Chicks Talking Footy

Bec, Motty and Sasha with special guest panellist Dave caught up with ABC radio host Bobby Macumber and Emma Race, CEO of Making The Call – two women doing wonderful things in the footy world. They worked out how they would run the AFL if they were put in charge – anyone for a supporter getting a lucky ticket to swap places with a player for 5 minutes or maybe even a double denim round...

Fi was joined by guest host Kel Rowe. Together they watched the trade news drop within minutes of going on air, reviewed AFLW season 7, hashed through the new professional standards of AFLW – take your ice bath and get some sleep is the new standard apparently and celebrated the indigenous guernsey.       The post Trade Secrets appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy .

Fi, Sasha and Bec decided that we’re in the Boxing Day part of the AFL season – where we’ve all caught up with our tribe for the biggest day of the year and now come back together to exchange stories. We talked all about KISS, baby Maggie being born on grand final day and Peter and Darcy Moore’s moment post GF. We caught up with super Pies fan James Shuter about being part...

Fi and Motty celebrated footy Christmas – the AFL Grand Final week! We caught up with Chloe McMillan VFLW coach and Player Development coach from the Collingwood Football Club. We got some goss from the inside walls of Collingwood FC from her and talked about her journey in to leadership at the Club via her role at Champion data. We caught up with the fans from Brisbane Lions and the Pies an...

It was a jam packed show with snakes on the footy oval, the chicks making it on to some billboards, the heat of the AFL Finals, AFLW high scoring and we chatted to Cartlon co-vice captain Jess Del Pos about the Carlton Respects game coming up in round 4 of the AFLW season. We also did a fitting tribute to Ron Barassi and played a clip from the ABC.   The post Snakes, tributes and billboards!...

The Chicks welcomed another guest host, Kel Rowe (fresh off a premiership win). Sash and Kel talked about that Maynard case – so many opinions, the finals games of the weekend and all things AFLW Round 2. Plus, we played an interview with Tanya Hosch, General Manager of Social Inclusion AFL, from the archives. The post The Maynard opinions of footy appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy .

Fi, Bec and Breeza were in their sweet spot of the footy cycle – first week of AFLW round 1 and AFL Finals beginning this week. We chatted to our dear friend Sarina Jackson, president of the Rainbow Swans LGBTIQA+ supporter group about Buddy retiring, the future of the Pride game and the petition to end homophobia in the AFL. Link below. https://www.change.org/p/a-call-for-action-to-the-afl-...

Motty and Fi caught up with the CEO of Women’s Football (and Olympic medallist), Nicole Livingstone on the eve of Season 8 of the AFLW. We chatted about the new higher scoring strategies, rule changes, the growth of the league, the investment in women’s footy, prize money announcements, the Friday 5 pm timeslot and most importantly whether she’s a pie, chip or hot dog person. It&...

Joining us on the show this week was H ead of Women’s Footy Nicole Livingstone who answered all of our questions on the AFLW Season ahead. Fi and Breeza also welcomed guest host Sarah Burt into our Chicks Talking Footy family. Sarah is a Digital Sports Reporter online for Channel 7 and you can also catch Sarah on 3AW doing boundary line special comments and stats during the AFLW season.  We...

The Chicks caught up with Louise Milligan about her report on 4 Corners this week – ‘The Silence: AFL’s Last Taboo. The AFL is the only major sporting code in the world that hasn’t had a single elite male player publicly identify as gay. Louise Milligan investigated the AFL’s culture and asks what has created this silence? The league’s governing body signed a pl...

Motty and Fi welcomed our guest host Tara Murray to join us in our footy chats this week – she prefers chips over pies or hot dogs. We had a chat with Louise Milligan, the journalist behind the Four Corners story that aired last Monday night The Silence – AFL’s Last Taboo. It was illuminating, challenging and shed light on the homophobic attitudes that exist within the AFL. We had all...

This week, AFL takes a back seat as Breeza, Bec and Fi, kick off the show talking all things Matilda’s. We, like the Nation are a buzz with excitement after that thrilling quarter final victory versus France. We discuss all of our feelings watching that intense Penalty shootout. We also catch up with Kerry Harris from Women’s onside. We dissect the AFL Round 22 matches and Bec’s...

The Chicks welcomed Danielle Croci to join us on the crazy CTF panel. We have a few fabulous guest co-hosts over the season which is a bit of fun. Danielle chatted to Georgia Nanscawen ex Hockyroo and now Bomber AFLW player. Nanscawen led the club to claim the 2022 VFLW Premiership and claimed the back-to back Lambert-Pearce Medal, the VFLW’s highest individual honour. Bec is looking for words tha...

