Crocker questions fixturing after record-low turnout
AFTER his side romped to a 36-point win, North Melbourne Tasmania coach Darren Crocker was critical of the fixture’s role in the lack of spectators for his side’s clash with Port Adelaide. With a turnout of 943 people, the crowd was the lowest for this season despite the top-billing Kangaroos flying to this point in […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: North Melbourne
SEASON 2023 almost went perfectly to plan for North Melbourne. ‘Almost’ being the key word of that sentence. After going through the home and away season as one of the strongest sides of the competition once again, they made top four for the first time and won all the way through to the Grand Final, […]
Season 8 AFLW preview: North Melbourne
SEASON 7 was another season of ‘so close, yet so far’ for North Melbourne. Again they got so close to an elusive first Grand Final in making the Preliminary Final, but could not take that next step and make the big dance. But after a largely successful offseason in terms of list management, do they […]
Surprises and big margins as AFLW preseason wraps up
AFTER a weekend of match simulations across the AFL Women’s, last weekend saw all 18 clubs take to the field in official practice matches. In one of what was perhaps the more surprising results, Sydney defeated Carlton to continue its strong preseason form. A strong start was what really helped the Swans in the end. […]
Preview | VFLW 2023 Round 7: Halfway point arrives
Faster than Angelica Gogos chasing down an opponent, we have reached the halfway point of the 2023 VFL Women’s season this weekend. This season really has been like no other, with so much unpredictability and very little certainty about who is going to win each week. Also with only half a game separating the bottom […]
North bounces back to clip Falcons’ wings
IN a fascinating VFL Women’s clash in Preston, North Melbourne bounced back from last week’s loss to Carlton with a 38-point win over Darebin. Despite the cushy margin, much of the game was a different story and much more even, but a strong first quarter from North was the real difference. The Roos dominated the […]
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 […]
The stage is set as finalists confirmed in VFLW
THE final weekend of the 2022 VFLW home-and-away season was an entertaining one, as the top six was confirmed ahead of the finals. In this week’s match of the round, Geelong denied Collingwood security in the postseason, beating them by 19 points and leaving the Pies to sweat on later results to see whether they […]
Race at bottom of the VFLW top six tightens
LAST weekend garnered some very interesting results in the VFLW, and with only a fortnight left in the season, there are still many eventualities that could play out as to who makes finals, and who does not. This week’s match of the round was between the top two sides, and the result befitted the contest […]
