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Just wanted to pay my respects to Erin Phillips, without question the best AFLW player prior to her ACL injury in 2019 and still a damn good player in the four years after that. Absolute superstar.

Jaques almost definitely won't play ruck at AFLW level. The cutoff is essentially 180cm, if you're anything less you're unlikely to play ruck. The standard ruck size in AFLW is a flat 6 feet tall (183cm). Same deal with Zoe Prowse for the Crows a couple of years ago, she's also 177cm. She was a...

It's pick 12 in this year's draft. Picks for next year's draft can't be traded yet because the club's don't know yet what picks they will have (it will depend on what happens in the upcoming season). There are two standout SA prospects but they are in next year's draft. The compensation for...

If Port take her as their under-ager (and they 100% will) then yes, she will be able to play in the 2023 season. That alone is a huge coup for Port Adelaide, even if they don't manage to sign anyone else. It is essentially equivalent to giving you an extra first-round pick in 2024.

Believe me, I understand that! Hell, our AFLW side achieved the impossible of actually giving us something positive to say about Phil Harper. I'm not sure you could have done much more to get Hatchard and Marinoff. The Crows pay them a bucketload and they have established strong ties with the...

Agreed that the umpiring in AFLW absolutely stinks. Last night the Crows got an armchair ride, until Q4 when they went the classic AFL square-up after the game is long dead. The umpiring almost always seems to favour whichever team is winning which really doesn't help with the lopsided scores...

As has been mentioned, subtract around 15-20cm from what the men are to get the average for women in AFLW. A good rule of thumb for AFLW is ruck height is 6' plus (183cm), KPD height is 5'9 plus (175cm), and mids bottom out around 5'2 or so (157cm). I saw Zoe Prowse was mentioned earlier. She...

Honestly, with only ten weeks in an 18 team competition, conferences are the only good way of doing it, but the AFL won't use them again. Conferences were such a disaster back in 2019 (because the AFL foolishly stacked all of the good teams in one conference) that it poisoned the very concept of...

It wouldn't surprise me if Angela Foley takes that role on. She specifically mentioned that she was looking forward to bringing leadership to Port Adelaide, and she was a vice captain at the Crows for years. That might even have been part of the pitch from Port to get her on board.

Sarah Allan would be a massive get if you got her. I think she's the best defender in the comp, capable of stifling any forward and also great on the rebound. However, I'm pretty sure she has previously indicated she would stay at the Crows. She actually works at the Crows full time so...

Between Phillips and Foley, I'd say you guys just got your captain and vice captain for next season. Foley has had plenty of leadership experience and captained the side in the 2021 grand final in Randall's absence, unfortunately doing her ACL in the match. Sort of. I don't think they use the...

Congrats to you guys. Erin is a superstar and I suspect her biggest contribution to your club will not be what she does on the field, but the standards she sets off-field for the next generation of footballing women. If you can convince her to remain on in a coaching capacity once her playing...

Exactly, yes. Or even you might offer a player tier 2 when we only offer tier 3, etc. One wrinkle in all this is that the latest CBA isn't announced yet. It's being negotiated right now. So it's not clear yet if the number of players in each tier structure will change, what the new salaries...

She was certainly vital to our structure this year. She kicked 21 goals, our next best was Ponter and Phillips with 8 each. We would be pretty desperate to keep her. The problem is, there are only supposed to be two tier 1 players on your list, and six tier 2 players. Technically you can play...

Supposedly with Phillips, once it became clear that Port wouldn't get the initial license, she narrowed her options down to either Collingwood or Adelaide, with Collingwood the preference. But they really didn't take AFLW seriously early on and she was more impressed with how seriously the Crows...

Believe me, it's not lost on us. Hatchard in particular would be a enormous loss and seems one of the more likely gets for you guys. Marinoff, (Sarah) Allan and Randall are also irreplaceable but they seem less likely to leave. Then there are the players who aren't in the top tier pay bracket...

Her being a Port fan growing up might mean something. I must admit, I'm not across who most of our players supported when growing up. I would assume that playing for the Crows and developing bonds there for the last six seasons supersedes that, but who knows? It gives you guys something to...

Anyone is a chance to come over, really. Simmons is an interesting case. She played footy when she was younger, but then focused on basketball. She only really started playing any footy again around a year ago. She's super athletic, but seemed a bit lost in her few matches this year. In the...