After a conversation with fellow Siren co-founder Kirby Fenwick as part of a podcast recording (to be released next week!) I was curious about the list transformation of the inaugural eight AFLW teams from 2017 to 2020. Thanks to the nature of short contracts, expansion teams and a part-time league, in just four seasons we’ve …
Picking an AFLW All Australian team is never an easy task. Finding a balanced team, with considerations toward those registering high stats, the big improvers of the year and players able to influence games the most can mean having a starting squad of 50 players before whittling it down. The biggest challenge of 2020 was …
With the AFLW 2020 season coming to an untimely end, it’s time to cast an eye over each Conference A team’s performance—looking at what they did well, what didn’t quite work and what each team’s focus should be heading towards 2021. This week it’s all about Conference A. Be sure to check in on next …
It’s been an unprecedented week in footy. First the season was proceeding at empty stadiums, then the AFLW Semi Finals were to be fast tracked, and now here we sit with the 2020 season abandoned and no premier to be named. Fremantle end the season with an unblemished record, North Melbourne and Carlton were surging …
In what is an uncertain time not just in sport but in the world, we were lucky to witness some really great footy over the weekend from AFLW round six—just from our TV screens and not the grounds. We’ve seen more and more bags of goals from young stars like Jasmine Garner, Kalinda Howarth and …