Daisy Pearce is the captain of Melbourne's AFL Women's team and writes columns for Fairfax Media.
To set the scene, it's 3.16am on Sunday, I've got my foot in a bucket of ice at the kitchen table and after trying all my tricks for trying to get to sleep (eat, meditate, stretch, read book, repeat) I've decided to put the post-match buzz to good use and get some words down. These night games are a killer!
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.
Fairfax Media columnist Daisy Pearce makes her writing debut ahead of the opening AFLW round.