AFLW North Melbourne Football Club AFLW - Season 2024

[Colby Cheer Squad]

Bulldogs put it on their website Bulldogs Media | Western Bulldogs

Really? I'd be burying that tape if I was them.

 

[CURVE]

"Highlights" are now on the NMFC website. It's not really a highlights package it's basically just the shots on goal, the buildup to our goals were not included and neither was Gatt's run on the wing which is disappointing.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

"Highlights" are now on the NMFC website. It's not really a highlights package it basically just the shots on goal, the buildup to our goals were not included and neither was Gatt's run on the wing which is disappointing.

I needed the full replay to play Where’s Wally and spot myself around the boundary. Glad to have the link from cybercrab.

 

[CURVE]

Garner has been dudded by Sarah Black again.

Sarah Black's top 30

 

[The Nostradamus]

Garner has been duddeb by Sarah Black again.

Sarah Black's top 30

Sarah black takes the piss

Somehow missed riddell in the top 10 yet alone top 30

Bruton also should be top 30

 

[CURVE]

Sarah black takes the piss

Somehow missed riddell in the top 10 yet alone top 30

Bruton also should be top 30

I think Riddell is definitely a top 30 player, but Bruton is probably just outside, perhaps 35-40.

 

[Quivorir]

The refusal to put Garner at number one despite showing that Garner has better stats in that same article is almost comical.

 

[andana]

I needed the full replay to play Where’s Wally and spot myself around the boundary. Glad to have the link from cybercrab.

Is that your campervan that seems to be parked there every week?

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Is that your campervan that seems to be parked there every week?

Haha no.

 

[Luke72]

Garner has been dudded by Sarah Black again.

Sarah Black's top 30

What’s her problem? Seems to always be anti North

 

[Quivorir]

Just learned she's a tigers supporter. That explains it.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Just learned she's a tigers supporter. That explains it.

This is the issue with the media all have a team and let their unbiased shine but not make it public

Almost need each media article report to sign off with what team they support each time

Only a tigers support has conti ahead of garner

 

[Flawed Genius]

Ash Riddell not in the top 33 players in the competition is a laugh.

 

[shintemaster]

This is the issue with the media all have a team and let their unbiased shine but not make it public

Almost need each media article report to sign off with what team they support each time

Only a tigers support has conti ahead of garner

Jesus.

That was the same Conti that rolled out in the finals last year and did no damage at all yeah? Garner is well ahead of her.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

Jesus.

That was the same Conti that rolled out in the finals last year and did no damage at all yeah? Garner is well ahead of her.

Sarah Black must have been on the dark side of the Moon during that semi final as Jas took the game away from Richmond and Conti was missing in action.

 

[shintemaster]

Sarah Black must have been on the dark side of the Moon during that semi final as Jas took the game away from Richmond and Conti was missing in action.

Statistically better.
Proven performer in finals.
Match winner.

Apparently "consistency" beats this. What are the odds at no point did said person look up which teams played each other in this incredibly lopsided comp. Up there with not enough goal assists for moronic takes.

 

[giantroo]

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/aflw/afl-2023-north-melbourne-skipper-emma-kearney-says-bigger-footballs-could-unlock-better-womens-games/news-story/28c226eea334a26ec75fa9337aa001d2

AFL 2023: North Melbourne skipper Emma Kearney says bigger footballs could unlock better women’s games​

Amid rule changes and game tweaks, North Melbourne skipper and AFL Women’s veteran Emma Kearney has an idea that she reckons will change the game.
Lauren Wood

@LaurenHeraldSun

2 min read
August 21, 2023 - 6:35PM
News Corp Australia Sports Newsroom



North Melbourne captain Emma Kearney is advocating for AFL Women’s to be played with larger footballs.

Kearney joined fellow AFL Women’s captains at Marvel Stadium on Monday to launch the eighth season of the competition, with the league announcing AFLW prize money would increase by almost $500,000.

She also works alongside North Melbourne men’s senior coach Alastair Clarkson as a development coach and said her time in the men’s program had provoked her thought that a bigger sized football could help the women’s game.

