There may not be the same astronomical international stars as years gone by but there is still plenty to catch excited about ahead of this season’s women’s campaign The new W-League season commences this weekend amid a growing sense of confidence and maturity. Helping the cause greatly has been the much-eulogised achievements of the Matildas in Canada a few months ago,where the national team not only won their way through to the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup, but did so with panache and just a dose of swagger. The impetus gathered by the headline-grabbing achievements of the Matildas is the obvious trigger to supply momentum for the national competition as it heads into its eighth season. Indeed, and the growing status of women’s football has seen Fox Sports jump onboard,bringing with it the same tall-level commitment it provides for its coverage of the A-League, albeit covering only one match a week. It is undoubtedly a significant step that a commercial broadcaster, and for the first time,recognises the new-found status of the competition. The ABC will also continue their broadcast (of the same match), meaning the W-League, or curiously enough,has a deeper television reach across the country than its male counterpart.
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Source: theguardian.com