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noticeSunday 23 August 2026Richmond · Collingwood · Fitzroy

Introducing Play Her

A free session every month for girls who want to play — however much football they've played before.

Three girls in Home Ground Hub jerseys standing together on the pitch

Play Her starts from something simple: plenty of girls around Yarra want to play football, and not enough of them get a run.

It's rarely about talent. It's the session where you're the only girl there. The kit that costs more than a fortnight's shopping. Turning up once, not knowing anyone, and never going back.

So Play Her runs its own session once a month — all girls, all levels, nothing to pay. Come on your own, come with your sister, come with half your class. You don't need a team, boots or any idea what you're doing.

Alongside that we back the Home Ground Hub programs where girls are already playing: the two all-girls divisions at every Challenge Cup — one for 5 to 8 year olds, one for 9 to 12 — and the free weekly sessions running across Collingwood, Fitzroy and Richmond.

Nobody should have to be the first girl in the room. That's the whole idea.

  • Girls chasing the ball during a match on the estate pitch
    Match day
  • A line of girls arm in arm on an indoor court
    All levels welcome
  • Players with their arms around each other after a game
    Afterwards

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