LAURA KANE One of the great things about our show is that we get to meet people involved in the game from  administrators, coaches and players through to grass roots footy. Even better we get to meet influential women in our game. And our guest on the first show for 2023 is no exception. We were super excited to welcome to Chicks Talking Footy, Laura Kane the Acting General Manager of Football Ope...

The Chicks came back with a bang! It’s our 8 th season on air with the original draftees all still talking footy together. Fi, Motty, Bec and Bree chatted to Laura Kane, AFL Acting Manager of Football Operations about the upcoming AFLW season and the fact that there are 15 teams that can still make finals in the AFL. We paid tribute to the great Buddy Franklin with a rap from Bec!   The post...

Fi and Sasha caught up on the footy news – will the new Tasmanian team be called the Tassie Devils? Joel Selwood joins Melbourne Storm and Liam Shiels steps out of retirement to join Clarko at North. But the big news is that it is Grand Final week and the W Awards were nail biting right to the end which we dissected! Bec also joined us as a fan for the Feeling the Fans segment that she had i...

Fi was joined by Kirsty Buchanan, mad Swans supporter and convert from the NRL! Together they dissected the umpire corruption scandal and paid tribute to the Heather Anderson a former Premiership player from the Adelaide Crows who passed away this week. They reviewed the semi final games – one of which was played around the ‘Stormaggedon’ that delayed the start of the Crows/Pies game and later del...

Fi and Sasha caught up with Jordy Allen from the Pies about being named in the All Australian squad this year, the strong performance against the Bulldogs at Victoria Park in the first round of finals and some of the preparation the team will be doing in the lead up to the semi-final game against the Adelaide Crows in Adelaide. Jordy Allen is a strong leader, she previously captained Vic Country i...

Bec and Fi launched a new segment called Feeling the Fans…look it’s a working title but we wanted to hear from actual fans about how they feel about the shenanigans at their Club. Mikey Cole, passionate Saints fan was the first guest on FTF and he was on to discuss the recent sacking of Brett Ratten and hiring of previous Saints coach Ross Lyon. Is it ever good to go back to an ex? We...

The Chicks were basking in the after-glow of the AFLW Pride Round on the show this week! Fi flew to Sydney to watch her beloved Hawks wear the Pride Guernsey for the first time and tragically loose by 1 point with 4 seconds to go. We chatted to Tanya Hosch, Social Inclusion Manager at the AFL and Collingwood Champion Chloe Molly. Rachael and Fiona also apologise in advance as for the first time th...

The Bombers broke a record for quickest turn around in CEO’s on VFL/AFL history with the controversial appointment on Andrew Thorburn. We caught up with Jason Tuazon-McCheyne founder of the Purple Bombers to dissect what this means for the rainbow community. We ate some trolls at our dinner table – Steve Price and Jeff Kennett have been spouting some controversial views (again) and we debated whet...

Sasha and Fi debriefed the AFL Grand Final although Robbie Williams was definitely the highlight of the day for anyone but Cats supporters! The footy news was changing by the minute before the show with movements trades, retirements, contracts and caching positions. The big news of the week though was Joel Selwood who has made it very hard to dislike him. We also caught up with Bulldogs AFLW champ...

It’s AFL Grand Final week and we bought Gabby in from Cats Pride (LGBTI supporter group of Geelong) to co-host alongside Fi to bring in the supporters perspective. We also caught up with Sarina from Rainbow Swans for a balanced view. The dinner table was an emotional segment this week with the news coming out of the Hawthorn Football Club that morning. There’s been shockwaves and heartbreak right...

Motty, Fi and Sash talking about what they know best – finals, footy news, trade talk and Motty debuted a fascinating new segment called See Saw. Port Adelaide ‘s Tessa Doumanis jumps on for a really interesting chat about so many topics, not just football. Oh, and if anyone knows the origin of the term Lazy Susan, let us know. It will make sense when you listen to the pod. The post It...

Fi, Sasha and Rachael celebrated the feast of AFL footy finals games and the fact that Melbourne is once again alive again with finals fever. At the dinner table they dissected the arc score review system that ultimately sealed the fate for the Richmond Tigers finals hopes and that mysterious bag of white powder that Wayne Carey was carrying at the casino in WA. Fi and Sasha also caught up with Sa...