Anne Cahill Lambert has concerns about the position of women in sport. In particular, the scenario surrounding the resignation of Raelene Castle as CEO of Rugby Australia highlights this difficulty she comments.
Book Review – Women in Boots: Football and Feminism in the 1970s
April 7, 2020 by 2 Comments
“Heather Reid and Marion Stell have combined to tell the stories of a generation of Australian and New Zealand women who took up Association football in the 1960s and 1970s”. Roy Hay reviews a book about some early Australian women’s sporting pioneers.
AFLW Semi Final – Carlton v Brisbane: All Good Things Must Come To An End
March 24, 2020 by 1 Comment
William Westerman watched his Lions battle the Blues as larger events swirled around them. He pays his tribute to an AFLW season cut short.
AFLW – Revised match schedule for the first weekend of Finals
March 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment
The final Rounds of the AFLW have been cancelled. A reworked Finals series will commence this weekend. Here’s the draw!
AFLW Round 6 – St Kilda v Richmond: Great win in tough times giving Tiges goalless Saturday
March 15, 2020 by 2 Comments
Japanese Almanac correspondent Yoshi is very pleased with St Kilda’s big win over Richmond in their Round 6 AFLW match at Moorabbin.
AFLW Round 6 – St. Kilda v Richmond: Saints achieve their goal against goalless Tigers
March 15, 2020 by 1 Comment
The Saints produced their best performance of the season writes Braham Dabscheck.
AFLW Round 6 – Footy Fixture
March 12, 2020 by Leave a Comment
As the end of the AFLW nears and some crucial matches coming up, find out who your team is playing, and where and when.
AFLW Round 5 – Carlton v St Kilda: Still Disheartened
March 12, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Our Japanese AFL correspondent Yoshi is struggling to find good news at the moment but hasn’t given up. He shares his on-field and off-field battles as well as his thoughts about his beloved Saints in the AFLW.
My International Women’s Day sportsfest
March 9, 2020 by 1 Comment
Cathi Johnston packed in a couple of big sporting contests featuring some amazing women for International Women’s Day. The day didn’t start off in the best fashion, but her first ever live cricket experience certainly brought some smiles.
AFLW Round 5 – Carlton v St. Kilda: Saints on the improve despite experiencing the Blues
March 8, 2020 by 1 Comment
Although the Saints lost their Round 5 AFLW match against the Blues, Braham Dabscheck saw many positive aspects from the developing Saints that pleased him.
Round 4 AFLW – St Kilda v Fremantle: Heartwarming then heartbreaking – a truly Moorabbin afternoon
March 5, 2020 by 2 Comments
In the St Kilda Football Club’s inaugural AFLW season, Yvette Wroby finds this particular loss the hardest to bear thus far. Yet there were still so many positives.
AFLW Round 5 – Footy Fixture
March 5, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This week it’s Round 5 of the AFLW 2020 season, and it is sure to be another cracker!
AFLW Round 4 – St Kilda v Fremantle: Heartbroken could have started on Friday
March 4, 2020 by 2 Comments
Yoshi reckons a certain 50 metre penalty summed his weekend up perfectly.
AFLW Round 4 – Haiku Bob: blunt sounds
March 4, 2020 by 3 Comments
Haiku Bob ponders his Magpies’ performance in their loss on Friday night under the closed roof at Docklands.
AFLW Round 4 – Richmond v Geelong: Elle Dorado
March 3, 2020 by 4 Comments
Michael Nichols reports on the AFLW Round 4 clash Geelong v Richmond from the Queen Elizabeth Oval in Bendigo.
AFLW Round 4 – Adelaide v Carlton: Not so useless after all
March 3, 2020 by 5 Comments
John Butler reports on an impressive Carlton performance.
AFLW Round 4 – North Melbourne v Gold Coast: Poetry in Motion
March 2, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Always nice to see some more poetry around the traps – Rob Chanter was in the mood for some Sapphic stanzas following the ‘Roos nail-biter over the pugnacious Suns.
AFLW Round 4 – St. Kilda v Fremantle: Saints outpointed in unlucky loss to Dockers
March 2, 2020 by 1 Comment
Heartbreak in Moorabbin, the Saints came off their first ever win and fell just a single point short of competition heavyweights Fremantle. Braham Dabscheck sees positive signs and areas needing polish before the next game against the Blues.
AFLW Round 3 – Haiku Bob: just a few points
February 28, 2020 by 5 Comments
So close, yet so far, feathers ruffled, Pies fly off to swoop another day. Haiku Bob reflects.
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