AFL Women’s preview: Round 3 – Make or break games set the scene for third round of action
IT is now or never for a number of teams who sit on a knifes-edge when it comes to their finals aspirations. While some sides will finish the round undefeated with three wins, other teams will head into Monday doing the maths as to how many wins they need to make finals. With many teams […]
2020 AFL Women’s Round 2 preview: Expansion sides to face off as inaugural sides do battle under lights tonight
ROUND 2 of the AFL Women’s is sure to bring plenty of big clashes and ignite old rivalries with Collingwood and Carlton set to do battle on Sunday while Fremantle and West Coast will take place in their inaugural Western Derby. Friday, February 14 Western Bulldogs v. Melbourne at Whitten Oval, 7:40pm, AEDT Taylah Melki […]
AFL Women’s Round 1 review: Pies win opening round as Lions upset reigning premiers
BRISBANE’s youth stepped up downing reigning premiers Adelaide at home, as Collingwood claimed its first win in Round 1 from four tries. All four expansion sides suffered defeats, with the Gold Coast SUNS getting within one point of victory against the GIANTS. We recap the remaining six games after our Match of the Round saw […]
AFL Women’s Round 1 preview: Four new teams begin elite journey
AFTER nine months of waiting, AFL Women’s 4.0 is here and four more teams enter the fray in a bid to take home the 2020 premiership. Adelaide won its second title in three years last season, with the Western Bulldogs the only other premiership winner in the competition. With the Crows wounded and plenty of […]
2019/20 AFLW off-season review: Western Bulldogs
AFTER claiming a maiden AFL Women’s premiership in 2018 and looking impressive from the get-go in 2019, the Western Bulldogs fell away in the second half of the 2019 season to finish wooden spooners in Conference A. There was far from any shame in that, because had they been in the other conference, chances are […]
VFLW weekend wash-up: Magpies dominate again as Darebin celebrates first win
COLLINGWOOD had its second straight thrashing of an opponent in a top-of-the-table clash against Western Bulldogs, making it five consecutive wins, while Darebin Falcons won their first game of the season in the clash of the two winless sides at the other end of the ladder. GEELONG 3.1 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 8.8 (56)CASEY […]
VFLW Round 6 preview: Fourth and fifth clash to stay in touch with the top
THREE more sides have the bye this week as the Victorian Football League Women’s (VFLW) competition heads toward the midway point of the season. With most sides playing teams at the opposite end of the ladder, matchups between the middle-ranked sides will set the scene for the competition come Round 7. CARLTON v. WESTERN BULLDOGS […]
VFLW weekend wash-up: Hope tears it up as Bulldogs, Tigers and Pies continue good form
ROUND 5 is done and dusted with two teams still sitting undefeated from five rounds of action, meaning the ladder has almost fully shaped up with the teams to beat well and truly sorted. Carlton were pipped at the post once more, going down by only seven points to remain winless, while the Magpies came […]
VFLW Round 5 preview: Ladder begins to take shape
ROUND 5 of Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s competition is up next, and after a massive ladder-changing round last week, sides will be firing on all cylinders to put themselves back up high on the ladder. From four rounds Collingwood and Melbourne Uni are leading most of the stats, making these two teams the ones […]
VFL Women’s wash-up: Round 4
ROUND 4 saw a number of big results in the VFL Women’s, with Casey losing top spot with their first loss for the season, dropping to fourth as the Bulldogs, Saints and Tigers got wins on the board. Meanwhile, three sides still sit winless, with Carlton, Williamstown and Darebin yet to secure the four points […]
