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The Bulldogs would trade pick 1 for her in a heartbeat. Why would McKenzie agree to a trade though? It seems the only plausible reason she'd want out is if Richmond downgraded her from tier 1 to tier 2, but at that point she'd be able to sign as a free agent on a tier 1 contract at the...

All clubs (excluding Sydney) have to consolidate their Additional Services Agreements to fit within the new prescribed limit by 2025. Previously unmetered deals for Conti and Brennan/McKenzie will soon be metered, creating a squeeze on the players (such as the Hoskings) whose deals have always...

Brennan and Conti have always been the marquees. Since leaving Brisbane, Sabrina was (still is) getting a good chunk outside the cap, but largely via ambassadorial roles facilitated by the AFL, not via the "top 2 players at each club" mechanism. It's not like the choice was between her, Erin...

What did Richmond actually sacrifice for Frederick. Traded pick 16 in the 2019 draft for her. Then traded her (plus picks 26 and 55) out 2 years later for Shevlin (plus picks 16 and 48). The 2021 pick 16 was used to take Yassir. In retrospect, if Richmond held onto that 2019 pick and used it...

Running costs aren't being disputed. The money women's football generates is what often gets overlooked. Plenty of pro women's sports are profitable. There is no basis to say AFLW will never be profitable since all the key factors (membership, sponsorship, viewership) are increasing by the...

Nathan Burke does not speak for the players, that's Paul Marsh's job. There is no talk of a strike. Nor is there a monster. Incendiary rhetoric, nothing more. There is no clearer financial information because the two competitions are co-dependent. For example: already hundreds of millions of...

Plenty of AFLW players get good marketing money, but it's proven top players like Brennan and Conti. And that money doesn't come from men's football, it comes from businesses that want to be associated with top AFLW players. I haven't expressed any opinion, just stated facts.

She hasn't left soccer. Nor is she getting crazy marketing money. So it's not like Folau or Hunt, nor is it about thumbing noses. Second, the reverse happened earlier this year when Collingwood player Sarah Rowe signed for Melbourne Victory. (There are plenty of other previous examples, too.)...

Well she gets half as many touches and takes half as many marks as Sabrina Frederick, who got a bit rougher assessment than not bad. Definitely a more accurate shot for goal though.

If it was Kodi Jacques, the headline would have been: Tayla Harris' partner arrested for hit-and-run murder of a fish

Harris was already traded. Carlton's cheapskatery began in 2019 when they let their captain (and an unsurprising future league B&F winner) leave over $20k. Once you plant that flag, there's really no going back. Totally changes history if they had an extra $100k to play with... alas, that money...

The only reason Egan and Sarah Hosking could be added (without losing Conti etc) is because Richmond offered to pay them more than what Carlton offered. They weren't struggling to get a game either, unlike the players Richmond have moved on.

Surely crap teams like Carlton should've followed Richmond's lead, rather than wasting money on a VFLW program while letting star players leave the club over a few bucks.

If it was in comparison to a team that had been getting a harder top-half fixture these last 2 years, like Carlton. But the fixture for the bottom-half teams has been pretty even. And we do know that fixture inequalities wouldn't fly as an excuse if the team was at the bottom of that list I...

There really haven't been repeated mistakes made. Weaknesses with the inaugural list have been improved significantly after the first season, which is pretty evident when comparing results with teams that joined at the same time (including Geelong since they practically started again from...

There were 32 on the list because of injury replacements, so they are just subtracting those 5 from that to get 27.

Well she is a Puma girl, if I interpret your interest correctly. Gone from talks with Essendon to Hawthorn to the Bulldogs, at least from what I've seen/heard, so why not Richmond too.

Additional Services: for marketing purposes, only 2 players can make unlimited money via this avenue Employment Agreements: having a job at the club (producing a podcast, coaching role, etc.), all players can enter into these, payments uncapped Independent Agreements: getting extra money or...

Essendon and Hawthorn, without using draft picks, can each sign 3 u18s from their development zones, of which at least a couple will be highly rated players. So that Vic pick 7 is probably a bit deceptive, it's more like 9 or 10. To only give that up for Egan would be very good value.

Unless a player is planning on moving in the other direction, Richmond will have to give up their first rounder for her--currently pick 12, one spot higher than what she went for in 2019. Hard to haggle considering the previous trades with Carlton for the Hoskings (essentially Sarah for pick 15...

Following up on this. https://www.codesports.com.au/afl/aflw/aflw-moneyball-2022-latest-sign-and-trade-news-including-the-big-changes-at-carlton/news-story/af94a40b009859792b6c1cdb5db5f137

Although there were reports last week that Grace Egan is expected to leave Carlton, with "a host of interstate sides" – including Sydney – pursuing her... seems plausible to me that she ends up back at Richmond.

Following up on this, if anybody's wondering about the likelihood of more Irish players coming over and who they might be, this article was published two hours ago: https://www.the42.ie/aflw-vikki-wall-new-season-5719630-Mar2022/ 5'9 with her build is very rare in AFLW, basically Brianna...

Somebody told me one of the Swans' top targets was a player from a big Melbourne club who has played another sport at international level. Sounded like NSW's own Ash Brazill to me, so that's what I floated on the main board. Turns out it was Sarah Rowe, or at least it seems that way now, and I...

It was either trade Grace Campbell for pick 43 (which was used on Lavey) or lose her for nothing as she walked to the draft. North Melbourne were prepared to take that risk, as seen with Kim Rennie's departure from the Bulldogs. Sarah Hosking came via priority pick that had to be traded...

Clubs have 10 train-on players according to this article and this article. Elle Bennetts was playing her first game for the Bulldogs on the weekend, having been traded from GWS.

Not sure it was a case of getting too comfortable, likely the opposite with personal and family issues messing her up a bit. From 8 contested marks in one game against the reigning premiers (in R1 2018) to 5 contested marks across 2021's 9-game season. The competition has improved, but her...

There is a clause that allows for something close to that: ...but whether that has been activated in Richmond's case, I certainly can't say. One thing to keep in mind, which might make clubs take a conservative approach to a third Tier 1 player, is the Restricted Free Agency rule: In other...

Well I can help you out with some specifics. Nevertheless, the tier payments are nigh on immaterial. AFLW is much more of an open market than the men's competition. In between Additional Service Agreements and Independent Agreements and Employment Agreements, there is enormous scope for...

That wasn't an option. It was an assistance pick which had to be traded. The AFL's logic was that it would allow Richmond to bring in a seasoned midfielder and immediately become more competitive, and they were right (nevertheless, they should have done more and sooner).