Prespakis claims best and fairest in second season
CARLTON’S Madison Prespakis has capped off a remarkable 2020 AFL Women’s season by taking out the League Best and Fairest Award at tonight’s W Awards ceremony. While the feeling amongst the room might have been different compared to a packed house at a gala event, Prespakis and the other winners were no less deserving of […]
2020 Top 10 AFLW matches: #5 – GWS survives GIANT scare against Suns
AS we move into the top five of our 2020 Top 10 AFL Women’s matches, we rewind all the way back to Round 1, 2020 when the GWS GIANTS survived a big scare against one of the competition’s newcomers in Gold Coast Suns. It ended up being the lowest combined score on record with just […]
Molloy leads talented #22Under22 AFLW side as Patrikios is named Best First Year Player
COLLINGWOOD 2018 AFL Women’s Rising Star talent, Chloe Molloy has been announced as captain of the 2020 AFL Women’s #22Under22 Team which was announced this morning. The 2019 Rising Star, Madison Prespakis was named vice-captain in the side, one of three Blues in the team – the most represented side. Of the 14 teams, 13 […]
2020 AFL Women’s season review: GWS GIANTS
GWS GIANTS endured a season of ebbs and flows in 2020, but it will undoubtedly be remembered for producing the GIANTS’ first-ever finals appearance, as well as their winningest campaign to date (four) to place second in Conference A. Led by Alicia Eva in the wake of Amanda Farrugia‘s sudden retirement, the inaugural club leant […]
2020 AFL Women’s season review
UNPRECEDENTED is what the fourth edition of AFL Women’s was in every sense, with the skill level and fanfare growing, but uncharted circumstances cutting the season short – twice. While we may only have been graced with six of the scheduled eight regular season rounds and one exhilarating week of finals, there is plenty to […]
AFL Womens Young Gun Watch: Semi-Finals
IN what is the final edition of the AFL Women’s Young Gun Watch round wrap up, we look at the four semi-finals and how each of the young guns stepped up who were born this century. North Melbourne vs. Collingwood North Melbourne had a couple of young guns running around in the first semi-final to […]
Demons’ remarkable comeback sees inaugural AFL Women’s finals victory
THE second match of the AFL Women’s semi-finals saw GWS GIANTS host Melbourne in a real battle of the midfield with both sides coming in relatively equal. While the Dees had to ensure they had enough players to take the field – with two of their Irish talents heading home prior to the weekend – […]
GIANTS host Demons in inaugural AFL Women’s finals appearance
TWO inaugural AFL Women’s finalists will face off in the second match of the semi-finals, with second ranked GWS GIANTS (Conference A) and Melbourne (Conference B) both taking the field in a finals scenario for the first time in the competition’s history. Both sides are sitting on four wins from six matches and among the […]
AFL Women’s Young Gun Watch: Round 6
IN our sixth edition of the Young Gun Watch, we take a look at some of the top young performers across the AFL Women’s competition in Round 6 focusing on those players born in the 21st century (2000 or 2001). We analyse match-by-match just how they performed and what they did well. Geelong vs. North […]
2020 AFLW weekend wrap: Round 6 – GIANTS, Blues consolidate finals chances
GWS and Carlton notched huge wins against fellow AFL Women’s finals hopefuls to consolidate their own finals chances in Round 6 of the competition, with reigning premier Adelaide dealt a blow in its premiership defence. Meanwhile, both conference leaders enjoyed wins to continue on their road to the post-season, Collingwood remained in the hunt, while […]