AFLW star refuses to wear rainbow jersey
Giants forward Haneen Zreika will miss next weekend’s AFLW match against Hawthorn to avoid wearing the team’s pride jumper.
Giants forward Haneen Zreika will miss next weekend’s AFLW match against Hawthorn to avoid wearing the team’s pride jumper.
An AFLW player of Muslim faith has made the “extremely difficult” decision not to take part in this year’s pride round.
GWS Giants star Nicola Barr has hit back at Steve Price after the media commentator slammed the standard of the AFLW competition.
There has been a nation wide outpour of criticism and praise for Steve Price, following the columnist’s controversial AFLW opinion article published on Friday last week.
Former Australian netball star Sharni Layton is now the first-choice ruck for the Collingwood AFLW club after the Pies named her to face Geelong in this weekend’s season-opener. SEE ALL THE TEAMS HERE
If the women beat the men to the Giants’ first competition flag then the club’s AFLW head coach Alan McConnell will be all smiles, one half of his twin mission accomplished.
Collingwood’s cross-code star Ash Brazill has called on the AFL to put the brakes on expanding AFLW and stick with 10 teams until the competition has more depth of talent.
They have the inaugural league best and fairest back to full fitness and better skills will be the cornerstone for the Crows to soar again in the AFLW, says coach Matthew Clarke.
As AFLW prepares to kick off its third season, tens of thousands of girls and women are already proving the value in having a league of their own, tackling the sport with great enthusiasm.
Injured Collingwood best-and-fairest winner Chloe Molloy will spend this season in the coaches’ box during her recovery, with the club keen to ensure 2019 is not a wasted year for the AFLW rising star.
W-League club Brisbane Roar and AFLW club Adelaide have come to a compromise to give Jenna McCormick the best of both worlds as she is set to appear for the Crows on Saturday night.
Former Carlton skipper Lauren Arnell’s faith in her own ability has paid off, with the experienced midfielder joining four AFLW debutants in wearing Brisbane Lions colours for the first time.
The Test series and BBL are still going, but the conclusion of the Australian Open means punters’ attention tends to switch to the footy season. This week’s Late Mail looks at Adelaide’s hopes in the AFLW, the Super Bowl, BBL, NBL and more.
On the eve of a new AFLW season, Crows co-captain Erin Phillips sits down to talk motherhood, basketball coaching and going back to basics to get her body right. Plus, get to know your 2019 Crows squad.
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