The Chicks Talking Footy crew teamed up with the boys from GAYFL to host the AFLW Pride game between Western Bulldogs (https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/) and Essendon (https://www.essendonfc.com.au/) at Whitten Oval.
Every Pride Round, one object ends up in every player’s hands: the football itself. This year, the 2026 AFLW Pride Sherrin carries a design that moves colour across the ball like a journey, with words like love, authentic and unapologetic woven through it.
Aleisha Newman is the artist behind it and knows this game from the inside. She is a proud Ningy Ningy woman from Queensland, an inaugural AFLW player who debuted in 2017, a Goal of the Year winner, and a member of the AFL Players Association’s Indigenous Advisory Board. She played ten seasons and 67 games across Melbourne, Collingwood, Sydney and GWS, designed Indigenous Round jumpers at 2 of those clubs, and retired last year.
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12 Oct 2026
AFLW Pride Round – Ellie Blackburn
The Chicks Talking Footy crew teamed up with the boys from GAYFL to host the AFLW Pride game between Western Bulldogs (https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/) and Essendon (https://www.essendonfc.com.au/) at Whitten Oval.
Ellie Blackburn has worn the red, white and blue since the very beginning. A foundation Bulldog, a premiership player, a club best and fairest winner several times over, and one of the 25 greatest Bulldogs of the past century. She has been part of this club since the Pride Game began, and has watched it grow from one match into a league-wide celebration. She loves love!
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30 Sept 2026
Footy consultants!
Bec, Fi and Sasha dissected the AFL grand final from every angle, Bec’s amazing breakfast and catering, Kylie and GFlip superbowl level pre-game entertainment, and the ultimate 4 minute choke by the Dockers.
Lots of movement at the Clubs with coaches and players. We decided that John Longmire is a consultant post retirement from his full time job after taking up the Performance manager at the Bombers.
Fi caught up with Steve Dimopoulos MP for Sport and MP for Equality to talk footy, funding, and what ‘levelling the playing field’ actually looks like from inside government.
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