Richmond AFLW team [merged]

[Tigeritis™©®]

Did anyone from any of the coteries ask the club about the VFLW program?

We are an embarrassment.

I'm not in a coterie but I did ask at the Club XIII season launch the other week what was going on.

No VFLW affiliation in 2025. As the 2 comps (AFLW & VFLW) don't really overlap (align) then not having involvement this year isn't going to impact on the women's program. Said that due to the 2 comps not being aligned our AFLW players rarely played VFLW. If they did it was maximum of 2 games

They will review it again in 2026

So the other clubs don't have players on their list playing in the VFLW? It isn't a development opportunity for the club?

[one-eyed]

Ins: Aoibhin (pronounced Aay-vin) Cleary (Ireland), Montana Beruldsen (Sydney), Sierra Grieves, Zoe Hargreaves, Paige Scott (draft)

Outs: Tamara Luke (retired), Imogen Brown (Sydney), Eilish Sheerin (North Melbourne), Molly Eastman, Courtney Jones, Amelia Peck, Stella Reid, Jemima Woods (delisted)

Fairly significant turnover at Punt Road, after Richmond crashed out in an elimination final.

Sheerin will be a huge loss, with classy draftee midfielder Grieves not quite at her size or strength as a replacement, although Scott can roll through the middle.

The delisted players rarely featured in 2024, Eastman the most unlucky of the quintet, having been an emergency on 10 occasions throughout the season, following 10 games the year prior.

The Tigers will regain Montana McKinnon after a torn ACL, replacing Luke, while they managed to hang onto want-away goalsneak Emelia Yassir after a deal with Essendon fell through, signing her to a one-year deal.

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1271648/ins-and-outs-for-the-2025-aflw-season