Fi and Sasha talked all about the AFLW bombshell announcements. Sasha gave an update about VFLW. We reviewed Round 9 (although we were both hurting from Hawks and Suns bad losses on the weekend).

We also caught up with Pete Holden former Radio DJ, Audio Producer, commentator and champion of promoting and encouraging women in broadcast via  

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Fi and Rachael covered the big news in AFLW – should Tayla Harris get $150,000 to play for Carlton, Nathan Burke signs on again as coach for the Bulldogs and Jessica Burger is joining the AFL Women’s Competition Committee. We talked about all the highs and lows of Round and 8, the Prison Bar guernsey war between Eddie and Kochie and Hardwick sticking up for his players in a night club brawl.

It’s also LAW WEEK which believe it or not is great for inclusion in sport for trans athletes. Bec and Fi caught up with trans man Aram Hosie from the Victorian Equal Opportunity Human Rights Commission about trans and gender diverse inclusion in sport. Aram will be speaking about all this at the law week event he is speaking at. https://www.humanrights.vic.gov.au/news/victorian-law-week-17-23-may/

Bec and Bree talked a lot about footy in this episode and it was excellent fun.

Melissa Kuys the Captain of Port Melbourne VFLW team joined us for a chat about their inaugural season.

Molina Asthana who is an expert on so many aspects of sport behind the scenes, particularly in the areas of governance and diversity also joined us. 

We gave a BIG shout out to the Pride Cup games coming up this weekend, and we discussed the footy news of the week.

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The Chicks Talking Footy team and our Rainbow community are thrilled there are Pride games happening again.  This week we caught up with the President of the Fitzroy Football Club Joan Eddy ahead of their Pride celebration this weekend against Melbourne University. 

Also stopping by for a chat vice captain of the Western Bulldogs VFLW team Katelyn Betts. 

We discuss the footy news of the week and review Round 6 in the AFL. Give us a listen!

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This week is Joy Radiothon and our AFLW Grand Final show. Catch up on all our Radiothon fun as we giveaway prizes and discuss all latest footy news. We build up to AFLW Grand Final day between the Adelaide Crows and Brisbane Lions with the Rainbow Crows the Adelaide Crows LGBTIQA+ supporter group live at training in Adelaide.

We look back at AFLW season 5.0 and discuss our highlights and lowlights and review Round 4 of AFL

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Cheryl Critchley is a Melbourne journalist of 30 years, President of the AFL Fans Association and lifelong Richmond supporter who loves football but is concerned about how its corporatisation affects grassroots fans. She recently helped unfurl the Richmond Football Club Premiership flags which was a huge honour.

Fi and Cheryl could’ve talked about footy all night (and almost did). We talked about ticketing, rule changes, fan inclusion and took some questions from fans on Twitter.

The Feeza and Breeza twins were at it again, although both miserable after a weekend watching their teams lose.

It’s Finals season for the AFLW and we were treated to some great Qualifying Finals – heart breaking for Freo and North as their Premiership dreams were crushed. Plus some big games for the men’s during Easter weekend.

Fi also caught up with Cheryl Critchley the President of the AFL Fans Association about ticketing, rule changes and representing fans.

 

This week we introduce a new talented voice to the Chicks Talking Footy Family with a big warm welcome to Sasha Dougherty. We discuss all the latest footy news, Review Round 9 of AFLW and preview AFLW Finals. Plus we review Round 2 of AFL and look ahead to Round 3. 

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It was the Feeza and Breeza show this week on Chicks Talking Footy. We caught up with Gemma Bastiani from Siren Sport: A Women in Sport Collective. Gemma is the founder of Riot Expert and podcast network Play On Radio and is a leading voice in AFLW Analysis and statistics. Gemma hopped on the line to chat about the wonderful work that Siren do, and discuss the AFLW season so far. We review Round 7 of the AFLW season and preview Round 1 on the eve of the 2021 AFL Premiership season.

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In August 2016, Hutchins joined Collingwood as a priority pick, fulfilling her childhood dream of playing for Collingwood in the AFL. She made her debut in round 1, 2017, in the inaugural AFLW match at IKON Park against Carlton.

She now plays for the Hawthorn Football Club VFLW side and has been a great campaigner for marriage equality and is sponsored by the Hawks Pride Group.

The Chicks caught up with Meg about what it’s like to play footy again after an 18 month Covid hiatus and what it’s like to be coached by Bec Goddard and an all female coaching group.