No, Sabrina isnt explosive, and is never playing wing, but I was pointing out her endurance, and her capacity to take punishment. This is a better indication of your ability to stand up to a cycle of playing inside mid, taking hits, fighting of tackles, laying tackles, then pushing to the next contest, over a cycle of weeks and months.Not a great analogy to the explosiveness needed to play Aussie Rules, Ruck is probably the least explosive position on the ground.
No doubt in my mind they need an amount of income that’s equal to an average salary.
It takes 6 months minimum to get ready for 3mths of producing your best and being strong enough to cope with that demand on the body.
You used to hear it all the time with the mens game “He needs a few preseasons under his belt” and similar.
If AFLW players don’t use 6mths to get ready, the game will go past them especially if they’re pushing 30
Small players can do this, if they are quick and elusive. Conti is probably my pick for best player in the AFLW, but thats because of her ability to avoid to many hits, not her capacity to take them. She is physically incapable of the inside bull roll for any sustained period of time, which is the roll players like Lamb and Davey have. They aren't better suited to this roll if they lose weight imop.
Lamb needs to be fitter, but I dont think she needs to be a lean low weight player imop.