Women's Footy GWS Giants - AFL Women's

[coniglio_number1]

Some nice footage of our first intraclub match. Would of been a bloody hot afternoon out there, but you can sense the energy and excitement. The girls will be busting to play games together. This is going to be great.

http://www.gwsgiants.com.au/news/2017-01-13/aflw-first-hitout

The blonde that made an absolute meal out of two consecutive handballs is a worry

 

[Gigantor]

^ That was pretty good, some strong marks and tackling, a few stray handballs, there was one girl there with a very tidy left foot, they seemed to play with a fair bit of pace.

21 of the 28 listed players played, the rest were training and academy players, so understandable that there were a few stray balls.

 

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Still a lot of gelling to do. Jess Dal Pos popped a nice left footer to a train on in space. Sounds like she had good game.

 

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The blonde that made an absolute meal out of two consecutive handballs is a worry

May as well get the s**t handballs out the way now...

 

[coniglio_number1]

Emma Swanson went beast mode with those tackle breaks though

 

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GWS set to be Road Warriors

JUST like their male counterparts, Greater Western Sydney's female players will be road warriors when the inaugural NAB AFL Women's competition starts next month....

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-01-14/gws-women-set-to-be-road-warriors

 

[captainMyCaptain]

Parramatta PE teacher Amanda Farrugia will captain the GWS Giants in the inaugural AFL women's competition this season. The club will on Sunday announce Farrugia as the head of a five-strong leadership group, which also includes vice-captain Emma Swanson, Maddy Collier, Jessica Dal Pos and former women's basketball star Jess Bibby.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/greate...r-afl-womens-competition-20170114-gtrh76.html

 

[OrangeDuck]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...n/news-story/4714902ab430f39440274071a7b3e656

Had the back page of sport in the Daily Terrorgraph today.

 

[Gigantor]

I was just reading in the CAnberra Times this morning about Jess Bibby making the leadership group (the CT would focus on Bibby because she's an ex-Capitals basketballer).

I knew Bibby had been around forever, ex-Opal, etc, but I didn't realise she was 37. She has only played two games of footy in her life, but the squad clearly saw her as a professional who understands playing professionally and who had natural leadership qualities. I was also hoping that Bibby was bigger than she actually is (only 168 cm).

She was born and bred in Melbourne, so one would guess that she's kicked a footy on more than one occasion. I'm counting on her to be ultra-competitive and aggressive at the footy.

 

[Gigantor]

Also, in same article, Giants playing Lions in a practice game next week.

 

[jatz14]

I was just reading in the CAnberra Times this morning about Jess Bibby making the leadership group (the CT would focus on Bibby because she's an ex-Capitals basketballer).

I knew Bibby had been around forever, ex-Opal, etc, but I didn't realise she was 37. She has only played two games of footy in her life, but the squad clearly saw her as a professional who understands playing professionally and who had natural leadership qualities. I was also hoping that Bibby was bigger than she actually is (only 168 cm).

She was born and bred in Melbourne, so one would guess that she's kicked a footy on more than one occasion. I'm counting on her to be ultra-competitive and aggressive at the footy.

Freo got Houghton, also has a basketball background, and had played 0 games of footy in her life. She just carved in their practice match.

The huge difference between getting male basketballers from the US, and female Australian basketballers who are footy fans is the women understand the game. They know what to do, its just fine tuning the skills.

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[Determinant]

Has anyone seen anything about 2017 membership as yet?
Getting very late

 

[Colonial]

Has anyone seen anything about 2017 membership as yet?
Getting very late

Nuttin

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[captainMyCaptain]

 

[OrangeDuck]

http://www.gwsgiants.com.au/news/2017-01-15/inaugural-aflw-leaders-named

Video announcement of the leadership group and captains.

Fridge sounds like a teacher

 

[jatz14]

Has anyone seen anything about 2017 membership as yet?
Getting very late

https://membership.gwsgiants.com.au/packages/view/737/AFLW-Supporter-Membership

 

[Determinant]

https://membership.gwsgiants.com.au/packages/view/737/AFLW-Supporter-Membership

Interesting, zero promotion, will ring the club tomorrow

 

[Ichabod Noodle]

Fridge sounds like a teacher

Funny that

 

[Determinant]

Nice insight..

https://audioboom.com/posts/5490795-aflw-coach-tim-schmidt-on-the-giants-intra-club

Jess and Emma, stand outs, plenty more to note

 

[Determinant]

https://membership.gwsgiants.com.au/packages/view/737/AFLW-Supporter-Membership

So it's actually the same as a foundation membership, less the certificate and $15
Given entry is free the approach makes sense, but there is no need or purpose to buy it if you have the foundation one.

 

[Bokonon_]

So it's actually the same as a foundation membership, less the certificate and $15
Given entry is free the approach makes sense, but there is no need or purpose to buy it if you have the foundation one.

Didn't realise entry was free. Happy with the $60 to the club and the cert. Still have my foundarion members cap and rhey wiĺl be more important as time goes on I think.

 

[jatz14]

So it's actually the same as a foundation membership, less the certificate and $15
Given entry is free the approach makes sense, but there is no need or purpose to buy it if you have the foundation one.

It's basically a symbolic donation to the women's team. Priced at a point that if you support the women's team, there is little reason not to get one.

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[Determinant]

It's basically a symbolic donation to the women's team. Priced at a point that if you support the women's team, there is little reason not to get one.

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Agreed, and the more the merrier, my point was that for those who joined up as foundation members, this is the same package, just without the certificate and $15 cheaper, so you would be duplicating your purchase. To do that knowingly is great and the more that do the merrier..

 

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Practice game day! Good girls, have fun and tame those Lions...begins at 3.30pm AEDT at Griffin Park, Coorparoo. No live feed, but we can follow on FB and Twitter.

 

[Gigantor]

AFL NSW/ACT SNSW ‏@AFLSNSW 21h21 hours ago
AFL NSW/ACT SNSW Retweeted AFL Women's

Congratulations to young guns Alyce Parker (Holbrook) and Jordyn Joliffe (Balranald)!

AFL NSW/ACT SNSW added,

AFL Women's @aflwomens
The inaugural @NAB Women’s Academy camp has commenced at @Ausport in #Canberra, fast-tracking young talent: http://bit.ly/2j7ZGxp