Joe De Petro planned the perfect family trip up to Sydney to see friends, play some golf and fit in a little work too – but most importantly, see Richmond take on the Giants. If only the Tiges could have added a win to Joe’s weekend away…
AFLW Winter Series – Footy’s Back!
June 28, 2018 by 2 Comments
Amid the cool of winter, Deb Waterhouse-Watson reconnected with her faves from the GWS Giants in the AFLW’s Winter Series.
The Father of the Giants
June 9, 2018 by 2 Comments
Former Comms manager at the Giants, Nick Johnston got to see what a great people person Kevin Sheedy is. On the occasion of Sheeds’ elevation to Legend status, Nick remembers those early days at the Giants.
Round 5 – St Kilda v GWS Giants: Saints nearly go marching in with upset
April 24, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The first draw of the season marked a rebound from several weeks of poor form for the Saints, of which Yoshi is grateful.
Jess Dal Pos goes to India
April 23, 2018 by 3 Comments
From Blacktown to Mumbai, Jess Dal Pos’ deep passion for footy has her kicking goals.
Round 3 – Sydney v GWS: When a skyline of cranes is no match for tenderness, beauty and (another) Buddy moment
April 13, 2018 by 7 Comments
Is Mathilde de Hauteclocque over Sydney? Not the Swans, just the city? Jump inside her mind as she thinks her way through her night at the footy and is lifted by an Ukrainian educator and O’Reilly James’s view of that Buddy goal. [Yep! – JTH]
Haiku Bob – Round 2: moon stranded
April 5, 2018 by 7 Comments
Haiku Bob on Collingwood’s Easter Saturday loss.
Round 2 – Collingwood v GWS: Giants run away from small pies (Floreat Pica Society)
April 3, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Paul O’Connell for the Floreat Pica Society writes of a much better effort from the ‘Pies (B Grundy 3 Horsburgh Medal votes). Do A Treloar and T Adams read the Herald Sun?
Jarrod Landells chats with Amanda Farrugia of GWS for The Women’s Game
March 26, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Amanda Farrugia was good enough to share her thoughts on GWS’ season with Almanacker Jarrod Landells for The Women’s Game
AFLW Round 7 – GWS Giants v Brisbane Lions: And then it happened…
March 19, 2018 by 9 Comments
Danielle Spicer’s Lions roared their way into Grand Final contention Friday night and then the Footy Gods put the rest of the results into motion for them to book their place in the big one.
AFLW Round 7 – GWS Giants v Brisbane: Hope and expectation
March 19, 2018 by 2 Comments
Georgina Hibberd allowed her hope for the Giants this season to turn into something more – expectation. So Friday night’s loss cut especially deep when the Lions ended any chance of GWS appearing in the 2018 Grand Final.
Grab a Pepa Burrito Tee! – Like Pepa herself
March 15, 2018 by 1 Comment
Grab a Pepa Burrito t-shirt to commemorate an iconic moment in AFLW Season 2 and support The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation. [Addendum – video of the moment GWS players received their own shirts]
AFLW Round 6 – GWS Giants v Western Bulldogs: Where are the Bulldogs snarls?
March 14, 2018 by 2 Comments
Yoshi watches the replay of the weekend’s big clash between the Giants and the Bulldogs and while disappointed in his Dogs’ loss, acknowledges that GWS are looking very impressive going into the final round of the AFLW season.
AFLW Round 6 – GWS Giants v Western Bulldogs: No barrier gets in the way of these Giants!
March 13, 2018 by 2 Comments
Joseph Ryan believes GWS can go all the way in the 2018 AFLW season and asks, if his Giants have ‘overcome every barrier and knocked off every other challenge they have faced this year, why not one more?’
Pride and Passion: The Growth of Women’s Footy in Greater Western Sydney
March 13, 2018 by 7 Comments
El Gibbs, co-presenter of BAFL Radio, a weekly radio show and podcast about AFL in Western Sydney, provides an insight into the growth of women’s football in the Greater Western Sydney region and how the passion for footy is a lot more prevalent there than you may think.
AFLW Round 6 – GWS Giants v Western Bulldogs: Golden Girls put Dogs back on the leash
March 13, 2018 by 3 Comments
Well there’s a big, big sound from the West of the town and Georgina Hibberd wasn’t going to miss seeing something special by her mighty Giants. So she travelled to Canberra on Saturday night after a hectic week to watch GWS take on the Dogs.
AFLW Round 6 – GWS Giants v Western Bulldogs: Fridge & Dally & Burrito & Cora & Gummo & Erin & Barr & Alicia
March 12, 2018 by 4 Comments
Mark O’Sullivan was in Canberra on Saturday night to watch his Giants take on the premiership favourite Bulldogs wearing his custom made GWS shirt. Though choosing only five names to print on it did prove to be difficult, especially when so many Giants women stood tall on the night.
AFLW Round 5 – Fremantle v GWS Giants: GrrrUmpy
March 6, 2018 by 2 Comments
Despite having a lot of favourite players on the park in GWS colours, Danae Gibson’s purple heart was still shattered as she saw the Dockers go down to the Giants in a tight tussle on Saturday.
Women in Sport Summit – Jarrod Landells’ interview with Amanda Farrugia
As a lead in to an upcoming summit, Jarrod Landells talked all things women in sport with GWS star Amanda Farrugia.