How poor is the aflw standard?

[Bombermania]

I was wondering what level of men's team would be a good match up against the girls, I reckon around B grade reserves in the Northern league, the men at that level might struggle with the girls superior fitness levels.

Would Nunawading or that side out Ballarat way beat the best 18 AFLW players, you would hope they would.

Considering girls can play until they are twelve or thirteen, then these girls are at least under 16 level.

 

[Jakko]

Feels like it has improved already in just one week. Fast hands in close and kicking are two obvious areas that can improve very quickly in the next few years.

It fills a gap in the calendar, ticks some boxes (abc and the guardian are all over it for the female factor alone), inspires young girls and brings us more fans.

Everyone I speak to is really enjoying it so far.

 

[The_Wookie]

Not trying to be negative but the truth is the truth.
After watching the first 5 and a half games of awfl it is blatantly obvious that the standard is poor.
Any under 14 boys game in the suburbs would be played with a higher standard.

What is just as awful is the refusal of the commentators to be critical of atrocious football.
One upside is how good will the real stuff look after watching 3 weeks of this.

Basically the same as any sport, the elite women are a shadow of the mens game.
These girl's really should have become tennis player's if they wanted to be overpaid for what they produce..

This may be very negative but i could seriously make an hour long benny hill clip just from what we've seen so far.

How poor is this thread. Im noit trying to be negative or anything but the truth is the truth.

Seriously we gave you guys a week to get this off your chest. Move on.

 

[BORK]

I was wondering what level of men's team would be a good match up against the girls, I reckon around B grade reserves in the Northern league, the men at that level might struggle with the girls superior fitness levels.

To be honest I reckon a bunch of 30 year old men who had either never played or not played since high school but had kept themselves in good shape in the gym and with decent tanks would thrash any of the teams. I do not think the women would stand much of a chance winning the contested ball or successfully tackling the stronger bodies and this would overcome any skill deficit.

The men vs women in a match up talk in a sport as physical as Australian rules football will always be fairly pointless though.