I thought I'd look to try touching base with former Western Bulldogs AFLW players, just to see what they're now doing & I'm starting it off with Lisa Brown who was Lisa Williams before getting married. BW: Hi Lisa & thank you for talking to me. As I mentioned, it’s nice to look back & reminisce a bit. LW: No worries Barry. BW: Let’s start at the beginning, where did you grow up & who did you barrack for? LW: I grew up in North Warrandyte with my parents & my older sister. My Dad was a Demons fan so I was converted at an early age & most weekends we’d head to the MCG & watch Melbourne. BW: Did you have a favourite player growing up? LW: I was a massive Gary Lyon fan, along with Steven Tingay & Jim Stynes. BW: Did you do Auskick as a young girl? LW: No, my 2 main sports growing up were Netball & Surf Life Saving as we had a holiday home at Anglesea. BW: So, how did you start playing footy?...
It’s fair to say 2017 wasn’t a great year for the Western Bulldogs, winning the final game of the season against GWS to avoid the ignominy of winning the inaugural wooden spoon. During the trade period Jaimee Lambert departed the club for the Magpies in a deal which netted the Bulldogs the first pick in the 2017 draft. Coming to the Bulldogs during the trade period from Melbourne was Deanna Berry. Jess Anderson & Rachel Ashley were signed as free agents. Changes had to be made to the list and the likes of Lauren Morecroft & Lisa Williams were just 2 of the 8 player not re signed by the Bulldogs. Along with the coveted first selection, the Bulldogs also had picks 4, 11, 19 & 27. It’s fair to say it was going to be a very different team. Not only was the personnel different, but the game style would also prove to be very different too. Credit to coach Paul Groves to accepted some pretty harsh feedback from his playing group & took the criticism on boa...