“I put it to the AFL, but changing the size of the ball (would be one change I would make). Before AFLW, we played with a 4.5 (size ball), which is a women’s size ball,” the 33-year-old said.

“For whatever reason, they changed it to a 4 (for AFLW). Since working in the men’s program and kicking a size 5 around, although it’s bigger in my hands, it’s a lot easier to kick and you get more penetration and it doesn’t sort of float in the breeze as much as (the other) ball.”

Kearney said she had taken the idea to the league which “took it well and they’re actually trialling it”.

“If we can trial a bigger-sized football (in actual competition), I reckon it would improve the overall skills of AFLW,” the premiership player said.

While the league is yet to agree to a pay deal with women’s players, it announced on Monday that in addition to the McLelland Trophy, which offers clubs a shot at $1 million for the highest tally of premiership points across men’s and women’s competitions – with double points for AFLW games – it had increased season eight prizemoney to $1.1 million, to be split between the competition’s top eight teams.

In an agreement resolved last month to allow this season to go ahead, the AFL opted to keep the upcoming season at 10 games plus finals, though Kearney – a long-time advocate for an increase in season length – said the benefits to boosting games was evident.

“Most players in the competition, we want to play all teams at least once,” she said.

“West Coast we’ve only played (against) once, and we’ve been in the competition for four seasons.

“The more games we play, the better we’re going to get because we’re playing at the highest level. It takes time to jell and 10 games is not enough to do that.

“It’s cruel when you have girls who might have a soft-tissue injury or a broken limb – they could potentially miss the whole season or at least half of it based on that injury.”

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Negotiations remain ongoing for a new pay deal with the hope that the number of women’s games will increase from next season, though season length remains a key sticking point in talks.

“The AFL fixture is never going to be (completely) equitable,” Kearney said.

“But to have it a little bit more equitable, playing every team once would be beneficial.”

 

[CURVE]

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/aflw/afl-2023-north-melbourne-skipper-emma-kearney-says-bigger-footballs-could-unlock-better-womens-games/news-story/28c226eea334a26ec75fa9337aa001d2

AFL 2023: North Melbourne skipper Emma Kearney says bigger footballs could unlock better women’s games​

Amid rule changes and game tweaks, North Melbourne skipper and AFL Women’s veteran Emma Kearney has an idea that she reckons will change the game.
Lauren Wood

@LaurenHeraldSun

2 min read
August 21, 2023 - 6:35PM
News Corp Australia Sports Newsroom



North Melbourne captain Emma Kearney is advocating for AFL Women’s to be played with larger footballs.

Kearney joined fellow AFL Women’s captains at Marvel Stadium on Monday to launch the eighth season of the competition, with the league announcing AFLW prize money would increase by almost $500,000.

She also works alongside North Melbourne men’s senior coach Alastair Clarkson as a development coach and said her time in the men’s program had provoked her thought that a bigger sized football could help the women’s game.

“I put it to the AFL, but changing the size of the ball (would be one change I would make). Before AFLW, we played with a 4.5 (size ball), which is a women’s size ball,” the 33-year-old said.

“For whatever reason, they changed it to a 4 (for AFLW). Since working in the men’s program and kicking a size 5 around, although it’s bigger in my hands, it’s a lot easier to kick and you get more penetration and it doesn’t sort of float in the breeze as much as (the other) ball.”

Kearney said she had taken the idea to the league which “took it well and they’re actually trialling it”.

“If we can trial a bigger-sized football (in actual competition), I reckon it would improve the overall skills of AFLW,” the premiership player said.

While the league is yet to agree to a pay deal with women’s players, it announced on Monday that in addition to the McLelland Trophy, which offers clubs a shot at $1 million for the highest tally of premiership points across men’s and women’s competitions – with double points for AFLW games – it had increased season eight prizemoney to $1.1 million, to be split between the competition’s top eight teams.

In an agreement resolved last month to allow this season to go ahead, the AFL opted to keep the upcoming season at 10 games plus finals, though Kearney – a long-time advocate for an increase in season length – said the benefits to boosting games was evident.

