The first ever AFL Sydney Juniors Under 12s Girls Competition was launched over the weekend with 20 new teams joining the Sydney Harbour contest for 2017. Over 300 girls and their families were present at the event where they were…
It’s a Saturday night in Canberra. Skyfire – one of the nation’s capital’s biggest events – is on down the road, but a record six thousand people have arrived at UNSW Canberra Oval to see the GIANTS Women’s team play…
Two players from the AFL NSW/ACT Talent Pathway have been nominated for the 2017 NAB Rising Star Award in the AFL Women’s competition. Nicola Barr of the GWS GIANTS was yesterday announced as one of the final two nominees for 2017 for her…
Written by Leyla Kaya. “It wasn’t something that I necessarily thought would ever happen, maybe twelve months ago I’d never have dreamed that there would be a professional women’s AFL competition” says GWS GIANTS AFLW player Rebecca Beeson. When she…
GREATER Western Sydney captain Amanda Farrugia may have been born and bred in Giants territory, but her appointment was based on outstanding leadership qualities, and had nothing to do with her being a local. Farrugia was named the Giants’ inaugural…
18-year-old Wollongong product Kate Stanton kicked two goals in tough conditions in Coorparoo. PHOTO: David Layden The GIANTS have gone down by 16-points in an AFLW practice match against Brisbane on Saturday. Greasy and wet conditions made scoring difficult at…
MAI Nguyen is the perfect poster girl for the Giants’ push in western Sydney, and that’s just the way she likes it. Nguyen grew up in Cabramatta, a suburb 30km south-west of Sydney’s CBD and smack bang in GWS territory.…
n 2016, AFL NSW/ACT launched the first ever Female AFL Academies in the region, giving 200 females the opportunity to hone their skills ahead of the AFL Women’s competition in 2017. In 2017, the female academies will be based across five regions – Sydney East,…
The fixture for the inaugural NAB AFL Women’s competition was recently released, with three matches to be played in Sydney and Canberra and all games across the competition to be broadcast live. The GWS GIANTS will play two home games…
AFL Canberra would like to thank the Independent Property Group (IPG) for their valued sponsorship to the league for a number of years. IPG’s contribution has been tremendous for the development of the code in particular the IPG Women’s Competition and IPG Representative…
