‘If I missed the boat,I’d be crying every time I watched’:Erin Phillips’ sliding doors moment

‘If I missed the boat,I’d be crying every time I watched’:Erin Phillips’ sliding doors moment

Growing up,Phillips would jump the fence at the quarter-time breaks to stand between her father’s legs and listen to the player huddles. Her football story won’t end here.

  • byMarnie Vinall

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‘Are you crying?’ The celebration that shows Prespakis is queen of Geelong

‘Are you crying?’ The celebration that shows Prespakis is queen of Geelong

If you head to a Geelong AFLW game,there’s a good chance you’ll see signs in the crowd that dub the 20-year-old as the queen of Geelong.

  • byMarnie Vinall
All guns blazing:The battles that will decide who plays in the AFLW grand final
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All guns blazing:The battles that will decide who plays in the AFLW grand final

This weekend we will see some of the best football in the short history of the AFLW competition. Here is what it’s going to take for each team to reach the grand final.

  • byLibby Birch
Cats by a whisker:Demons storm back but lose semi-final thriller
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Cats by a whisker:Demons storm back but lose semi-final thriller

Melbourne’s women,the reigning premiers,followed in the footsteps of their male colleagues to drop out of this year’s finals series in straight sets after their thrilling comeback fell just short at Ikon Park.

  • byMarnie Vinall andRoy Ward
‘Wake-up call’:What’s gone wrong at the Demons?

‘Wake-up call’:What’s gone wrong at the Demons?

Reigning premiers Melbourne could bow out of the AFLW finals in straight sets after recording their first back-to-back losses in three seasons. So what’s gone wrong?

  • byMarnie Vinall
‘Can women actually play?’ How pioneers laid foundations for Sydney women’s football

‘Can women actually play?’ How pioneers laid foundations for Sydney women’s football

The Swans’ side in Saturday’s AFLW semi-finals are building on the groundbreaking work of Yvette Andrews and a small band of committed footy fanatics nearly 30 years ago in creating the first Sydney Women’s Australian Football League.

  • byJonathan Drennan
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2000 SWAFL grand final highlights
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2000 SWAFL grand final highlights

The first grand final of the Sydney Women's AFL took place in 2000. It went into double extra time.

‘Vulnerability is a powerful thing’:How Chloe Molloy changed the game at the Swans

‘Vulnerability is a powerful thing’:How Chloe Molloy changed the game at the Swans

Chloe Molloy turned down a US college basketball scholarship to play AFLW and has transformed the Swans in her first season at the club.

  • byJonathan Drennan
‘Sacked in the morning’ … but Bulldogs coach wins Tattslotto on the same day

‘Sacked in the morning’ … but Bulldogs coach wins Tattslotto on the same day

A social media post from Nathan Burke shows he is able to see the lighter side despite parting ways with the Bulldogs on Wednesday morning after a one-win AFLW season.

  • byMarnie Vinall
‘It was huge’:The talk that helped Swans players seize the day

‘It was huge’:The talk that helped Swans players seize the day

After a stirring victory over the Gold Coast,the Swans’ AFLW team are three games away from a maiden premiership. Coach Scott Gowans has helped them understand that their time is now.

  • byJonathan Drennan
With a record number of girls kicking goals,schools are forced to tackle oval access

With a record number of girls kicking goals,schools are forced to tackle oval access

The popularity of football among Victorian girls has left single-sex schools strapped for space,and created a race to pluck promising players for scholarships.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan