The emergence of women’s Aussie Rules football into the sporting consciousness of Australia has been a sight to behold. It emerged from the precipice and into the white hot spotlight in February when, after years of talk and planning, the first AFL Women’s season came and went in a resounding success.
Following nearly in lockstep, the growth of the women’s game in the USA has been tremendous in the past two seasons. 2017 will see fourteen clubs field sides, and at least three more, Chicago, Des Moines, and Wisconsin, in development.
