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PREVIEW | 2025 AFLW: Round 3 – Friday/Saturday

WHILE the sides might be 0-2 and 2-0 on the ladder, Geelong and Sydney have some quality players across the board and the match looms as far closer than the respective positions might suggest. The Cats have played two premiership contenders, with the Swans storming past two lower ranked sides, and will now face their […]

Field shape the key to Swans’ success: Gowans

FLEXING their muscles against a younger opponent, Sydney Swans crushed Gold Coast Suns in a dominant 82-point win at People First Stadium on Saturday with the visitors reaching the ton in a 15.13 (103) to 3.3 (21) victory. The incredible performance – which marked the Swans’ best ever result – was headlined by a record-equalling […]

2024 AFLW Season reviews: Bottom 6

ANOTHER season of the AFL Women’s competition is in the books, and with just four days between the grand final and the start of the Trade Period, we will quickly recap how each of the sides performed throughout the season. In the first of three articles, we review the bottom six sides, what went right, […]

2024 AFLW Week 6 Preview: Sunday

WEEK 6 of the AFL Women’s season concludes today with a trio of matches in as many states.

2024 AFLW Week 4 Preview: Sunday

WEEK 4 of the AFLW concludes today with a quartet of games in as many states, all with many potential consequences. 1:05pmThomas Farms Oval Recent form Like absolute clockwork, Adelaide is again one of the teams to beat this AFLW season and are currently undefeated after three games. Essendon meanwhile has had an inconsistent start […]

Swans “off the charts” pressure key to win

BOASTING a ridiculous pressure rating peak of 311 during the third quarter and holding an average game rating of 260, Sydney Swans coach Scott Gowans could not be more pleased for his side’s work in that area during the Swans’ 15-point win over Collingwood in the AFL Women’s season opener. Gowans’ Swans could not miss […]

2024 AFLW Round 1 Preview: Friday

UNLIKE most years, the 2024 AFLW season kicks off with two clashes on opposite sides of the country. Both are intriguing matches, and both will answer plenty of questions about what may lie ahead for the sides involved. 7:15pm local timeNorth Sydney Oval SIDES Sydney FB: G.Davies, TarrantHB: Mitchell, Heads, McEvoyC: Ham, Kennedy, Collier HF: […]

2024 AFLW Season Preview: Sydney

AFTER a debut season to forget, things turned right around for Sydney in 2023, winning four of its last five home and away matches to make the finals for the first time. The Swans then won that first final, but although things did not go to plan in week two in Adelaide, it was still […]

PREVIEW | VFLW Round 6 – Is a ladder shake up coming?

THIS week’s VFLW fixture is back to being a little bit more spread out, with about half the fixture slated for Sunday. Southern Saints vs Casey DemonsSaturday at 9:45amTrevor Barker Oval Things went far from to plan for both these sides last week, so in what will be a nice, early start for both sides […]

ICYMI | 2024 VFLW: Round 3

A SUPER Saturday bonanza in the VFLW produced some surprising results and big winners as two new teams joined the fold. It was a bad week to be the home team, with six of the seven visiting teams leaving enemy territory with four points. North Melbourne 4.7 (31) def. by Casey 5.4 (34) Casey kicked […]

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