One Giant Leap for Womankind

When a new AFL CEO, Gillon McLachlan, asked aloud, ‘Why couldn’t an AFL women’s league kick off before 2020?', he set a chain reaction in motion.

This episode of ROAR pinpoints the moment the AFLW leapt from reverie to reality, and spotlights the people who made it happen.

You’ll hear from Josh Vanderloo, Dorothy Hisgrove, Linda Dessau and others who recall the chaos, conviction and courage, along with some doubt and doubters, at the time of the AFLW’s lightening-speed creation.

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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.

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