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