Underpaid, under-protected: Australian football's women players deserve better
 

Underpaid, under-protected: Australian football's women players deserve better
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Australian Rules football is part of Australia's national psyche, but I have to confess I didn't like it at first.

That didn't stop me from going to my first game a few years ago. It was Sydney University and the Balmain Dockers in the grand final of the Sydney women's competition. It was grassroots, it was raw and a hell of a lot of fun.*

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Fast forward and the Australian Football League (AFL) is launching its first-ever national women's competition. Women across eight teams will **w have the opportunity to play in those hallowed stadiums from which they've been shut out for so long. Read more...

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