Women's Team

[TJTIGER]

They'll be called the Richmond Chopsticks

Pay that !....

 

[TJTIGER]

The Richmond Chopticks.

Carn the sticks!

Stick it up em !!

 

[Underarm]

People scoff, but some of these women are seriously talented. My footy team partially trains with the club's women's team and there are a few that have skills just as good as the men.

The obvious issue is whether there's a talent pool big enough to have a sustainable competition. My tip is there'll be a lot of blowouts.

There's plenty of blowouts in the AFL anyway, and if the talent is spread well enough then it will minimize it as much as possible.

 

[fumbler]

Needs to be a Tassie side so we may have lulz about the maps of tassie.

 

[Juke]

There's plenty of blowouts in the AFL anyway, and if the talent is spread well enough then it will minimize it as much as possible.

Blowouts in the women's game are different. I'm talking scorelines of 8.12.60 - 1.4.10.

 

[wart101]

It would be good but not at a cost to the club IMO.

 

[TJTIGER]

It would be good but not at a cost to the club IMO.

If it gets up. AFL will fund our team if we hold out. Womens league incomplete without a Tiger team....

 

[Drunken Wookie]

No point jumping in right away! Play the waiting game see how it pans out first. Jump on board if it actually gets up and rolling. Be a waste to commit time and resources to something that may flop in its first year.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Stick it up em !!

Eye...eye...

 

[SpudsLoveChild]

No point jumping in right away! Play the waiting game...

 

[wart101]

If it gets up. AFL will fund our team if we hold out. Womens league incomplete without a Tiger team....

I think it's great, we as a nation need to get with the times maybe even lead a little!

 

["The Roar Is Back"]

People scoff, but some of these women are seriously talented. My footy team partially trains with the club's women's team and there are a few that have skills just as good as the men.

The obvious issue is whether there's a talent pool big enough to have a sustainable competition. My tip is there'll be a lot of blowouts.

Maybe your team has shit skills ?

 

[Bojangles17]

Would purely be an angle to further market the RFC with a broader appeal to a wider audience. No it may not directly impact our senior side, however it would ensure that our club continues to grow at above market pace rather than slip into oblivion like what currently threatens the bombers and blooze
I reckon we go for it

 

[Juke]

Maybe your team has shit skills ?

Maybe you're a bit of a dickhead.

 

[monotone]

Apologies to women who read this thread. You deserve a league. Ignore the neanderthals that have written in poor taste, they do not represent the Richmond image and they can gagf and support norf and be minnows with minnows as they are in society.

 

[Severe]

Why don't they make their own teams and not jump on an AFL side. Like the womens basketball.

 

[CaptchaProofBot]

what will become of holding the man rule ? (or what is it now actually...)

 

[SpudsLoveChild]

Good to see a women's league, but it is going to be a money pit.
AFL needs to support the concept and develop the game.

 

[TigerImposter]

what will become of holding the man rule ? (or what is it now actually...)

There will be a lot of blood rules

 

[Komrade_Tiger]

There will be a lot of blood rules

 

["The Roar Is Back"]

Apologies to women who read this thread. You deserve a league. Ignore the neanderthals that have written in poor taste, they do not represent the Richmond image and they can gagf and support norf and be minnows with minnows as they are in society.

The money being invested in this concept at the expense of other areas is ridiculous .
Investment into ladies football when Auskick numbers are in a decline and cost to families rose by 15% in 2015 , it doesn't make sense .
Yes ladies football may have a place but most certainly not at the rate they are projecting .

 

[Juke]

The money being invested in this concept at the expense of other areas is ridiculous .
Investment into ladies football when Auskick numbers are in a decline and cost to families rose by 15% in 2015 , it doesn't make sense .
Yes ladies football may have a place but most certainly not at the rate they are projecting .

Have to agree. You can't just pump money into a venture like this without addressing the crux of the participation issue at the grassroots level.

 

[Thirteen]

what will become of holding the man rule ? (or what is it now actually...)

 

[RichoLedio]

Blowouts in the women's game are different. I'm talking scorelines of 8.12.60 - 1.4.10.

Like when Freo play Melbourne?

 

[Wackelpudding]

I'd love there to be a women's Richmond team, it would be great for the brand and also to have another team to follow. As long as it can be done without taking resources away from the men's team, I'm 100% on board.