Yeah but consider why underage competitions have modified rules – because the skills aren’t up to elite standards? I’m just suggesting that the women’s comp is doomed to fail if they expect unskilled part timers to put on an equal spectacle under equal rules as the mens competition.
In the TAC Cup you are not allowed to tag or flood and must have a set number of players behind the ball. I believe they also have a zone system to ease congestion
One of the reason its so congested is the 16 on the ground {no wings }
The players tire quicker because they have to cover more ground
Also they normally play in local comps with a standard Mens Size Ball …in AFLW a size smaller
I have tried to watch a game an I’m happy for women to have there own comp but if they ain’t Essendon I just can’t get into it. At all. As if I’m goin to support any other team. I can’t do it. An it’s bad enough watching the men when it’s all flooding football let alone the women doin it. I am old school though. I loved the 90s brand of footy. It was when a fullback was a fullback an a full forward was a full forward. If I didn’t love the bombers so much I probably wouldn’t even bother watching it half the time. They recruited footballers with brains back then, not just because he looks like superman an can’t kick
So what do we make of the Moana Hope stuff? Dropped this week for a ■■■■ game, and goes straight to fkn Twitter or Instagram or whatever… No more, ‘work hard and get your spot back’, you’ve got 5k followers who’ll agree with everything you say to a cryptic post with no context… Go Team. FFS.
Seen worse dummy spits than that.
Though I’m not even sure what her post was meant to mean.
I also anticipate a lot of AFLW regulars will find themselves on the scrap heap pretty quickly as the standard improves with the junior numbers coming through.
Abbey Holmes being a perfect example, will be lucky to be on a AFLW list next season.