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Season 8 AFLW preview: Hawthorn

HAWTHORN took a little while, but eventually found its feet in Season 7 of the AFL Women’s coming from behind in Round 5 against Sydney at Punt Road to secure a nail-biting four-point win. From there, the Hawks went on to win three in a row – albeit against the other two bottom three sides, […]

Preview | VFLW 2023 Round 8: Halfway point passed

ROUND 8 of the VFLW season may signal the official start to the second half of the season, but there are certainly enough mouthwatering clashes to make people forget how quickly time is ticking away. The weekend begins with a clash nice and early tomorrow morning at Princes Park, where Carlton hosts the Bulldogs. The […]

REVIEW | VFLW Round 1: A round that had it all

THE VFL Women’s competition returned over the weekend, with plenty of interesting results to kick off the season. In the game of the round, Essendon and Box Hill played out a thrilling draw out at The Hangar. In a match full of momentum swings, the teams ultimately could not be split at the final whistle. […]

AFLW Season 7 Glass Half Full/Empty: Hawthorn

IN a new approach to the AFL Women’s end of season reviews, Rookie Me Central casts both a glass half full and half empty lens over each side’s campaigns. Next under the microscope is Hawthorn, who had a better debut season than many people expected. GLASS HALF FULL Bec Goddard Much like Scott Gowans at […]

Irish Hawk’s speedy transition to a new sport

HAWTHORN’S Aine McDonagh was one of five new Irish faces in the AFLW this season, with the Galway native making the journey out to Australia for the first time this season. McDonagh has always had an interest in coming out to Australia and to the AFLW, but it hasn’t been the right time in previous […]

Preview | AFLW – Round 4: Huge Sunday of action planned

SIX different matches over two days, six different states. That is what is on offer for AFL Women’s fans in Round 4 of Season 7 this weekend, and that is only Friday-Saturday. A couple of massive matches with premiership-contending sides, the Dreamtime rivals and all to play for on a fascinating Sunday round out the […]

Season 7 Expansion Side list analysis: Hawthorn

SEASON 7 of the AFLW is not too far away, and season seven will see four new teams come into the competition to finally see the AFLW have all 18 teams. We are going to take a deep dive into each of the new clubs’ inaugural lists and see how they might stack up in […]

AFLW Season 7 Expansion Clubs’ list comparison

THE AFLW will see the final four expansion clubs come into the competition ahead of Season 7 – Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide and Sydney. Although all four clubs had the same rules to work with when building their inaugural lists, they respectively went about doing so in very different ways. In light of this, let […]