Women's Australian Football Association

Madison's ABC affiliate, WKOW, was on hand to cover the 2012 Madison Invitational.  It includes a short clip of women's footage and an interview with former US Freedom assistant coach, Dan Sarbacker.

Source: wkow.com

Action from the 2012 Women's AFL High Performance Academy exhibition match during Women's Round

June 30, 2010 | MIT Athletic Fields | Boston, Massachusetts | by Stephanie Holt

As Melbourne sank into a slough of perfect footy weather  – cold, wet, unpredictable – we were sheltering from the smarting sunshine and exhausting humidity of a Boston heat wave, elbow-deep in boxes and bags and bubble wrap, packing away a year-long expat adventure. We’d recently discovered that the day our visas expired was the day Boston’s 12-year-old Aussie Rules club would host its first ever tournament. read more »

It's been a long dry spell for footy in Ottawa, six years in fact since Aussie Rules kicked off in the nation's capital, each of those seasons without any post-season activity. But it seems it's finally time to let the f word out of the bag: finals. read more »

In the final match of the Boston tournament, each team had two scoring chances but Boston was slightly more accurate to go into half time leading 1.1.7 to New York's 0.2.2. In the second half, Boston was able to keep New York off the score while adding a couple of goals to their total.

In a low scoring game, the Montreal Angels take a 1.0.6 to 0.0.0 halftime lead against the New York Magpies. The Angels continued their defensive dominance to run out winners while holding New York scoreless.

In the first game of the Boston Tournament, the visiting Angels come back from a 3.3.21 to 0.3.3 half time deficit to defeat the home Demons in a nail biter.

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"Women In Football" is a short documentary following the story of a local women's football team, trying to be recognised for their passion and love for the game. Shaun Smith, a former Melbourne star pushes the Berwick Hawk's women's club on a journey to finals glory. On the way we find out that there's more to this than just the game.

Produced by Joshua Williams
Directed by Lauren Chalkey
Cinematography and Edited By Jordan Parisi
Camera Operating by Joshua Williams.

The USA Freedom held their annual training camp over the weekend of June 15-17 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. There was a great turn out by women from all across the USA with many returning players from the 2011 International Cup squad and a number of new faces.

“Thanks to each and every player that made it to Minneapolis over the weekend, what a blast it was to be back training, playing and socializing as the mighty Freedom,” said Leigh Barnes, Freedom Head Coach, “now we move our focus to the actual game itself, the 49 Parallel Cup against Canada”. read more »

MANHATTAN — Brooklyn resident and longtime athlete Andrea Casillas attended her first Australian football game seven years ago in her home state of Arizona. Right away, she was hooked.

"I tried it just one day and I loved it," she said. "It's really active and you get to a point where you've played enough basketball and volleyball and want something new." read more »