The Coathanger

We discuss gendered language in women’s football. And why “girl up” is maybe not the best expression, and “ruck” is better than ruckman and ruckwoman. We argue both sides of the issues around expansion of the league and update our Tipping comp with a hint about the prizes available in the Coathanger Showbag. As always we share our highlights from Round 8 and check out that ladder. And by the end o...

We hear about “The Lucas Girls: a film about the first recorded game of AFL by women in 1918. Free viewings are available on the Victorian State Library webpage! Highlights from Round 7 include Fi’s rain-lashed, freezing trip to RSEA Park to watch the Giants triumph over the Saints, followed by a trip out to Casey Fields to watch Melbourne’s win over Adelaide. Carlton’s loss to Freo at Princes Par...

Nat, Em and Fi share the stories of 3 inspirational women for International Women’s Day. We also discuss the celebration of International Women’s Day in the current political climate where the pervasive emotion is one of anger, if not rage. MP Dave Sharma (Member for Wentworth) gave everyone a Harbour View of a massive IWD fail! We also share highlights from Round 6, check out the ladder and Nat h...

We delve into the things we loved most about Indigenous Round – inclusion, participation and learning, including the Free The Flag campaign and the custom of exchanging gifts. Nat has her moment in the sun with the Tipping comp, and celebrates the “Flag-Pies” reaching the top of the ladder. And we discuss the fixture changes and how that affects the integrity of the season and the league. For the...

We mark the occasion of Jacinda Barclay’s 30th Birthday with a song, “What’s Wrong With $200 Thousand?” and agree that with Cinda’s elite athletic skills across 3 codes, she could have asked many times that figure. The Bulldogs’ Hannah Scott’s bump on the Dees’ Lily Mithen in Round 4 is deemed “Hot Cinders Energy.” We celebrate the more mature players Erin Phillips and Cora Staunton and their 4 go...

Fi accepts responsibility for the Marvel Stadium being added to the Round 4 fixture. You’re welcome. Em has a wide ranging conversation with Pepa Randall including pay issues and the CBA, hubbing, and her role as a defender. Kiwi wonders why Krissie Steene was overlooked as additional support when the Giants were short staffed in the Adelaide hub. Melissa Hickey and Courtney Cramey on the All Aust...

Pride Round has been and gone but what about the Trans flag? Fi and Kiwi chat to Hannah Mouncey about the current state of play for transgender players and the policy stance of the AFL. We hear voices in the crowd: AFLW fans at the Bulldogs/Carlton match tell us what Pride Round means to them. Em takes umbrage at accusations of North Melbourne’s stacked list, and airs the old Darebin rivalry. Trac...

The AFLW comp has been thrown into turmoil due to the outbreak and subsequent lockdown in WA, forcing the postponement of 2 matches for the 2nd Round: GWS vs WCE and Crows vs Freo. And with that, the Pod plan is thrown completely out the window! We discuss the Jacinda Barclay tributes at each Round 1 match and the word “Vale”, the blame game around Ebony Marinoff’s successful tribunal appeal and B...

In our Season 5 preview episode we discuss coaching and player changes for season 5– who’s in, who’s out and the injury count which is already serious. We cover the ticketing and membership issues and ask “Could the AFL be doing more to promote Season 5?” In our Half Time Huddle we give our take on Margaret Court’s Australia Day honour. We each share the teams we’ll be watching out for in 2021, an...

Last episode for this year but we will be back!

This week we chat with GWS's Haneen Zreika

This week we chat with GWS's Alyce Parker.

This week we talk to GWS's Pepa Randall about the season.

This week we chat about where now for AFLW and we also chat with GWS's Captain Alicia Eva.

We take stock and discuss what has just happened to the game and we also talk about what is next for AFLW.

We look at round 6 in detail and talk about a possible round 7

We talk through a huge week of footy and good one for the Giants. And we spoke with Tiffany Chen from the Newtown Breakaways.

Round 3 put under the microscope and we ask where now for the Giants. Also why are we seeing so many ACL injuries in the AFLW?

The Coathanger team have a look at a great weekend of footy. We also hear from Brandon Jack and pick the winners for round 4

This week we unpack round 2 and we catch up with GWS star Bec Privitelli and much more.

We take a look at a great weekend of footy, talk about the pay gap and look forward to Round 2

We're back for 2020 with a full wrap of the season ahead and a look at round 1. We also catch up with Cora Staunton from GWS.

It's the last show for this season so we all talk about how we watched the Grand Final and how the game can improve in NSW.

We had great chat with Cora about being a Giant, playing back in Ireland and much more!

We get ready for the Grand Final but before we do we have to chat with Cora Staunton.