Tamworth Kangaroos president Brett Douglas doesn't need to look far to see how much of an impact the women at the club make.
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Just last week was the perfect example.
The club hosted the Jacob Vallender Heart Foundation Memorial Round with three of the club's hardest workers driving the day.
"Our committee - over half are women," Douglas said.
"Look at last weekend - Bridget Galvin, Sarah Dadd and Savannah Shepherd - they organised the weekend and it shows how important they are to AFL.
"Their organisation and getting everything up and running smoothly - we couldn't do it without them."
The club was still finalising the exact amount raised from the weekend but Douglas said it was a good day.
"We raised a nice amount for the heart foundation. We had good exposure and promoted it pretty well and people were very generous with all proceeds going to the heart foundation," he said.
This weekend the Kangaroos will host a range of clubs at No. 1 Oval for the AFL North West Women in Sport round.
The under 17s Roosters will play Sawtell, around 11am, while the men will play Moree-Narrabri at 1.30pm and the women will take on Moree in the main game which should kick off around 4pm.
The ladies have strung together back-to-back wins and coach Douglas said there was more improvement to come.
"There's glimpses of them putting it all together. The players are building confidence," Douglas said.
"Amanda Brown is coming back into form after coming back from her knee injury a couple years ago."
Wunda Williams is another player who has found her feet very quickly.
"It was her first senior game of women's football and she was outstanding," Douglas said of Williams.
"I'm expecting a few good things from her. She's tough and she went at it hard for her first game in a little while."
Ben Jaffrey
Ben is a content curator and journalist for The Land. He has been with ACM since 2015 and first worked at The Area News and then at the Northern Daily Leader. Ben first joined ACM Agri as a digital journalist for all seven agricultural mastheads in 2022 before shifting to The Land full-time in 2023.
Ben is a content curator and journalist for The Land. He has been with ACM since 2015 and first worked at The Area News and then at the Northern Daily Leader. Ben first joined ACM Agri as a digital journalist for all seven agricultural mastheads in 2022 before shifting to The Land full-time in 2023.
