An AFL women’s league had arrived at last, but did this spell equality for women? Not by a long stretch. 

 

In this fifth episode of ROAR Sam Lane digs into the growing pains, and shockwaves, catalysed by  the AFLW’s debut season: the unpaid hours for players, coaches and support staff, the missing sanitary bins, and the instantly iconic ‘Erin Phillips kiss’ at the AFLW’s first competition best and fairest awards night.  

Here you’ll hear from the AFLW’s first premiership coach and great disrupter, Bec Goddard, Debbie Lee, Peter Gordon and others, in this unfolding story of persistence, progress, pride and power. 

Download and follow ROAR.You might even share it with someone you think might like, or learn from, it too. 

 
This recording would not have been possible without the generous philanthropic backing of Ian Darling and the Shark Island Institute.Recorded and produced by Mushroom Studios. Published by Podshape.  

ROAR was recorded in Melbourne, Victoria, where the traditional owners of the land are the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I acknowledge these traditional custodians and pay my respects to Wurundjeri Elders past and present. 

 

An AFL women&rsquo;s league had arrived at last, but did this spell equality for women? Not by a long stretch.&nbsp;
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In this fifth episode of ROAR Sam Lane digs into the growing pains, and shockwaves, catalysed by&nbsp; the AFLW&rsquo;s debut season: the unpaid hours for players, coaches and support staff, the missing sanitary bins, and the instantly iconic &lsquo;Erin Phillips kiss&rsquo; at the AFLW&rsquo;s first competition best and fairest awards night.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Here you&rsquo;ll hear from the AFLW&rsquo;s first premiership coach and great disrupter, Bec Goddard, Debbie Lee, Peter Gordon and others, in this unfolding story of persistence, progress, pride and power.&nbsp;
Download and follow ROAR. You might even share it with someone you think might like, or learn from, it too.&nbsp;
&nbsp; This recording would not have been possible without the generous philanthropic backing of Ian Darling and the Shark Island Institute.Recorded and produced by Mushroom Studios. Published by Podshape.&nbsp;&nbsp;
ROAR was recorded in Melbourne, Victoria, where the traditional owners of the land are the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I acknowledge these traditional custodians and pay my respects to Wurundjeri Elders past and present.&nbsp;
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The incredible story of a team of AFLW pioneers who built a league of their own.

It took 121 years, but on the evening of 3 February 2017 the first women’s game of Australian Rules Football for AFL premiership points finally took place. The nation was watching - millions of Australians tuned in – and a horde of spectators forced a stadium lock out. The inaugural season of the AFL Women’s league was a game-changer for Australian sport and for the country, culturally.
Walkley Award-winning journalist Sam Lane charts the birth of the AFLW from its beginnings - when it
was viewed as a niche, side-show distraction - to the electrifying first season that exceeded all expectations. She speaks with the trailblazers who, through grit and lateral thinking, pushed through a male hierarchy in this giant step towards gender equity in sport, overcoming sexism, homophobia and patriarchy.

Featuring Tayla Harris, Darcy Vescio, Katie Brennan, Daisy Pearce, Sam Mostyn, Jan Cooper, Chyloe Kurdas, Debbie Lee, Peter Gordon, Josh Vanderloo, Peggy O’Neal, Peter Jackson and Gillon McLachlan, this 6-part audio series charts the experiences of female and male AFL executives and AWFL footballers in their uphill battle to realising a dream. From facing long-held dismissive attitudes to women’s football, to finding the strength to empower themselves on and off-field, to eventually convincing the AFL to back the vision.

This is a story about a movement bigger than sport.

The incredible story of a team of AFLW pioneers who built a league of their own.
It took 121 years, but on the evening of 3 February 2017 the first women&rsquo;s game of Australian Rules Football for AFL premiership points finally took place. The nation was watching - millions of Australians tuned in &ndash; and a horde of spectators forced a stadium lock out. The inaugural season of the AFL Women&rsquo;s league was a game-changer for Australian sport and for the country, culturally. Walkley Award-winning journalist Sam Lane charts the birth of the AFLW from its beginnings - when it was viewed as a niche, side-show distraction - to the electrifying first season that exceeded all expectations. She speaks with the trailblazers who, through grit and lateral thinking, pushed through a male hierarchy in this giant step towards gender equity in sport, overcoming sexism, homophobia and patriarchy.
Featuring Tayla Harris, Darcy Vescio, Katie Brennan, Daisy Pearce, Sam Mostyn, Jan Cooper, Chyloe Kurdas, Debbie Lee, Peter Gordon, Josh Vanderloo, Peggy O&rsquo;Neal, Peter Jackson and Gillon McLachlan, this 6-part audio series charts the experiences of female and male AFL executives and AWFL footballers in their uphill battle to realising a dream. From facing long-held dismissive attitudes to women&rsquo;s football, to finding the strength to empower themselves on and off-field, to eventually convincing the AFL to back the vision.
This is a story about a movement bigger than sport.

The incredible story of a team of AFLW pioneers who built a league of their own.

ROAR

The Reality Check

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