Maturing Eagles pick up second win of 2024
WEST Coast picked up its second win of the 2024 AFL Women’s season last night after an at times hard fought 11 point win over the Western Bulldogs. It was also the Eagles’ first win on the road for 2024, and coach Daisy Pearce was certainly happy about the outcome post match. “Yeah all wins […]
2024 AFLW Week 3 Preview: Thursday
THIS weekend’s AFL Women’s action kicks off early this weekend as two teams looking for a big turnaround from last weekend battle it out in Melbourne’s west. 7:15pmWhitten Oval Recent form Things have been hard to start the year for the Western Bulldogs, who are still searching for win number one of the 2024 campaign. […]
Is there more to the ‘Daisy effect’ than Daisy herself?
ONE of the biggest highlights of the AFL Women’s season so far has been the debut of Daisy Pearce as the head coach of the West Coast Eagles. Taking her team to a Round 1 victory over Richmond by a point, the Eagles were then bested in the second game by Essendon and Natalie Wood. […]
Sizzling Saints see small changes bring big success
ST Kilda has made the perfect start to the 2024 AFL Women’s season, defeating Sydney on the weekend to maintain its undefeated start to the season. After beating the Swans, St Kilda has now equalled its best start to an AFL Women’s season, and if they beat Essendon this week the Saints will set a […]
Outside power brings big Brisbane win
BRISBANE bounced back from a big Round 1 loss in an equally as big way, accounting for Melbourne by 18 points in a pretty dominant performance. Although it was a pretty complete performance, there was one particular aspect of Saturday’s game that was a significant improvement for Brisbane on Round 1, and really had the […]
Saints singing from on high after perfect start to 2024
ST Kilda has kept its undefeated start to the 2024 AFL Women’s season in tact after a win over Sydney on the weekend, and the start the Saints have had to the season has delighted coach Nick Dal Santo. “Yeah, really pleased,” Dal Santo said, speaking about the start to the season. “I mean, with […]
Crows come out on top in highly-defensive dig over Dockers
THE ADELAIDE Crows and Fremantle Dockers played out a highly defensive and pressure-filled contest at Fremantle Oval to close out Round Two. Running out 33-point winners, the Crows were simply too good, capitalising on their midfield dominance and some great contested marks inside forward 50. But the main feature of the contest from both sides […]
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 […]
Score assists Carlton to first win
CARLTON coach Matthew Buck joked he was “really happy” with the first true test of the smart ball technology, with a score assist aiding in getting his side home by one point against Gold Coast yesterday. In one of the thrilling finishes of the season so far, Carlton’s Maddy Guerin snapped a ball with 90 […]
Big turnaround pleases big boss at Tigerland
RICHMOND are on the board this AFL Women’s season after accounting for GWS by 11 points at home yesterday afternoon. Speaking post match, Richmond coach Ryan Ferguson noted how good it was to get off to a good start, especially after how things went last week. “From the time the siren went last week, obviously […]
