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]
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
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.
AFLW Round 5 – Fremantle v GWS Giants: ‘We didn’t fly five hours to lose.’
March 5, 2018 by 2 Comments
Georgina Hibberd is slowly letting hope in as her GWS Giants are coming into form at the right time in the short AFLW Season, defeating Fremantle on the road on Saturday.
How I accidentally fell in love with GWS
March 2, 2018 by 6 Comments
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 4 – Giants v Adelaide: A New Icon is Born – Pepa Burrito
February 27, 2018 by 1 Comment
Mark O’Sullivan braved the elements to witness the first draw of the AFLW Season when the Giants took on Adelaide on Sunday. Despite a great contest, it was something in the post match interview with Pepa Randall that really caught his eye…
AFLW Round 4 – GWS v Adelaide: Tackled
February 26, 2018 by 4 Comments
Georgina Hibberd made it through the deluge at Drummoyne in Round 2 so was well prepared for the weather gods to strike again at Blacktown on Sunday, though was not prepared for the deflating draw.
AFLW Round 4 – GWS v Adelaide: The Journey Continues
February 26, 2018 by 3 Comments
Anna Pavlou reminisces her last drive up to Sydney with her family on a sporting road trip as she watches Sunday’s AFLW clash between GWS and Adelaide in the dry comfort of home.
AFLW Round 4 – GWS v Adelaide: Draw in the Dark
February 26, 2018 by 2 Comments
Ron Barton is starting to lose hope of a back-to-back Adelaide AFLW Premiership after the Crows drew with the Giants on Sunday in the first draw of the 2018 Season.
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