It had been six years and one week since Adelaide had managed to beat Hawthorn, the frustration not just about seven successive defeats, but the fact two of them had come in finals, and no fewer than four had been by two goals or less.

Canberra's Bec Goddard might've just created history in the AFL Women's, but her SANFL club has turned their back on her.

Adelaide insist they do not have any psychological scarring against a new-look Hawthorn still trying to find their way.

ACT chief minister Andrew Barr labels Australia's same-sex marriage laws as "shameful".

When Erin Phillips accepted her third major gong in 48 hours, she gave insight into how she's managed to mother, train and, in the past two months, blitz on footy fields.

The Adelaide premiership coach has a bit of Luke Beveridge about her, and she belted out a rendition of a Tina Turner classic at the Crows' AFLW premiership function.

Adelaide smash premiership favourites Greater Western Sydney by 56 points at Adelaide Oval.

Adelaide hung on to make history in the AFLW grand final, with five Canberrans lifting the trophy at the end.

For the women of the Adelaide Crows, inspiration to make history as the inaugural AFLW premiers, came from an old-school, perhaps even slightly daggy source.

Erin Phillips had 28 possessions to lead Adelaide to the first AFL Women's premiership, while the Brisbane Lions were inconsolable at the grand final being their first defeat.

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Adelaide hung on to make history in the AFLW grand final.

Jenna McCormick is keen to avenge her Canberra United heartache with an AFLW premiership.

On the eve of the first AFL women’s grand final Samantha Lane reveals the love letters that have bonded Adelaide’s history-making team.

With inspirational stars down the spine, yet an admirable evenness, expectations are high for the Crows this season.

The AFL's chief executive has launched a stinging rebuke at Gabba management after the AFLW grand final had to be moved to the Gold Coast because of the state of the turf.

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The AFLW grand final venue debacle that has so enraged league bosses and the Brisbane Lions is perhaps symptomatic of a competition born in haste and raised on the run.

In Australian football, everyone loves a big, burly goalkicker. And so it is with Adelaide's Sarah Perkins.

A decision on the venue for the first AFLW grand final won't be made until Monday as talks continued on Sunday night between the AFL and the Queensland Government.

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It's an intriguing final day of the AFLW regular season. Collingwood can do Melbourne a big favour by defeating Adelaide. That result would give the Demons a grand final berth.