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Sad to see Brown go but I think there was a very good chance that she would’ve been delisted if a trade could not be facilitated. List spots are a premium at AFLW level and from the club's point of view, she’s spent 2+ years on the list without playing a game and there is no guarantee that she...

The Age has the same... 18.24 is 132, so it is likely a keyboarding error from the original source and wasn't corrected.

Absolutely, we've now got the core of younger talent signed up on multi-year deals. Let's not forget that Pritchard was head hunted last season and only signed a 1-year extension, so for her to now sign up long-term shows that the offield changes were definitely for the better. I think...

A week of decent signings, which takes the number of players signed for 2025 onwards to 15 and I imagine we'll continue to drip-feed the signings over the coming weeks. Grigg, Pritchard and Weston-Turner are the big 3 names yet to sign on. Grigg is from SA but from all accounts loves it here...

Can confirm Angus Abbey and Jim Miller are alive as of November 2024.

Ray Baxter (Footscray 1958-64, 80 games) died on 12 November 2024. Can't find any official notice but it was announced on the WB past players group. He also played for Mordialloc in the VFA. AF has been updated.

Exactly, in my books losing Bannister, Kearney, Munyard and Toogood were all likely given their background. We got unlucky with Ernst, Huntington and Utri, but how we didn't manage to keep one of Birch, Brennan, Bruton, Conti and McCarthy during the expansion period was unacceptable. We...

If you want a depressing exercise, noted AFL/AFLW analyst Emlyn Breese has created an AFLW movement dashboard where you can track each club's ins and outs over the history of the competition... https://credittodubois.com/blog/graphing-aflw-player-movement-v2 Yes, we all know that we've lost...

I'm absolutely shocked by the Borg delisting. We could've easily put her on the inactive list and signed a replacement player but to delist someone a little over a month after doing their ACL is not only cold-hearted but extremely tone-deaf by the club. She had played every game up to doing her...

The final votes for the AFL Coaches Association AFLW Champion Player of the Year were released today with Pritchard finishing 20th overall, polling in 9 of our 11 games. Quite an achievement considering we had 4-5 games in which it was very difficult to get votes. I can definitely see Pritchard...

I don't believe any start date has been confirmed yet, happy to be corrected, but I know clubs were asked about the possibility of starting in R21 of the men's season, which would be around the first week of August. If that eventuates that would be approx 11 months after Laloifi did her ACL...

Season will start earlier, so will be close to whether she is fit.

Have absolutely no concerns regarding Blackburn and Edmonds, I've seen no indication that either is likely to request a trade, both are signed long-term and from all accounts, the list is very tight at the moment. Of course clubs are going to enquire, it's due diligence and with minimal trades...

Yeah as mid, she had a slow start but finished the season very strongly. Played pretty well today but went at 18% by foot.

A dead rubber for us to round out the year and the result was about as expected. A high stoppage game at a windy Fremantle Oval is never going to be one for the highlight reel. We looked great in patches, especially when we got the ball in our forward half, going well above the competition...

Agreed, it's looking like a really solid haul and let's not forget also that Barwick didn't play any footy in 2023 due to an ACL, so her development is understandably behind the others.

I’ve been travelling the last few days and haven’t been able to post about our win on Sunday. I have to say that after the Brisbane loss in R4, I reckon most of us were thinking it was going to be a winless season, so to win 4 of the next 6 is nothing short of amazing. The last two weeks have...

It’s gonna be a tough couple of games to round out the year with both St. Kilda and Fremantle both significantly more experienced and older. Wins and losses really aren’t all that relevant given that we’re well out finals contention, it’s all about development. I probably would’ve liked to see...

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/jack-macrae-reflects-on-2024-trade-to-st-kilda-and-the-fire-in-the-belly-over-returning-to-the-midfield/news-story/50fec6ed626ac2d044251aa7aad415aa

Pretty amazing that Edmonds is a test, I was convinced she’d miss the last two games.

Easily our best win for a couple of years, it was a great example of what we’re trying to build towards. Won the ball, used the ball well and applied serious pressure. I can’t recall the last time we met those three parameters. Very much a team effort and it’s amazing how much better we look...

Yeah I'd agree with that, it sounded like in some of the interviews she's done she wasn't expecting to play much senior footy this year and was building up her fitness, it makes sense given she's had a year off with a full time apprenticeship. She only played 52% of the game last week so that...

Interesting selection, I would’ve liked to have kept Farquharson in the 21, she’s definitely shown enough to keep her spot and it’s strange to see her omitted. Happy to see McKee come in though, having McFarlane, McKee and Weston-Turner all in the same side definitely suggests we plan to play a...

Can’t believe some of the comments regarding Sanders, it seems that he’s being judged because he was talked up as being the most ready player in history by Bevo. I think we can all agree that was a mistake, but just because he’s not showing the same as Daicos or Sheezel did in their first years...

The move to an Aug-Dec fixture and the subsequent "footy fatigue" has definitely played a part in crowd numbers going down, but charging entry to games has also played a significant part. Here are the median attendance numbers for each H&A season... *Only games with crowds are counted in this...

Wasn't it reported by one of the ITK that Macrae was happy to stay and fight for a spot if a suitable deal couldn't be met? I could be misremembering but I thought someone made a comment to that effect.