It's Aishling Moloney time.  

The Irishwoman was superb in Geelong's 18-point elimination final win, booting two goals and amassing 18 touches to propel the Cats into a showdown semi-final against Melbourne next week. 

She ruled the airways in Geelong's forward half, clunking eight marks as the most dangerous forward on the ground. 

"It was the first time it felt like she played the game naturally on instinct, you could see that she was running and launching for the ball," Cats coach Dan Lowther said. 

"Off a limited pre-season, next to no pre-season to be fair, and then 10 weeks of practicing and playing, the penny is beginning to drop. 

"For her to play off instinct, her natural flair was on show and it's exciting to watch. 

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"She gets up and back, she launches, buys time and she's physical, I'm just happy for her and the way she's progressing. 

"What we saw today was the hope from the start, that's how she plays back home in Gaelic."

Defender Claudia Gunjaca says Moloney is an "awesome teammate" who has slotted in seamlessly at the club. 

"To have a limited pre-season and to come out and do the things that she does is incredible," she said.

Geelong's forward line, featuring Moloney, Chloe Scheer and Jacqui Parry is firing on all cylinders and Moloney says that there is "definitely a growing connection" in the forward half.  

"It's something that we've been working on the whole year," Moloney said. 

The 25-year-old only arrived in Australia in late July, which makes her achievements in her short AFLW career so far even more outstanding. 

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"It's been very smooth; Geelong has made me feel like home," she said.

She concedes that she "didn't really have time to think" too much about learning a new sport, but has especially loved playing in front of the big crowds.  

"We don't play in front of big crowds like this, maybe max 600-700 people," Moloney said. 

"It’s pretty cool, every time we play here [at GMHBA Stadium], we seem to garner a crowd."

Lowther was stoked for the playing group post-match and was proud of how the side has improved on last year's campaign. 

"I'm proud of the group for making a successive finals series," he said. "To go so close last year and to feel the awkwardness and pain of not winning and then to have the result today was outstanding."