Chicks Talking Footy

The Grand Final has sold out already, the W Awards turned up some exciting results, and boy Richmond’s suddenly looking extra youthful… In this final episode for the year, Bree and Fi lay out a huge week of news, review the preliminary finals, and preview what is set to become a stormy final-final. Breeza has curated her Top 5 Stories of The Year to wrap up the AFLW season – including Game of the Year (for some)! In the newest of news, we hear beautiful things that long-serving Swans coach John Longmire has to say following a bombshell announcement. And the show highlight? An engaging interview with a Roos superfan, community footballer and whole-hearted adorer of women’s footy: Rosie Carter. Picking a team from the ambiguous mass of vertical stripes jostling on a little black and white telly, admiring the hugest hunk of spunk ever to play behind a handlebar moustache, the satisfaction of watching your footy team thrive at the same time as your home country kicks butt on a second screen at the bowls club, connecting with pioneering community teams, and playing the game you love in a local club alongside your partner… footy life can be so full and joyous, as Rosie exemplifies in the classic spirit of Chicks Talking Footy. The post Oh, do men play football as well? [https://joy.org.au/chickstalkingfooty/2024/11/30/oh-do-men-play-football-as-well/] appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy [https://joy.org.au/chickstalkingfooty].

Our busy and important Bree makes a long-awaited return to the show. Tonight, she is both co-host and special gust in a very drafty episode! Bec, Fi and you get to learn the meanings behind all the jargon swirling around this week. Know what to keep an eye out for! Catch up on the rest of the footy news, alongside the Chicks’ insightful critiques. There are freshly announced dates for next year’s AFLW season. The league recognises a nonbinary athlete’s rainbow advocacy with an award nomination. An iconic player was conspicuously absent from the Kangaroos’ centenary celebration video. Victorians, Tasmanians and Northern Territorians have had free-to-air footy ripped away from them on Saturdays, of all days. And a survey has found what most impacts fans’ enjoyment of the game. Meanwhile, the finals are stoking passions and we’re tad concerned about the heat. The post Gust, Breeza [https://joy.org.au/chickstalkingfooty/2024/11/22/gust-breeza/] appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy [https://joy.org.au/chickstalkingfooty].

These are exciting times in football news and speculation. Just ask our very own “footy empath”, Bec Dahl, and resident poetry aficionado, Fiona Newton! Adelaide people love a Thursday night! (But who wants a Saturday night game?) The 2024 AFLW All-Australian Squad is coming! (And how about the redheads!) North Melbourne’s home turf is going to engulf Perth and Bunbury! Uh, but Hawks games in Dingley…? The AFLW finals are underway! The Roos’ mental resilience is robust these days, but don’t underestimate the power of one Crow single-handedly trying to win the game. The Hawks and Lions, who crashed a wedding, inspire whispered confessions in the studio. Things got so rough it’s broken the fourth wall. Our podcaster’s other notes are an inscrutable scrawl. Blame it on the excitement! Blame it on the bad influence of the AFLW in their experimental phase! Rest assured and listen on – the Dockers and Bombers and Port and Richmond got up to noteworthy things in this elimination round too! Now as the season comes to a close, so too do some playing careers. In honour of the retirees, this episode features encore interviews with legends Jess Del Pos and Rhi Watt. The post Poetry and Empathy [https://joy.org.au/chickstalkingfooty/2024/11/17/poetry-and-empathy/] appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy [https://joy.org.au/chickstalkingfooty].

Special guest Kel Rowe joins your regularly scheduled Fi as the AFLW season rockets toward finals. Although women haven’t been making the weekly footy news much – “We’re better behaved” – this episode there’s a big announcement hot off the press! Fi and Kel devote much of the show to a meticulous review of the Indigenous Round. A contender for Mark of the Year broke out of a sweaty, scrappy game in Gimuy Cairns. The round also saw a rare bench infringement, quirky shifts of mathematical possibility, and Lions befriending the wind. The inaugural Dreamtime Game in Garramilla Darwin prompted some creative ways to keep cool, while the Tiwi Bombers and Darwin Buffaloes put on a stunning curtain raiser. Enjoy the rich meanings behind some of the equally stunning team guernseys and the AFLW Indigenous ball, from players and designers themselves. In this week’s feature interview, the courageous Tamara Smith reveals how the Hawks have been managing their bodies and mental load. It’s a story of passion and mutual support. But of course Fi also grills Tamara on the complex issues of double headers and seriously what is hokball actually, though…? The post The pointy end of the football [https://joy.org.au/chickstalkingfooty/2024/11/02/the-pointy-end-of-the-football/] appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy [https://joy.org.au/chickstalkingfooty].

The tenor of the footy week has moved from pride through shame and back again. Bec and Fi contemplate the impacts of homophobia against Kate Dempsey and of the GWS men’s ‘Troubled Couples’ post-season fiasco. Still, they share the excitement around the first AFL Indigenous All-Stars side in a decade, and spotlight this year’s AFLW Indigenous Round. We hear from several commentators on the state of this season. But what of the round? Round 8 featured a derby-derby-showdown, one very disruptive burst drainpipe, and got us thinking… is it time to question The Daisy Effect? Or maybe not? Then catch up with Rhi Watt, who took an interesting path to football. Rhi delves into the camaraderie of the ACL, fixture psychology, and her team’s immersion in culture for the Indigenous Round. You can hear how the Dees have remained relaxed about their Hawks game. At the Indigenous Round media launch, Fi enjoyed a chat with Kalinda Howarth. Kalinda expands on the celebration of Indigenous players and culture, the centrality of healing, creating safe cultural space, and watching the Magpie’s new game system coming to fruition. Bec and Fi cast an eye at the need for support structures to increase Indigenous inclusion in the league, before they preview the matches ahead. The post Chooks Talking Fitty [https://joy.org.au/chickstalkingfooty/2024/10/26/chooks-talking-fitty/] appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy [https://joy.org.au/chickstalkingfooty].