AFLW Port Adelaide AFLW (Team to enter in 2022 season)

[TeeKray]

The poor SUNS girls. Just achieved their club's highest ever finish (men's or women's) of 9th and also their first win over Port since 2011 and they're still bottom of the barrel for attendances.

 

[raptalia]

The AFL do not get much of a return for all the hand outs they throw at the Gold Coast. It is not just the AFL either, in the NRL the Cowboys have a better supporter base in Townsville than the Titans have in the Gold Coast. It is a good place for a holiday but no one wants to play sport in the Gold Coast, they cannot hold onto players in any code and support is pretty thin.

Maybe the Gold Coast girls will prove to be the exception?

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

The AFL do not get much of a return for all the hand outs they throw at the Gold Coast. It is not just the AFL either, in the NRL the Cowboys have a better supporter base in Townsville than the Titans have in the Gold Coast. It is a good place for a holiday but no one wants to play sport in the Gold Coast, they cannot hold onto players in any code and support is pretty thin.

Maybe the Gold Coast girls will prove to be the exception?

Most of the girls on their list are Queenslanders so that will help. Plus if they have a decent career outside footy, they wont leave to play footy for 4 months a year, whilst its still a semi-pro comp.

The 4 they lost to Port were, Perry is from Adelaide, Dunn from Canberra, Surman from the Sunshine Coast and Yortson from Brisbane.

 

[Grave Danger]

The AFL do not get much of a return for all the hand outs they throw at the Gold Coast. It is not just the AFL either, in the NRL the Cowboys have a better supporter base in Townsville than the Titans have in the Gold Coast. It is a good place for a holiday but no one wants to play sport in the Gold Coast, they cannot hold onto players in any code and support is pretty thin.

Maybe the Gold Coast girls will prove to be the exception?

Surf Lifesaving and Iron Man/Woman type stuff is the go with young locals. Swimming too, most likely.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Surf Lifesaving and Iron Man/Woman type stuff is the go with young locals. Swimming too, most likely.

Nah.

I used to go up there every year before Covid hit, for almost 20 years, to see my sister, and most of the Gold Coast is just like outer suburbia of our capital cities and kids play all sports. Its just that once you get to 15 or 16 there are plenty of options to do things and enjoy the good weather and lifestyle, to take your interest away from sports. Happens everywhere, but the environment of GC makes it easier to leave sports unless you are really competitive and driven to play them.

The other thing is kids look at leaving once they finish school - up to Brisbane or down to Sydney or Melbourne.

 

[Grave Danger]

Nah.

I used to go up there every year before Covid hit, for almost 20 years, to see my sister, and most of the Gold Coast is just like outer suburbia of our capital cities and kids play all sports. Its just that once you get to 15 or 16 there are plenty of options to do things and enjoy the good weather and lifestyle, to take your interest away from sports. Happens everywhere, but the environment of GC makes it easier to leave sports unless you are really competitive and driven to play them.

The other thing is kids look at leaving once they finish school - up to Brisbane or down to Sydney or Melbourne.

I was going by what this Iron Man champ was saying when he was interviewed on 6PR recently (from around 8:40 specifically)

 

[Teen Wolf]

The money the AFL started pumping into Qld since the 2007 TV deal started, via AFLQ, seems to be paying off with the GC team being the best team outside the 8 with Brisbane the best team inside the 8.

And somehow they both manage to cope without having teams in the QAFLW...

Anyway, there is enough locally produced talent to support two competitive Queensland teams, no doubt. But in reality, Brisbane have the Lions' share, hence their strength (about 13 BL players would make a hypothetical SOO QLD team, whereas the Suns would have 2 or 3).

Consequently GC are heavily reliant on players from Victoria (top 3 disposal-getters, and 4 of their top 5; top 2 goal-kickers, including the captain). Take that section of the list away, and they'd be a bottom 2 team. There's basically no link between the team's performance and the strength of local talent.

Similarly, there's no link between Essendon's AFLW performance and their VFLW program. Typically 3 or 4 players from the VFLW team got a game each week for the AFLW team, and they were quite obviously fringe selections. For more proof that having a state league program is a red herring, see the improvement of Richmond in AFLW since axing their VFLW team.

All of this is to say that Port Adelaide could easily be a top 10 team next year, with more time to seriously pursue AA-calibre players from around the country. The alternative is to just go the West Coast/Carlton routes: make lowball offers that will be rejected, lazily over-rely on local teenagers, and fall further behind the pack.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Similarly, there's no link between Essendon's AFLW performance and their VFLW program. Typically 3 or 4 players from the VFLW team got a game each week for the AFLW team, and they were quite obviously fringe selections. For more proof that having a state league program is a red herring, see the improvement of Richmond in AFLW since axing their VFLW team.

Its not about the players, its about the structures. The program didn't need to be built from scratch over 6 months, because it had been developed since 2018, not with standing 2020 no games were played.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Its not about the players, its about the structures. The program didn't need to be built from scratch over 6 months, because it had been developed since 2018, not with standing 2020 no games were played.

Yeah only the unimportant structures like playing list and coaching staff were built from scratch this year.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Yeah only the unimportant structures like playing list and coaching staff were built from scratch this year.

