Premier Peter Malinauskas has congratulated the Adelaide Football Club on its historic grand final win, as the women’s team took out its third premiership at Adelaide Oval on Saturday afternoon.
The AFLW Crows will be honoured with a public celebration under the canopy in Rundle Mall, today at 5pm.
“Today, history was made. Our Adelaide Crows have written their name in the history books at the first ever AFLW team to win a third premiership, and against a formidable opponent in the Melbourne Demons” Malinauskas says.
The premier adds that, “all South Australians – regardless of their team allegiance – should be immensely proud of the AFLW Crows’ inspiring victory and I look forward to seeing as many South Australians as possible at the premiership celebration”.
Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor is in the same company, congratulating the girls for their achievement.
“These women are such impressive role models, in particular for young women and girls, so I look forward to seeing a big crowd gather on Monday in Rundle Mall to show them our appreciation and help mark this historic third AFLW premiership” Verschoor says.
Adelaide Crows CEO Tim Silvers is also ecstatic over the teams win saying, “a third premiership from four grand finals in six years of the AFLW competition is an incredible achievement for our Club and credit must go to everyone involved in our women’s program.”
“Our players are genuine trailblazers for the game and role models for young people, both on and off the field, and we could not be prouder of them” he says.
Co-hosted by the South Australian Government and the City of Adelaide, the AFLW Crows celebration is a fitting event for an incredible team that is an inspiration to not only just young women, but to everyone. Seeing representation in the media and in sports is so important, because it contributes to the radical narrative that women can do what their male counterparts can. And by the looks of it, winning suits us very well.
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