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Georgia Patrikios
Georgia Patrikios (born 30 March 2001) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club#AFL Women's team, St Kilda Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Patrikios received a nomination for the 2020 AFL Women's Rising Star award in round 1 of the 2020 season, her debut match, and went on to be named the AFL Players Association (AFLPA) AFLW best first-year player that year. She won the inaugural two St Kilda best and fairest (AFL Women's), St Kilda best and fairest awards (sharing the first in a four-way tie) and was selected in the 2021 AFL Women's All-Australian team. Early life Patrikios grew up supporting the Carlton Football Club and played for Pascoe Vale Sports Club, Pascoe Vale in the Essendon District Football League (EDFL). In 2017, she was one of two ambassadors for 's AFLW bid alongside Michaela Long, daughter of dual Essendon premiership player Michael Long (footballer), Michael. In 2019, Patrikios was named in the All-Australian team at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VFL Women's
VFL Women's (VFLW) is the major state-level women's Australian rules football league in Victoria. The league initially comprised the six premier division clubs and the top four division 1 clubs from the now-defunct Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL), and has since evolved into what is also the second primary competition for AFL Women's (AFLW) clubs in Victoria. The competition has been held concurrently with the AFLW since 2021. Following the 2017 season, the VFL Women's was reconfigured to affiliate teams more closely with AFL clubs. Since 2021, twelve teams have appeared in the competition; all ten Victorian AFL clubs either field their own women's team or have an affiliation of sorts with an existing club in the VFLW, with the other teams being VFL-affiliated and independent club . The reigning premiers are . The competition was not held in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; the grand final was also cancelled in 2021 due to the pandemic, with no premiers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Long (footballer)
Michael Long (born 1 October 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer of Aboriginal descent who became a spokesperson for Indigenous rights and against racism in sport. Long was an accomplished player, having played in dual Australian Football League premierships with the Essendon Football Club including a Norm Smith Medal for his 1993 performance. As an activist, he is credited with being instrumental in the introduction of a racial vilification code in the AFL in 1995 and the inspiration behind "The Long Walk" commemorating the Stolen Generation, now a strong AFL tradition. Early life Long was born to mother Agnes and Jack Long. Both been removed from her parents at a young age and taken to the Melville Island, one of the Tiwi Islands. Agnes was taken from Daly River near Darwin and Jack was taken from Ti Tree near Alice Springs. Michael Long was raised on the Tiwi Islands before moving to Darwin to play with St Mary's where he played in multiple premierships. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 AFL Women's Season
The 2020 AFL Women's season was the fourth season of the AFL Women's competition, the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured fourteen clubs, with four new teams joining the league: , , and . The season ran from 7 February until 22 March. It was intended to comprise an 8-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top six clubs; however, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 saw the season curtailed and finally abandoned. No premiership was awarded. Background New teams Four new teams, , , and , joined the competition, bringing the total number of teams to fourteen. This followed on from the inclusion of and in the previous season. Collective bargaining agreement Prior to the season commencing a collective bargaining agreement failed to pass the player's association, with only 70% agreeing, falling short of the required 75% threshold. One of the demands of the dissenters was to have a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News
News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different Media (communication), media: word of mouth, printing, Mail, postal systems, broadcasting, Telecommunications, electronic communication, or through the testimony of Witness, observers and witnesses to events. News is sometimes called "hard news" to differentiate it from soft media. Common topics for news reports include war, government, politics, education, health, the Climate change, environment, economy, business, fashion, entertainment, and sport, as well as Wikipedia:Unusual articles, quirky or unusual events. Government proclamations, concerning Monarchy, royal ceremonies, Law, laws, Tax, taxes, public health, and Crime, criminals, have been dubbed news since ancient times. Technology, Technological and Social change, social developments, often driven by government communication and espionage networks, have increased the speed with which news can spread, as well as influenced its conten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Vaccination In Australia
The general COVID-19 vaccination in Australia program began on 22 February 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the goal of vaccinating all willing people in Australia before 2022. Front-line workers and aged care staff and residents had priority for being inoculated, before a gradual phased release to less-vulnerable and lower-risk population groups throughout 2021. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved four vaccines for Australian use in 2021: the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine on 25 January, the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine on 16 February, Janssen vaccine on 25 June and the Moderna vaccine on 9 August. Although approved for use, the Janssen vaccine was not included in the Australian vaccination program . As of 3 August 2022, Australia had administered 62,492,656 vaccine doses across the country.(The data on this site changes daily)( The data on this site changes daily.)( The data on this site changes daily) The country's vaccination rollout initia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Sports (Australia)
