AFLW 2024 AFLW season - Geelong & the greater league...
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I posted this elsewhere and while not AFLW specific, this feels like a suitable thread
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This isn't the cheapest Asahi I've had, but damn a cold beer tastes good in this humidity
Plus, standing inside an air-conditioned bar with a cold beer seemed a better option than standing in this merch
The outside merch stores for tonight's Matilda's game opened 90 minutes before the gates opened, they opened 3.5 hours before the match starts and no doubt they would have had people waiting for them to open at 4:30
And while they had a good choice of options outside, I took the easy option of heading to the near empty stand inside the Victory Room on the ground level - seems folks aren't looking inside the room to see that one. I bought what I wanted, and now have time to enjoy a cold beer before kickoff
Please do not think I'm complaining about the length of that line - I genuinely love that there's tonight's not just a sold out womens sporting match, but that's that many people turning up 90mins/2hrs plus, before kickoff, to do things like buy merch, have a drink with mates before the match etc etc etc
The train from Geelong was packed and a good number on it were heading here. I love seeing dad's in Matilda's guernseys along with their daughters & sons, the group of young guys wearing their Beekes Pararoos guernseys etc
I love football, but there's something about the atmosphere of women's sport that just feels that bit more inclusive & friendly atmosphere then we sometimes witness at other events
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This isn't the cheapest Asahi I've had, but damn a cold beer tastes good in this humidity
Plus, standing inside an air-conditioned bar with a cold beer seemed a better option than standing in this merch
The outside merch stores for tonight's Matilda's game opened 90 minutes before the gates opened, they opened 3.5 hours before the match starts and no doubt they would have had people waiting for them to open at 4:30
And while they had a good choice of options outside, I took the easy option of heading to the near empty stand inside the Victory Room on the ground level - seems folks aren't looking inside the room to see that one. I bought what I wanted, and now have time to enjoy a cold beer before kickoff
Please do not think I'm complaining about the length of that line - I genuinely love that there's tonight's not just a sold out womens sporting match, but that's that many people turning up 90mins/2hrs plus, before kickoff, to do things like buy merch, have a drink with mates before the match etc etc etc
The train from Geelong was packed and a good number on it were heading here. I love seeing dad's in Matilda's guernseys along with their daughters & sons, the group of young guys wearing their Beekes Pararoos guernseys etc
I love football, but there's something about the atmosphere of women's sport that just feels that bit more inclusive & friendly atmosphere then we sometimes witness at other events
Frederico_WA
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Small sample size, but she looks to have the traits you'd like to see if working with a raw talent from a different code.
Nasty fake and sidestep.
Nasty fake and sidestep.
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Not playing in the AFLW for a few years....looks like WNBA first, but:-
"The Opals are not the only team in Amooreās sights though ā she doesnāt rule out one day playing for her beloved Geelong Cats in the AFLW. On a recent trip back to Australia, she went to a training session with the Catsā menās team, who presented her with a jersey ā now one of her prized possessions. She immediately wore it to the park to kick the footy around."
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"The Opals are not the only team in Amooreās sights though ā she doesnāt rule out one day playing for her beloved Geelong Cats in the AFLW. On a recent trip back to Australia, she went to a training session with the Catsā menās team, who presented her with a jersey ā now one of her prized possessions. She immediately wore it to the park to kick the footy around."
Georgia Amoore: the girl from Ballarat taking US college basketball by storm | Peter Mitchell
Standing at just 5ft 6in, Virginia Techās diminutive three-point specialist with a deadly step-back shooting action could be the next big thing
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Hocking on Krock was talking about the next section to be upgraded at the stadium will be the high performance facilities that run from the pocket in the Premiership Stand to the pocket in the Brownlow Stand
He spoke about how those facilities are used by 4 teams
We haven't even had the league provide definitive information about going full-time, so how great that this is something the club is forging ahead with themselves
He spoke about how those facilities are used by 4 teams
- AFL
- AFLW, which is soon to become full-time, meaning we'll have two full-time teams operating from there
- VFL & VFLW
We haven't even had the league provide definitive information about going full-time, so how great that this is something the club is forging ahead with themselves
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Interesting listen, and the research they're only now starting to do around potential connections with injuries in women's sports
But there'd also be benifits at a lower level, including grass roots levels - sports bras are bloody uncomfortable, and if you're not comfortable then it can be a factoring in walking away from even casual comps
But there'd also be benifits at a lower level, including grass roots levels - sports bras are bloody uncomfortable, and if you're not comfortable then it can be a factoring in walking away from even casual comps
