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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/vi...s/news-story/ca1c3826ddf17542e50923fb772ebd5c
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/vi...s/news-story/ca1c3826ddf17542e50923fb772ebd5c
A NEW elite female Victorian football league will be set up to offer a pathway to AFLW in another major step forward for the women’s game.
In an Aussie first, a TAC Cup Girls competition will be established to give females aged 16-18 the best chance of fulfilling their dreams of playing professionally.
Every boy’s TAC Cup club in the state will this year field a girls squad, forming a 12 team female underage competition with bases throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria.
The competition, to start this weekend, will boost the talent pool for the successful AFLW and streamline players to the top tier of footy.
Male and female TAC Cup players will share the same training facilities and access to coaches under the expansion. Carlton AFWL vice-captain Madeline Keryk said the fact girls would be given the same opportunities as boys was a significant step on the path to professionalism. ``It’s definitely a massive step towards achieving that equality in terms of having that complete pathway girls can come through from juniors, Auskick and all the way through,’’ she said. ``To have that access to all the coaches and experience, I mean in the past a lot of girls have had to stop playing when they’re 12 or 14 and they missed those crucial years of development. ``It’s just going to drive the standard of football up and up and really drive participation for girls as well’’