After making a successful transition from hockey to football, one of Fremantle’s emerging AFLW stars has committed to a two-year contract extension with the Dockers.
Josh Kempton
West Coast is considered the most likely landing spot for Ruby Schleicher after the Collingwood captain confirmed she’ll head home to WA.
Chris Robinson
There’s a couple of perfect 10s for Dockers players despite a less-than-convincing win over St Kilda, while a string of Eagles failed to make the grade. See Danielle Laidley’s full AFLW ratings here!
Danielle Laidley
She is already the most decorated player in Fremantle’s AFLW history, but Dockers veteran Kiara Bowers is still managing to reach new heights.
The dual premiership winner has spoken out after the Roos claimed their leaders were ‘clearly comfortable’ with the bombshell trade.
Glenn Valencich
Fremantle have survived a massive scare from bottom-placed St Kilda to return to the AFLW’s top eight, launching a late comeback to topple the Saints by 11 points at Cockburn ARC Oval.
West Coast’s hopes of a second straight AFLW finals campaign have been emphatically put to bed as Geelong powered to a 53-point victory on Saturday.
Jake Santa Maria
Aisling McCarthy has since transformed into a genuine AFLW superstar since arriving on Australian shores eight years ago — but her journey has not been without some self-doubt along the way.
West Coast midfielder Jaide Britton admits the Eagles need to be tougher at the coalface if they are to keep their fleeting finals hopes alive against Geelong.
West Coast AFLW coach Daisy Pearce could have taken jobs elsewhere throughout the league, but after being embraced by WA after moving from Victoria, Perth now feels like her real home.
Craig O'Donoghue
West Coast have secured AFLW icon Daisy Pearce on a new deal that will see her become the Eagles’ longest-serving women’s coach as they fight to stay in the finals hunt.
Why has AFLW in Perth fallen in a hole? Danielle Laidley takes an in-depth look at the struggles surrounding both West Coast and Fremantle.
Fremantle have been framed as the frontrunners to secure Zippy Fish in the coming off-season, and their coach Lisa Webb has revealed where she sits in their chase of the emerging AFLW superstar.
Fremantle have emerged as the front-runners to land AFLW rising star Zippy Fish, with the Sydney midfielder eyeing a return to WA as soon as next season.
Mitchell Woodcock
West Coast and Fremantle slipped up in the race for finals as the Power cut the Eagles’ winning streak and the Dockers fell to star-studded North Melbourne. Danielle Laidley rates every players’ efforts.
Fremantle coach Lisa Webb believes playing against AFLW powerhouses North Melbourne has given her players the lessons and belief to rise back up the ladder after dropping out of the top eight.
Fremantle have dropped out of the AFLW top eight with only three games remaining after a tough effort against reigning premiers North Melbourne wasn’t enough to produce a victory.
A final quarter blitz has seen South West secure their seventh straight women’s country championships title with a eight-point win over Great Northern.
Jack Penniment
West Coast coach Daisy Pearce says her Eagles were taught a good reminder of the consistency required to be contenders after a frustrating loss to Port Adelaide.
West Coast have been left frustrated as a dour Port Adelaide defence denied the Eagles a fifth straight win and dealt a hammer blow to their finals hopes.
South West will look to make it seven consecutive women’s country championships titles when it faces Great Northern in a rematch of last year’s grand final.
Charlotte Riggs has been crucial in West Coast’s remarkable mid-season turnaround — and the 19-year-old ruck now shapes as one of the keys to their hopes of back-to-back finals appearances.
Fremantle coach Lisa Webb is urging her side to embrace the challenge of taking on the North Melbourne juggernaut with their AFLW finals hopes on a knife-edge.
West Coast AFLW coach Daisy Pearce says she has not drawn on the possibility of another finals appearance as a motivating factor for the Eagles, despite their recent return to top-eight contention.
