Chicks Talking Footy

Fi, Bec and Sasha discussed all the ways that “boys will be boys” in the footy news this week. Fi, didn’t want to discuss how Hawks ended up 96 points behind and Sasha didn’t enjoy talking about the 7th loss in row for the Gold Coast Suns (no trip to Movie World in September) We also caught up with our long time friends Emma and Lucy Race from Making the Call about their jo...

‘The Chicks are back! After the longest half-time break in AFL history, the Chicks Talking Footy team are back from Round 16. We’ve missed the game, we’ve missed the dinner table chats and we’ve missed you. We’re returning to our weekly podcasts so get ready for some footy fun! This week – the Irish in the AFLW, Tony Modra sends a message to fans, Chelsea Randall retires and CTE brain disease in t...

The Grand Final has sold out already, the W Awards turned up some exciting results, and boy Richmond’s suddenly looking extra youthful… In this final episode for the year, Bree and Fi lay out a huge week of news, review the preliminary finals, and preview what is set to become a stormy final-final. Breeza has curated her Top 5 Stories of The Year to wrap up the AFLW season – incl...

Our busy and important Bree makes a long-awaited return to the show. Tonight, she is both co-host and special gust in a very drafty episode! Bec, Fi and you get to learn the meanings behind all the jargon swirling around this week. Know what to keep an eye out for! Catch up on the rest of the footy news, alongside the Chicks’ insightful critiques. There are freshly announced dates for next y...

These are exciting times in football news and speculation. Just ask our very own “footy empath”, Bec Dahl, and resident poetry aficionado, Fiona Newton! Adelaide people love a Thursday night! (But who wants a Saturday night game?) The 2024 AFLW All-Australian Squad is coming! (And how about the redheads!) North Melbourne’s home turf is going to engulf Perth and Bunbury! Uh, but H...

Special guest Kel Rowe joins your regularly scheduled Fi as the AFLW season rockets toward finals. Although women haven’t been making the weekly footy news much – “We’re better behaved” – this episode there’s a big announcement hot off the press! Fi and Kel devote much of the show to a meticulous review of the Indigenous Round. A contender for Mark of the...

The tenor of the footy week has moved from pride through shame and back again. Bec and Fi contemplate the impacts of homophobia against Kate Dempsey and of the GWS men’s ‘Troubled Couples’ post-season fiasco. Still, they share the excitement around the first AFL Indigenous All-Stars side in a decade, and spotlight this year’s AFLW Indigenous Round. We hear from several comm...

We’re dedicating a whole show to this week’s AFLW Pride Round. We take a look at the unique relationships between Pride supporter groups, clubs and players. Pioneers of the comp express the full depth of what Pride means to them. And we discover some of the stories behind this year’s stunning Pride guernseys… Noah Gemmell of Bulldog Pride delves into the Bulldogs’ ric...

Join Bec, Sasha and Fi for the 2024 Chicks Talking Footy Post Grand Final Show. It’s full of footy news, AFLW Round 5… and of course the men’s Grand Final. A new Eagles coach has prompted trade requests and Bec’s got a beef with clubs ratcheting up the exit pain. We’re in the middle of Rounds 5, 6 and 7 of the AFLW – with games progressing as we speak. Sasha&#82...

It’s the Chicks Talking Footy AFL Grand Final Spectacular! Bec, Bree and honorary chick Dave review all the news, nominate their tips for everything from Katy Perry bangers to the footy food spread, and pit Crows against Cats in a big grand finals quiz. Brownlow highlights, morning tribunals, the AFL preliminaries, and AFLW Round Four and A Bit… they cover the lot. Finally – here...

There has been so much going on in this week of footy! The 2024 AFL finals are in full swing, with some thrilling matchups set for this weekend. Fi and Sasha discuss the mid-week fixture for AFLW and what bearing this has on injuries. Injury is rife this season and we want to know why. Everybody is talking about the exchange between Hinkley and Ginnivan, the fine and the fall out. And we look at t...

Crack open the air-beers and storm up your teacups – it’s time to unravel the mysteries of hokball! Meanwhile, is Bailey Smith leaving the Bulldogs to start spruiking the chicks’ new cologne? Have GWS been dissing Sydney-Sydney’s baking skills? Was Isaac Heeney really robbed of flippin’ Mark of the Year? Then hear from Patty Kinnersley – CEO of Our Watch and Vic...

