Round 3 – West Coast v Geelong: Fifteen minutes of agony and nowhere to hide

Almanac newcomer SweetGeee tosses and turns, wanting to avoid those last fifteen minutes as the Cats take on the Eagles. But the replay doesn’t lie – hopes of a sweet dream remain a nightmare.

How I accidentally fell in love with GWS

Deb Waterhouse-Watson had a bitter break-up with AFL footy a few years ago, but there’s something about the AFLW that’s bringing her back to the game.

AFLW Round 3 – Adelaide v Western Bulldogs: A One Woman Show

On a boat in Goolwa SA, Holly Bousignac tries to relax in the picturesque setting she has from her boat, but the Crows and Bulldogs’ battle keeps her on edge until the very end.

AFLW Round 3 – Melbourne v Fremantle: Demons’ defeat leaves competition wide open

‘I’ve tried hard to ignore the comments made in the media about the state of the game. It’s really difficult to shut everything out though; I’m just lucky that there is a chorus of people who will tweet, comment, write and speak out in support of the competition.’
Cat Jones hopes the critics of AFLW were watching Sunday’s exciting clash between Fremantle and Melbourne.

Family Pride: Sophie Conway’s Pack

Kasey Symons catches up with Brisbane Lion Sophie Conway and her father John after the Round 3 game against Carlton and writes this very touching story.

AFLW Round 3 – Carlton v Brisbane: The Garfunkel

Jamie Simmons is being Jamie Simmons in his observation of Brisbane’s visit Down South. His Tayla has left him.

AFLW Round 3 – Collingwood v GWS: Three blokes walk into a bar

Smokie and his mates meet for a beer down the coast and take in the Collingwood v GWS AFLW match at the pub, though only after convincing the bartender to put the game on at least one of the TV’s that were all switched on to PyeongChang.

AFLW Round 3 – Fremantle v Melbourne: Winning and learning

Modern coaches like to win but they also like to come out of games with some teaching points as Les Everett highlights in his review of the Freo Vs Demons AFLW match.

AFLW Round 3 – Adelaide Crows v Western Bulldogs: A Few Monty Python Moments

The Adelaide Crows silenced the critics on the weekend by defeating the Western Bulldogs in the match of the season so far. But despite the magnificent game, Anne Cahill Lambert had to catch the action on her tablet due to lack of free-to-air broadcast.

AFLW Round 3 – Carlton v Brisbane: You had to be there

John Butler thinks impressions of the few televised AFLW games to date have distorted perceptions of developments across the league as a whole.

AFLW Round 3 – Fremantle v Melbourne: Year of the (under)Dog?

Danae Gibson was full of nerves watching her Dockers on Sunday but when Freo came out on top of the AFLW Premiership favourite Demons – it might infact be the Year of the (under)Dog.

AFLW Round 3 – Carlton v Brisbane: This is real footy

Gill enjoys a summer’s Saturday evening in Carlton – watching a sporting contest of meaning, purpose and heart.

AFLW Round 3 – Collingwood v GWS: Post-match interview with Amanda Farrugia

GWS scored a solid on-the-road win against Collingwood and then their Irish recruit Cora Staunton (broken nose and all) introduced her friend, Olympian Sonia O’Sullivan, who spoke glowingly of the women and the impact they are having. Kasey Symons was in the rooms to take it all in and caught up with Giants captain Amanda Farrugia to get her reaction to the performance.

AFLW Round 3 – Fremantle v Melbourne: Dockers stun Dees

Alyce Collett laments her Demon’s first loss of the season to a rejuvenated Fremantle outfit who have now won two in a row.

AFLW Round 3 – Collingwood v GWS: Someone was finally going to take home the points

Georgina Hibberd was thankful to be in the comfort of her home this week watching her Giants after last week’s experience in the eye of the storm, and the result was a lot sweeter as well.

AFLW Round 3 – Carlton v Brisbane Lions: Lions roar on the road

The Brisbane Lions were too good on the road this week defeating the Blues and claiming their position on the top of the ladder going into round 4. Danielle Spicer reports.

AFLW Round 3 – Adelaide v Western Bulldogs: “The Erin Phillips Show – 5 Stars!”

The Adelaide Fringe Festival had its official launch party on Friday night and writer and comedian, Bobby Macumber was there to see one of the greatest shows of the Festival, “The Erin Phillips Show – 5 Stars!”

AFLW Round 3 – Adelaide v Western Bulldogs: The best AFLW game so far

As Yoshi watched two elite teams compete in one of the most exciting games of AFLW so far in challenging circumstances, he wonders about new challenges in his life too.

AFLW Round 3 – Adelaide v Western Bulldogs: On the road again

A relaxing afternoon on the couch with a pizza under the aircon while watching the Bulldogs take on the Crows in Adelaide was on the cards for Ed Carmine – until both teams put on a blockbuster that was anything but relaxing to watch. [Great report Ed – KS]