The Coathanger

We congratulate GWS GIANTS as the inaugural winners of the Coathanger Cup! We share highlights from the Indigenous Round & our Suggestion Box. For all that and more tune in to The Coathanger

We preview The Coathanger Cup which will be awarded at this weekend’s derby between Sydney Swans and GWS Giants. We acknowledge Indigenous Round and Fi chats to Swans player Aliesha Newman. 

In our Round 1 pod Fi catches up with Giants’ Vice Captain Alyce Parker. We review the Round 1 matches in which both Sydney teams went down fighting, we talk injuries, acknowledge the debutantes and recognize Lozz’s mum as the leader of our tipping comp! We also discuss the Swans’ decision to name 3 captains: Maddy Collier, Brooke Lochland and Lauren Szigeti and the responsibility of broadcasters...

In our preseason pod for AFLW Season 7, Coach Kiwi welcomes Fi back to the driver's seat and we welcome Lauren "Loz" Hodgson to the Coathanger team. We share what we are looking forward to in this season and put in our bold predictions for the Grand Final and Best and Fairest. Loz reviews the Swans vs Collingwood practice match, Fi is a harbinger of more ACLs whilst Kiwi predicts a Henson Park loc...

And that’s a wrap! This is the last episode for AFLW Season 6. We cover Adelaide’s classy win over Melbourne to capture their third premiership and why this win was particularly important to them. We take a look at the Best and Fairest - and the shenanigans from the award night! We look at the big name players switching clubs and pay tribute to the players who went through what was arguably one of...

Happy Grand Final week everyone! Could Tayla Harris play a sacrificial ‘decoy’ role in this Saturday’s AFLW big dance and get the win for the Dees? Who can stop Marinoff? Is this Daisy Pearce’s last game? And can the Crows complete the fairytale ending?? We also cover the wash up of the two preliminary finals and make our predictions for the Best and Fairest medal in our penultimate season 2022. #...

In this week's show, we review the quarter final between the Lions and the Pies, preview this weekend's enthralling match ups for the prelim finals including the first official AFLW game at the G, talk rising stars, and finally we all get to grill Brid Stack from the Giants about all things footy and her experience in the 2021 season.

Tune in to this week's pod to catch our summary of the Giant's season, their standout performers and how they might move forward during the expansion of the competition. We discuss Fremantle's dismantling of North Melbourne and Trace chats with GWS recruit Ally Dellaway who debuted in round 1 and played every game in season 2022.

It’s finals time! We are down to 6 contenders and the pressure is on the four sides playing in elimination finals this weekend. We discuss their prospects and also what happened to the also-rans… Essendon and Sydney have their first player signings – one is experienced, one is youthful. Who’s made the better choice? We also discuss the controversy around the proposed start date for AFLW season 7 a...

We discuss some teams having slow starting games. Who are time 2 players breaking barriers in their new clubs? Melbourne breaks the 100 point record. The [unofficial] Phillips/Kick Cup is acknowledged. And we discuss the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras!

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We look at the GWS Giants' ups and downs We discuss the Indigenous Rounds and Pride Rounds and the risk of tokenism We note the 2 players who were originally Lions marquees, who are doing well in their 3rd clubs this season. And we ask: When should the season be played?

The AFLPA have declared 2026 as the year by which AFLW players are full time. What does that mean for those players who are already developing careers outside of footy? We discuss the poor performance by GWS against Crows at Henson and Trace updates the tipping comp. Is there wisdom in considering a redraft? We discuss the fairness of the condensed and ask if it’s a fair competition? If a team pla...

Nat Morgan joins us this week as we cover the Crows fall to the Dogs and the Suns who continue their rise with their victory over Geelong, whilst the Giants’ form has dropped again. We discuss Wayne Siekman’s suggestion of a redraft of all players to even the playing field. We ask how much of a toll is so much football due to sudden changes to the fixture having on players’ bodies, as we look ahea...

We talk Sydney Swans new coach Scott Gowan, and what having 4000 #AFLW members already means for a team yet to take the field. We name the teams that have surprised and disappointed so far and who we think might be leading the @aflwomens BnF at this point. Plus, an indepth look at the Round 5 games and looking ahead to Round 6.

We talk about the completed Pride Round and share differing opinions on approaches to take when a player refuses to play due to religious beliefs. Guest panelist Te Rina Taite joins us and brings her own brand of humour to review the atmosphere and triumph for the Giants at Henson Park last Friday. And what on earth did Troy Thompson do in our tipping comp? In the 5th Quarter, Trace chats to our m...

In our Round 3 pod we discuss the importance of Pride Round - beyond the jumper; we look at the 4 teams running away with the competition and ask “What’s up with the Giants?” And we cover whether playing football in Summer in sustainable. Also Emma chats to Giants player Lisa Steane.

In this week's pod we note the cricket wickets that have popped up on the grounds, discuss the stand out performances including the Prespakis Cup and Perko's contribution to the Suns win, and give an update on the tipping comp too. And we cover the Giants loss to Freo and look at player responses to pressure, but also Cora's standout performance.

With Season 6 off to a bumpy start, the Coathanger team analyze Round 1, discuss injuries, and introduce a new voice to Sydney airways in the form of guest host, Peter Holden.

In our preseason pod, we will look at the state of play for AFLW Season 6, discuss whats changed, name our top 6 teams and we'll cover Sydney news. Also some personal news from Fi, who will be taking some time off. Peter Holden will be keeping the seat warm as guest host. Content warning: discussion of breast cancer and surgery. To avoid this content, please skip ahead from 1:00 to 2:25. And for t...

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In our penultimate episode our grand final review shows that we CAN have nice things! We talk player retirements and Sharni’s change of heart about the affordability of the league. We tip our Best & Fairest and Rising Star ahead of the W awards. We pay tribute to Peter Holden – friend of the pod - and WARF Radio’s podcast which is taking a long (possibly permanent) pause, send a cheerio to Donnie...

We look at highlights from the preliminary finals and celebrate the women’s voices heard in commentary on the weekend. Our tipping comp results are in! Prizes coming your way! Foundation teams vs expansion teams: is the disparity ok for now and for the future of the game? And we applaud Melbourne football club’s announcement of their new President – Kate Roffey, (currently the vice president). She...

We review the Qualifying Finals, preview and commit our predictions for next week's semi finals, and congratulate Kiara Bowers on her AFLCA award. Shout out to Kaitlyn Ashmore who is the first player to reach 40 AFLW games, and acknowledgement to Emma Kearney who took a knee during the anthem. And as for our tipping comp - get in touch! Everyone could be a winner at this rate!

Coach Kiwi chats to Tope Adepoyibi about her experience as an umpire. Em chats to Tait Mackrill, friend of the pod, about the Giants’ approach to the 2021 season and her individual gains this year. There are questions, but not many answers, about our tipping comp. And we look at highlights from Round 9 the ultimate, the last round in the Home and Away competition for Season 5. For the best Harbour...