It was twenty years ago today, that the women began to play.
Well, not quite. Women’s Aussie Rules was being played for decades off and on, even before the founding of the VWFL in 1981.
But it wasn’t until 2003 that the first ever women’s match took place at the USAFL Nationals. Granted, it was an exhibition played with the wrap rule (no tackling yet), but it was the first step.
