Season 8 AFLW preview: Melbourne
REIGNING premiers Melbourne basked in long-awaited premiership glory last season after having a series of so close, yet so far attempts at the AFL Women’s flag. The Demons defeated Brisbbane at Brighton Homes Arena in somewhat of an upset, going one better than their loss to Adelaide the season prior. Fast forward eight months, and […]
Dees delight, break finals hoodoo
MELBOURNE has broken its finals hoodoo by grinding out a low-scoring but unmissable win, running out 2.7 (19) to 2.3 (15) victors over Brisbane. The Demons looked in trouble early when Brisbane kicked back-to-back goals in the opening quarter, but then took complete control of the game, shutting down the Lions’ run and limiting the […]
Preview | AFLW Round 10: Final round, final chances for finals
THE FINAL home-and-away round of the seventh AFL Women’s season kicks off on Friday night, with a double-header leading into a weekend which will determine the shape of the top eight. We run through the key points for all nine games in our Round 10 preview.
Melbourne boss happy but not distracted by outside chatter
THERE were no prizes for guessing how Melbourne coach Mick Stinear was feeling after his side’s win against Essendon last weekend. He was very happy with how his team had performed, particularly considering the conditions. “It was good,” Stinear said. Before the game just with the conditions, it’s tough to score here at times, but […]
Preview | AFLW Round 9: Penultimate round takes place
THERE are plenty of massive matches in Round 9 of the AFL Women’s as the penultimate round takes place. With teams fighting for both top four and top eight spots, there is much on the line across the majority of the nine matches.
Team spirit driving Demons: Stinear
TEAM spirit is the catalyst for a Melbourne Demons flag in Season 7 of the AFL Women’s, with coach Mick Stinear moving away from focusing on “perfect football” but rather consistency within one another. The Dees mentor made the comments on the back of yet another victory – their seventh in eight games – embarrassing […]
Preview | AFLW – Round 4: Huge Sunday of action planned
SIX different matches over two days, six different states. That is what is on offer for AFL Women’s fans in Round 4 of Season 7 this weekend, and that is only Friday-Saturday. A couple of massive matches with premiership-contending sides, the Dreamtime rivals and all to play for on a fascinating Sunday round out the […]
Preview | AFLW – Round 3: Undefeated sides to clash
A COUPLE of massive clashes between undefeated sides, and must-win games for others provide a huge Round 3 of AFL Women’s this weekend. Kicking off with a big Friday night clash between Western Bulldogs and Fremantle, we take a look at the nine games and some of the key talking points ahead of the round.
Stinear pleased Dees “found a way to win”
THEY were “clunky”, beaten around the stoppages and not functioning well offensively, but the “spirit and heart” of the Demons was on full show at the MCG last night according to coach Mick Stinear. It was far from the clinical performance many have come to expect from last year’s grand finalists but the Demons leader […]
A Dee-molition one of many big VFLW results
After a weekend off, the VFLW was back on the weekend for Round 6, and there were some big results, not just on the scoreboard. In this week’s game of the round, Casey sent a brutal message to the rest of the competition, completely annihilating the Southern Saints. It was a very evening opening part […]
