AFLW Round 2 – Brisbane vs Western Bulldogs: Pride of the West

Daughter of the west Danielle Croci watched on with pride as her Bulldogs defeated the Lions in tough heat conditions in Brisbane.

AFLW Round 2 – Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs : Fitting it all in

Yvette Wroby makes it a quaddy and watches all four games. Heartbroken at all the injuries, she is still amazed that these tough players give it a crack. Finding something positive in every game, she reports on the Western Bulldogs taking the win in 35 degree heat on Sunday afternoon. And being able to watch it live.

Tayla Harris by Aidan (9)

Last season it was footy cards. Now Smokie’s talented footy-mad nephew – 9 year-old Blues fan Aidan – has been drawing a portrait of Tayla Harris

AFLW Round 2 – Fremantle v Collingwood: a crowd, reborn.

With a record crowd of 41,975 in attendance at the new Perth Stadium, Danae Gibson tells us how it felt to actually be there.

AFLW Round 2 – Fremantle v Collingwood: The Perfect Housewarming

Kasey Symons can put rivalry behind her to offer support to ‘Team Women’s Football’. [Good to see the toys stayed in the cot Kasey – JTH]

AFLW Round 2 – Melbourne v Adelaide: It’s a Melbourne Thing

In a busy weekend for sport in Melbourne, Anna Pavlou found the AFLW clash between reigning premiers Adelaide and the premiership favourite Demons a great addition to the action in the sports capital.

Memo: Steven Hocking … A Directive to the Men’s Game

Dave H doesn’t like double standards and hopes a similar directive from Steven Hocking will also reach the 18 AFL clubs before this 2018 season. This is how he imagines it might read…

AFLW Round 2 – GWS v Carlton: The Drummoyne Experience

Torrential rain, thunder, lightning and the old Oxford Hotel not having Toohey’s Old on tap wasn’t enough to dampen Dave H’s night out at the footy in Drummoyne.

AFLW: Great game, good game, so-what game, bad game … still game (Jay Z reference)

Trucker Slim responds those who had the knives out for the AFLW following Round 1 of the new season. He looks at the nature of AFLW and the purpose it serves, and the opportunity it has provided and will continue to provide. It’s a revolution which has opened up the world of women’s and girls’ capacity to play the game. He also makes some interesting points, when looking at AFLW in commercial terms, about the nature of the so-called market or fan base.

AFLW 2018 in names only – an unhelpful guide to all of the AFLW players of 2018

Contributor and mad Dees fan Ann Deux gives you her unhelpful guide to all the AFLW players of 2018. A thoroughly entertaining read. [Great suff Ann – KS]

Raving Rulebook 14

Rulebook is certainly raving this week as he becomes rather animated over various issues including umpiring in AFLW, resting cricketers at international level, and nocturnal activities at the Winter Olympics.

The 2018 ‘Do As You’re Told’ Cup

Earl O’Neill expresses his thoughts on the AFLW situation and the Superbowl in typical earl style.

AFLW Round 1 – Western Bulldogs v Fremantle: Heave Oh!

Danae Gibson is back home in Perth… just in time to watch the Bulldogs dominate her Dockers

AFLW Round 1 – Melbourne v GWS: Getting voted off Demon Island

For lifelong Dee’s fan Joseph Ryan, it took a pretty special reason for him to jump on board the Giants in AFLW – though perhaps not reason enough for his Demon loving friends to forgive his treachery!

Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: The Curate’s Egg

Cam Hooke analyses the AFLW game – where the stats pointed to a Pies win. [Ripped off by the umps and The Universe again Cam – JTH] And prepares us for AFLX with an acknowledgement that none of us will have a clue until we see it. [Fair enough – JTH]

The People’s Game Podcast 

Jack Banister has started a new footy podcast. Here’s the run down and the first episode.

AFLW Round 1 – Western Bulldogs v Fremantle: Goal kicking with emotion

Yoshi’s first footy training session for the Osaka Dragons has started to help him learn to read football in a new way. Here is his match report based on his experience of starting to play the game he has been so passionate about.

AFLW Round 1 – Adelaide v Brisbane: Missing your jockey in a one horse town

So much sport in Adelaide on the weekend but Dave Brown had to get to the Parade to see the crowds at his home of footy

AFLW Round 1 – Western Bulldogs v Fremantle: Women of the Kennel Shine.

Yvette Wroby didn’t make it to the Kennel, but the super powerful Katie Brennan and her team of new and old stars did. It was a weekend of women writing their own stories.

AFLW Round 1 – Adelaide Crows v Brisbane Lions: Not really the sound of music

Watching the Crows lose the AFLW GF re-match was not one of Anne Cahill Lambert’s favourite things as Adelaide went down on Saturday night to a slick Brisbane Lions’ unit.