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AFLW season length still being negotiated: Dillon

The length of the looming AFLW season is still being negotiated by the AFL and the Players Association, AFL chief executive elect Andrew Dillon says.

AAP

The devils and the detail of the $715m AFL stadium dividing Tasmania

A plan to build a new ground during a housing crisis has split the community – and could cost the state a football team

The Guardian - AU

AFLW players return to training with no pay deal and uncertainty over new season

AFLW players return to their clubs for pre-season this week with no pay deal confirmed and no idea how the 2023 season will look except that it will start in early September

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Adelaide Crows touring regional South Australia with new STEMfooty education program

The Adelaide Football Club tours remote schools in regional South Australia with a program to help to teach students about science and maths using football principals.

ABC News

How's Ya Mate? mental health round continues expansion with help from Tadhg Kennelley, Kirby Bentley

Tadhg Kennelley and Kirby Bentley connect with young people in Broken Hill and Menindee as ambassadors for How's Ya Mate? — a successful local mental health and wellbeing initiative that hopes to go national.

ABC News

Tasmania granted 19th AFL team licence with 2028 slated for men’s start date

Tasmania will have a team in the AFL, after the island state was officially awarded the league’s 19th licence by CEO Gillon McLachlan

The Guardian - AU

The AFL needs real cultural change. Can the new chief deliver it?

A long, competitive recruitment process to name a new Australian Football League chief executive has concluded with the appointment of an AFL insider.

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AFL culture around concussion must change, inquiry told

AFL leaders say the culture and attitudes towards concussions must change to better protect players from head trauma.

The New Daily

After an AFLW premiership, Tayla Harris now has her sights set on another boxing title

She's best known for her time on the footy field, but Tayla Harris is also pretty good at boxing. After a four-year hiatus, she's getting back in the ring and couldn't be more ready.

ABC News

Surfer Lucy Small says women's pay in sport hasn't come far enough two years on from iconic speech

When surfer Lucy Small was handed a cheque worth less than the men's prize two years ago, she knew she had to call it out. On the anniversary of her speech, she says there's still "so much" more to be done.

ABC News

AFL Players’ Association claims it has been kept in dark on league’s concussion review plan

The AFL has not provided a timeline or details on how it will care for injured former players despite pledging urgent action, the association claimed in a submission

The Guardian - AU

Former Adelaide Crow Jasmine Simmons signs with Port Adelaide Power's AFLW side

The 24-year-old requested the move in an effort to further her career and be a part of the developing club for its second season in the national competition.

ABC News

Cancer shock for Sydney AFLW coach Scott Gowans

Sydney AFLW coach Scott Gowans is expected to make a full recovery after his prostate cancer was detected before it had time to spread.

AAP

Blues aim to buck poor form with new AFLW coach

Carlton VFL assistant coach Mathew Buck will take over the Blues' AFLW side, following their 14th-place finish and the axing of Daniel Harford.

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The Guardian - AU

The case for banning Daisy Pearce from AFL changerooms doesn’t stack up

Australian rules football continues to question the validity and integrity of the women who’ve always been part of it

Irish Mirror

Cora Staunton announces retirement from AFLW

The Mayo native retires following six seasons with the GWS Giants.

ABC News

Not all pregnancies are being treated equally in Super Netball

The Super Netball league was the first club sport in Australia to introduce a parental policy for its players but — as negotiations kick-off for the sport's next collective bargaining agreement — there is one key component that needs to be revisited.

ABC News

AFLW footballer Deni Varnhagen returns to Crows training after failed vaccination legal challenge

After more than a year on the sidelines, AFLW player and nurse Deni Varnhagen will return to active elite football, months after she failed in a bid to challenge the South Australian vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.

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Walker becomes a Bomber as Carlton secure top-10 pick

Carlton's Brooke Walker has joined AFLW rivals Essendon as the Blues traded her for a top-10 pick in the upcoming draft.

AAP

Saints land AFLW leading goalkicker Jesse Wardlaw

Seven players have moved across five AFLW clubs in a trade headlined by Brisbane star Jesse Wardlaw joining St Kilda.

The Conversation

Why do sports keep changing their rules? We count 4 main reasons

The Australian Football League’s 2023 season is kicking off with changes afoot. Three rule changes, in fact, which may either please or infuriate commentators and fans.

ABC News

How sporting structures are designed for men by men, and how leading women want to change that in the next decade

Australia is in the midst of what has been dubbed the "green and gold decade" leading up to the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics. Here's what three of the country's most powerful women in sport want to see happen before then.

AAP

Saints AFLW spearhead Greiser traded to Tigers

Richmond have snapped up St Kilda forward Caitlin Greiser via a three-way trade that sent Tiger Harriet Cordner to Carlton and Blue Natalie Plane to the Saints.

ABC News

AFL concussion class action kicks off as league announces $25 million study of long-term health impacts

Former Geelong star Max Rooke will be lead plaintiff in a landmark lawsuit against the AFL brought by players who claim to have been permanently damaged by concussions and other head knocks.

AAP

AFL won't yet commit to AFLW players' full-time dream

AFLW players are eager for full-time professionalism but AFL officials are yet to declare their desire for the women's competition to reach that point.

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