Aussie Rules Training

Back in round 2 of the 2026 season I came across a new-ish tactic being used by the Swans more so than anyone else but it is also an extension of what the Lions have been doing for a year or 2 now. Here’s what I posted back in March this year on “the most...

Team-by-team: Giants – a top 3 win in their history or least the last 5 years and managed 20 scores from just 32 inside 50’s, showing rare connection at that end of the ground by moving the quicker than Wales could get back and become an intercept marker from the ruck position Hawks – I’m...

Team-by team: Lions – some definite game play alterations in this one (+24 handballs, +21 disposals, -7 contested possession, +29 uncontested possession, +7 marks all v season average), albeit too late to save the season Power – 1st in hit outs and 4th in clearances but blast kick out of there repeatedly + last for...

A few surprising, possibly upset, results this week with the Crows over the Suns, the Dogs over the Blues by that margin and GWS over the Hawks who have the most topsy-turvy season possibly in AFLW history. Team-by-team over 3 posts this week: Demons – were playing at no more than 70% in this one...

Part 3 are all clips from the North Melbourne/Fremantle game where the Roos didn’t have it all their own way but their class always rises to the top. The Dockers wanted to keep the ball in motion using a short kick/mark possession game but weren’t assertive enough early while expanding energy doing so and then...

Finishing off the team-by-team for round 9: Suns – recording their highest possession total for the season (327) and highest marks total (75) yet were -8 in clearance but they just starved Melbourne of the ball (+75 disposals, +64 uncontested possession, +7% time in possession and +33 in marks) Demons – +1 for inside 50’s...

The Saints broke through for their 1st win of the season and a rare come from behind win at that, Geelong offense is still off the charts and the Suns beat an undermanned Dees. Dogs – unpeeled another layer of development with a 2nd quarter defensive effort that fuelled a 4.2 to 0.1 2nd quarter...

Essendon played the Bulldogs Friday night. Quarter 1 showed some positive offensive play but poor conversion (9-4 inside 50 advantage for 1.4) and even poorer defense (2.1 against) kept the Dogs in it. There Bombers spent about 70% of the quarter in their forward half (73.6% at the 15min mark) but their forward half disposal...

Finishing off this round: Lions – the dominance is officially over for Brisbane and Adeliade after being the best teams since the inception of AFLW but be happy it happened. The group needs reinvigorating, will bring in a new coach and then I wonder what alterations they can make to that list to bounce in...

No real earth-shattering results from the weekend and the top 8 teams look set pretty much where my ladder predictor has the Hawks in for Freo but both teams are highly inconsistent so that could go either way and the inequity’s of the draw is probably the most deciding factor. Blues – were far cleaner...