AFLW: Tuesday Talking Points
FOR the second night in a row, the AFL Women’s has seen a thriller at Metricon Stadium, but this time the sides couldn’t be split as the Gold Coast Suns and Western Bulldogs played out an enthralling draw. The Suns were the more dominant side early, but the Dogs had an almighty final term comeback […]
Reserves wrap: VFLW Round 2 2022
THE VFLW returned on the weekend, with a number of AFLW players playing across the league, hoping to make it back into their respective AFLW sides. There were a number of Dees AFLW listed players that played in Casey’s win over Darebin. Coming back for her first VFLW game for a while, Maggie Caris had […]
AFLW Monday Talking Points: Round 7
IN one of the best matches of the season, it was Melbourne who prevailed in a tight affair. After being down by 17 points at the main break, Melbourne rallied to take the lead and the win. Brisbane had an opportunity to steal the win after the siren, but the kick from Greta Bodey ultimately […]
Bombers cement top spot as shock VFLW results roll on
IN the VFL Women’s game of Round 2, it was Essendon which stamped its authority on the competition, comfortably accounting for Port Melbourne at home. From the opening ball-up, the Bombers stamped their authority on the contest and looked the much better side. They took a 28-point lead into half time, but at times in […]
AFLW Friday Talking Points: Round 7
IN a huge Friday night action-packed game of AFL Women’s footy, the Western Bulldogs registered their third win in a row, accounting for the Geelong by 12 points. Despite a slow start from both sides, the Bulldogs got into their rhythm and also survived a late Geelong comeback to take the win, 3.10 (28) to […]
Will shock results continue in Round 2 of the VFLW?
ROUND 2 of the 2022 VFL Women’s season is already upon us, and after a number of upsets and other very interesting results in Round 1, time will tell if the trend continues into this weekend. In a quirk of the fixture, all games will be played on Saturday this time around. Casey vs. Darebin […]
AFLW Thursday Talking Points
BRISBANE has sent an ominous warning to the rest of the competition on Thursday night, after dismantling the Gold Coast Suns in the annual Q-Clash. It took the Suns until the fourth minute of the final term to put a goal on the board, and they had a much better final term, but by then […]
Mammoth week begins as AFLW enters final month
COVID chaos always has its consequences, and we are seeing that play out this weekend in the AFLW. From tonight until Tuesday, there will be wall to wall Round 7 action for footy fans to enjoy, and there will not be a day where fans have to go without a game to watch. The only […]
Cost of travel clipping clubs’ wings
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a seismic shift in the way teams have to travel to interstate matches. Instead of teams travelling the day or two days before, spending some time acclimatising to the conditions and then playing, an interstate game now often means a fly in, play and then fly home on the same […]
Player Focus: Steph Simpson (Darebin)
ROUND 1 of the 2022 VFLW season saw a remarkable comeback from the Darebin Falcons, and a huge part of that was Falcons’ skipper Stephanie Simpson. Although she only had 10 touches for the match, her presence was much wider felt. She predominantly played forward, and although supply was essentially non existent in the first […]
Reserves wrap: VFLW Round 1 2022
THE VFLW returned on the weekend, with a number of AFLW players playing across the league, hoping to make it back into their respective AFLW sides. With no AFLW listed players in either the Darebin vs Williamstown, the Essendon v Western Bulldogs game or the North Melbourne vs Hawthorn game, let’s take a look at […]
Falcons fly high over Seagulls
RROUND 1 of the 2022 VFLW season saw a number of shock upsets across the six matches, including Collingwood’s first loss in over a year and an almighty comeback from the Darebin Falcons. Darebin 6.1 (37) defeated Williamstown 5.4 (34) In the match of the round, it was the Darebin Falcons who staged a remarkable […]
