AFLW Season 2026 November 28, 2025, 04:46:58 pm Not the news I wanted to hear:QuoteThe Collingwood Football Club has today received a list assistance package following approval from the AFL Commission.The assistance package includes:Two additional list spots for the 2026 AFLW season and one additional list spot for the 2027 AFLW season, to be funded by the Club.Collingwood CEO Craig Kelly welcomed the assistance and thanked the AFL Commission for its consideration of the Club’s submission.“As a Club, we have worked closely with the AFL to develop an assistance package to progress our AFLW program and we appreciate the AFL’s engagement and support throughout this process,” Kelly said.“Across our organisation, we have – and will continue to – invest significantly in our AFLW football program. With full-time coaches, high-performance and development staff in place, we remain absolutely committed to driving a winning culture and fostering growth and development to get better.”A foundation club that ran its AFLW program into the ground through inept management gets a leg up Gold Coast and GWS got assistance packages too but I think that's more acceptable. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: AFLW Season 2026 Reply #1 – November 28, 2025, 04:59:55 pm Quote from: DJC – on November 28, 2025, 04:46:58 pmNot the news I wanted to hear:QuoteThe Collingwood Football Club has today received a list assistance package following approval from the AFL Commission.The assistance package includes:Two additional list spots for the 2026 AFLW season and one additional list spot for the 2027 AFLW season, to be funded by the Club.Collingwood CEO Craig Kelly welcomed the assistance and thanked the AFL Commission for its consideration of the Club’s submission.“As a Club, we have worked closely with the AFL to develop an assistance package to progress our AFLW program and we appreciate the AFL’s engagement and support throughout this process,” Kelly said.“Across our organisation, we have – and will continue to – invest significantly in our AFLW football program. With full-time coaches, high-performance and development staff in place, we remain absolutely committed to driving a winning culture and fostering growth and development to get better.”A foundation club that ran its AFLW program into the ground through inept management gets a leg up Gold Coast and GWS got assistance packages too but I think that's more acceptable.f*** off.Where was our assistance when they poached Bri Davey?Or when we lost Prespakis and Gee.....and Hoskings x2.....and Egan, Walker, Stevens, Jones.....i could go on for a while. Quote Selected
Re: AFLW Season 2026 Reply #2 – November 28, 2025, 05:18:14 pm Absolute Garbage. How can an organisation that hums along int he mens comp, get an assistance package?Even North melbourne are more worthy because they are almost defunct in the mens comp and have somehow picked themselves off the canvas in AFLW (largely because the gap between haves, and have nots is not so large due to the money that comp generates). What a load of rubbish. Quote Selected
Re: AFLW Season 2026 Reply #3 – November 30, 2025, 08:55:29 am Is North's dominance in this competition becoming a real problem?No doubt things will eventually turn, but the chances are they'll go through undefeated again next year. Quote Selected
Re: AFLW Season 2026 Reply #4 – November 30, 2025, 08:57:58 am Quote from: Lods – on November 30, 2025, 08:55:29 amIs North's dominance in this competition becoming a real problem?No doubt things will eventually turn, but the chances are they'll go through undefeated again next year.Need tassie to poach their coaches and players Quote Selected
Re: AFLW Season 2026 Reply #5 – November 30, 2025, 10:22:16 am You have to wonder why North’s men’s program is so inept 🤔I read an article recently that went into how well prepared North were for AFLW and how the decision not to grant them a foundation licence was inexplicable. Their ability to maintain that state of preparation in the face of that disappointment is commendable.Their girls have to be favourites for the next couple of years … unless they swap personnel with the men. Quote Selected
Re: AFLW Season 2026 Reply #6 – November 30, 2025, 08:36:39 pm Quote from: Lods – on November 30, 2025, 08:55:29 amIs North's dominance in this competition becoming a real problem?No doubt things will eventually turn, but the chances are they'll go through undefeated again next year.I reckon it's fantastic, Principal LODS. Men's and women's comps should be studying and gulping in what they do to create such dominance. Sure, they have the players but their mental attitude is really superior. Crocker will be on many radars. Quote Selected
Re: AFLW Season 2026 Reply #7 – November 30, 2025, 08:57:11 pm I can't see it transferring to the men's teams Baggers.I think the dominance of North's women's side is purely that they have a jump on other sides in a relatively new competition.They will eventually come back to the pack, but for the next year or two they'll be hard to beat, and that dominance isn't necessarily good for the growth of the game in the short term. Quote Selected
Re: AFLW Season 2026 Reply #8 – November 30, 2025, 11:01:57 pm Quote from: Lods – on November 30, 2025, 08:57:11 pmI can't see it transferring to the men's teams Baggers.I think the dominance of North's women's side is purely that they have a jump on other sides in a relatively new competition.They will eventually come back to the pack, but for the next year or two they'll be hard to beat, and that dominance isn't necessarily good for the growth of the game in the short term.I agree Lods. Despite being late to the party, North has put together a list that is simply bigger, stronger and faster than everyone else.We have focused on fast, skilful players and they’re good enough to beat most teams. Brisbane just brushed aside in the prelim, as they were brushed aside in the granny.North may well come back to the field in time, but we need to bring in some big, tough bodies to be close to matching them.To paraphrase Bill Hayden, a driver’s dog could coach North to a premiership. It’s their list management team that deserves recognition. Quote Selected
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