03-06-2022, 10:45 AM
The AFLW is a different competition to the men's comp. I know a woman footy player (not at AFLW or even VFLW level) who is a big supporter of women's footy and Carlton's AFLW team too. Her sentiment appears to be pretty typical of AFLW supporters: they'd prefer to see the competition become stronger more than their own team winning. She was happy to see Harris go elsewhere and bore her absolutely no ill for doing so. AFLW supporters are happy to see players from their own team move to other teams if that makes the competition stronger. This is a bit foreign to us as we see those players as traitors. But I think you'll find there's very little antipathy towards Tayla Harris from Carlton players or the bulk of the supporters of our AFLW team.
If the last game were a do-or-die effort for us to get in the finals, maybe some players would do what it takes to put Harris off her game. But when we're fighting it out for a position outside the top 6, I don't think they'd go there, especially if all they manage to do is to provoke her into getting suspended.
If the last game were a do-or-die effort for us to get in the finals, maybe some players would do what it takes to put Harris off her game. But when we're fighting it out for a position outside the top 6, I don't think they'd go there, especially if all they manage to do is to provoke her into getting suspended.