AFLW Rising Star Player Focus: Sarah Lakay (West Coast)
IN our new series of Player Focuses, we are taking a specific look at one of the Rising Star nominees each week, and their nominee worthy performances. This week’s focus is on Eagle Sarah Lakay, who really stood up for her side in their loss to Fremantle. Sarah Lakay stats vs West Coast Disposals: 7Marks: 3Tackles: 5Hit Outs: 42 […]
Joyful Joyce pleased about where his troops are at
THE Gold Coast Suns defeated Port Adelaide on the weekend, and Suns coach Cameron Joyce was pleased with how his team performed in the game, or most of it at least. “I thought our girls for three quarters in particular I thought were outstanding, and we sort of set the game up to three quarter […]
Humble Koenen just keen to play her role
AFTER such a good start to the season, Brisbane’s Breanna Koenen was obviously not a happy camper after her side suffered their first loss for the season on the weekend. “Not the result we wanted going down here, but to their credit they were really competitive, they were really physical, I think we were slow […]
Ferguson very pleased after side’s “best ever win”
RICHMOND’S AFLW Coach Ryan Ferguson was certainly a happy man after his side upset the ladder leading Brisbane on Saturday. He felt that it was the best win his team had ever had. “We’re a new club in the comp essentially, we’ve got a few years under our belt, so there’s a lot of firsts. […]
AFLW Season 7: Round 5 Talking Points – Suns shock Power; Crows destroy GIANTS
SUNDAY’S AFL Women’s action saw Gold Coast record a confidence boosting win over Port, while Adelaide made a statement against GWS with a record 96-point win and keeping the GIANTS to just one behind.
Dee-light for Stinear as Melbourne back on track
MELBOURNE AFL Women’s coach Mick Stinear was “pleased” his side could walk away with the four points on Friday night against Carlton, in its most complete four-quarter performance since Round 1. On that day, the Dees defeated reigning premiers Adelaide in a grand final rematch, but have since been “inconsistent” according to Stinear. On Friday […]
Goddard “grateful” for resilient group
HAWTHORN AFL Women’s coach Bec Goddard said she was “grateful” to be on the ground and experience the “pure emotion” of her side enjoying the first win in its club history. Hawthorn defeated Sydney by four points at Punt Road on Friday evening, running out 5.5 (35) to 4.7 (31) in a nail-biter that also […]
AFLW Season 7: Round 5 Talking Points – Tigers cause upset; create blueprint
RICHMOND has pulled off the win of the season to date, defeating the ladder leading Brisbane Lions by four points in the standalone AFL Women’s match on AFL Grand Final Day.
Crocker praises four-quarter Roos
NORTH Melbourne played as close to a four-quarter performance as the Kangaroos have done all year according to coach Darren Crocker, as they ran over the top of the Western Bulldogs to win by 15 points at Punt Road Oval yesterday. The Kangaroos won 6.7 (43) to the Bulldogs’ 4.4 (28), coming from behind in […]
Dockers dig deep for Derby win
FREMANTLE has picked up its first win of Season 7 in the AFL Women’s with a heart-stopping three-point victory over West Coast at Optus Stadium on Thursday night. In a nail-biting affair, the Dockers trailed by three points at half-time, hit the front by five points at the final break, then survived against a determined […]
