With a little bravery and these big swings, AFLW can enjoy more magical crowd moments | Sarah Guiney
‘The unwillingness to separate from AFL games, the reliance on them as a safety net, shows that the league’s priorities still lie with converting the men’s crowd,’ Sarah Guiney writes. Photograph: James Wiltshire/AFL Photos/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen‘The unwillingness to separate from AFL games, the reliance on them as a safety net, shows that the league’s priorities still lie with converting the men’s crowd,’ Sarah Guiney writes. Elsewhere, it has increasingly become known by a different name: business as usual.The Professional Women’s Hockey League is one of several North American competitions making a habit of not only attracting spectacular women’s sports crowds, but doing so at a domestic level.
- ▪‘The unwillingness to separate from AFL games, the reliance on them as a safety net, shows that the league’s priorities still lie with converting the men’s crowd,’ Sarah Guiney writes.
- ▪Photograph: James Wiltshire/AFL Photos/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen‘The unwillingness to separate from AFL games, the reliance on them as a safety net, shows that the league’s priorities still lie with converting the men’s crowd,’ S
- ▪Elsewhere, it has increasingly become known by a different name: business as usual.The Professional Women’s Hockey League is one of several North American competitions making a habit of not only attracting spectacular women’s sports crowds,
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‘The unwillingness to separate from AFL games, the reliance on them as a safety net, shows that the league’s priorities still lie with converting the men’s crowd,’ Sarah Guiney writes. Photograph: James Wiltshire/AFL Photos/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen‘The unwillingness to separate from AFL games, the reliance on them as a safety net, shows that the league’s priorities still lie with converting the men’s crowd,’ Sarah Guiney writes. Photograph: James Wiltshire/AFL Photos/Getty ImagesSportblogAFLWWith a little bravery and some big swings, AFLW can enjoy more magical crowd momentsThe AFL could borrow some of the gumption from a North American ice hockey league to grow Australian rules football’s elite women’s competitionSarah GuineyFri 7 Aug 2026 11.00 EDTLast modified on Fri 7 Aug…
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