“Most players in the competition, we want to play all teams at least once,” she said.

“West Coast we’ve only played (against) once, and we’ve been in the competition for four seasons.

“The more games we play, the better we’re going to get because we’re playing at the highest level. It takes time to jell and 10 games is not enough to do that.

“It’s cruel when you have girls who might have a soft-tissue injury or a broken limb – they could potentially miss the whole season or at least half of it based on that injury.”

​

Negotiations remain ongoing for a new pay deal with the hope that the number of women’s games will increase from next season, though season length remains a key sticking point in talks.

“The AFL fixture is never going to be (completely) equitable,” Kearney said.

“But to have it a little bit more equitable, playing every team once would be beneficial.”

There have been a few people advocating for a bigger ball since the start of the AFLW, the smaller ball not only floats but it bounces differently as well.

 

[Ligma]

There have been a few people advocating for a bigger ball since the start of the AFLW, the smaller ball not only floats but it bounces differently as well.

noooooo my hands are legit tiny

 

[Teen Wolf]

noooooo my hands are legit tiny

Lots of broken fingers with a bigger ball, hence the reason they (starting with Nicole Graves ~25 years ago) made it smaller.

A moderator on the Essendon board last week said "but a bigger ball means more marks"... to which I pointed out marks are actually taken more frequently in AFLW than AFL. Cue threadban.

 

[Quivorir]

Still think the biggest issue is they are playing with 2 less players on the same size fields as men. Put it back to 18 a side ffs.

 

[Twinkletoes]

My son’s under 11 team plays with size 4 footballs and we get to kick them when asked to assist at training. It’s completely different to kicking a full sized footy and I agree with Emma.

Less penetration and more prone to being affected by the wind are the smaller balls. The only upside is they’re easier to handle.

 

[andana]

noooooo my hands are legit tiny

In the 1970s and early 1980s, wide receivers and defensive backs began using Stickum, which was a thick, dark yellow, glue-like material that helped pull the football into their hands, like a magnet. Perhaps most famously, Raiders defensive back Lester Hayes was known to use so much of the substance on his body that Stickum dripped off him. Hayes intercepted 13 passes in 1980 and won the league’s Defensive Player of the Year award. “I could catch a football behind my back on one knee,” he later said. “It was tremendous stuff.” Adhesives like Stickum were banned the next year, in 1981. As a result, manufacturers began producing gloves that improved players’ grips on the ball. Technology has since improved to the point that gloves themselves – “sticky gloves” – have enabled receivers and other players to drop fewer passes and make more spectacular-looking, one-handed catches.

 

[Gumble Frankieton]

 

[andana]

Four Kangaroos eligible for 2023 AFLW Rising Star​

North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos’ youngsters Tess Craven, Taylah Gatt, Charli Granville and Cassidy Mailer are among those in contention for this year’s AFLW Rising Star Award
By NMFC Media - 1 hr ago

North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos’ youngsters Tess Craven, Taylah Gatt, Charli Granville and Cassidy Mailer are among those in contention for this year’s AFLW Rising Star Award.
The Rising Star Award recognises the AFLW’s most talented young players, with two players nominated as the weekly Rising Star nominees after each round of the home and away season.
At the end of the season, the All-Australian selection panel will choose the winner from the 20 nominees.

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Craven, 19, has played 14 games since making her debut in 2022 Season 6, while Gatt, 18, and Granville, 19, have played 13 and four games respectively since both debuting in 2022 Season 7.
Mailer, 19, will hope to make her AFLW debut in 2023 after an injury interrupted first season.
Previously, players were ineligible to be nominated if they had been nominated previously, irrespective of how many matches they had played. However, this year the AFL has confirmed changes to the eligibility criteria to add depth to the Rising Star pool and provide scope for those players who had limited exposure to the AFLW system during Season 7 due to balancing school commitments.
Players will be eligible to be nominated for the Rising Star award if:

• They are under the age of 21 on 31 December; and
• Have not previously been nominated for the Rising Star award unless they have played a total of 10 or less matches at the beginning of the season, and;
• Have not previously won the AFLW Rising Star award.