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High-flying Rio Olympian will debut on the half-back flank, as teams announce ins and outs for round two.

All the ins and outs for round two of the AFLW.

Collingwood are backing marquee star Moana Hope to bounce back after a quiet start to the AFL Women's competition.

The AFL has revealed a review of umpiring work practices and contact hours in a bid to improve the standard of the game's officiators with league chief Gillon McLachlan admitting he has no solution to the dilemma.

This time last week we were all poised with bated breath. Sports fans, parents of young daughters, advocates for gender equality and even those who had taken a sceptical view on women playing AFL waiting to see how the weekend would unfold.

Parking chaos at the first AFL Women's game led to more than $12,000-worth of parking tickets being issued, but the AFL insists it's not their problem.

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After "overwhelming" crowds last weekend, Saturday's Collingwood-Melbourne AFLW match will now be part of a two-match fixture at Ikon Park.

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Darcy Vescio's debut in an unforgettable AFL Women's league opener has been soured by a nasty cyber attack of her Twitter account.

A few months ago Bailey Hunt was not even confident she would be drafted into the inaugural AFL Women's competition.

Adelaide midfielder Ebony Marinoff and Western Bulldogs defender Bailey Hunt have received the first AFL Women's Rising Star nominations.

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The ferocious opening round of AFL Women's game has seen three players accept one-match suspensions.

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For all his last-ditch attempts to manage expectations around the national launch of women's football, it seems that Gillon McLachlan and his team have created a monster with the birth of AFL Women's.

It was a landmark weekend for the AFL as the first season of the women's league commenced. There was plenty to keep an eye on, and here are five observations from the opening round.

The Collingwood-Melbourne AFL Women's match on Saturday night looks set to be moved from the under-sized Olympic Park Oval to Ikon Park, and be played after the Carlton-GWS match at 5.05pm

It was a night Talia Radan never thought possible, and something the "six-year-old version" of her would be over the moon about.

One afternoon in 1996, a girl from Adelaide sat down and wrote some #fakenews.

The old stadium was full as a beer glass with froth running down its side. Gil McLachlan had to go outside the stadium and apologize like a publican telling a thirsty group on a hot day that he cannot serve them.  

Follow our live match tracker for the final game of the inaugural opening round of AFLW.

It was an opening night to remember.

Coaches of AFLW sides must take some responsibility to ensure the game remains attractive, says Western Bulldogs coach Paul Groves.

Having shed the tag of the AFL's "lovable losers" four months ago at the MCG, the Western Bulldogs keep winning.

​Dual Olympic basketballer Erin Phillips played a starring role in Adelaide's 36-point trouncing of Greater Western Sydney in Saturday's women's AFL game.

The inaugural match of the AFLW league between Carlton and Collingwood on Friday night was an attendance and broadcast-ratings success but the league insists there are no immediate plans for expansion.

The Bulldogs open their AFLW account at home against Fremantle.

Collingwood defender and women's football operations manager Meg Hutchins says the Magpies were "outworked" by Carlton in Friday night's historic AFLW clash at Ikon Park.

The historic opening round continues as the Crows meet the Giants in Adelaide.

It looks like 'Eddie Everywhere' McGuire can't be everywhere - or at least not when it comes to women's footy.

Carlton's goal-kicking star Darcy Vescio is confident the Blues - and the wider AFLW - will have the depth to cover injuries after a "rough" start to the inaugural season.

When it comes to making the leap to the football field in the fledging AFLW league, it's easy to see how a background in basketball, netball, American football and soccer could help.