A headline in the guardian in 2017 following a weekend of professional women’s AFL football read: AFLW: big crowds, tough play and irate fans – footy just as we know and love it. Women’s sport – not just AFLW – has made the international sporting landscape a new exciting and achievable world for young girls, but nobody just clicked their fingers & made it magically happen – huge amounts of work has been done by some incredible people over the years to get us to where we are today, and the girls and women’s football programs at the Sydney Swans show just how much hard work, commitment and good planning has gone into women’s sport to make it the shining light that it is today.