2024 AFLW Week 9 Preview: Sunday
WEEK 9 of the AFLW season concludes today with three more matches, as one side puts their entire season on the line.
2024 AFLW Season Preview: Carlton
IT was a big year for Carlton last year. A new coach brought a new game plan and a complete overhaul of how things are done at Ikon Park. However, things did not quite go to plan and after a month-long losing run to end the season, and the Blues ultimately finished two games outside […]
ICYMI | 2024 VFLW: Round 4
In a second consecutive jam packed Saturday in the VFLW, sides like Collingwood finally got on the board while others like the Bulldogs and Geelong copped some big scares but still prevailed. Western Bulldogs (4.4.28) defeated Essendon (3.8.26) The Western Bulldogs got back on the winners list with a narrow win over Essendon. Essendon fought […]
Northern Academies in the VFLW R3 – Amelie Prosser-Shaw focus
LAST weekend marked the first time the GWS Giants and Sydney Swans took part in the VFL Women’s, and while it was a great opportunity for the respective clubs to shake out the cobwebs of their established AFL Women’s talent a number of Academy players took to the field as well. In particular one who […]
Confident Keck excited about future in blue
NEW AFLW Blue Lila Keck is someone who is neither short of confidence nor excitement about what her future in the AFLW holds. “I’ve always been pretty boisterous and confident,” Keck said. “Sometimes it’s a good thing, sometimes people tell me to shut up, but I think I bring that sort of culture to the […]
Blue Heaven? Carlton climbs further into finals contention
DON’T look now, but Carlton may have snuck into the AFLW finals hunt for 2023. After consigning the Western Bulldogs to their worst-ever start (0-6) with a 19-point win at Whitten Oval on Friday night, the Blues have momentarily climbed to fifth place on the ladder. Riding a 4-2 record over halfway into the home-and-away […]
Blue by name but not by nature as Skepper finds joy at Ikon Park
AFTER a star performance last weekend in her side’s win over West Coast, energetic young Blue Keeley Skepper was certainly excited to receive a Rising Star nomination, but certainly was not expecting to receive it. “Thank you, it’s pretty exciting” she said. “It’s exciting to get some reward for the hard work I’ve put in […]
Blues rucks in a ‘Good Mood’ as Skepper’s star rises
CARLTON made a swift and emphatic return to the winner’s list in Round 3, with its second quarter surge central to the 53-point road win over West Coast. Compounding the Blues’ wins this week was Keeley Skepper‘s Rising Star nomination. The 19-year-old posted 23 disposals and three goals in a performance which coach Mathew Buck […]
In Case You Missed It: AFLW Round 3 2023
Geelong (3.4.22) lost to North Melbourne (4.7.31) GWS (5.4.34) lost to Richmond (7.11.53) Adelaide (12.9.81) defeated Essendon (5.4.34) Melbourne (12.11.83) defeated Western Bulldogs (6.5.41) Fremantle (5.5.35) defeated Hawthorn (3.4.22) St Kilda (7.6.48) lost to Port Adelaide (8.8.56) West Coast (3.6.24) lost to Carlton (12.5.77) Collingwood (2.9.21) lost to Gold Coast (5.3.33) Brisbane (14.3.87) defeated Sydney […]
Surprises and big margins as AFLW preseason wraps up
AFTER a weekend of match simulations across the AFL Women’s, last weekend saw all 18 clubs take to the field in official practice matches. In one of what was perhaps the more surprising results, Sydney defeated Carlton to continue its strong preseason form. A strong start was what really helped the Swans in the end. […]
