Roar: The Stories Behind AFLW: A Movement Bigger Than Sport by Samantha Lane

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Date due slip on inside page. Minor edgewear.

The inaugural season of the AFL Women's league was a game-changer for Australian sport and for Australia culturally.

When women joined the nation's biggest and most popular sporting code as players, it gave them licence to become legitimate football heroes. It was personal, political, proud and powerful.

With unique insights from award-winning journalist Samantha Lane, including previously untold details behind AFLW's birth, Roar tells the remarkable tales of a group of trailblazers. These are intimate stories from a band of pioneers who now have a league of their own. From Daisy Pearce, AFLW's original poster player, to Craig Starcevich, the Collingwood premiership footballer who found football happiness where he least expected it. There's Sarah Perkins' story of personal and physical transformation; the AFL's first openly gay couple Penny Cula-Reid and Mia-Rae Clifford; history-making coach Bec Goddard, Kirby Bentley, Tayla Harris, Amanda Farrugia, Darcy Vescio and Katie Brennan.

Roar is a groundbreaking book to inspire, illuminate and celebrate the leading lights of AFLW. (back cover)