PREVIEW | 2024 WAFLW Round 4: Saturday
A TRIPLE treat of matches out West take place for the WAFL Women’s competition as Round 4 kicks off tomorrow. Unbeaten West Perth will take on a hungry South Fremantle, top four sides East Fremantle and Swan Districts will search for their third wins, while it is winless East Perth against undefeated Claremont at Leederville […]
PREVIEW | 2024 WAFLW Round 2: Saturday
A STANDALONE blockbuster match between last year’s top two sides at the end of the regular season takes place tomorrow, with South Fremantle hosting Claremont. While neither team ultimately took home silverware in 2023, both sides will be back with a vengeance to go better in 2024.
Season 8 AFLW preview: Fremantle
SEASON 7 was a horror one for Fremantle, largely due to its almost unbelievable bad luck with injuries. Though the Dockers managed to stabilise as the season went on, some disappointing early losses, combined with an ever-growing medical room meant they never really had a chance to challenge for the flag. Though Fremantle ended the […]
AFLW Season 7: Round 7 Talking Points – Not all goes as expected
SATURDAY’s action in the AFL Women’s saw things largely go as expected, but not completely. Gold Coast, Brisbane and Adelaide all won as expected, but Hawthorn caused a minor upset, winning their third match in a row by downing Port Adelaide.
Cooper “disappointed but proud” of Dockers’ efforts
A DISAPPOINTED but proud Fremantle coach Trent Cooper admitted his side’s three-point loss on the road to the Western Bulldogs “was a big step in the right direction” despite heading home without any premiership points, After two heavy defeats at the hands of Brisbane and Geelong, the Dockers, who have the longest injury list in […]
AFLW Season 7: Round 3 Talking Points – Dogs show bite for third straight
THE WESTERN Bulldogs maintained their unblemished start to Season 7, moving to 3-0 after a tense three-point win over Fremantle. It was a low-scoring affair at Ikon Park and despite leading at the first three breaks, the Dockers fell behind six minutes into the final quarter and could not quite claw back. Now, the West […]
Dockers looking to bounce back against Cats
FREMANTLE coach Trent Cooper believes his side can turn around its 49-point defeat at the hands of Brisbane when the Dockers return home to host Geelong. The Cats head to Fremantle Oval coming off a spirited hard slog against Richmond at GMHBA, while the Dockers were comprehensively beaten by the Lions up at The Gabba. […]
AFLW clubs dust off cobwebs ahead of season
THOUGH the official practice matches kick off next weekend, 16 of the 18 clubs engaged in either unofficial practice matches or match simulations over the past week. We summarised the notes made by clubs across the competition to put it all in one place. ADELAIDE vs PORT ADELAIDE Adelaide and Port Adelaide clashed at Thebarton […]
WAFLW Player Focus: Sasha Goranova (Claremont)
WESTERN Australia had four mature-age AFLW Draft Combine invitees in 2022, with Claremont boasting three of them, including midfielder Sasha Goranova. Nicknamed “The Russian”, Goranova was one of two players – along with Jess Low – who trained with West Coast in 2021 as potential train-ons to fill a role with the Eagles’ growing injury […]
2022 AFLW debut season focus: Round 10
ADELAIDE unveiled the only AFL Women’s debutant in Round 10, blooding a highly touted tall on the eve of finals. We take a look at how those in their debut campaigns performed this past weekend – either first-year players, or those who were yet to make their AFL Women’s debut despite being on a club’s […]
