Clever Crows crack code to defeat premiership favourites
IN A true epic top of the table battle yesterday, it was the Adelaide Crows who emerged victorious with a 10-point win over reigning premiers, Melbourne. For much of the season and even in the preseason, much of the talk has been around Melbourne being the premiership favourites and how hard it has been and […]
Golds-worthy performance sees GWS on the board
AFTER a number of weeks of improved performances but no points to show for it, GWS finally got on the 2023 AFL Women’s winners list with a 20-point win over West Coast. One huge part of that win was young star Zarlie Goldsworthy, who slotted through three majors in a stellar 17 disposal performance. Goldsworthy […]
Coaches Corner: North Melbourne vs GWS
NORTH Melbourne returned to the AFLW winners list yesterday with a hard fought win over GWS. Speaking post match, North Melbourne coach Darren Crocker called it “a good, messy win” for his side. “It would have been nice to kick more accurately, to potentially blow the score out a little bit more,” he said. “For […]
Brilliant Braz helps Collingwood get back on track
COLLINGWOOD got back on the AFL Women’s winners list on Saturday with a confidence boosting win over Essendon. One player whose performance will not get talked about much but still played a crucial role in the win was Pies forward Ash Brazill. Although she did not rack up too many disposals, finishing with only the […]
Returning Dee stops lively Cat to set up win
MELBOURNE created history and kept its undefeated record intact last night with a win over Geelong in the first ever meeting between the sides for premiership points. As much as Melbourne’s ball movement got going more as the match progressed to help the Dees to the win, there was one match up that perhaps flew […]
AFLW Draft Bolters | Four names to remember
AS the AFLW Draft Combines approach and the draft itself edges closer, we cast our eye over four players who have stepped up in 2023. In the traditional sense of the word ‘bolter’, it indicates a player who has come from relative obscurity or with low external expectations to defy those and put their hat […]
Saints salute in stunning final term
IT was as good for St Kilda as it was bad for Collingwood, and in the blink of an eye, what looked to be a comfortable win to the Magpies, turned into a horror final term which resulted in the Saints picking up their first AFL Women’s win. Saints coach Nick Dal Santo had copped […]
Clever captain’s call helps Brisbane create history
BRISBANE created a little bit of history yesterday in the AFL Women’s, inflicting North Melbourne’s first loss in both 2023 and in the state of Tasmania after coming from behind at half time. It was one of those matches where it was a tale of two halves as North Melbourne dominated the first half, but […]
Giant loss brings Giant signs of positivity for those in orange
YESTERDAY Adelaide ultimately ran away with the match against GWS, defeating the Giants by 69 points. However, the final scoreline did not tell the full story. The Giants got within two points of their visitors at one stage in the first term, but conceded the last nine goals of the match to ultimately fall away. […]
Zippy Zanker stars as Dees stay undefeated
MELBOURNE made it four wins from as many games to start the 2023 AFL Women’s season last night, with a solid 59-point win over Hawthorn down in Frankston. As they have habitually been doing all of this season they really kicked away in the second half, and it was all kickstarted by young forward Eden […]
