AFLW 2022: Follow all the news leading into round 6

The results are in from a survey of AFLW players conducted earlier this year. How respected do they feel by their football clubs prior to this year’s landmark pay deal?

Georgie Prespakis of the Cats.

More than 20 per cent of AFL Women’s players felt they were more disrespected than not by AFL headquarters, prior to this year’s landmark pay deal.

The players reported in a recent survey their access to club resources could be significantly improved.

AFLW players completed an online survey between January and March this year with each club’s results shared with respective club hierarchy.

The players were surveyed before this year’s Collective Bargaining Agreement was struck where wages and conditions were significantly improved.

Seven per cent of players reported they felt “low respect” from the AFL, with a further 14 per cent noting they felt “more disrespect than not”.

A small portion of players said they felt “extremely low respect” from the league and also their club’s men’s program senior coach.

The workplace culture score among AFLW players was significantly lower than it is for the AFL’s male players. Picture: Getty Images)

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Only six per cent of players said they felt “extremely high respect” from headquarters, with 28 per cent noting “high respect”.

The workplace culture score that was generated was significantly lower than that of their male counterparts.

Players also noted an inability to find time for a mental break between matches as many balance training commitments, employment, study and care.

Almost one-third of players feel that their football program is beginning to be integrated within the club, “but we have a long way to go”, while 7 per cent of players said they felt the women’s program was not integrated into the wider club at all.

Almost half of players indicated that “our AFLW program is somewhat integrated within the club but some staff still treat it as inferior to the male program”.

Resource availability was also noted by players with 41 per cent of the AFLW cohort of the belief that their access to club equipment and facilities was only “somewhat sufficient”.

Eight per cent deemed it to be not sufficient at all, while almost one quarter of players said availability of club doctors was rated as either somewhat sufficient or not sufficient at all.

AFLW ROUND 6 TEAMS

Hawthorn v West Coast, Skybus Stadium, 6.10pm AEST

Hawks

B: M.Eardley 17 C.Brown 42

HB: J.Richardson 11 A.Gilroy 7 J.Duffin 27

C: B.Hipwell 19 C.Baskaran 14 I.Porter 3

HF: T.Fellows 8 T.Cunningham 1 S.Locke 21

F: A.Makur Chuot 34 A.McDonagh 13

Foll: L.Wales 31 T.Lucas-Rodd - C 18 J.Fleming 5

I/C: E.Everist 25 D.Carbone 4 T.Smith 24 L.Elliott 20 A.Kemp 16

Emerg: B.Deed 15 Z.Barbakos 6 S.Perkins 23

In: J.Richardson, D.Carbone, A.Kemp

Out: K.Ashmore (injured), Z.Barbakos (omitted), B.Deed (omitted)

Eagles

B: C.Thomas 3 B.Smith 14

HB: A.Schmidt 7 S.McDonald 35 A.McCarthy 11

C: D.Hooker 17 S.Goranova 8 M.Western 21

HF: I.Lewis 6 K.Bartlett 20 S.Lakay 23

F: C.Rowley 5 E.Humphries 12

Foll: E.Roberts 4 E.Swanson - C 13 E.Hartill 25

I/C: E.Bennett 27 E.Smith 22 A.Bushby 15 J.Britton 18 B.Schilling 30

Emerg: H.Bullas 24 Z.Wakfer 16 I.Cameron 19

In: E.Smith, B.Schilling

Out: I.Cameron (omitted), I.Simmons (omitted)

Port Adelaide v Adelaide, Adelaide Oval, 7.30pm ACST

Power

B: A.Borg 21 A.Ballard 19

HB: H.Dunn 24 I.Tahau 10 C.Hammond 28

C: A.Foley 3 J.Yorston 6 E.Boag 17

HF: J.De Melo 11 H.Ewings 12 B.Perry 33

F: E.Phillips - C 1 J.Mules 14

Foll: O.Levicki 18 A.Dowrick 5 E.O’Dea 2

I/C: S.Goodwin 13 T.Doumanis 8 Y.Duursma 7 M.Moloney 9 K.Surman 26

Emerg: J.Halfpenny 4 S.Syme 20 L.Johnson 23

In: E.Boag, J.De Melo, T.Doumanis

Out: J.Halfpenny (omitted), S.Syme (omitted), J.Teakle (omitted)

Crows

B: C.Biddell 12 S.Allan 39

HB: N.Allen 8 C.Randall - C 26 M.Newman 17

C: E.Jones 2 E.Marinoff 10 S.Thompson 14

HF: R.Martin 5 T.Charlton 25 H.Munyard 20

F: M.McKinnon 21 A.Woodland 24

Foll: C.Gould 1 A.Hatchard 33 H.Button 6

I/C: M.Dowrick 9 J.Waterhouse 19 M.Rajcic 32 B.Tonon 28 A.Ballard 27

Emerg: J.Simmons 11 L.Whiteley 22 K.Mueller 13

In: M.Rajcic

Out: J.Simmons (omitted)

