Stannett’s serving a different kind of role in 2024
SEASON 2024 is not going exactly the way new Fremantle skipper Ange Stannett had planned. Newly appointed to the Fremantle captaincy, Stannett will unfortunately have to sit out the 2024 AFL Women’s season after tearing her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) earlier this year. Stannett said the injury recovery was “getting there”. “I’m 12 weeks post […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: Sydney
AFTER a debut season to forget, things turned right around for Sydney in 2023, winning four of its last five home and away matches to make the finals for the first time. The Swans then won that first final, but although things did not go to plan in week two in Adelaide, it was still […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: St Kilda
IT truly was a case of so close, yet so far for St Kilda in 2023. The Saints got so close to making the finals for the first time, but were denied a spot in the finals by less than five percent. But heading into 2024, did they learn the right lessons from the heartbreak […]
Beeson’s bold new briefing as new dawn arises
GWS stalwart Rebecca Beeson has seen a lot happen at the Giants in her eight seasons at the club, but she gets to experience something new this season when she takes over captaincy duties from Alicia Eva. But like the true professional she is, she is “just trying to be myself, so not a hell […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: Richmond
ON paper, 2023 did not exactly go to plan for Richmond. Long-term injuries to key players right through the year did not help the Tigers at all, who after the highs of a top four finish in 2022 did not even make finals in 2023. But with key players back and a good mix of […]
O’Dowd’s opportunity to add to unique career
THERE are over 20 Irish stars now in the AFL Women’s competition, but one of the newest Eilish O’Dowd has a pretty unique story to tell. Her journey to the GWS Giants began on the Gaelic Football fields of County Leitrim in Ireland. “So I started Gaelic football when I was about five or six […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: North Melbourne
SEASON 2023 almost went perfectly to plan for North Melbourne. ‘Almost’ being the key word of that sentence. After going through the home and away season as one of the strongest sides of the competition once again, they made top four for the first time and won all the way through to the Grand Final, […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: Melbourne
AS the reigning premiers, last season was always going to be a tricky one for those in red and blue with the added pressure of trying to defend a long sought title. Although the home and away season went almost to plan, a late season slump saw the Dees crash out of finals in straight […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: Hawthorn
ON paper, things did not improve for Hawthorn in its second season in the AFL Women’s, with another three-win campaign confining the Hawks to a similar position on the ladder. But, with a new coach on board and a whole heap of talent through the door, will things finally start to click for the brown […]
Analea’s adventure arrives at a new home
NEW AFLW Bulldog Analea McKee certainly did not let anything get in her way of achieving her AFLW dream. From her early days not even watching the sport growing up to making it to the big time, McKee has come a long way. Initially plying her trade in the now-named Coates Talent League before moving […]
Pearce’s persistence pays off with second chance at dream
OF all the stories of the last year, Lilly Pearce’s perhaps has the most twists and turns of them all. After starting 2023 playing for Southport in the QAFLW, she then found herself with an AFLW injury replacement contract at Richmond, before moving across to the VFLW and then being given a second chance at […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: Gold Coast
AFTER several years in a row of almost but not quite making the finals, 2023 saw Gold Coast finally take that next step and make the finals for the first time since their inaugural season. However that final series did not quite go to plan, bowing out to Sydney in the first week of the […]
