![Georgia Clarke (right) with Essendon teammates Mia Busch and Ellyse Gamble after their win at Warrnambool on Sunday. Picture by Sean McKenna. Georgia Clarke (right) with Essendon teammates Mia Busch and Ellyse Gamble after their win at Warrnambool on Sunday. Picture by Sean McKenna.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/156072998/4711a578-bff7-45f8-85f3-550c4a9edc22.jpg/r0_613_6000_4000_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Georgia Clarke couldn't be happier to get an Essendon win on her home soil.
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The AFLW defender, who originally hails from Branxholme just outside Hamilton, helped her side to a 10-point victory against Geelong at Warrnambool's Reid Oval on Sunday.
"It feels pretty good to get the four points, I'm pretty stoked," Clarke told The Standard post-match. "I had the family here as well ... from Hamilton - it's a good opportunity."
The 23-year-old was thrilled to play in front of passionate south-west supporters, with the crowd "lifting" her team on-field.
"It's good to come down here to the country and get a bit of a different crowd," she said. "To even get some people down the highway from other regions.
"It's good to get footy out here, I enjoy it and I hope we can do it in more years to come."
Clarke had the nerve-racking task of lining up against her former side, with the Cats delisting Clarke after last season.
"I was pretty nervous, I couldn't stop thinking about it all week," she said. "Friends with a lot of them, it felt pretty weird, I've never done anything like that before.
"It was a bit of an advantage, I know how they play. I enjoyed it, it was good to get the win against them."
Clarke and her fellow Bombers defenders put in a strong day's work to keep the Cats' goalless after quarter time.
"We looked at our defensive structure a lot throughout the week, it's something we're refining each week," she said. "To finally see that work in our favour and bring that pressure I think that was one of our best pressured games.
"We really stepped up in that area and it came at a good time."
Clarke is hoping the win, which lifts Essendon into the top eight with a 4-2 record, will put the the club in good stead ahead of its remaining four home-and-away fixtures.
"If we can keep going the way we're going, we can definitely push for finals," she said.
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