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Award winning journalist Sam Lane is joined by cross-code firecracker Sharni Norder to talk all things AFLW. A podcast that is equal parts insight, raw honesty and general madness. This is for the real ones.
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The Brisbane Lions have had to do it the hard way, but they are AFLW Champions again! Sam and Sharni just couldn't wait to get on the mic to dissect that epic grand final and recorded straight after the final siren. There's no shortage of things to chat about as we bring the 2023 season to an end with a massive final ep.
The Roos are into the AFLW grand final for the first time ever, and the five-time grand finalist Brisbane Lions are waiting to pounce! Sharni and Sam chop it all up after two nail-biting prelims, and preview the key factors ahead of the big dance. Plus we salute the Cats and Crows, and give our picks for the AFLW Best and Fairest award. One more game to go in season eight!
The Cats miaow and win by a whisker! And Adelaide remind plucky Sydney that you can't just swan into the prelim! Two cracking finals, and Sharni and Sam break it all down, and set the scene for the prelims. Plus, we hear the case for Scott Gowans as coach of the year, and analyse the glut of vacant coaching positions around the league.
North annihilate the Dees! The Swans fly on to a feathered face-off against the Crows in the semi-finals! And Brisbane and Geelong win through too, as Sharni and Sam react to all the week one AFLW finals results. Plus, Sam confronts Sharni over some of her good and bad predictions. Also, we get the inside story of Chloe Molloy's hilarious response to that 2-4-6-8 heckler on the Gold Coast. Our finals fever is in full swing!
After the most exciting home-and-away finale not involving Alf Stewart, the plucky Swans have scraped into the eight! Sharni and Sam break down the finals match-ups to come, and give the Gold Coast Suns their flowers. Plus, they reveal the AFL's reasoning behind the weekend fixturing that had some scratching their heads. It's a bumper episode this week!
There's just something about Sydney! Sharni and Sam break down all the weekend results, including that Swannies win over Collingwood, and that thriller in Adelaide. Plus the battle to make the eight is laid out, as a Super Sunday for the ages looms in the final round of the home-and-away season!
The Dees are at the summit again, and Sharni and Sam cast their eyes over the ladder, and ask the W Pod's very real supercomputer to determine which teams will make the eight. Plus Sharni reveals which team she's labelled flat-track bullies, and why. Also, Sam revisits the moment an unexpected on-air answer nearly stumped her!
Is it fair for a team to be pitted against another team in the AFLW? Sharni and Sam analyse this heady conundrum - inspired by West Coast's Michael Prior - in this week's pod, plus Sharni asks 'Is it North's year?', and we go over those Prespakis tackles. Also, Sam reveals a CBA detail that could literally reshape the AFLW next season.
The gang rolls on for another week of AFLW as Sharni and Sam reflect on all the action from Round Six.Collingwood secured their second club win over the Lions in a fortnight, the Crows made a big statement in Melbourne and for a second straight round the term 'professional standards' was thrown around by AFLW coaches.
Sharni Norder makes her glorious return to the pod, after a whirlwind tour of the States, and an AFL men's grand final experience for the ages. She and Sam break down a thrilling weekend of AFLW, and they make a juicy suggestion to improve AFLM grand final day. Plus, they earmark that monster fixture coming up next week!
Sam is joined by guest co-host Gemma Bastiani to chat all things AFLW in round four, including the new CBA, some tough love at the Dogs and a mistimed team song that claimed victory early.
Bob Murphy is back to co-host, as he and Sam analyse all the round three results, and revisit that hiss-toric game delay in Western Sydney. Plus, Bob tells us which three women he'd name the major AFLW baubles after, and we check in with Sharni living la vida loca in Vegas.
Sam is joined by Bulldogs legend and Freo's head of AFLW Bob Murphy to break down round two, as Sharni jets to the States for her belated honeymoon. They assess the dominant Dees, and ask 'who are the Cats?' Plus, Bob offers up a tantalising suggestion when asked what he'd add to the AFLW: representative football. Need your AFLW fix? Well, Bob's your uncle: it's right here!
The Swannies sung the song for the first time, and Sharni and Sam are here for it! We break down a thrilling round one of AFLW, with derbies galore, and a Tigers triumph that Sam says was their "most significant yet". Plus Sharni explains why former Pie and star recruit Chloe Molloy is the leader Sydney needs. AFLW footy is back, and it feels phenomenal!
We're back! Sam's Back! Sharni's back! Sharni's voice is back! And so is the AFLW, and we break it down ahead of the 2023 season: who we think will be in the top eight, which conversations will define the campaign, and what the AFLW can learn from the FIFA Women's World Cup. Plus, Sharni and Sam ask: WTF? [What the Farquharson?]
The Demons win the flag! They spoil the Lions' house-warming party, as Daisy Pearce put it! And Sharni and Sam loved every second! We have the full grand final debrief you need, plus Sharni reveals her plan to raise the fitness levels across the league, and Sam sets out her number one priority ahead of next season. It's the finale of The W with Sharni and Sam!
It’s time for the big dance so Sharni and Sam do a deep dive into who made it, who didn’t and where on earth is it being played? They also discuss injuries, retirement and give their tips. With the grand final on the horizon that also means its awards season and Sam looks to Sharni for some fashion advice.
Foundation AFLW coach Mick Stinear joins the pod to talk finals footy and the Melbourne Demons' chances at a premiership tilt this season. The main item on the agenda, is the league's undecided venue for the Grand Final. Sam and Sharni find themselves confused, pondering how the AFLW can be so disorganised a couple of week's out from the biggest game of the season... Especially when the men's game is somehow able to lock down the location for its new 'magic round' five months in advance?
SIX-time All Australian and Kangaroos captain Emma Kearney joins the pod, and she makes it clear: the players want more notice on which grounds will stage AFLW finals games. Plus she makes the case for Jasmine Garner to be the Season 7 MVP. And Sharni and Sam cast their eyes over week one of the finals, winners and losers.
Reigning AFLW MVP and Brisbane superstar Emily Bates joins the pod and pulls no punches ahead of the Lions' first finals clash against Mon Conti and the Tigers! Plus she tells us what motivates her to keep striving for peak physical conditioning. And Sharni and Sam preview the finals, and grade every team that finished in the bottom 10.
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