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2024 AFLW Week 5 Preview: Thursday

TONIGHT’s action in the AFL Women’s pits two sides who are both coming off confidence boosting wins, but before that had been on two very different journeys to start season 2024. 7:15pmGMHBA Stadium Recent form Geelong has had a bit of an up and down start to 2024, but finally got its first win on […]

2024 AFLW Week 4 Preview: Saturday

THE chaos of condensed AFL Women’s footy really ramps up today with a trio of matches across as many states. 12:05pmPeople First Stadium Recent form Both sides will not be happy with how their respective seasons have started, and are both still looking for their first wins of 2024. Last time they met It has […]

2024 AFLW Season Preview: Geelong

LAST season was a massive step forward for Geelong. The Cats made it all the way to an AFLW Preliminary Final for the first time in the post-conference era, defeating reigning premiers Melbourne along the way, before falling one match short of the AFLW Grand Final at the hands of eventual premiers Brisbane. With some […]

AFLW 2023 Round 7 Preview: Saturday

FIVE AFL Women’s matches take place across a hectic Saturday, with Round 7 providing plenty of finals hopefuls facing off. 1:05pmRSEA Park Recent Form St Kilda come into today’s clash full of confidence and looking to create some more history and win a fourth match in a row for the first time in itds history. […]

Dan the man pleased but still finding ways for Cats to grow

AFTER his side’s at times cruisy win over Port Adelaide yesterday, Geelong coach Dan Lowther was certainly pleased with what he had seen from his troops. “We had maybe six or seven goal scorers which was a nice spread,” Lowther said. “We shouldn’t be relying on just one player and it’s nice that Chloe throughout […]

Season 8 AFLW preview: Geelong

GEELONG was a side that never looked out of the contest, with the Cats having some incredible defensive efforts in Season 7, then finding the secret to scoring after the first month. In the end, the Cats narrowly missed out on a top four spot, and then were bounced by North Melbourne in the elimination […]

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.

Mayo’s own forging her own path in AFLW

CROW Niamh Kelly has had quite the sporting career to date, which started on sporting fields far away from the city of churches. Kelly is one of the many Irish stars currently plying their trade in the AFLW, so her sporting journey began on the Gaelic fields of her home county Mayo. “I’ve grown up […]

Preview | AFLW Round 8: Double chances up for grabs

SOME crucial matches confront teams battling it out for both the double chance and top eight, with must-win contests afoot in Round 8 of the AFL Women’s. With some teams heading into the matches close to full strength, while others remain missing key individuals, it will be fascinating to see just who takes their chances […]

AFLW Season 7 Player Focus: Eilish Sheeran (Richmond)

ROUND 1 every year always brings many debutants across the competition, normally with much fanfare and anticipation. One debutant who flew under the radar leading into the weekend was new Tiger Eilish Sheerin, but after her first up performance on Sunday she will not be able to fly under the radar for long. This Player […]

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