The AFL NSW/ACT Youth Girls State Cup was held on the weekend of October 24 and 25 in Bateau Bay, NSW. Nine teams from across all regions of NSW and the ACT travelled to the Central Coast town, to participate in…
The GIANTS have added two of Canberra’s finest sportswomen to their AFL Women’s team for 2017. Current Canberra United W-League captain Ellie Brush and former WNBA basketballer Jessica Bibby have been signed by the GIANTS as rookie players for the…
The 2016 National Female Diversity Championships are currently being played in Shepparton, Victoria. This year the Championships encompass the National U14 Kickstart and for the first year the National U14 All Nations Cup. The week long round-robin championships provide a pathway into…
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…
On Sunday, the Greater Western Sydney GIANTS announced Tim Schmidt as the inaugural senior coach of the GIANTS’ National Women’s League team. The former AFL player has been working with AFL NSW/ACT as Female Football High Performance coach and has been instrumental…
The GWS GIANTS are hosting an AFL Women’s Athlete Search designed to give female athletes who are currently active in other sports the chance to test their football skills. The aim of this program is to identify new talent (17…
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…
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’…
Just weeks after the AFL’s announcement to introduce a Women’s League, the small NSW town of Finley has debuted a Youth Girls team over the weekend. Being based on the NSW/VIC border The Finley Spiders have joined the Victorian Shepparton…
AFL NSW/ACT are delighted that that the Greater Western Sydney GIANTS will field a team in the new National Women’s League (NWL) in 2017. History was made when AFL Chairman Mike Fitzpatrick announced the clubs that have been granted a…
