2024 AFLW Week 10 Preview: Saturday
TODAY is one of the most important days thus far in the AFL Women’s season, with the top eight potentially locked in by tonight.
Bellwether Blaithin bumps Dees to Round 1 success
MELBOURNE was really made to work for its AFLW Round 1 win over the weekend, but ultimately emerged with a two-point victory over Geelong to get its campaign off to a positive start. It was hard going for the Dees early, with poor passing into attack early really costing the red and blue, but once […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: Melbourne
AS the reigning premiers, last season was always going to be a tricky one for those in red and blue with the added pressure of trying to defend a long sought title. Although the home and away season went almost to plan, a late season slump saw the Dees crash out of finals in straight […]
Family ties: Rigoni the next Dee in line?
TALL utility Jemma Rigoni has all the athletic traits that raise eyebrows of recruiters, and is now in line to follow in the footsteps of her father, Guy. The top-age talent has been nominated by Melbourne to fall under the father-daughter rule and is join the club her dad played 107 games for between 1998-2005. […]
AFLW 2023 Round 10 Preview: Saturday
THE AFLW finals puzzle continues to get written today as five matches are on the calendar, including a Grand Final rematch. 1:05pmWhitten Oval Recent Form The Kangaroos come into this game looking for a win to lock in a top fourth berth, while the Bulldogs will be looking for a win to finish a tough […]
Blistering Blaithin helps Dees destroy Dockers
MELBOURNE continued on its winning ways yesterday afternoon with a solid 33-point win over Fremantle at Casey Fields in what was particularly testing conditions. A big part of that win – as she has been all season – was winger Blaithin Mackin. In just her second season in the competition after coming out from Ireland, […]
Bolting Bannan blitzs Eagles to set up huge Demonic win
NAARM bounced back from its first loss of the 2023 AFL Womens season in emphatic fashion on Sunday, thrashing the West Coast Eagles to the tune of 70 points. One of the key stars of that performance was Alyssa Bannan, who piled on five goals in one of the young forward’s best performances in red […]
In Case You Missed It: AFLW Round 7 2023
WITH a few key results over the weekend of AFLW action, the finals race is shaping up to truly be an exciting one. Adelaide (9.5.59) defeated Western Bulldogs (2.5.17) St Kilda (7.6.48) defeated GWS (5.5.35) Geelong (6.11.47) defeated Walyalup (3.5.23) Sydney (3.8.26) lost to Hawthorn (5.10.40) Gold Coast (3.3.21) lost to Brisbane (8.9.57) Richmond (5.6.36) […]
AFLW 2023 Round 6 Preview: Saturday
A JAM-PACKED Saturday of action sees five AFL Women’s matches take place for Round 6 across the country. We preview each of those games. 1:05pmBlacktown ISP Recent Form Neither of these sides have had ideal first halves of the 2023 season. With one win between them, both will be absolutely hungry for a valuable four […]
Marvellous Mackin makes memorable debut
MELBOURNE’s newest Irish recruit Aimee Mackin finally got her chance to debut on the AFL Women’s stage over the weekend, and certainly made an impact in the Dees’ win over the Hawks. Speaking post-match, Mackin was happy she had finally made her debut, and did so in a win. “I think once you get the […]
