shintemaster
Brownlow Medallist
Anyone who’s done a preseason in Dec/Jan/Feb in Australia can appreciate how tough it must be for the girls. Big Kudos to them all for busting themselves in the summer heat.
That was insane weather (and timing FWIW - if they're going to do a summer comp 1pm games are frankly dangerous IMO). I was working outside in the garden yesterday for a couple of hours and spent the next 5 hours afterwards drinking around 5 litres of water. That was pretty mild work too. Crazy.
I'd really like to see the comp head towards at least a part time professional setup. If they can at least get the pay up to the level of a good median wage for the women then at least some of them can choose to be professionals - albeit it may take some time to reach close to pay parity.
Three rounds in and Ash is leading the AFLCA Player of the Year award.
AFLCA votes, R3: Gun Roo storms to the top, superstar Tiger in hot pursuit
She's very talented - as close to a pure natural footballer as I've seen in the AFLW from my relatively limited exposure. Plenty of room to develop as well - this comp needs more games for them to really move towards a professional sport.