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The Coathanger
by 2SER 107.3FM
The Coathanger is a show and podcast where we tackle women's footy with a Sydney View. Host, Fiona Lamb is a footy fan and is passionate about women’s football as a platform for empowering women and engaging the public in reducing violence against women. Coach Kiwi played her 250th match in 2017, and since then has spent more time on the coaching sidelines. She has 30 years of coaching experience and is 2020 midfield coach for the Collingwood VFLW club. Tracey Kick is a five time premiership coach in AFL Sydney, former state women’s coach and AFLW assistant coach in season 2018 at the GWS Giants. Nat Morgan’s has always believed chicks can and should play footy and the very first Best and Fairest award in the Sydney Women’s AFL “SWAFL” competition was named in her honour. Emma Phillips played 170 games for Melbourne Uni then moved to Sydney and playing for the UNSWES Bulldogs under Tracey Kick. Em is a passionate believer in football as a place for women and girls to develop confide
Episodes
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Grand Final Coathanger Season 8
Fi and Lozz congratulate the Brisbane Lions on their Season 8 Grand Final win and commiserate with the North Melbourne Kangaroos. They wrap up the final Coathanger show for Season 8 with injury news, signings, delistings, coach of the year awards and acknowledge Mon Conti's Best and Fairest win.
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Season 8 Preliminary Finals
Fi and Lozz review the prelims, acknowledge Nic Livingstone on her announcement that she is stepping down from her role as Head of Women's Football, and highlight the Sydney and NSW wins in the W awards. GWS Giant Zarli Goldsworthy won Rising Star, with Swan Ally Morphett just one point behind....
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Season 8 Semi Finals
Fi and Lozz review the semi finals and applaud the Sydney Swans on their excellent season after bowing out in their match with the Adelaide Crows. Commiserations to the Melbourne Demons who lost to the Geelong Cats despite a 4th quarter charge. They cover coaching changes and potential player...
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Season 8 Finals Week 1
Fi and Lozz celebrate the Swans' win over the Suns, putting them through to the semi finals next week. Lions beat Crows in a fierce battle and Bombers went down in a valiant fight against the Cats. But the big surprise of the first round of finals for Season 8 was the 41 point margin in North...
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Season 8 Round 10
Swans make finals! Congratulations to the Swans who have made finals in their second season, having been winless in their first. Surely the most improved team in Season 10! They play Suns in the first week of finals, which is the first time these 2 teams meet this season! Giants went down to Port...
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Season 8 Round 9
The Coathanger team sympathise with Zali Goldsworthy who had to pick herself up off the deck during the Giants match against the Suns and Pepa Randall plays her 50th. Swans win against Collingwood and map a pathway to finals! Lozz gets on her soapbox about accessibility at Henson Park and Kiwi…
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Season 8 Round 8
Swans and Giants win, with a fantastic result for the Sydney team. Kiwi joins the pod and she and Fi help locate Lozz on the tipping comp ladder. Needless to say, Lozz's mum is going great guns. Lozz reminisces about her childhood spent at Vic park after a return there on the weekend. Kiwi joins...
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Season 8 Round 7
Coach Donnie Hess, host of Donnie's Disposals, joins Fi to analyse the Round 7 matches for Swans and Giants. A loss for both teams this round. Controversy Corner covers that moment when coaches say the quiet bit out loud and live to regret it. Looking forward to Round 8, Donnie and Fi don't see…
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Season 8 Round 6
Lozz and Fi discuss The Replacements as a possible solution to the Western Bulldogs woes. Remember: Chicks dig scars, but glory last forever! They hail the great Alyce Parker yet again, and tip the hat to Scott Gowans for taking great players to even greater heights and Lozz the Stats Queen notes...
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We're back! Preseason Wrap
The Coathanger team is back with a look at the upcoming AFLW preseason.
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S07 E15
In our final pod for AFLW Season 7, we are joined by special guest Coach Donnie Hess to review the Grand Final, congratulate Melbourne, and weigh in on the W awards. There are some strong opinions and things get a little out of hand!
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S07 E14
Preliminary Finals Time
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S07 E13
Second round of finals
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S07 E12
We discuss the first round of finals and Kiwi and Lozz interview Richmond's Eilish Sheerin.
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S07 E11
We wrap up the season, marvel at the Henson Park attendance figure and we reveal the winner and runners up for our Tipping Comp!
