Our Sydney Swans women’s team will host the GWS Giants in Round 3 of the AFLW competition in Marn Grook at the SCG at 2.40pm on Saturday.
This will be the inaugural AFLW Sydney Derby, with both teams striving for their first win for the season.
Adding to the Swans’ AFLW rivalry with GWS, three former Giants - forward Rebecca Privitelli, midfielder Lisa Steane and ruck Ally Morphett - moved to the Swans in this our first season.
The AFLW is celebrating Indigenous Round across Round 3 and Round 4, with all eighteen AFLW clubs wearing specially designed Indigenous Round guernseys.
Our women will wear the Swans’ original indigenous jumper designed by Lisa Sansbury, mother of Adam Goodes. The design depicts the meeting of the city with the sea, telling the story of Indigenous people coming together around Sydney’s harbour and estuaries.
Small forward Aliesha Newman, a proud Ningy Ningy woman, will be the first Indigenous woman to play for the Sydney Swans. Newman is Sydney's most experienced player, with 41 AFLW games since debuting in the inaugural 2017 season for Melbourne and then with Collingwood before her move to the Swans.
Aliesha Newman (left) and Jade Anthony
This should be a fun day at the SCG with lots of activities for kids in the Swans Fan Zone (including face painting, red and white hair braiding, footy and Cyggy) plus Kick to Kick after the match.
There will be plenty of time to attend/watch our women’s match with no timing clash with men’s AFL to divide our loyalties.
Tickets are available from Ticketek at $10 per adult and free for kids under 18 years of age. However kids will still require a ticket to gain entry (simply redeem a $0 child's ticket on the Ticketek site). All access is general admission with no reserved seating option.
All entry to the SCG will be via Gates A and H.
The match will also be broadcast live on the Seven Network, FOX FOOTY and Kayo.
Full details can be read here:
https://www.sydneyswans.com.au/match...U4MDE0ODk3NgS2
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