2024 AFLW Season Preview: Geelong
LAST season was a massive step forward for Geelong. The Cats made it all the way to an AFLW Preliminary Final for the first time in the post-conference era, defeating reigning premiers Melbourne along the way, before falling one match short of the AFLW Grand Final at the hands of eventual premiers Brisbane. With some […]
ICYMI | 2024 VFLW: Round 10
ROUND 10 of the VFL Women’s season saw two big defining characteristics in its results – big margins and lots of the visiting sides taking the chocolates. Collingwood (1.3.9) lost to North Melbourne (1.8.14) North Melbourne moved into the top six after a tight win over Collingwood. Neither side could manage a goal in the […]
ICYMI | 2024 VFLW: Round 9
THERE was an interesting pattern across the set of results last weekend in the VFLW, with most of last week’s losing sides flipping the script and taking the win this week. Williamstown (9.6.60) defeated Carlton (5.2.32) Williamstown made it two wins on the trot with a comfortable win over Carlton. The Seagulls opened up a […]
ICYMI | 2024 VFLW: Round 8
IT was a historic weekend in the VFLW, with rarely used game start times used and one side breaking a long winless drought. Port Melbourne (2.3.15) lost to Western Bulldogs (7.6.48) Port Melbourne’s winning run did not last long, going down the to the Bulldogs in a rare Friday night clash. It was pretty tight […]
ICYMI | 2024 VFLW: Round 3
A SUPER Saturday bonanza in the VFLW produced some surprising results and big winners as two new teams joined the fold. It was a bad week to be the home team, with six of the seven visiting teams leaving enemy territory with four points. North Melbourne 4.7 (31) def. by Casey 5.4 (34) Casey kicked […]
ICYMI: 2024 VFLW Round 1
THE VFLW returned for season 2024 over the weekend, with plenty of action and telling results across the competition. Southern Saints (4.1.25) defeated Collingwood (2.5.17) The Southern Saints were the first winners of the season on Friday night, accounting for an inaccurate Collingwood. In a match that started out scrappy, it was ultimately a clash […]
Surprises and big margins as AFLW preseason wraps up
AFTER a weekend of match simulations across the AFL Women’s, last weekend saw all 18 clubs take to the field in official practice matches. In one of what was perhaps the more surprising results, Sydney defeated Carlton to continue its strong preseason form. A strong start was what really helped the Swans in the end. […]
Season 8 AFLW preview: Geelong
GEELONG was a side that never looked out of the contest, with the Cats having some incredible defensive efforts in Season 7, then finding the secret to scoring after the first month. In the end, the Cats narrowly missed out on a top four spot, and then were bounced by North Melbourne in the elimination […]
Preview | VFLW 2023 Round 6: Halfway fast approaching
JUST like that, we are already almost at the halfway mark of the 2023 VFL Women’s season. This season has been far less predictable than recent seasons though, so there is still so much to play out over the next two months. In terms of this weekend’s action, it all starts at Trevor Barker Oval […]
Surprises are abundant as players leave it all on the park
ACROSS the VFLW over the weekend as players pushed hard to impress ahead of this week’s draft, some teams dished out quite the surprise results. In the opening game of the round Geelong came from behind to pinch a narrow one point win over Carlton. Carlton should have won the clash, but will rue missed […]