More than halfway through this endless seven-round season, the 2018 AFL Women鈥檚 season has been catastrophe after catastrophe for the AFL.
Australian Football League Women (AFLW)
The AFL Women鈥檚 second season is now in full swing. Launched on February 2, the Carlton-Collingwood聽game聽repeated the large crowds that greeted the start of last year鈥檚 inaugural season. After two rounds, Carlton, the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne remain unbeaten in the eight-team competition. As the season heats up, Jackie Lynch offers some hot tips for what to expect in the AFLW over the coming weeks. She will also tell you how to win 3000 Sam Newman Bobbleheads!
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The decision by the Australian Football League (AFL) to refuse to allow transgender woman Hannah Mouncey to nominate for the Australian Football League Women (AFLW) draft has drawn widespread criticism as a reflection of the AFL鈥檚 lack of real commitment to inclusion.
Of course, die-hard misogynist and self-confessed Sam Newman was hostile to the AFL Women鈥檚 (AFLW) league infamously 鈥渦nbelievably stupid and ridiculous鈥 on Channel Nine鈥檚 The Footy Show.
It turns out plenty think otherwise.