Pies notch up first AFLW win with second-half surge over Bulldogs
Collingwood notched up their first win of the season with a second-half surge that blew the Western Bulldogs away at Whitten Oval on Saturday night.
Larissa Nicholson is a journalist at The Age.
Collingwood notched up their first win of the season with a second-half surge that blew the Western Bulldogs away at Whitten Oval on Saturday night.
Looking fit and composed, Jobe Watson returned from exile at Etihad Stadium on Thursday night. The former Essendon skipper was one of six Bombers returned to face arch-rivals Collingwood in the first game of the AFL pre-season, after serving a season-long ban in 2016 for doping.
Ultimate frisbee champion Cat Phillips proved the value of AFLW teams casting their recruiting nets wide, when she booted two impressive goals to help Melbourne to their first win of the season.
Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley spoke out on Friday morning against personal attacks against sportspeople, after football contemporary James Hird was hospitalised for a reported overdose.
The Gold Coast Suns got some happy Christmas news on Thursday, when tall forward Peter Wright signed a new contract to stay at the struggling expansion club.
Melbourne defender Heritier Lumumba has retired from the AFL after struggling with repeated concussions.
Women's football has never been so popular, but for a least one sport radio station talking about the game remains a male-only domain.
After a Western Bulldogs premiership and the launch of a national AFL women's competition, much loved 'Doggies vice-president Susan Alberti said the time was right to retire.
New Cat Esava Ratugolea was excited about meeting Joel Selwood and Patrick Dangerfield in his first week at the club.
New Cat Brandan Parfitt will be working hard over the summer, hoping to create his own success story wearing recently-retired great Jimmy Bartel's famous No.3.
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