AFLW ROUND 6 TIPS: HOW TO FIND A WINNER THIS WEEKEND

Ebony Marinoff 36

West Coast

Adelaide

GWS Giants

Western Bulldogs

Collingwood

Richmond

Brisbane Lions

Melbourne

North Melbourne

Last Week 8

Liz Walsh 36

West Coast 7

Adelaide 23

Carlton 2

Western Bulldogs 8

Collingwood 12

Richmond 9

Brisbane Lions 18

Melbourne 9

North Melbourne 32

Last Week 7

Chris Cavanagh 34

West Coast 12

Adelaide 24

Carlton 12

Western Bulldogs 6

Collingwood 18

Richmond 12

Brisbane Lions 12

Melbourne 12

North Melbourne 30

Last Week 7

Glenn McFarlane 34

West Coast 3

Adelaide 25

Carlton 13

Western Bulldogs 6

Collingwood 21

Richmond 9

Brisbane Lions 19

Melbourne 17

North Melbourne 21

Last Week 8

Mark Robinson 34

West Coast 10

Adelaide 15

Carlton 15

Western Bulldogs 6

Collingwood 12

Richmond 16

Brisbane Lions 25

Melbourne 21

North Melbourne 21

Last Week 7

Matt Turner 34

West Coast 11

Adelaide 29

Carlton 14

Western Bulldogs 12

Collingwood 15

Richmond 16

Brisbane Lions 11

Melbourne 23

North Melbourne 40

Last Week 6

Ellie Blackburn 33

West Coast

Adelaide

GWS Giants

Western Bulldogs

Collingwood

Richmond

Brisbane Lions

Melbourne

North Melbourne

Last Week 5

Rebecca Williams 33

West Coast 8

Adelaide 10

Carlton 7

Western Bulldogs 6

Collingwood 9

Richmond 8

Brisbane Lions 12

Melbourne 11

North Melbourne 9

Last Week 6

Lauren Wood 33

Hawthorn 7

Adelaide 11

Carlton 9

Western Bulldogs 6

Collingwood 8

Richmond 11

Brisbane Lions 16

Melbourne 14

North Melbourne 15

Last Week 6

Kate McCarthy 32

Hawthorn

Adelaide

Carlton

Western Bulldogs

Collingwood

Richmond

Brisbane Lions

Melbourne

North Melbourne

Last Week 6

Sarah Jones 31

West Coast 10

Adelaide 7

Carlton 3

Western Bulldogs 2

Collingwood 12

Richmond 4

Brisbane Lions 10

Melbourne 9

North Melbourne 8

Last Week 5

Aliesha Newman 30

West Coast

Adelaide

Carlton

Western Bulldogs

Collingwood

Richmond

Brisbane Lions

Melbourne

Sydney

Last Week 6

Chloe Molloy 28

West Coast

Adelaide

GWS Giants

Western Bulldogs

Collingwood

Richmond

Brisbane Lions

Melbourne

North Melbourne

Last Week 6

Gemma Houghton 27

West Coast

Port Adelaide

Carlton

Geelong

Collingwood

Richmond

Brisbane Lions

Melbourne

North Melbourne

Last Week 6

Kiss of Death 10

Hawthorn 13

Port Adelaide 13

GWS Giants 13

Geelong 13

St Kilda 13

Gold Coast 13

Essendon 13

Fremantle 13

Sydney 13

Last Week 1

100-minute deliberation fails to overturn Cat’s ban

Geelong star Georgie Prespakis will miss the Cats’ next two matches after failing to have her rough conduct ban overturned at a lengthy tribunal hearing on Tuesday night.

After a 100-minute deliberation, the jury determined the 19-year-old’s tackle on St Kilda’s Erin McKinnon last Thursday was unreasonable in the circumstances because there was significant force before the Saint hit the ground.

Prespakis argued that she did not try to injure McKinnon, who sustained a concussion post-match and is expected to miss up to three games, saying she laid a “very standard tackle”.

But the jury, chaired by Renee Enbom KC, agreed with the match review officer’s findings that the incident was careless conduct, high contact and high impact.

“The vision does … clearly capture more than Prespakis falling to the ground with her opponent,” Enbom said.

“There was a higher level of force at the end of the tackle … which we considered to be unreasonable in the circumstances.”

Prespakis said she dropped her knees to bring her taller opponent down at the same time, hoping they fell down together.

She did not feel that she slung, drove, pulled or dumped McKinnon into the ground.

“A strength in my game is my tackling,” said Prespakis, who had the equal ninth-most tackles in the competition after the round.

“I tackle with intent, I’m not out there to hurt anyone.”

Georgie Prespakis failed in her tribunal challenge. Picture: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images

The AFL’s counsel, Nick Pane KC, argued Prespakis left McKinnon in a highly vulnerable position by pinning her right arm, ensuring the Saint could not protect herself.

Pane said Prespakis drove McKinnon into the turf with excessive force.

“The tackle was inherently dangerous and had potential to cause even more serious injury,” Pane said.

It is just the third time in competition history that a player has received a two-week ban for a dangerous tackle.

Geelong sits sixth on the ladder with a 3-2 record.

Prespakis will miss the Cats’ games against the Western Bulldogs and Essendon.

Earlier, the tribunal upheld Essendon forward Daria Bannister’s one-game ban for a dangerous tackle on Collingwood’s Steph Chiocci.

Bannister will miss the Bombers’ clash against Brisbane in Queensland on Sunday.

Originally published as AFLW 2022: Follow all the news leading into round 6