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The Round Up: AFLW Round Five 2022

By Gemma Bastiani   Posted in AFLW Aussie Rules The Roundup
Posted on February 8, 2022February 7, 2022

Presented by Ida Sports. Just one undefeated team remains, as both Geelong and the Western Bulldogs registered hard fought first wins of the 2022 season. Geelong v West Coast — Friday @ Kardinia Park Geelong 2.1.13 | 3.1.19 | 3.1.19 | 4.3.27West Coast 0.0.0 | 1.3.9 | 2.5.17 | 3.6.24 Goals Geelong: Phoebe McWilliams (2), …

Underrated: who flew under the AFLW radar in 2020

By Gemma Bastiani   Posted in AFLW Aussie Rules
Posted on May 26, 2020January 17, 2021
Kate Gillespie-Jones celebrates a goal with teammates. Image: North Melbourne Kangaroos

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 …

Siren’s 2020 AFLW All Australian Team: too many midfielders?

By Gemma Bastiani   Posted in AFLW Aussie Rules
Posted on March 31, 2020January 16, 2021
Karen Paxman kicks a goal against the Western Bulldogs. Image: Megan Brewer

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 …

AFLW Season Wrap: Conference A

By Gemma Bastiani   Posted in AFLW Aussie Rules The Roundup
Posted on March 31, 2020January 16, 2021

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 …

The Roundup: AFLW Round Five

By Gemma Bastiani   Posted in AFLW Aussie Rules The Roundup
Posted on March 10, 2020January 16, 2021

We’re officially into the second half of the 2020 season and every game can have a huge impact on ladder positioning and, therefore, finals. With a minimum margin of three goals in AFLW round five, plenty of teams are putting the foot down in order to maintain their percentage and their best chance of making …

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21. Work behind the scenes - Siren: A Women in Sport Collective

Co-founders Kasey Symons, Kirby Fenwick and Gemma Bastiani catch up in this episode of the podcast to share what they've each been up to recently, and what Siren's been doing behind the scenes. -- Subscribe to the Siren newsletter: https://sirensport.substack.com Intro & outro music by Seja.
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