With the twelve month postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Siren co-founder Alison Smirnoff was keen to find out what impact this was having on Olympic athletes. She sat down with Australian water polo captain, Rowie Webster, via Zoom and discussed the challenges of preparing for an Olympic Games […]
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Rudi Ellis on resilience, doing the work and joining the Firebirds
Rudi Ellis loves the competitive side of netball, the work and the training and the winning, of course. But she loves the people more. ‘The people are just amazing. The girls I’ve met along the way and been in teams with, honestly I could call most of them my best friends.’ Ellis had always dreamed […]
Underrated: who flew under the AFLW radar in 2020
Before AFLW season 2020 began, I put together this list of the most underrated AFLW players in the competition. While some managed to shake that tag this year—Shelley Scott won Melbourne’s best and fairest and Jenna Bruton came equal-fourth in the league-wide edition—others continue to fly under the radar. With the season over, I’m revisiting […]
Profiling By the White Line: photographer Rachel Bach
By Kasey Symons I remember the first time I met Rachel Bach. I attended the book launch event for ‘Never Say Die: The Hundred-Year Overnight Success of Australian Women’s Football’ by Lee McGowan and Fiona Crawford late last year at Heidelberg United FC in Melbourne. The event was expertly hosted by the amazing Helen Tyrikos, […]
Netball Victoria’s Rosie King on leadership, allowing others to shine and the value of sport
It’s a Tuesday morning when I pick up the phone to speak to Rosie King, the CEO of Netball Victoria. I won’t lie, I’m a little nervous. Not only is King the CEO of Netball Victoria, she’s also on the Paralympics Australia board and has previously worked at the Geelong Football Club and for Sport […]