AFL Women’s Round 2 review: Magpies break arch rivals curse as Dees, Lions and Dockers remain unbeaten
COLLINGWOOD has beaten arch-rival Carlton for the first time in its AFL Women’s history, while Melbourne, Brisbane and Fremantle remained undefeated with the Pies at the conclusion of Round 2. WESTERN BULLDOGS 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 (12) MELBOURNE 2.3 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 (32) Peter Williams Melbourne has remained undefeated […]
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: GWS GIANTS
REMAINING as just one of two AFL Women’s clubs in a standalone state, the GWS GIANTS lost some top-end talent at the end of 2019 and had to head to the AFL Women’s Draft to replenish the quality. Losing the likes of Phoebe Monahan and Christina Bernardi to Richmond and Emma Swanson and Maddy Collier […]
Weekend wash-up: AFLW – Round 7
THE final round of the 2019 home and away season saw potential finals bound teams take each other on to determine which sides made finals. Major premiership contender, North Melbourne got knocked out by Fremantle, while Collingwood managed their first win of 2019 to ruin Brisbane’s finals chances. GWS GIANTS 6.5 (41) defeated Geelong (1.4) […]
Weekend preview: AFLW – Round 4
THE AFL Women’s season is about to pass the halfway point, with a Conference Round occurring in Round 4. Of the five games, four matches involve same-conference teams, while the cross-conference battle sees the reigning grand finalists go head-to-head in the prime time Saturday night match. GEELONG vs. CARLTON Saturday, February 23, 4.45pm GMHBA Stadium […]
Weekend previews: AFLW – Round 2
AFTER an exhilarating first round, which saw four of the five matches go down to the wire, teams prepare to tweak game styles or mix up team sheets in order to get an advantage over their opponents. Four of the first round losers face off, with Melbourne heading to Victoria Park on Saturday to face […]
Draftee Watch: Round 1
IN our new weekly series Draftee Watch, we take a look at the top performing 2018 draftee from each AFL Women’s side to see how they have made the step up to the elite level. In Round 1, Geelong’s Nina Morrison and GWS GIANTS’ Alyce Parker won the Rising Star nominations. Adelaide: Chloe Scheer Scheer […]
Weekend preview: AFLW – Round 1
FOOTY is back and for the first time, 10 AFL Women’s clubs are preparing to achieve the ultimate glory. Each week we will preview and review the games, provide a Team of the Week, Draftee Watch piece and analyse the week’s statistics, as well as plenty more for the third season of the competition. Stay […]
AFLW season previews: GWS GIANTS
THE GIANTS had a consistent season in 2018, going from finishing eighth in the AFLW’s first season to fourth last year. The side will again be led by Amanda Farrugia in 2019 as she sets her sights on being the longest serving AFLW captain. The new recruits will also be looking to make a big […]
2018 AFLW Draft Order
2018 NAB AFLW DRAFT ORDER FIRST ROUND 1 Geelong – Nina Morrison (Geelong Falcons/Vic Country) 2 Geelong – Sophie Van De Heuvel (GWV Rebels/Vic Country) 3 Carlton – Madison Prespakis (Calder Cannons/Vic Metro) 4 Fremantle – Jasmin Stewart (Claremont/Western Australia) 5 Collingwood – Jordyn Allen (Dandenong Stingrays/Vic Country) 6 Melbourne – Tyla Hanks (Gippsland Power/Vic Country) […]
