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10 hours ago, red and blue forever said:

Update,  

Thnx heaps for doing this.

ps Fitzy is 22

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On 06/11/2024 at 13:52, deanox said:

Unsurprising to me. The first season of AFLW was 7.5 years ago. The players getting drafted this year are probably the first to have a pathway open to them from age 10 or 11. 

I reckon over the next 5 years the quality of draftees is going to ramp significantly as we not only have a larger pool of girls who have played football their entire junior career, but we'll also have more girls coming from "elite" junior pathways and representative sides, where the talent pathways have identified the best players, and they've had the chance to improve by playing in those elite junior competitions.

Agree.

I generally only watch the dees AFLW games, but have watched a couple of the finals.

The skill level is miles better than even a couple of years ago. 

I watched the port hawks game. Thrilling last quarter, but what stood out is how many players looked like pure, natural footballers.

For example how players use their body in marking contests, or simple things like tracking the bouncing ball and waiting 'till it pops up so they don't have to break stride to collect the ball.

Once the majority of AFLW players are natural footballers, which is close, I'll be fascinated to see how it evolves tactically and to what extent it becomes a different game to AFL in tge way say WNBA is to NBA

By the by, the WNBA, after stagnating for a while, was hugely, massively popular this year.

A lesson there for the AFL, who to their credit created the AFLW. But since doing do not seem to know what to do with it.

All the money poured into NSW and qld to grow the game and they don't seem to realise women's footy is the key to the games future.

The AFL dies if grass roots participation drops off, which it had been for years. The explosion in junior women's footy will positively influence the number of boys playing footy too.

For years my son and daughter both played basketball. I coached both, and it would have made it super hard logisticaly if say my daughter instead played another sport in terms of supporting both kids.

And my son,  who is older, helped my daughter practise and helped me coach her team.

That collective vibe meant basketball was the sport of choice in our house - despite me never having played.

It's no wonder it's so popular in terms of participation.

My daughter played basketball in large part because her older brother was playing and it made sense for us as a family.

If my daughter was the oldest and she chose footy, my son probably plays footy. That dynamic supports male participation in footy.

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Posted
6 hours ago, Meggs said:

Thnx heaps for doing this.

ps Fitzy is 22

 

Updates , Thanks  :)

Unfortunately I can no longer upload this as a attachment, as I have reached my 5mb Limit...

 

 

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16 Grace Beasley 25 3 1 Georgia Campbell 21 20
35 Sophie Casey 33 63 🏆 23 Sinead Goldrick 34 53
🏆 13 Maeve Chaplin 22 32 22 Eliza McNamara 22 44
32 Gabby Colvin 33 34 🏆 2 Olivia Purcell 24 54
34 Sarah D'arcy 33 49 🏆 29 Eden Zanker 25 72
🏆 24 Megan Fitzsimon 22 45 2026
9 Georgia Gall 20 11 🏆 31 Blaithin Mackin 25 29
🏆 17 Tahlia Gillard 21 39 🏆 14 Lily Mithen 26 82
🏆 7 Tayla Harris 27 70 2027
19 Grace Hill 26 17 🏆 6 Alyssa Bannan 22 59
25 Jacinta Hose 19 0 🏆 5 Tyla Hanks 24 72
🏆 8 Sarah Lampard 27 71 🏆 30 Shelley Heath 24 64
36 Jo Lin 22 21 🏆 10 Kate Hore 29 78
21 Aimee Mackin 27 6 Blue = Age EOC - Red = Games Played
3 Alyssia Pisano 19 8 Coach 2025
🏆 4 Paxy Paxman 36 77 🏆 Mick Stinear 41 76
🏆 15 Lauren Pearce 31 72 List Size: (max 30)
33 Lily Johnson 22 10 Senior: (max 30) 33
43 Jemma Rigoni 20 0      
18 Denby Taylor 24 25 Draft Picks 2024
28 Saraid Taylor 26 3      
12 Ryleigh Wotherspoon 20 10      

 

 

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Love your work @red and blue forever!

I think the top-up players are not technically on the list so don't really "count" so to speak. So D'Arcy, Lin and Casey drop off automatically. Hill and D.Taylor also go when the players they were replacing become "active" again (Mackin and Hose), though we could extend them, in which case we'd be at 30. Something's gotta give...

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