The footy is so intense you can almost smell it! Bec and Fi consider all the big questions. How do you kick goals in this wind? When should the AFLW season be? What will happen in the men’s finals? How do we get on top of concussion? Who’s resigned?! Why is that woman doing semaphore? And don’t miss Fi’s chat with her alter ego! That’s Katherine Smith, vice captain of...

This week’s episode is packed with goodies for Hawks fans, but there’s something for everyone at the beautiful intersection of the women’s and men’s seasons. Fi, Breeza and Rachael talk water bottle throwing, suspensions, trade requests, the horrifying aftermath of that Christian Petracca injury and more. Plus, hear from the new AFLW boss Emma Moore and dive back to 1996 fo...

Bec and Fi take us through a truly mint round of the AFL, look back on the season so far and catch up on all the goss from this week’s AFLW Captains Launch! The post The Chicks are Back for 2024! appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy .

Bree, Motty, Rachael and special guest contributor Adelaide discuss all the stories of the week. We chatted about the prelim finals, W Awards and previewed the AFLW Grand Final between North and Brisbane. We also looked back on the year and picked out a couple of the biggest stories in football. Thank you to all the players, coaches, administrators and the AFL for putting on this game every week t...

  Bec, Fi and Sash dissected draft week from a serious and not so serious perspective, talked AFLW finals (Fi is dreading the thought of an Adelaide v Brisbane grand final) and we caught up with Natalie Hutchins, Minister for Women and passionate Kangaroos supporter!   The post There’s a Draft in here! appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy .

On this week’s show Breeza, Motty and Fi discuss all the latest footy news. We look back at some of our ‘ bold predictions on the eve of the AFLW season to see how many we got right. We review the first week of AFLW finals and focus in on North Melbourne’s big win over the Demons hearing from North Melbourne Captain Emma Kearney. Some big AFL news dropped this week with a bold sc...

Thirty-five of our lucky JOY community caught the Kinetic Pride bus to the Pride Game at Victoria Park! We crossed to roaming Tri who gave us the latest gossip on the bus and just like roaming Brian she loved to get people to chat on the mic. One person came to their first ever AFLW game.   The post The Pride Bus arrives at the Pride Game appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy .

Nicole Livingstone the head of AFLW and friend of the Chicks Talking Footy show joined us to debrief the whole season and discuss the significance of Pride Games and Pride Round to women’s footy. We’ve created something special!       The post AFLW Pride Round – Nicole Livingstone appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy .

The Chicks chatted to one of favourite police officers Dylan Miles LLO (LGBTIQA+ Liaison Officer). Dylan chatted about the role LLO’s play at events like Pride Game, how the LLO’s want to build a bridge with our community and they even caught the Kinetic Pride Bus to the game. The post AFLW Pride Round – Dylan Miles LLO appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy .

Bec and Fi chatted to the Mayor of Yarra – Claudia Nguyen during the Pride Game at Victoria Park. We talked about the significance of the game being played in Yarra which has the highest population of LGBTIQA+ people in Victoria, their strategy with Rainbow Yarra for the area and what the game meant to her personally as a member of our community. Claudia tipped a draw to be diplomatic. &nbsp...

Motty and Fi caught up with the lovely Sarah Rowe from Collingwood FC   in the lead up to the AFLW Pride game at Victoria Park. She was a delight to catch up with. The chat was played at our broadcast at Victoria Park on Sunday November 5th.   The post AFLW Pride Round – Sarah Rowe Collingwood FC appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy .

Bec Miller did not miss a game for Richmond across the first three AFLW seasons, racing to 25 games. Bec is a key defender who was selected in the All-Australian squad of 40 and finished runner-up in the Tiger’ 2022 best and fairest had an injury interrupted Season 7. At 27, she still has a long future ahead of her in the competition. The jumper, which is Richmond’s third AFLW Pride guernsey...

The Chicks are ramping up for the AFLW Pride Round by chatting to Sarah Rowe from Collingwood about the work the Pies are doing to celebrate Pride at Vic Park. We also chatted to Dee Berry from the Bulldogs about what is happening across the highway at Whitten Oval for Pride. There’s lots of fan activation at both grounds! The Carlton AFLW teams also did a tour of the Victorian Pride Centre...