Brennan bullish on fully fit McKenzie
RICHMOND captain Katie Brennan is confident in her squad ahead of the 2024 AFLW season, and has her eyes set on one returning star who will make a big difference. After suffering an ankle injury in the opening round last year, Richmond’s young star Ellie McKenzie was stuck on the sidelines. “A big one for […]
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 […]
Sarah Allan “excited” to captain Crows alongside Marinoff
AFTER having co-captains deliver the first two premierships to the club, the Crows will look to replicate their success with star defender Sarah Allan partnering with midfield dynamo Ebony Marinoff in 2024. From day one until the end of 2020 at Adelaide, Erin Phillips and Chelsea Randall were co-captains. This reign delivered their first two […]
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 […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: Port Adelaide
NETTING just two wins in their second season in the competition, Port Adelaide will look to build on the form shown in glimpses in last season, to rocket up the ladder. TEAM LIST #1 Janelle Cuthbertson#2 Ebony O’Dea#3 Angela Foley#4 Piper Window#5 Abbey Dowrick#6 Molly Brooksby#8 Ashleigh Saint#9 Maria Moloney#10 Indy Tahau*#11 Caitlin Wendland#12 Hannah […]
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, […]
