2021 Movers and Shapers: 50-41
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Following an unprecedented 2020 AFL season, the
AFL Record s senior writer Ash Browne has put together his definitive footy power list.
We will be counting down from 50 to 1 in the lead up to the new season.
50. Nicole Livingstone
Last year: –
It was a tough year for everyone in football, but AFLW had it particularly tough, with the 2020 season abruptly brought to an end a fortnight before the Grand Final. One of Gillon McLachlan’s few regrets last year was not to somehow find a way for there to be an AFLW flag decider. But AFLW has responded and is enjoying a great season under Livingstone’s watch despite the massive challenges of a rapidly changing fixture and the move to ticketing. She has also overseen changes to the talent pathways, which now go from Auskick through to AFL level in the same way as the men. AFLW is undeniably a better spectacle now than last year and the seasons that preceded it, to the absolute credit of Livings