February issue of Inside Football

Erin Phillips won just about everything in AFL 1.0 – including the ultimate prize, the premiership – but Carlton’s exciting forward Darcy Vescio was not far behind.

She burst on to the scene with four goals in the now-famous Carlton-Collingwood season launch and went on to top the league goalkicking.

After some outstanding recruiting, Vescio and the Blues now look the combination most likely to wrest away Adelaide’s title in AFL 2.0

What is featured this month…

CLUB BY CLUB
We profile every AFLW player in depth and predict who will be the teams to beat in 2018.

HOW TO COACH GIRLS
Nathan Burke provides a hint for young mentors: it’s nothing like the way you coach boys.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS AND OTHER DREAMS
The second season of AFLW has three outstanding themes according to GWS star Phoebe McWilliams.

KEEPING IT REAL
AFLW players are desperate to improve their games, but Collingwood mentor Wayne Siekman wants to avoid the trap of ‘over coaching’ his charges.

HOME TRUTHS
There is one good reason that Victorian youngsters seem to get most homesick and ask for clearances home. There’s more of them. We look at the state-by-state breakdown of each list.

PUNTERS TAKE TIGERS BY TAIL
Markets anticipating a yellow-and-black premiership hangover.

VFL | PORT’S BUCCANEER WALKS PLANK
Swashbuckling Port Melbourne stalwart Toby Pinwill, the competition’s most recognisable player, chose to bow out on a premiership high.

WAFL | PALMER’S STAR TO RISE AGAIN
Swans have high hopes for an AFL veteran upon his return to the West.

SANFL | PEOPLE POWER RESCUED BLUES
South Australia’s first female CEO deflects credit for Sturt’s stunning resurrection.

Plus…

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Women’s football finally has a complete pathway, but that might need an upgrade to a highway to cope with the flood of new players at grassroots level.

THE LOCAL WHITEBOARD
Our award-winning column delves into all the happenings in grassroots footy this month.

And finally…

Rioli starting his farewell tour?; A developing issue; Car return roadblock; Sobering drug sting; Leaner, meaner Magpie; Punters: Lyon endangered; Handing in his whistle. – we reveal some of the whispers around footy's corridors of power.

All this and more in the February AFLW Special issue of Inside Football magazine.

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