Adelaide has secured a hard-fought 5.9 (39) to 4.6 (30) victory over Brisbane at a windy Brighton Homes Arena on Sunday night, claiming its third win of the AFLW season.

The Crows made the most of the breeze early to establish a lead they would never surrender, snapping a seven-game losing streak against the Lions.

Their third win of the season was sealed midway through the final term when exciting youngster India Rasheed nailed her left foot shot from 30m to kick the game’s only goal against the wind.

Adelaide deserved its win, dominating at clearance (35-14) and having slightly more polish than the hosts, who battled hard, but were let down by skill errors.

Ebony Marinoff was at her hard-working best, finishing with 24 disposals that included 10 clearances, along with 12 tackles.

Grace Egan (27) was also prolific, while Teah Charlton (17, seven clearances and 12 tackles) played one of the best games of her career.

Any first-half ascendancy seemed to fluctuate with the blustery wind that whipped up-and-down the ground as both teams struggled to move the ball effectively.

Adelaide hemmed the Lions into their defensive end early in the match, with Sarah Goodwin kicking the game’s first goal and Grace Kelly capitalising on a hesitant exit kick from youngster Claudia Wright.

Brisbane worked its way back into the contest in the second term, trimming the Crows' advantage to just two points at the main break.

However, the match winning gap came in the third when Hannah Munyard was on the right side of the Score Review, and then Charlton was gifted a goal by a Lily-Rose Williamson indiscretion that cost 50m.

Adelaide will try to get on the right side of the win-loss ledger when it hosts Fremantle next Sunday at Unley Oval from 12.35pm ACST.

BRISBANE 0.2  2.3  2.4  4.6 (30)
ADELAIDE 2.2  2.5  4.5  5.9 (39)

GOALS
Brisbane: O’Dwyer, Davison, Fearn-Wannan, C.Svarc
Adelaide: Goodwin, G.Kelly, Munyard, Charlton, Rasheed

BEST
Brisbane: Anderson, Koenen, Dunne, Dawes, Grider, R.Svarc
Adelaide: Marinoff, Egan, Charlton, N.Kelly, G.Kelly, Newman

INJURIES
Brisbane: Nil
Adelaide: Gorman (knee)

Reports: Nil