AFLW 2019

BLOODSTAINED_DEVILS · March 31, 2019, 3:36am

Fark Carlton.

Hoffy · March 31, 2019, 3:42am

And Essendon VFLW Star Danielle Ponter is kicking goals too.

Eastie_Boi1 · March 31, 2019, 3:47am

Thought the Carlton players going to Philips as she was coming off on the stretcher was a nice touch.
Is she retiring? The scenes were reminiscent of Judd’s last game.

BLOODSTAINED_DEVILS · March 31, 2019, 3:59am

That is the likely story yeah.

saladin · March 31, 2019, 4:11am

One of my daughter’s is talking about playing footy. Decent basketballer, good size, she’d probably be ok.

But I’ll be nervous as hell about injuries if she does. Two ACL’s and a knee injury to Harris in this game hasn’t eased those concerns!

Great spectacle today, outstanding crowd.

BLOODSTAINED_DEVILS · March 31, 2019, 4:16am

And Women apparently more prone to them.

But, I doubt Aussie Rules would have a higher tally of them than Netball.

barnz · March 31, 2019, 4:20am

the melbourne uni is doing an intensive study on acl injuries in womens footy and how they can take preventative measures.

theDJR · March 31, 2019, 4:28am

Just tuned in mid-third quarter. Seen five minutes of great contests and big hits. Lower-level footy is often more entertaining.

Mind you, I saw Vescio (the most dominant player since Gary Ablett Sr) make a mistake, so I’m in shock and may not be making a rational statement.

theDJR · March 31, 2019, 4:29am

And in time for the very definition of “innocuous knee injury”.

Eastie_Boi1 · March 31, 2019, 5:00am

Overall netball injury rate is 9-14 per 1000 playing hours, about a 1/4 of which are ACLs which puts it at 2.25-3.5 ACLs per 1000 playing hours.
In comparison, AFLW averaged 5.39 ACLs per 1000 playing hours over the first two seasons (so twice as likely to do an ACL playing AFLW than elite netball currently).

BLOODSTAINED_DEVILS · March 31, 2019, 5:10am

Right. Wow!

Madden378 · March 31, 2019, 5:29am

Very surprising as I’ve had several friends do their ACL just in a mixed netball comp. Do you know the numbers of ACLs per 1000 hrs for men?
Thanks for your insights.

Eastie_Boi1 · March 31, 2019, 5:35am

I’ll have a look for men’s netball but doubt it has been researched as no elite comp.
For men’s footy, the AFL reported 0.7 ACLs per 1000 playing hours in 2017.

Eastie_Boi1 · March 31, 2019, 5:38am

Yep.
I say currently as I’d expect the AFLW number to decrease over the next decade with more girls growing up playing footy and (hopefully) all the media encouraging girls to undertake strength training earlier.

theDJR · February 7, 2020, 11:23am

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BLOODSTAINED_DEVILS · February 7, 2020, 11:23am

Hate to say it, … but I’d possibly prefer to watch two teams skilled as FarkCarlton tonight than half of the Mens AFL games.