Freedom

Momentum is a funny thing.  Sometimes it lasts a few minutes, sometimes a few games.

For the USA Freedom, the boost they got from their fourth quarter against Ireland in their opener carried forward into all four stanzas against Les Gauloises de la France in Game Two.

Seizing control from the opening ball up, the Americans put on a stunning display of offense against a game, but outmatched, French team, scoring a 125-0 victory at the 2024 AFL TransAtlantic Cup in Toronto.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  And from where we sit, the growth of women’s Aussie Rules is the apple of our collective eyes.

Women’s footy was repressed for many years in Australia, and seen as a curiosity when leagues started to be formed.  But by the 2000’s, there was growth and the will to make something sustainable.  By the 2010’s, there were calls for a professional league in line with their men’s counterpart, and that all came to a head in 2017 with the birth of AFLW.