Fox Sports Australia Pty Limited (formerly Premier Media Group Pty Limited) is the division of Foxtel that owns and operates the Fox Sports television networks and digital properties in Australia. The group operates nine Fox Sports Channels as well as Fox Sports News, Fox Cricket, Fox League, Fox Footy, Watch AFL and Watch NRL. Fox Sports channels are available via Foxtel or Kayo. The group's main competitors are beIN Sports, ESPN, Optus Sport and Stan Sports. Unlike Fox Sports (United States) the group is not owned directly by the Fox Corporation. However News Corp which holds a 65% stake in Foxtel is Fox Corporation's sister company. History Early years Launch Fox Sports started life as the Premier Sports Network (later just Premier Sports) as the only fully operational local channel at the launch of Australia's first pay-television service, Galaxy. Premier Sports' backers included American company Prime International, which later became part of Liberty Media. The serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyanna Smith
Tyanna Smith (born 29 October 2002) is an Australian rules footballer playing for in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She was drafted with the sixth selection in the 2020 AFL Women's draft by the . Early football Smith played junior football for the Beaconsfield Eagles Football Club in the under 9s division for 1 year and then started again in 2016 with the Girls U18 continuing there until end of 2019. She played for the Dandenong Stingrays in the NAB League in 2018, 2019 and 2020. In 2019, she played 7 games, kicking 7 goals and averaging 16.6 disposals. In 2020, the season was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning she only played the maximum 3 games that season. She was selected as an All-Australian in 2019 after the AFL Women's Under 18 Championships, where she was named on the half back flank while representing Vic Country. While playing for Vic Metro, she played 3 games and averaged 16 disposals. AFLW career Smith debuted in the opening round of the 2021 AFL Women's seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Vesely
Olivia Vesely (born 6 December 1999) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the AFL Women's AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football league for female players. The first season of the league in February and March 2017 had eight teams; the league expanded to 10 teams in the 2019 season, 1 ... (AFLW). Vesely signed with St Kilda during the first period of the 2019 expansion club signing period in August. She made her debut against the at RSEA Park in the opening round of the 2020 season. It was revealed Vesely had signed on with the Saints for two more years on 30 June 2021, tying her to the club until the end of the 2022/2023 season. References External links * * 1999 births Living people St Kilda Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sandringham Dragons players (Talent League Girls) {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caitlin Greiser
Caitlin Greiser (born 17 February 1999) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Greiser signed with St Kilda during the first period of the 2019 expansion club signing period in August. She made her debut against the at RSEA Park in the opening round of the 2020 season. Greiser earned the nickname "G-Train" (a nickname also used to describe former St Kilda footballer Fraser Gehrig) after kicking a long-range goal in the Saints' round three victory over at Moorabbin Oval. She was the AFLW's leading goalkicker in 2020 with 10 goals. In April 2020, she was named an All-Australian. The 2020 AFL Women's season saw Greiser obtain her first AFL Women's All-Australian team selection, named in the full forward position. In March 2023, Greiser was traded to Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosie Dillon
Rosie Dillon (born 19 March 1996) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Dillon was drafted by St Kilda with their second selection and twenty-fourth overall in the 2019 AFL Women's draft The 2019 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the 14 clubs in the AFL Women's competition can recruit players prior to the competition's 2020 season. At the conclusion of the period clubs were required to have 27 senior-lis .... She made her debut against the at RSEA Park in the opening round of the 2020 season. References External links * * 1996 births Living people St Kilda Football Club (AFLW) players Irish players of Australian rules football Irish expatriate sportspeople in Australia {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1116 SEN
1116 SEN (call sign 3AK) is an Australian radio station in Victoria. Owned and operated by Pacific Star Network, it broadcasts a sports radio format from Lower Plenty to Greater Melbourne. First broadcast on 29 November 1931 as 3AK, the station currently broadcasts from studios in South Melbourne. History The station first broadcast on 29 November 1931 as 3AK. In October 2003, amid growing debt and struggling ratings, 3AK operators Data & Commerce Limited placed the station up for sale. In November, owners Data & Commerce Limited entered into a lease with the newly formed Sports Entertainment Network to create SEN 1116, a 24-hour sports radio station. Headed by managing director Danny Staffieri, formerly of FIVEaa, the new station was promoted as 'entertaining radio with a sports focus', and would rival horse racing station Sport 927. On 19 January 2004, SEN 1116 launched onto Melbourne's airwaves, with former AFL footballers Garry Lyon, Tim Watson and Billy Brownless hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 AFL Women's All-Australian Team
The 2020 AFL Women's All-Australian team represents the best-performed players of the 2020 AFL Women's season. It was announced on 27 April 2020 as a complete women's Australian rules football team of 21 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games. Selection panel The selection panel for the 2020 AFL Women's All-Australian team consisted of chairwoman Nicole Livingstone, Steve Hocking, Josh Vanderloo, Kelli Underwood, Sarah Black, Tim Harrington, Shelley Ware and Sharelle McMahon. Initial squad The initial 40-woman All-Australian squad was announced on 3 April. had the most players selected in the initial squad with five, and every team had at least one representative. Eleven players from the 2019 team were among those selected. Final team The final team was announced on 27 April. Finalists , and had the most selections with three, and every team except and had at least one representative. Eleven players achieved selection for the first time, while eight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