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S07 E10
Both Sydney teams went down in Round 9, but there was amazing attendance again at Henson Park! For all that and more tune in to this week’s pod!
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S07 E09
We review the Round 8 Swans and Giants matches, cover injuries and tips. Fi and Kiwi joined the banner crew for the Giants. We give our take on issues with AFLW facilities and share a Swans giveaway
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S07 E08
In our Pride Round pod for Season 7 we have a bumper episode for you! We are joined on the show by Darebin Falcons Women's Sports club President Jane Ryan, to explain the club's inclusion policy and the steps they took to rewrite it. And in a Coathanger - nay, an AFLW First - Fi and Loz chat to…
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S07 E07
We chat to AFLW Swan Maddy Collier We also review round 6, report on the GWS Giants first ever win over Carlton at Henson Park and acknowledge the jerk article. We don’t endorse punching down at the Coathanger!
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Round 5: Degrees of Devastation
We talk the big results we may not have seen coming from Round 5, applaud the footy festival in Melbourne this weekend just gone and talk about the big month of football at Henson Park coming up. And we review the Giants and Swans games and in the process we will do an overview of the 7 stages of...
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Round 3 - GWS Onwards To Victory
We congratulate GWS GIANTS as the inaugural winners of the Coathanger Cup! We share highlights from the Indigenous Round & our Suggestion Box. For all that and more tune in to The Coathanger
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The Coathanger Cup
We preview The Coathanger Cup which will be awarded at this weekend’s derby between Sydney Swans and GWS Giants. We acknowledge Indigenous Round and Fi chats to Swans player Aliesha Newman.
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Round 1, Alyce Parker and the Swans have 3 captains
In our Round 1 pod Fi catches up with Giants’ Vice Captain Alyce Parker. We review the Round 1 matches in which both Sydney teams went down fighting, we talk injuries, acknowledge the debutantes and recognize Lozz’s mum as the leader of our tipping comp! We also discuss the Swans’ decision to…
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Preseason Pod - Swans Are Go!
In our preseason pod for AFLW Season 7, Coach Kiwi welcomes Fi back to the driver's seat and we welcome Lauren "Loz" Hodgson to the Coathanger team. We share what we are looking forward to in this season and put in our bold predictions for the Grand Final and Best and Fairest. Loz reviews the…
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Final Siren
And that’s a wrap! This is the last episode for AFLW Season 6. We cover Adelaide’s classy win over Melbourne to capture their third premiership and why this win was particularly important to them. We take a look at the Best and Fairest - and the shenanigans from the award night! We look at the…
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Grand Final Week!
Happy Grand Final week everyone! Could Tayla Harris play a sacrificial ‘decoy’ role in this Saturday’s AFLW big dance and get the win for the Dees? Who can stop Marinoff? Is this Daisy Pearce’s last game? And can the Crows complete the fairytale ending?? We also cover the wash up of the two...
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More Finals
In this week's show, we review the quarter final between the Lions and the Pies, preview this weekend's enthralling match ups for the prelim finals including the first official AFLW game at the G, talk rising stars, and finally we all get to grill Brid Stack from the Giants about all things footy...
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Finals Time!!!!
Tune in to this week's pod to catch our summary of the Giant's season, their standout performers and how they might move forward during the expansion of the competition. We discuss Fremantle's dismantling of North Melbourne and Trace chats with GWS recruit Ally Dellaway who debuted in round 1 and...
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Season 6 Round 10 - Finals time!
It’s finals time! We are down to 6 contenders and the pressure is on the four sides playing in elimination finals this weekend. We discuss their prospects and also what happened to the also-rans… Essendon and Sydney have their first player signings – one is experienced, one is youthful. Who’s…
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Season 6 Round 9 (Full Show)
We discuss some teams having slow starting games. Who are time 2 players breaking barriers in their new clubs? Melbourne breaks the 100 point record. The [unofficial] Phillips/Kick Cup is acknowledged. And we discuss the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras!
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Season 6 Round 9 (Training Run)
This is the shortened version that should have gone to air on 2SER-FM 107.3. The longer version will follow soon.
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Season 6 Round 8
We look at the GWS Giants' ups and downs We discuss the Indigenous Rounds and Pride Rounds and the risk of tokenism We note the 2 players who were originally Lions marquees, who are doing well in their 3rd clubs this season. And we ask: When should the season be played?
