PREVIEW | Northern states push towards the business end
THE NORTHERN states’ competitions continue to heat up, with the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division heading into Round 6 and the QAFL Women’s into Round 5 on Saturday. Academy prospects remain absent through Talent League commitments, continuing to open the door for club-level talents to press their individual cases. AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division: ROUND […]
Around the Country: Premiers beaten in QAFLW, AFL Sydney
IT WAS the weekend of upsets across the Northern States with the reigning premiers in both the QAFL Women’s and AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division going down in rare losses. Southport and North Shore Bombers both suffered defeats in their respective Round 2 and Round 3 competitions, showing just how unpredictable the leagues could be […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: Brisbane
LAST season could not have gone much better for Brisbane. After the heartache of 2022, everything came together and they emerged from the 2023 season with yet another premiership. But, can they back it up and go all the way again in 2024? TEAM LIST #1 Eleanor Hartill #2 Tahlia Hickie #3 Breanna Koenen #5 […]
Season 8 AFLW preview: Brisbane
BRISBANE is a perennial contender in the AFL Women’s and though the off-season saw the Lions lose a number of quality players for a variety of reasons, expect last year’s grand finalists to be thereabouts again. We preview the Lions’ season. TEAM LIST #2 Tahlia Hickie#3 Breanna Koenen#4 Sharni Webb*#4 Caitlin Wendland#5 Jade Ellenger#6 Lily […]
AFLW practice match wraps: Clubs have final preseason hitouts
ALL 18 AFL Women’s clubs had one last preseason hitout ahead of Season 7 at the end of August. Many of the favourites got up with a number of close games keeping fans interested as players got their first chances in their new colours. St Kilda 2.4 (16) lost to Brisbane 6.6 (42) By Alyce […]
Combatant’s journey to the 2022 QAFLW Grand Final
IT IS just about the end of another QAFL Women’s season, and for both the University of Queensland (UQ) and the Southport Sharks, there is one match left to see who will be the queens of the land in the Sunshine State. Both teams have certainly faced their challenges in 2022, from weather interruptions in […]
Penultimate round shapes up to be a potential spicy season definer
IT is the penultimate round of the QAFLW this weekend, and every single match this weekend has got a season defining component to it, that is how close the ladder is at present. The match of the round though has to be the top two clash between this season’s revelation Southport and the reigning premiers […]
The surprises keep coming in the QAFLW
IN this week’s match of the round in the QAFLW, the University of Queensland finally got the monkey off the back, defeating Coorparoo for the first time in over five years. The University of Queensland managed to break a 10 match losing streak against the Kings that stretched back to May 2017, winning by 11 […]
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 […]
Grand Final rematch mark two highlights return of QAFLW
AFTER a competition wide bye last weekend, the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) Women’s is back and ready to go as it hits the halfway mark of its season. Although Mother Nature may have other things to say, at this stage among the highlights of this weekend’s action is the second instalment this season of […]
