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Chicks Talking Footy and Game On! collaborated for the Live broadcast at Ikon Park on Saturday 17th October. The ground was covered in Pride with the giant Kylie ball, glitter bars, drag queens and the Carlton Pride signs and marquee at the entrance. Jacqueline from Game On! and Fiona from Chicks caught up with AFL Head of Inclusion about his work creating the diversity and inclusion plan at the Swans and the importance of LGBTIQA+ inclusion in the AFL. The post AFLW Pride Round – Scott Dalby AFL Head of Inclusion appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy.

Chicks Talking Footy and Game On! collaborated for the Live broadcast at Ikon Park on Saturday 17th October. The ground was covered in Pride with the giant Kylie ball, glitter bars, drag queens and the Carlton Pride signs and marquee at the entrance. Jacqueline from Game On! and Fiona from Chicks caught up with David Gould from Carlton Pride to talk about the great work they have been doing with their Club. The post AFLW Pride Round – David Gould CARLTON PRIDE appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy.

The Chicks Talking Footy crew teamed up with the boys from GAYFL to host the AFLW Pride game between Western Bulldogs and Essendon at Whitten Oval. Every Pride Round, one object ends up in every player’s hands: the football itself. This year, the 2026 AFLW Pride Sherrin carries a design that moves colour across the ball like a journey, with words like love, authentic and unapologetic woven through it. Aleisha Newman is the artist behind it and knows this game from the inside. She is a proud Ningy Ningy woman from Queensland, an inaugural AFLW player who debuted in 2017, a Goal of the Year winner, and a member of the AFL Players Association’s Indigenous Advisory Board. She played ten seasons and 67 games across Melbourne, Collingwood, Sydney and GWS, designed Indigenous Round jumpers at 2 of those clubs, and retired last year.     The post AFLW Pride Round – Aleisha Newman appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy.

The Chicks Talking Footy crew teamed up with the boys from GAYFL to host the AFLW Pride game between Western Bulldogs and Essendon at Whitten Oval. Ellie Blackburn has worn the red, white and blue since the very beginning. A foundation Bulldog, a premiership player, a club best and fairest winner several times over, and one of the 25 greatest Bulldogs of the past century. She has been part of this club since the Pride Game began, and has watched it grow from one match into a league-wide celebration. She loves love!     The post AFLW Pride Round – Ellie Blackburn appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy.

Bec, Fi and Sasha dissected the AFL grand final from every angle, Bec’s amazing breakfast and catering, Kylie and GFlip superbowl level pre-game entertainment, and the ultimate 4 minute choke by the Dockers. Lots of movement at the Clubs with coaches and players. We decided that John Longmire is a consultant post retirement from his full time job after taking up the Performance manager at the Bombers. Fi caught up with Steve Dimopoulos MP for Sport and MP for Equality to talk footy, funding, and what ‘levelling the playing field’ actually looks like from inside government.     The post Footy consultants! appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy.

Fi, Bec and Sasha caught up on all the finals news. Unfortunately for Bec and Sash a lot of that was Hawks related.  Between bottle throwing after a close Prelim loss, breaking North Melbourne’s winning streak in the AFLW, winning the VFL grand final against Geelong and Emily Bates injuring her ACL, there was a lot to discuss from the Hawks nest. We did manage to talk about the Freemantle come back, the Swans Pullman 5 going addressing the Club, Kylie performing at the MCG and the VFLW grand final upset. The post Finals fever!! appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy.

It’s finals season and Bec and Fi talked about all of the leagues and teams including the San Francisco 49ers and LA RAMS game that 100,021 watched on a Friday morning at the MCG! Bec was needing some therapy after all the Crows teams lost, Tex Walker’s retirement and the Crows captain Jordan Dawson being abused online. Fi was in a better mood as Hawks are playing in the AFL prelim and the VFL Grand Final. The post AFL, AFLW, VFL, VFLW, NFL all the FL’s! appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy.

AFL Finals are heating up! Fi, Bec and Sash covered the hot topics like Alastair Clarkson supporting recycled fashion by dropping off his North gear at the local op shop, Matthew Nicks keeps his job at the Crows after their win over the Bulldogs and Fi couldn’t stop banging on about the Hawks victory in WA. Round 4 of AFLW and Bec already believes the Crows will be premiers. The post Winners are grinners appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy.

Bec and Fi were out on injury so Sasha and our new guest co host Nicolette took over the mics! Nicolette is a Pies supporter so got to share her pain with us after the Wildcard game loss. There was a lot going on both on the field and off the field – Alastair Clarkson was shown the door, the final 8 is set, wildcard games are done, emotions are high! The post Coaches are in the corner! appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy.

Sash, Bec and Fi talked about Richmond’s Mad Monday – asking for no female staff at the Garfield hotel, the beautiful speech from Jordan Dawson about  mental health at the AFLPA Awards and Mark McVeigh’s appointment as Essendon coach, We reviewed the last round of the AFL, the wildcard games and Round 2 of the AFLW Bec and Sash caught up with ABC Sport commentator Lauren Bordin about life in the commentary box. The post Mad Monday and Wildcards appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy.

Fi, Bec and Sash had a lot to talk about this week. The Sydney Swans sexual assault allegation have rocked the footy community. We caught up with femicide and violence against women advocate Sherele Moody about the poor reporting that centres around the impact of the players not the victim and how we can do better. If this story has impacted you please use the services below. 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In Victoria, the Sexual Assault Crisis Line on 1800 806 292, also 24 hours. We also talked about our mutual love for Josh Fraser and his appointment as senior coach of Carlton Football Club and all the AFL and AFLW highlights. It really was a BIG week in football. The post A BIG week in footy! appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy.

Bec, Sash and Fi dissected the controversial legal waiver the Geelong Football Club asked Jake Kolodjashnij to sign to take on legal responsibility for any future head trauma – our guest was Simon Miller from Australian Workers Union helped us understand the ramifications. They ask the question about why Sam Newman and Wayne Carey can stay in AFL Hall of Fame after comments about Ralph Carr and Josh Fraser finally putting his hat in his ring for the Carlton job! The post Waivers, retirements and coaching jobs! appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy.

Fi and Bec were still glowing green after the Australia v Ireland AFLW clash in Sydney! Most watch AFLW game in history – 600,000 viewers, 9017 in attendance. Tough day for the ‘no one watches women’s sport’ crowd. We caught up with a genuine Irish fan, Jennifer Smith (producer Monday JOY Breakfast) about her experience at the game. Bad boys Steven May and Jake Stringer are at it again with law suits and fish oil businesses gone wrong and Coaches Corner  is the gift that keeps on giving. The post Privacy breaches and fish oil salesmen! appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy.

Bec and Fi talked homophobic slurs, the F Bomb at the Gold Coast and how Jack Gunstan and Taylor Walker kicked heaps of goals (deep analysis from us)! We all seem to be barracking for Ireland in the lead up to the Aus v Ireland AFLW game this week in Sydney.   The post Heaps of Goals! appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy.

Fi, Bec and Sash talked Hall of Fame removals, SCG rejection for the Irish v Australia AFLW game and coaching appointments in the Coaches Corner segment. We also attended the Making the Ground Swell event and heard some beautiful stories about what the AFLW meant to some attendees as we celebrate 10 years since the launch of AFLW. The post Coaches in the corner appeared first on Chicks Talking Footy.