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Season 6 Round 7 - Show Me the Money!
The AFLPA have declared 2026 as the year by which AFLW players are full time. What does that mean for those players who are already developing careers outside of footy? We discuss the poor performance by GWS against Crows at Henson and Trace updates the tipping comp. Is there wisdom in…
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Season 6 Round 6
Nat Morgan joins us this week as we cover the Crows fall to the Dogs and the Suns who continue their rise with their victory over Geelong, whilst the Giants’ form has dropped again. We discuss Wayne Siekman’s suggestion of a redraft of all players to even the playing field. We ask how much of a...
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Season 6 Round 5
We talk Sydney Swans new coach Scott Gowan, and what having 4000 #AFLW members already means for a team yet to take the field. We name the teams that have surprised and disappointed so far and who we think might be leading the @aflwomens BnF at this point. Plus, an indepth look at the Round 5…
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Season 6 Round 4
We talk about the completed Pride Round and share differing opinions on approaches to take when a player refuses to play due to religious beliefs. Guest panelist Te Rina Taite joins us and brings her own brand of humour to review the atmosphere and triumph for the Giants at Henson Park last…
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Season 6 Round 3
In our Round 3 pod we discuss the importance of Pride Round - beyond the jumper; we look at the 4 teams running away with the competition and ask “What’s up with the Giants?” And we cover whether playing football in Summer in sustainable. Also Emma chats to Giants player Lisa Steane.
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Season 6 Round 2
In this week's pod we note the cricket wickets that have popped up on the grounds, discuss the stand out performances including the Prespakis Cup and Perko's contribution to the Suns win, and give an update on the tipping comp too. And we cover the Giants loss to Freo and look at player responses...
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Coathanger Season 6 Round 1
With Season 6 off to a bumpy start, the Coathanger team analyze Round 1, discuss injuries, and introduce a new voice to Sydney airways in the form of guest host, Peter Holden.
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Coathanger Preseason Pod
In our preseason pod, we will look at the state of play for AFLW Season 6, discuss whats changed, name our top 6 teams and we'll cover Sydney news. Also some personal news from Fi, who will be taking some time off. Peter Holden will be keeping the seat warm as guest host. Content warning:...
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Season 5 Comes To An End!
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Nice Things
In our penultimate episode our grand final review shows that we CAN have nice things! We talk player retirements and Sharni’s change of heart about the affordability of the league. We tip our Best & Fairest and Rising Star ahead of the W awards. We pay tribute to Peter Holden – friend of the pod…
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And then there were 2
We look at highlights from the preliminary finals and celebrate the women’s voices heard in commentary on the weekend. Our tipping comp results are in! Prizes coming your way! Foundation teams vs expansion teams: is the disparity ok for now and for the future of the game? And we applaud Melbourne...
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Finals Footy - Pies and Dees are through to the Semis!
We review the Qualifying Finals, preview and commit our predictions for next week's semi finals, and congratulate Kiara Bowers on her AFLCA award. Shout out to Kaitlyn Ashmore who is the first player to reach 40 AFLW games, and acknowledgement to Emma Kearney who took a knee during the anthem.…
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She's been doing it all day, Ump
Coach Kiwi chats to Tope Adepoyibi about her experience as an umpire. Em chats to Tait Mackrill, friend of the pod, about the Giants’ approach to the 2021 season and her individual gains this year. There are questions, but not many answers, about our tipping comp. And we look at highlights from...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Coathanger is a show and podcast where we tackle women's footy with a Sydney View. Host, Fiona Lamb is a footy fan and is passionate about women’s football as a platform for empowering women and engaging the public in reducing violence against women. Coach Kiwi played her 250th match in 2017, and since then has spent more time on the coaching sidelines. She has 30 years of coaching experience and is 2020 midfield coach for the Collingwood VFLW club. Tracey Kick is a five time premiership coach in AFL Sydney, former state women’s coach and AFLW assistant coach in season 2018 at the GWS Giants. Nat Morgan’s has always believed chicks can and should play footy and the very first Best and Fairest award in the Sydney Women’s AFL “SWAFL” competition was named in her honour. Emma Phillips played 170 games for Melbourne Uni then moved to Sydney and playing for the UNSWES Bulldogs under Tracey Kick. Em is a passionate believer in football as a place for women and girls to develop confide
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