Vogt got a week. Wtf?!
The AFL advises the Match Review for Round Four of the 2022 NAB AFLW Season Seven has been completed. Seven charges were laid with no further incidents requiring a detailed explanation.
Itâs pretty hard to get suspended in the AFLW. Any idea when it happened in said quarter?
Smith does the olâ two âfirst offencesâ in succession.
Surely there is footage?
OK, hadnât seen this yet: thatâs one of the least malicious tackles sheâs ever laid. Classic OutcomeLotto.
That outcome is all about the result of the tackleâŠthe tackle itself didnât look bad at allâŠbut the result did.
Given how she is playing this year, OutcomeLotto may have cost Georgie a league B&F win.
I mean, sheâll probably win another five across her career, but sheâs been exceptional so far this season.
No sense winning one before she comes across to The Bombers 
Donât try explaining that one to her sister 
At the halfway mark of H&A, we have zero players in the top five of any stats⊠but are getting one thing right.
Average points for
56.2 - Brisbane
42 - Adelaide
41.8 - Essendon
Meanwhile, Essendon continues to stake its claim as the best expansion side the competition has seen, still averaging more than 40 points per game.
Pesky ABC commenting on the AFL again.
AFLW players have been facing a number of challenges, including working unpaid hours and inequitable access to resources such as medical care, a report released by the AFL Playersâ Association (AFLPA) has found.
Key points:
- 42 per cent of players said they were being required to undertake unpaid sessions on a weekly basis
- AFLW players had lower levels of satisfaction on all measures of workplace culture compared with AFL menâs players
- Almost a quarter said they had only somewhat sufficient or not at all sufficient access to doctors
Players also reported a lack of integration of the AFLW program into their clubs and perceived low levels of respect from across the industry.
The AFLPAâs Insights and Impact report collected player responses earlier this year and during season six of AFLW, prior to the negotiation of the most recent Collective Bargaining Agreement, which saw an increase in the playersâ contracted hours.
That data showed that 42 per cent of players said they were being required to undertake additional unpaid sessions on a weekly basis.
An additional 52 per cent said they were being required to undertake additional sessions some of the time (less often than weekly).
Data showed AFLW players were doing a significant proportion of unpaid overtime. (Supplied: AFLPA)
This included over two thirds of the cohort â 71 per cent â who said they were sometimes required to come into the club on days off.
Of all workplace culture measures, AFLW players gave the lowest rating (5.81 out of 10) to the question of whether they were getting a âmental breakâ from the game.
The report also notes that a high number â one third of the cohort â accessed mental health support through the AFLPA.
This compares to just over one in 10 (or 12 per cent) of menâs players who are accessing similar supports.
Overall, the survey found that AFLW players had lower levels of satisfaction on all measures of workplace culture compared with AFL menâs players (averaging 6.82 out of 10, versus 8.26 out of 10 for men).
Access to equipment, facilities, medical care lacking
AFLW players also called out a lack of access to resources, with just under half of the playing cohort (49 per cent) saying that they had only âsomewhat sufficientâ or ânot at all sufficientâ access to equipment and facilities.
Players were asked to rank the availability of a variety of resources as either âhighly sufficientâ, âsufficientâ, âsomewhat sufficientâ or ânot sufficient at allâ.
Half the AFLW playing cohort felt they had insufficient access to equipment and facilities.(Supplied: AFLPA)
Just 18 per cent rated their access to equipment and facilities as âhighly sufficientâ.
Perhaps most alarmingly, the availability of medical care was rated poorly, with nearly a quarter of the players (23 per cent) saying they had either only âsomewhat sufficientâ or ânot at all sufficientâ access to doctors.
A number of AFLW players have sustained season-ending ACL injuries this season, including Kellie Gibson of the Eagles. (Getty Images: AFL Photos/Will Russell)
Just under a quarter (23 per cent) also said their access to strength and conditioning and nutrition support was either âsomewhat sufficientâ or ânot at all sufficientâ.
AFLW program not fully integrated
On the topic of integration of the AFLW program within clubs, 32 per cent said while integration had started, there was âa long way to goâ.
Another 44 per cent agreed that while the program was âsomewhat integratedâ, there were staff who treated AFLW as inferior to the AFL menâs program.
Player responses show clubs have a long way to go with integrating their AFLW program.(Supplied: AFLPA)
Only 17 per cent of players agreed that the AFLW program was âcompletely integratedâ into their respective clubs.
AFLW players also reported experiencing low levels of respect from some corners of the industry.
Players were asked to rate the levels of respect they had experienced from key players like the AFL, their clubâs CEO and the AFLPA, on a scale from âextremely highâ to âextremely lowâ.
While most players (43 per cent) said they experienced âmore respect than notâ from the AFL, the governing body had the highest rate of negative responses.
One in four (23 per cent) said the AFL either showed them more disrespect than not (14 per cent), low respect (seven per cent), or extremely low respect (two per cent).
AFLW players questioned how much respect they were shown by the AFL.(Getty Images: AFL Photos/Michael Willson)
Only six per cent said they had experienced âextremely high respectâ from the AFL.
The AFLPA, club CEOs and general managers of football (GMs) were rated more highly by comparison.
The players reported higher levels of perceived respect from the AFLPA, club CEOs and General Managers of football.(Supplied: AFLPA)
Added together, 79 per cent of players said they experienced either extremely high or high levels of respect from the AFLPA, with similar numbers for club CEOs (76 per cent) and GMs (70 per cent).
âMuch work to doâ
AFLPA CEO Paul Marsh responded to the report by saying the data shows there âremains much work to do across the industryâ.
âAs we enter a hopefully more normal period post constant COVID interruptions, we expect a greater focus on integration of the AFLW Football Program at clubs and on appropriate resource availability,â he said.
AFLPA chief executive Paul Marsh (right) says the report shows the industry has âmuch work to doâ on AFLW. (Getty Images: Robert Cianflone)
The report also recommended that the AFL and AFLPA continue to monitor club compliance with playersâ contracted hours, including considering sanctions for those who failed to comply.
It further committed to conducting a more detailed club-by-club analysis on how AFLW was being integrated into clubs, while pushing for increased resources, especially those related to medical care, as well as respect and responsibility training for industry staff.
The AFL responded to the report by saying that the "concerns raised in the survey from early this year have since been addressed in the new AFLW CBA in which the average pay was increased by 94 per cent.
âContact hours were addressed, as was further integration and access into club AFL programs/facilities,â a spokesperson said.
âWe continue to engage the playing cohort both directly and indirectly for feedback, ideation and to understand how the AFL and the 18 clubs can continue to provide the best possible environments for success.â
When the current AFLW CBA was announced, Marsh called it an important âfirst stepâ towards the AFLPAâs goal of making AFLW footballers full-time by 2026.
The AFL, by contrast, has set a goal of making AFLW players the best paid in any domestic womenâs competition by 2030
Sam Lane KC, interviewed on ABC radio, explained that AFL on a catch up because most positions have been held by those identifying as of the M gender ( not her exact words)
Run Ruby, runâŠ.
@theDJR Can anyone tell me if any of our AFLW players will be eligible to play in the VFLW when the next season commences.