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 […]
PREVIEW | VFLW Round 3 2024 – Bonanza in every sense of the word
ROUND 3 of the VFL Women’s is a true bonanza in every sense of the word. All the matches are taking place tomorrow, and there is an extra match with the start of GWS and Sydney’s brief involvement in the competition. North Melbourne vs Casey11amArden St Oval These two sides could not be having more […]
Blues rucks in a ‘Good Mood’ as Skepper’s star rises
CARLTON made a swift and emphatic return to the winner’s list in Round 3, with its second quarter surge central to the 53-point road win over West Coast. Compounding the Blues’ wins this week was Keeley Skepper‘s Rising Star nomination. The 19-year-old posted 23 disposals and three goals in a performance which coach Mathew Buck […]
Soccer convert “fell in love” with Aussie rules
DESPITE playing soccer most of her life, it was evident to Marianna Anthony that Australian rules football was where she needed to be, and specifically in the AFL Women’s. After speaking about her heartbreak of missing out on an initial list spot with Essendon, to her short trip to North Melbourne and now landing on […]
From “heartbroken” to “heartwarming”, Anthony’s rollercoaster ride to the top
HEARTBROKEN. It was the word then Essendon VFL Women’s talent Marianna Anthony used to describe the emotions when overlooked for an inaugural list spot at the Bombers. Having been at the club for a number of years and worked her way up from being a soccer convert to a key player in the ‘red sash’, […]
Preview | VFLW 2023 Round 9: Ladder constricting but results stay exciting
EVEN though it is the middle part of the 2023 VFLW season, things remain tight and with half a game all that separates finals and nor making finals at the moment, there is still so much on the line. This weekend’s first encounter is out at Casey Fields tomorrow morning where the Dees will be […]
Pinch punch, games get stolen in the last round of the month
ROUND 6 of the 2023 VFL Women’s season really had it all – big wins, little wins, big scores, little scores, the full selection. In the final match of the round, defence was key as Port Melbourne defeated Carlton by 15 points. High defensive intensity meant it was hard from both teams to score at […]
Preview | VFLW 2023 Round 5: Nothing is for certain
IT is one month down in the VFL Women’s competition, and with 10 weeks left in the regular season nothing is for certain. In a rare Friday night clash, Port Melbourne play host to Box Hill under the lights in Port Melbourne. Box Hill come into this clash after having suffered its first loss of […]
2023 AFLW Supplementary Draft: Every Pick
THE 2023 AFL Women’s Supplementary Draft is done and dusted with 26 new players on AFL Women’s lists. The door has been left ajar for three additional players after the Western Bulldogs passed on two selections, and the Gold Coast Suns also passed on one. Of the 26 players stepping up to elite level, seven […]
Surprises are abundant as players leave it all on the park
ACROSS the VFLW over the weekend as players pushed hard to impress ahead of this week’s draft, some teams dished out quite the surprise results. In the opening game of the round Geelong came from behind to pinch a narrow one point win over Carlton. Carlton should have won the clash, but will rue missed […]
