Serious injuries to star players have marred a weekend of AFLW matches in which an attendance record was smashed but league bosses were still left searching for the higher scoring they crave.
Isabel Huntington, taken first overall in the draft by the Western Bulldogs, will undergo scans on her right knee after she left Sunday's clash against Brisbane on a stretcher.
The 18-year-old, who was on the comeback trail from a knee reconstruction, clutched at her knee after it buckled beneath her in the second quarter of her side's 5.3 (33) to 3.6 (24) win at South Pine Sports Complex.
The club fears she has suffered another ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.
"It's pretty deflating to have a really good win and to see her do all the rehab (then get injured)," Dogs coach Paul Groves said.
"We don't know yet (the extent of the injury). We will wait for the scans but I am just exhausted, I feel so much for her.
"Her character and type of person she is, it is just a blip for her, she will come back from it."
Carlton confirmed on Saturday that star defender Brianna Davey's season is over after she ruptured an ACL in Friday night's win over Greater Western Sydney.
It's a massive blow for the Blues, who have started the second season with two wins.
Davey was hurt in the last quarter of the 3.12 (30) to 1.3 (9) at Drummoyne Oval in Sydney.
"She is clearly a star contributor in our back line but her absence will now be an opportunity for our other AFLW defenders to step up on-field," Blues football boss Andrew McKay said.
Adelaide's title defence suffered a blow on Saturday when Melbourne prevailed 8.8 (56) to 4.0 (24) at Casey Fields.
Demons livewire Aliesha Newman kicked a stunning goal after a blazing run that is already being touted as the goal of the year.
History was made in Perth on Saturday when a record crowd of 41,975 watched Fremantle defeat Collingwood - 6.4 (40) to 4.3 (27).
That number smashed the previous crowd record for an AFLW match - the 24,500 who watched last season's opener between Carlton and Collingwood at Ikon Park.
And the record for a stand alone women's domestic game in Australia was also broken.
That obscure record was set in 1929, when 41,000 fans attended an exhibition game at Adelaide Oval between employees from a department store and a pyjama factory.
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