The Wheeler Centre played host to a thoroughly engaging evening of discussion on all things AFLW in 2018.
“It was wrong, it made players feel vulnerable, unsure if they’d be liked, they collectively felt shame.”
No fan of the memo herself, Lyons had this to add.
“I’ve lost count of the number of bad games I’ve witnessed. If I issued a memo each time, there’d be no more trees left," she said.
“Each other game was brilliant.”
She then went on to talk about the recently announced charter for the AFLW, which will be drawn from a ‘super panel’ of players, coaches, officials and AFL representatives, at the behest of AFL football operations manager, Steve Hocking.
“Is he a control freak? Or have they built the AFLW and now not know what to do with it?”
Pippos was guarded in her praise for the idea.
“A ‘Super panel’ of women appeals to me, but I worry if it’s segregated...to quote Simone de Beauvoir you become ‘the Other’”.
Lane was on board with the planned overhaul.
“As long as the right people are at the table, it’s the perfect time."
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