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New Female Football Ambassadors announced

Nicola Barr

AFL NSW/ACT is pleased to announce the signing of five Female Football Ambassadors to promote female football within the region. The AFL NSW/ACT Female Football Ambassadors include 2017 GWS GIANTS AFL Women’s team members, Maddy Collier, Erin McKinnon, Nicola Barr,

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Jill Lindsay Scholarship awarded to Collier

Maddy Collier

  GWS Giants AFLW player and AFL NSW/ACT Female Ambassador, Maddy Collier has been awarded the 2017 Jill Lindsay Scholarship. Federal Women’s Minister, Michaelia Cash presented the Scholarship at the AFL’s ninth annual Women’s Industry Lunch, which celebrates women within the sporting industry,

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GIANTS announce AFLW leaders

Maddy Collier, Emma Swanson (VC), Amanda Farrugia (C), Jessica Dal Pos, Jess Bibby. Photo courtesy of GIANTS Media Western Sydney school teacher Amanda Farrugia will lead the GIANTS as captain in the inaugural NAB AFL Women’s season. Farrugia was announced

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NSW/ACT women take centre stage

NSW/ACT will have two representatives in this weekend’s Women’s Exhibition match being played on Saturday night at Whitten Oval. Maddy Collier and Nicola Barr have been named in the Western Bulldogs final-22 to take on rivals Melbourne for the Hamden-Hardiman

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Barr, Collier and Farrugia, named in Western Bulldogs squad

Bulldogs squad

NSW/ACT women’s players’, Nicola Barr (Sydney University), Maddy Collier (UNSW/ES) and Amanda Farrugia (Macquarie University) have been named in the Western Bulldogs squad for the final AFL women’s series exhibition match. WOMEN’S football will be showcased under lights at Whitten

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Maddy Collier joins Women’s Football Advisory Committee

Maddy Collier

Last week, the AFL Players’ Association today announced its inaugural Women’s Football Advisory Committee to drive the strategic direction of female player representation within the recently-announced National Women’s League. With 204 female members signed up to date, the AFL Players’

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Win would have been better than BOG, says Collier

NSW/ACT defender Maddy Collier says she would have preferred the taste of victory over being named best player for her team in Sunday’s loss to South Australia at Adelaide Oval. “It’s obviously a good personal achievement to be named best,

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NSWACT Women’s team go down by two to South Australia

Wet weather will always bring football down to one thing: the basics. It is here where NSW/ACT Female Head Coach, Tim Schmidt believes his squad lost their game against South Australia on Sunday at Adelaide Oval. Heading into the final

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PREVIEW: NSW/ACT vs. South Australia Women’s match

NSW/ACT will be aiming to consolidate their recent hold over South Australia when the two female open state squads face off on Sunday at Adelaide Oval. Following NSW/ACT’s victory over South Australia in the recent Youth Girls Division Two Grand Final, the

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