2023 AFLW Draft preview: Essendon
ESSENDON brought in a premiership Dee, a top young talent and a speedy Sun as the Bombers look to build on their first ever finals appearance in the AFL Women’s. Though the red and black did have to move on a number of players, the Bombers focused on bringing in more experience over the off-season […]
How Geelong ensured history did not repeat itself
GEELONG made history yesterday afternoon, defeating Essendon to win its first ever AFL Women’s Final and move on to the semi-finals stage. The win completed a double turnaround for the Cats, both from last year’s elimination final and from Round 6 this season, which is when the Cats and Bombers last played before yesterday. But […]
AFLW 2023 Finals Preview: Second Elimination Final
THIS weekend’s second AFLW elimination final sees 2022 finalists Geelong hosting finals debutants Essendon. Today at 1:05pmGMHBA Stadium How They Got Here For Geelong, it is a return to finals in consecutive seasons for the first time in its history, while for Essendon this will be the Bombers’ first finals campaign. Geelong had to wait […]
In Case You Missed It: AFLW Round 10 2023
IN many ways Round 10 of the 2023 AFL Women’s season lived up to expectation, with plenty of twists and turns as the home and away season came to a close. Gold Coast Suns (6.3.39) defeated Essendon (3.7.25) Western Bulldogs (1.3.9) lost to North Melbourne (7.13.55) Port Adelaide (13.10.88) defeated GWS (4.6.30) Geelong (9.6.60) defeated […]
Nifty Niamh helps open up game for finals-bound Suns
GOLD Coast Suns are finals-bound for just the second time in their history after a 14-point win over Essendon last night booked their spot. Big leads were not the order of the night, but the Suns held their composure to take the win and book their finals berth. The match was also in Mackay, where […]
AFLW 2023 Round 10 Preview: Friday
TONIGHT is the beginning of the end of the Home and Away portion of AFLW for 2023, and sees a clash that could have huge bearings on how the Top 8 looks come the end of the weekend. 7:45pmGreat Barrier Reef Arena Recent Form Tonight sees sixth host fifth in a real do or die […]
Bombers bounce back after backwards step
ESPECIALLY after how last week’s match went for her Bombers’ side, there was a big smile on Essendon coach Nat Wood’s face after her side’s win over Carlton on Saturday. “I was really happy with the way we started the game,” Wood said. “Obviously we spoke about being off our best last week, and I […]
In Case You Missed It: AFLW Round 9 2023
THE penultimate round of the AFL Women’s certainly provided its fair share of surprises, which leaves just one final exciting round to go. Gold Coast (7.6.48) defeated GWS (2.5.17) Melbourne (8.13.61) defeated Fremantle (4.4.28) St Kilda (8.7.55) defeated Brisbane (5.4.34) Essendon (8.8.56) defeated Carlton (3.6.24) West Coast (5.6.36) lost to Western Bulldogs (6.8.44) Richmond (1.5.11) […]
AFLW 2023 Round 9 Preview: Saturday
RIVALRY and finals are the two key words on all the AFL Women’s clubs minds as the penultimate round of action continues today. We preview each of the games. 1:05pmCasey Fields Recent Form Melbourne is cruising along nicely at the moment, and are pushing towards yet another finals campaign. Fremantle on the other hand is […]
Improved Eagles earn second set of chocolates for 2023
IT was certainly a long time coming, but West Coast coach Michael Prior was certainly a happy and relieved man after his side defeated Essendon on Sunday evening to pick up its second win of 2023. “A great win. How am I feeling? I’m pretty happy,” Prior said post match. “We set out to deliver […]
