Cats pressure plan perfected in Perth
AFTER a low-scoring nail-biter against the Tigers in Round 1, Geelong was able to secure a more comfortable 26-point win in the West, holding Fremantle to the lowest ever AFL Women’s score. In a performance that impressed Cats coach Dan Lowther, Geelong kept the potentially potent Dockers to an all-time low of one behind, while […]
Season 7 AFLW: Round 2 Talking Points – Surprises galore
SATURDAY’S action in the AFL Women’s saw quite the variety of results. In the early game Adelaide fought back to pinch the win off Richmond, while in the afternoon Geelong made a statement with an upset win over Fremantle, and the Western Bulldogs spoiled Port Adelaide’s debut home game at Alberton by beating the Power. […]
Cats win territory battle in “electric” win
WINNING via a Georgie Prespakis goal in the final minute of the match, Geelong was able to breathe a sigh of relief when the siren at GMHBA Stadium to signal a 2.3 (15) to 1.5 (11) win over Richmond. It was far from pretty with the two sides combining for 134 turnovers – the most […]
Potential Best 21s – AFLW Season 7: Geelong, Gold Coast, GWS
LATER this month the AFL Women’s Season 7 will kick off and there is plenty to get excited about. While preseasons are underway and coaches are trying to work out a Round 1 lineup, we delved into what each of the sides could look like next season. Over a six-part series, we will examine three […]
How will they impact their new team in S7?: Mikayla Bowen
MANY AFL Women’s stars made moves to new clubs in the offseason, and as we head toward Season 7 of the AFLW, and we take a look at some of those players to predict what kind of impact they can potentially make on their new teams. Today’s focus is former West Coast Eagle turned Geelong […]
AFLW Saturday Talking Points: Round 9
A RECORD-breaking win to Melbourne, a second consecutive victory to St Kilda, and triumphs to the Western Bulldogs and Richmond rounded out Saturday Round 9 action of the AFL Women’s. By: Alyce Collett In a nice homecoming back to RSEA Park for the first time this season, St Kilda have put their second win on […]
Stat Leaders: 2022 AFL Women’s – Round 6
NORTH Melbourne midfielder Ash Riddell was again among this week’s AFLW stat leaders, topping the charts across two categories in her side’s 19-point win over Richmond on Saturday. Plenty more players produced big numbers in Round 6 of the AFL Women’s season, find out who as we take a look at this week’s stat leaders. […]
AFLW Friday Talking Points: Cats break drought
DOWN at the Cattery, it was Geelong who finally broke through for their first win of 2022, defeating West Coast by a mere three points. The Cats survived a late surge from the Eagles to take the chocolates and keep the visitors winless so far in 2022. TALKING POINTS Cats finally get reward for effort […]
AFLW Friday Talking Points: Pies survive Cat fight
IT was far from an easy win, but Collingwood travelled back up the highway with the four points after a tackle-slog with Geelong. In what was a game on a knives edge for the most part, both sides were neck-and-neck right until late in the final term, when the Pies were finally able to gain […]
AFLW Round 3 to go ahead despite challenges
ANOTHER round of AFLW action is upon us, and COVID-19 protocols have again popped up, forcing another game to be cancelled. Once again there will only be six games this weekend, with the Western Bulldogs and Gold Coast Suns not able to field sides due to Covid forced isolations. The round does take on a […]
