2024 AFLW Week 5 Preview: Thursday
TONIGHT’s action in the AFL Women’s pits two sides who are both coming off confidence boosting wins, but before that had been on two very different journeys to start season 2024. 7:15pmGMHBA Stadium Recent form Geelong has had a bit of an up and down start to 2024, but finally got its first win on […]
Cats fully eclipse Suns for first 2024 AFLW win
THE game between the Geelong Cats and the Gold Coast Suns was one that could have been a close game given their standings on the AFLW ladder coming into the clash. Both sides have a draw from three games with Gold Coast finishing level last weekend against the Greater Western Sydney Giants, while Geelong drew […]
2024 AFLW Week 4 Preview: Saturday
THE chaos of condensed AFL Women’s footy really ramps up today with a trio of matches across as many states. 12:05pmPeople First Stadium Recent form Both sides will not be happy with how their respective seasons have started, and are both still looking for their first wins of 2024. Last time they met It has […]
“Far superior” Blues keep Cats goalless
GEELONG coach Dan Lowther did not mince his words when summing up what went wrong during the Cats’ goalless loss to Carlton at Ikon Park yesterday. The Blues won 4.5 (29) to 0.5 (5), and when Lowther was asked exactly what when wrong, he replied with “how long you got?”. “Everything went wrong for us […]
2024 AFLW Week 3 Preview: Saturday
TODAY is a historic day in the AFL Women’s as new venues and new matchups are scattered throughout. 12:35pmC.ex Coffs International Stadium, Coffs Harbour Recent form Both of these sides have had one win and won loss to start their 2024 campaigns so will be looking to put that ledger into the positive today. Last […]
Epic draw brings contrasting coach reactions
NORTH Melbourne and Geelong produced the first draw of the 2024 AFL Women’s season yesterday afternoon. It was ultimately a fitting result for a match in which the momentum switched several times, but did provide two very contrasting moods from the head coaches involved post match. North Melbourne coach Darren Crocker said that the result […]
2024 AFLW Round 2 Preview: Sunday
WEEK 2 of the 2024 AFLW competition concludes today with a monster offering of five games across three states. Today’s action should also give fans both aligned and neutral alike a good picture of how the season ahead may unpack. 1:05pmSwinburne Centre Recent form These two could not have come into today’s clash off more […]
2024 AFLW Round 1 Preview: Saturday
THE excitement of the first round of AFLW action continues today with a jam packed schedule of five matches. 1:05pm local timeManuka Oval SIDES GWS FB: Randall, Smith HB: Evans, McCormick, Pease C: Eva, Barr, Brazendale HF: Garnett, Zreika, Huntington FF: Doyle, Goldsworthy FOL: O’Dowd, Beeson, Parker IC: Grierson, Gaffney, Ransom, Srhoj, Pauga EMG: Murphy, […]
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: Geelong
LAST season was a massive step forward for Geelong. The Cats made it all the way to an AFLW Preliminary Final for the first time in the post-conference era, defeating reigning premiers Melbourne along the way, before falling one match short of the AFLW Grand Final at the hands of eventual premiers Brisbane. With some […]