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AFL won't commit to AFLW season extension
The AFL remains non-committal on granting AFLW players’ wishes to extend the women’s season and ensure every club plays each of its rivals once.
The AFL remains non-committal on granting AFLW players’ wishes to extend the women’s season and ensure every club plays each of its rivals once.
Port Adelaide’s AFLW squad has held its first training session at Alberton Oval. Michelangelo Rucci talks to the team’s “outsider” coach who feels very much at home.
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Crows AFLW captain Chelsea Randall will become an AFL coach next month when she takes on a new development role in the men’s side, while Power star recruit Erin Phillips has also been tapped for a coaching position in Port Adelaide’s AFL program.
Port Adelaide’s AFLW raid on crosstown rival Adelaide continues with foundation Crows premiership player Ange Foley signing up for the Power’s debut season in the women’s competition.
Erin Phillips, the AFLW’s most decorated player, is leaving Adelaide for Port Adelaide in a major coup for the club’s inaugural season in the women’s league.
A member of the Brisbane AFLW side that beat the Adelaide Crows to last year’s premiership has been appointed as inaugural coach of Port Adelaide’s women’s league team.
Australia’s fastest-growing sport will showcase its premier event, the AFLW grand final, at Adelaide Oval on Saturday. When the final siren sounds, the bigger game begins – over the money for full-time professional women’s football. Michelangelo Rucci reports.