We won’t see an 18-team AFLW for another 16 months, but the excitement at Essendon is already palpable.

It was announced last week that Hawthorn, Port Adelaide, Sydney and the Bombers would enter in the 2022-23 season, just under six years after the inaugural eight-team competition.

For Georgia Nanscawen, Essendon’s VFLW captain, it’s been a long time coming.

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