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History repeats as Ireland\\\'s women claim International Cup

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Sunday, August 28 2011 @ 11:10 pm ACST

Nah Victoria can win the women's champs that's fine, but I don't like Vic vs the Rest. Belittles the sport because the fact that Victoria could beat the rest of Australia just lends weight to the snide comments sometimes made that it isn't Australian football it's still just Victorian football despite nearly 150 years of in other areas.

If Victoria can still beat all the rest in women's footy then the game is in serious need of support outside Victoria. That's seen no more clearly than in South Australia where after 30 years there was still only 4 women's teams! Talk about a neglected market. Happily that's starting to change.

But the women's world team taking on the Aussie states? Thumbs up.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

History repeats as Ireland\\\\\\\'s women claim International Cup

Authored by: Michael Christiansen
on Monday, August 29 2011 @ 08:42 am ACST

Is Adelaide/SA a neglected market re womens footy because the AFL hasn't done enough? or because the SANFL hasn't done enough? or is it a need to start to break down or modify long standing traditional structures?

I've seen in Victoria that it's clear that the burden of tradition and history is often great, and whilst the AFL at times has seemed a little heavy - I can now look back and realise that certain things had to be rearranged to be future competitve rather than just historically reflective (although, there needs to be respect and a balance).

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

History repeats as Ireland\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s women claim International Cup

Authored by: Harley Vague
on Monday, August 29 2011 @ 12:49 pm ACST

I don't know or care where to point the finger but the process is - get a schoolgirls' competition firing , then a youth girls competition and then get each second tier club to adopt a women' side . When a youth girls competition was established in WA the women's comp became a lot more vibrant .

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

History repeats as Ireland\'s women claim International Cup

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Tuesday, August 30 2011 @ 10:44 am ACST

Do I blame the SANFL or AFL? I think neither put any resources into women's footy in SA for a long time. I think game development in this state was poor for a long time, and there was a battle to the bottom by both sides. Whether that's because the SANFL was being squeezed financially by the AFL or living beyond its means or focusing on the wrong areas or a very poor cousin in terms of funding (compared with what is spent in some other states) is very hard to tell - you'd need a break down of funding to every state including all the hidden benefits. But personally I feel footy has not been developed with a lot of imagination in SA for a long time including ignoring a major demongraphic.

Happily a report was done into this a couple of years ago by Jenny Williams (of the Port Adelaide Williams football dynasty but very well credentialled in her own right). Some of it now seems to be being put into place, so I think SA is on a fast curve to catch up with some of the other women's competition (the Vics will remain miles ahead).

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

History repeats as Ireland\\\'s women claim International Cup

Authored by: Michael Christiansen
on Thursday, September 01 2011 @ 10:00 am ACST

I might suggest the quickest way to get competitive real quick would be to attract a whole bunch of Irish girls to come out and work/study for a couple of years and bolster the footy ranks!!! It's working in Sydney.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN