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Resilience the key to Blues’ win

AFTER a reality check against premiership favourites North Melbourne last week, Carlton was able to bounce back with a “challenging” win over Fremantle at Ikon Park on Sunday. The Blues trailed by a point at half-time and levelled the game in a arm-wrestle third term before kicking the last two goals of the match – […]

Buck’s Blues continue rise into top four

CARLTON’S memorable 2025 AFL Women’s season rolled out with a dominant 46-point win over Gold Coast at Ikon Park on Saturday, with Blues coach Matthew Buck declaring it a “mature performance”. After leading by just one point at half-time and wasting some opportunities at 3.7 (25) to 4.0 (24), Buck’s Blues got to work booting […]

“Far superior” Blues keep Cats goalless

GEELONG coach Dan Lowther did not mince his words when summing up what went wrong during the Cats’ goalless loss to Carlton at Ikon Park yesterday. The Blues won 4.5 (29) to 0.5 (5), and when Lowther was asked exactly what when wrong, he replied with “how long you got?”. “Everything went wrong for us […]

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 5

IT was a good week for almost all the home sides in the VFLW, with six of the seven games going the way of the home side. Williamstown (7.4.46) defeated Western Bulldogs (3.7.25) Williamstown has picked up its second win of the season after defeating the Western Bulldogs. The Bulldogs were actually the ones who […]

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 […]

Grateful Goss taking every opportunity as it comes

EVERY player’s journey to the AFL Women’s is unique, and Carlton star Lily Goss is no different. Goss describes her footy journey thus far as “a pretty strange one”. Having limited opportunities to play the sport growing up because of the lack of teams close to where she grew up in Melbourne’s inner east, Goss […]

Preview | AFLW Round 7: A historic rivalry returns as finals race heats up

AS the AFL Women’s season races towards the end of the season, for some clubs every game becomes more and more crucial as they fight to secure their place in the finals.

AFLW Season 7: Round 3 Talking Points – A smorgasbord of varying results

YESTERDAY’S action in the AFLW produced a smorgasbord of results. The first draw of the season came at Ikon Park between the Blues and Power, Melbourne lost the ability to kick goals after quarter time but still beat the Saints, Richmond got their first win of the year after defeating Hawthorn, while Essendon made a […]

2022 AFLW Draft: Club-by-club selections

A TOTAL of 83 players joined the AFL Women’s ranks last night, from some of the most anticipated young stars to some surprise packets that never expected it in their wildest dreams, when they were selected in the 2022 AFLW Draft. Here is an easy club-by-club wrap up of who got taken. >> 2022 AFLW […]

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