PREVIEW | VFLW Round 1 – It all begins today
IT has been a long time coming, but finally the VFLW is back. Eight months after Port Melbourne famously claimed its first VFLW title, it is time to do it all again. There has been plenty of change across the league during the offseason, both within the on-field brigade and the off-field one. Across the […]
PREVIEW | 2022 QAFLW Grand Final
THIS s it. The final Sunday of the Queensland Australian Football League Women’s (QAFLW) season. The Big Dance. Whatever you want to call it, the 2022 QAFLW Grand Final is upon us, with the University of Queensland Red Lionesses and the Southport Sharks set to do battle to decide who will lift the premiership trophy […]
Three games. One Week. Not a challenge for Southport in QAFLW
DESPITE it being their third game within the space of a week, fatigue certainly did not seem to be an issue for Southport as they disposed of Wilston Grange to the tune of 79 points. At the times the match did not reflect the canyon between the two sides on the ladder, but for the […]
Southport’s undefeated status revoked as Red Lions topple Sharks
IN this week’s QAFLW match of the round, Southport’s undefeated streak came to an end at the hands of the University of Queensland. It was all set up for the Red Lionesses in the first quarter with a three goal to none opening term. It was a low scoring, very even opening part of the […]
Rain forces QAFLW postponements
RAIN, rain, go away! Unfortunately for the QAFLW on the weekend, mother nature did not listen to those calls as rain reeked havoc on the competition. Only two matches were able to go ahead as the Aspley and Southport grounds were unusable. The match of the round was the second Grand Final rematch of 2022, […]
Flag contenders stamp their authority on QAFLW
IN this week’s QAFL Women’s match of the round, University of Queensland (UQ) stamped its authority as reigning premier, comfortably accounting for Wilston Grange. UQ certainly had all the attacking momentum early in the first term, but could not make the Gorillas pay on the scoreboard. It took almost 10 minutes for the Red Lions […]
Kings rule Hornets’ nest as other sides make statements
THE Queensland Australian Football League Women’s (QAFLW) was back for 2022 over the weekend, and there were there some big wins across the league, as teams made brutal statements even in Round 1. Aspley 5.5 (35) defeated by Coorparoo 5.6 (36) In this week’s Match of the Round, it was Coorparoo that got the win […]
Red Lions to become the hunted in 2022
The University of Queensland (UQ) are the team to beat in the QAFL Women’s competition this year, after taking out the premiership in 2021. Although going back-to-back is one of the hardest tasks in football, Red Lions coach Ross Clayfield said that 2022 is a new kettle of fish and that his side is not […]
QAFL Women’s weekend preview: Round 12 – The final frontier as teams eye off top six spots
THE final round of the most unusual season in Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) history is here, with the following week’s finalists already decided – barring a massive upset in the final round – but the order of which they enter the post-season series can still change. The biggest question marks lies between the second […]
QAFL Women’s weekend wrap: Round 11 – Roos skip over Kings with percentage-boosting Hornets win
DESPITE winning by 40 points themselves, Coorparoo has seen Maroochydore not only make up 20 percentage points, but run away to be 16 per cent ahead of the Kings in a whopping 42 per cent swing over the weekend thanks to a 95-point shellacking of last placed Aspley Hornets. Playing at the same timeslot of […]
