As it happened: Blues, Pies kickstart season

Join Ben Guthrie as another epic season of AFLW begins

By Ben Guthrie

IT'S TIME for a big second season of NAB AFL Women's and the Blues and Magpies kick off proceedings at Ikon Park from 7.30pm AEDT.

WATCH IT LIVE HERE and follow Ben Guthrie's live blog below.

Premiership Pie on GF glory, overcoming adversity, his best role

Billy Frampton's trade to Collingwood went all but unnoticed at the time, but he has now become an important part of the puzzle

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X marks the spot: Giant making an impact in new role

Xavier O'Halloran is making his mark in the Giants' midfield

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From raw prospect to No.1 ruck, Power recruit takes the long road

After nearly a decade as a back-up ruck option at Richmond, Ivan Soldo made the switch to Port Adelaide and is recording career-high numbers across the board

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How the AFL fixture is built: 18 teams, two countries, millions of options

Go inside the complex process of creating the annual AFL premiership season fixture

Premiership Pie on GF glory, overcoming adversity, his best role

Billy Frampton's trade to Collingwood went all but unnoticed at the time, but he has now become an important part of the puzzle

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X marks the spot: Giant making an impact in new role

Xavier O'Halloran is making his mark in the Giants' midfield

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From raw prospect to No.1 ruck, Power recruit takes the long road

After nearly a decade as a back-up ruck option at Richmond, Ivan Soldo made the switch to Port Adelaide and is recording career-high numbers across the board

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Middle men: Inside the organised chaos of a centre bounce battle

Cal Twomey dives into the planning, tactics, match-ups, data and strategy that go into a centre bounce encounter

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