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Preview | VFLW 2023 Round 12: Action returns

AFTER a weekend off last weekend, the VFL Women’s is back this weekend, and with only three rounds left in the season and only two games separating first place from seventh, there is so much of the story of the season left to be told. The first of five matches tomorrow is in Williamstown as […]

Preview | VFLW 2023 Round 11: One more chaotic month to go

FASTER than Nyakoat Dojiok out of a pack, we have reached the final month of the 2023 VFL Women’s season, and yet so little has been determined. With one win separating first from sixth, and two separating first and seventh, this year’s finalists are far from decided. It is also moving into the part of […]

Preview | VFLW 2023 Round 8: Halfway point passed

ROUND 8 of the VFLW season may signal the official start to the second half of the season, but there are certainly enough mouthwatering clashes to make people forget how quickly time is ticking away. The weekend begins with a clash nice and early tomorrow morning at Princes Park, where Carlton hosts the Bulldogs. The […]

Bertuna bounces back to set lofty goals

SOUTHERN Saint Melanie Bertuna has loved the game of Aussie rules football for a long time, but had a few familial hurdles to overcome to even start playing the sport at all. As she recounts, Bertuna signed up to play football with her dad, but was met with a stumbling block when her mother found […]

The Graduates: 2021 VFLW – Finals Week One

FINALS time finally rolled around in the VFL Women’s, with three enthralling games played out over the weekend and even more intriguing matchups to look forward to. A raft of current and former NAB League talents continue to roll through the competition, we take a look at how they performed in the first round of finals. […]

PREVIEW | 2021 VFL Women’s Finals: Week One

THE 2021 VFL Women’s finals series has arrived, with the top six teams set to battle it out for premiership glory after 14 enthralling home-and-away rounds. After a year away, the competition was reformatted to see the AFLW and NAB League seasons run concurrently with Victoria’s state league, seeing players from both the aforementioned leagues […]

2021 VFLW Round 6 preview: Youngsters and AFLW talent filter into state competition

ROUND 6 of the Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s competition commences tomorrow with a number of AFL Women’s and NAB League Girls players entering the competition for the first time this season. HAWTHORN vs. ESSENDON Saturday, April 10 @ 10am Box Hill City Oval In a battle between a couple of traditional rivals, Essendon will […]

2021 VFLW Round 2 wrap: Borough, Magpies go 2-0

ROUND 2 of the 2021 Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s season saw Port Melbourne and Collingwood move to 2-0, while four teams registered their first wins of the new campaign. Six fixtures were again stretched evenly across two days, with a double-header at La Trobe University rounding out what was an entertaining weekend of state […]

Weekend wash-up: NAB League Girls – Round 6

ROUND 6 of the NAB League Girls saw a host players out with AFL Women’s Academy duties but that did not stop the Geelong Falcons and Northern Knights from continuing their winning ways. Geelong once again proved to be the front runners of the competition while Oakleigh also flexed their muscles with a big win […]

Team of the Week: TAC Cup Girls – Round 7

NORTHERN Knights and Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels’ victories have seen them rewarded with the most nominees in the AFL Draft Central TAC Cup Girls Team of the Week for round seven. The Knights had a 71-point victory over Bendigo Pioneers, while the Rebels just got home in a thriller against the Murray Bushrangers, but […]

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