The image showcased all that is good about the women’s game; by deleting it, 7AFL sent out entirely the wrong message
At the 1:20-minute mark of the AFLW’s Pride Game between the Western Bulldogs and Carlton, the Blues’ star forward, Tayla Harris, booted the first goal of the game after taking a beautiful contested mark 40 metres out. Commentator Kelli Underwood was calling the play. “Tayla Harris with that very familiar approach, and that very familiar finish.”
What would follow was also, unfortunately, all too familiar. On Monday, Channel Seven’s AFL Facebook page posted a photo taken by Michael Willson of the player’s distinctive kicking action and captioned it “Photo of the year”. The comments came in thick and fast, as you would expect from a picture of that calibre. Yet the majority of them were not celebrating the moment, the athlete or the team that would go on to win that game and make the competition’s first ever finals series.
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