From cygnets to signalling their arrival: Swans claim finals place
AN ever-threatening Swans outfit broke the shackles of the Dockers late to herald a coda for an astounding 2023 turnaround after season seven’s win-less campaign. The victory shook down a cathartic thunder and sets up a tantalising first finals berth against the Suns. To the credit of the 13th-placed purple team, despite being well shot […]
Season 8 AFLW preview: Sydney
SEASON 7 was certainly a tough one for the Sydney Swans. It was their inaugural season in the competition, and despite showing some glimpses ultimately came away winless from their debut campaign. However the Swans have picked up some big names in the offseason, so will they help the young Bloods create history in 2023? […]
It’s double delight for Nanscawen
IT is déjà vu in the 2022 Lambert-Pearce Medal, with 2021 winner Georgia Nanscawen rewarded for a stellar 2022 season by winning her second Lambert-Pearce Medal in a row. She was the runaway winner, leading all night to comfortably win over the likes of Hawk Tamara Luke and Southern Saint Hannah Stuart. The award win […]
Season 7 AFLW preview: Sydney
SYDNEY is the last (alphabetically) of the four Season 7 expansion sides to be previewed, and is a team with typically great culture which will look to hit the ground running in its maiden AFL Women’s campaign. The Swans’ list is both very young and very inexperienced, with the club not quite able to land […]
Swans start strong, seek four-quarter effort
AS Sydney headed into half-time of their practice match against AFL Women’s premiership contender Collingwood, the Swans lead by nine points. It has been somewhat of a remarkable half of action from the red and whites considering their lack of experience compared to their opponents. Unfortunately for the home team, it would not last, but […]
Season 7 Expansion Side list analysis: Sydney
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 Sign and Trade Period Wrap – Day 4
THE official AFLW Sign and Trade Period continued yesterday, so let us take a look at all the ongoing re-signing and trade news from across the competition. It was a busy day at the trade desk, with no less than half the teams involved in at least one trade today. TRADE As previously mentioned, half […]
VFLW finalists are set – almost
ROUND 13 of the VFLW saw the finalists almost set in stone, but not quite. Seven teams can still make finals, which makes next weekend’s final round potentially very interesting. In this week’s match of the round, Essendon finally broke its hoodoo against the Southern Saints on Saturday, winning by 10 points at Trevor Barker […]
2022 AFLW Draft Combine invites announced
MORE than 100 AFL Women’s Draft hopefuls have earned the chance to impress at a 2km time trial as part of the 2022 AFLW Draft Combine. The combine, which has had to be reduced to just the sole time trial rather than a multitude of athletic tests as per the norm, will feature 106 players […]
State-by-State AFLW Draft Watch: May
ON Monday night, Rookie Me Central released its second 2022 AFL Women’s Draft Power Rankings for the year. It featured 30 detailed profiles, with 10 additional names included. Though there were 40 players named there, with expansion here, there will be an additional 120-plus players making their way on AFL Women’s lists for 2023 (or […]
