02-11-2017, 05:05 AM
(02-10-2017, 09:36 PM)kruddler link Wrote:It's the same reason the AFLW league has recruited basketballers, netballers, soccer players, cricketers, track and field players and a few other sports players.
It is NOT because there is a limited number of women footballers, rather because they are already playing sports at a high level and can be taught those things quickly.
Being a professional footballer is as much about being a professional as it is being a footballer.
The difference is that most of the AFLW players grew up playing footy. Despite that, there's still a gulf between the skill levels of the girls who have been playing VFLW or equivalents and those in their first season of women's footy.
Whoever taught our Irish players how to play did a much better job than Gold Coast and GWS did with Hunt and Folau ...
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