohanna (three goals) very nearly dragged Gold Coast over the line and Ponter (20 disposals, two goals) had career-best numbers against Fremantle.

INTERCHANGE

Nat Grider (Brisbane), Amy McDonald (Geelong), Alyce Parker (GWS v St Kilda), Karen Paxman (Melbourne), Nicola Xenos (St Kilda v GWS)

Parker (21 touches, nine clearances) dominated play against St Kilda, as did McDonald (26 and eight) when playing the Tigers. Paxman (28, 384m gained) controlled the game from the wing.

It was another classy display from Grider (16 disposals, 10 intercepts), while Xenos (two goals) was a livewire in the close loss to GWS.

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