What a dopey sarcastic comment.

 

[Marmozet]

Arnell reflects on inaugural season

Senior coach Lauren Arnell has looked back on a whirlwind six months that saw Port Adelaide's AFLW side built from the ground-up and complete their inaugural season.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

 

[Grave Danger]

Port Adelaide has confirmed captain Erin Phillips is to return next season, her eighth in the AFLW.

Port Adelaide set to build upon exciting young list

Port Adelaide's mission to build a winning AFLW side on the solid foundation of the inaugural season will start with strategic recruiting ... when the league opens the door for key signings and trades.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

 

[Garibaldi Red]

 

[Grave Danger]

Uh oh, the Hinkley influence is permeating...

 

[Grave Danger]

Talented duo selected for 22Under22 preliminary squad

Young guns Hannah Ewings and Alex Ballard have been named in the the AFL Players’ Association AFLW 22Under22 44-player squad.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

 

[Marmozet]

 

[Marmozet]

AFLW players set for 2023 SANFLW League

Port Adelaide AFLW players will play in the SANFLW competition early next year.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

Port Adelaide AFLW / SANFLW club allocation:

Central Districts

• Olivia Levicki
• Maria Moloney
• Julia Teakle

Glenelg

• Sarah Goodwin
• Ella Boag
• Maggie MacLachlan

North Adelaide

• Britt Perry
• Hannah Ewings
• Amelie Borg

Norwood

• Hannah Dunn
• Jade Halfpenny
• Ebony O’Dea
• Sachi Syme

South Adelaide

• Indy Tahau
• Cheyenne Hammond
• Laquoiya Cockatoo-Motlap
• Litonya Cockatoo-Motlap

Sturt

• Alex Ballard
• Tessa Doumanis

West Adelaide

• Lily Johnson
• Gemma Houghton

Woodville West Torrens

• Abbey Dowrick
• Yasmin Duursma

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

AFLW players set for 2023 SANFLW League

Port Adelaide AFLW players will play in the SANFLW competition early next year.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

Port Adelaide AFLW / SANFLW club allocation:

Central Districts

• Olivia Levicki
• Maria Moloney
• Julia Teakle

Glenelg

• Sarah Goodwin
• Ella Boag
• Maggie MacLachlan

North Adelaide

• Britt Perry
• Hannah Ewings
• Amelie Borg

Norwood

• Hannah Dunn
• Jade Halfpenny
• Ebony O’Dea
• Sachi Syme

South Adelaide

• Indy Tahau
• Cheyenne Hammond
• Laquoiya Cockatoo-Motlap
• Litonya Cockatoo-Motlap

Sturt

• Alex Ballard
• Tessa Doumanis

West Adelaide

• Lily Johnson
• Gemma Houghton

Woodville West Torrens

• Abbey Dowrick
• Yasmin Duursma

So Phillips, Mules and Foley get a leave pass and we have cut Liz McGrath, that makes 27. Have we cut 3 other players??

Edit other 3 players are DeMelo and Queeenslanders Yorston and Surman.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[Marmozet]

AFLW Latest News - AFL.com.au/aflw

Latest breaking AFLW news from the official website of the Australian Football League.

www.womens.afl

West Adelaide vs Woodville-West Torrens:

"Port Adelaide mid Abbey Dowrick helped Woodville-West Torrens to its first win of the season with a game-high 29 disposals, five marks and five clearances. West Adelaide young gun and Port Adelaide academy member Lauren Young had 22 disposals, six marks and six tackles in the loss."

Norwood vs Sturt:

"Norwood came from behind against Sturt to make it back-to-back wins with help from Port Adelaide-listed player Sachi Syme, who had a game high 26 disposals."

South Adelaide vs North Adelaide:

"South Adelaide bounced back after its loss in round four to defeat North Adelaide off the back of some strong performances by Port Adelaide-listed players Indy Tahau and Cheyenne Hammond. Tahau kicked a goal from 12 disposals and had 10 tackles while Hammond collected 15 disposals and had nine tackles.

Reigning AFLW Rising Star Hannah Ewings was the best for North Adelaide with her 22 disposals, eight tackles, nine inside 50s and a goal in the loss."

 

[EskimoPAFC]

AFLW Latest News - AFL.com.au/aflw

Latest breaking AFLW news from the official website of the Australian Football League.

www.womens.afl

 

[Grave Danger]

AFLW Latest News - AFL.com.au/aflw

Latest breaking AFLW news from the official website of the Australian Football League.

www.womens.afl

"Young, a year 12 student at Henley High School and zoned to Port Adelaide's Next Generation Academy (the South Australian clubs don't have automatic rights to their NGA players, by mutual agreement)"

We'd better not bloody miss out on getting Lauren

 

[EskimoPAFC]

"Young, a year 12 student at Henley High School and zoned to Port Adelaide's Next Generation Academy (the South Australian clubs don't have automatic rights to their NGA players, by mutual agreement)"

We'd better not bloody miss out on getting Lauren

She's a lock I think. Unless we finish ahead of the Crows? lol

 

[RossFC]

 

[OneGreatClub]