In this episode of Soaring to New Heights, Liam was lucky enough to chat to young gun Hawk Mikaylah Antony. Arriving with pick 8 in the AFLW pre-season draft, the young defender has been swung forward and slotted in seamlessly to the AFLW side. She chats to Liam about the experience of responding to being overlooked in the draft, how she slotted into the Hawks, and much more.

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 Liam's article ahead of the Pre-Season Draft on why he would take Mikaylah Antony: Pre-season Draft - What would I do? - by Liam McAlary

In this episode of the Bench, Tim and Liam break downHawthorn’s Round 4 defeat to Kuwarna (Adelaide). Despite it being our housewarming party as we celebrated captain Emily Bates' 100th game, it was the Crows who got the stronger start and were never really troubled from there. Whilst not the outcome we wanted, Tim and Liam break the game down and discuss the key points such as poor disposal, the impressive performances of Mikayla Williamson and Laura Elliott, and more.

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In this episode of the Bench, Tim and Liam break downHawthorn’s Round 3 win over the Pies at Victoria Park. It was far from convincing but 4 points are 4 points and in a short AFLW season, you take all the wins you can. From a poor first quarter to Tamara Smith’s superb game in a backline which stepped up across the board, they break down the key takeaways from a scrappy game of football at Vic Park.

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In his final VFLW recap of the 2026 season, Liam breaks down the key performances from Box Hill's Round 16 defeat at Arden St against North Melbourne Werribee.

He breaks down the games of all 7 AFLW listed players, the impact of managed minutes, reflects on the season, and more as he ties a bow on the 2026 VFLW season.

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In this episode of the Bench, Tim and Liam break downHawthorn’s Round 2 win over the Power at Alberton Oval. Coming off the high of beating arguably our biggest AFLW rivals, it was a scrap to start before the Power got the ascendancy in the second term. In the second half, however, itwas a different story as the Hawks ran riot kicking 8 goals to 1, ultimately completing a 51 point turnaround to run out 32 point winners. From Lucy Wales and Laura Stone to that second half, we break down the 5 main takeaways fromthe game.

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In this episode, Liam recaps Box Hill's Round 15 defeat to Port Melbourne in the 2026 VFLW season. He breaks down the performances of AFLW players Niamh Martin and Lavinia Cox, as well as analysing the excellent performance of Poppy Gardner, saluting Stasia Stevenson, and more

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In this episode, Liam breaks down Box Hill’s Round 14 winagainst Casey in the 2026 VFLW Season.

He talks about:

·        All 4 AFLW listed players to feature

·        Why the return of Tess Cattle has been so influential

·        Hannah Stuart’s Best on Ground performance

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In this episode of the Bench, Tim and Liam break down Hawthorn’s Round 1 defeat against Melbourne to kick off the 2026 AFLW season. In a game which ebbed and flowed, the Hawks were jumped early before reeling the Dees in to be level at the final change. However, we used too many petrol tickets getting back into the game and ultimately the Dees were more polished and ran out 19-point winners.

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In this episode of Soaring to New Heights, Liam breaks downBox Hill’s drought breaking win in Round 13 of the 2026 VFLW season.

He breaks down the superb return of Tess Cattle, KayleyKavanagh’s dominance, and much more

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In this episode of Soaring to New Heights, Tim and Liam sitdown to recap the pre-season and then do a rapid-fire preview of the season, including Liam’s controversial (and brutally difficult) best 21.

From injuries and match simulations to practice matches andpredictions, the boys sit down and go through everything relevant for Hawthorn ahead of this AFLW season

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