Antonio teaching and taking in lessons
IT has been quite a decorated journey for Kara Antonio. She represented Melbourne in the historic AFL Women’s exhibition matches, worked for the club, represented Victoria and Western Australia, before being drafted as a marquee player for the Fremantle Dockers. She hopes there are many more career landmarks to come. Antonio is the eldest of […]
Bates Queen of the AFLW Jungle in 2022
EMILY Bates is the toast of the AFLW, after being crowned the League Best and Fairest at Tuesday night’s W Awards ceremony in Melbourne. She won the award ahead of Anne Hatchard by one vote. Bates is the first Lion to win the coveted medal, and consistently polled throughout the 2022 season. She typically flies […]
AFLW Talking Points: Preliminary Finals
THE 2022 AFL Women’s Grand Finalists are set after both Melbourne and Adelaide booked their spots in the decider following wins over Brisbane and Fremantle respectively yesterday. Melbourne has booked its place in the AFLW Grand Final for the first time, after the Demons defeated Brisbane by four points at the MCG. After a stellar […]
Preview | 2022 AFLW Preliminary Finals
ALBEIT stunted, the 2022 AFL Women’s postseason has quickly progressed to the preliminary final stage, with two mouth-watering matches on Saturday set to decide this year’s grand finalists. It readies as a historic weekend, with Melbourne and Brisbane doing battle in the competition’s first fixture at the MCG, before Adelaide hosts Fremantle at Adelaide Oval. […]
Falcons’ “Mum” still has a long footy life ahead of her
NICOLE Callinan‘s footy journey began all the way back in 2006, where after playing indoor cricket for both Victoria and Australia, she played her first game of Aussie rules for Melton Centrals in the now defunct Victorian Women’s Football League (VWFL). She then moved across to Darebin in 2012 and as part of one of […]
2022 AFLW All Australian Squad revealed
THE AFLW All Australian squad has been revealed, with plenty of old and new faces in the squad. Unsurprisingly, top two sides Adelaide and Melbourne dominate the 40-player squad, with six Crows and seven Dees making the cut. Emma Kearney‘s run of making the squad every year continues, while Karen Paxman‘s streak has ended, with […]
AFLW Talking Points: QF 2 – Brisbane roar to crush wounded Pies
BRISBANE has absolutely annihilated Collingwood in the second of the AFL Women’s Qualifying Finals, winning by 50 points. After the game was delayed a week due to a Covid outbreak at the Pies, Brisbane led at every change and just kept building on its lead each quarter. TALKING POINTS Brisbane’s premiership defence marches on The […]
Preview | AFLW Qualifying Final: Brisbane vs. Collingwood
AFTER a Covid induced delay, the second of the AFLW Qualifying Finals will final-ly happen this weekend. Brisbane will lock horns with Collingwood in a repeat of last year’s preliminary final. Covid ripped through Collingwood’s camp on the eve of the originally scheduled date, forcing match had to be pushed back a week. The game […]
Seventh heaven for Swans squad
IN a big boost to their tangible entry into the AFL Womens, the Sydney Swans have unveiled seven more players to join inaugural signing, Ruby Sargent-Wilson in the red and white. The Scott Gowans coached side will join Port Adelaide, Hawthorn and Essendon at the elite level, with the two Victorian sides having signed a […]
AFLW Talking Points: QF 1 – Dockers break Roos’ Arden streak
FREMANTLE has sent an ominous message to the rest of the competition in the first of the qualifying finals, defeating North Melbourne by 38 points. North had a much better start, but only took a three-point lead into quarter time. Fremantle really got on top in the second term and really started to gain ascendency. […]
