AFLW has been rocked by injury after Round 2, with Carlton star and captain, Brianna Davey, rupturing her ACL on Friday night, while Western Bulldogs number one pick, Isabel Huntington, feared to have also ruptured her ACL in the victory against the Brisbane Lions.
Daria Bannister, another Western Bulldog, also ruptured her ACL in Round one.
It has since been reported that women are five times more likely to rupture their anterior cruciate ligament than men, and it has been evident in the last two weeks, with two, possibly three, to have suffered 12-month injuries.
"(Women) are something like five times more likely to tear their (anterior) cruciate than their male counterparts with equivalent activity," sports medic Peter Brukner told RSN radio.
"There are number of reasons for it. The main reason is just mechanics, in that females have a wide pelvis and therefore are more bow-legged.
"There's more of an inclination for their knees to fall in when they twist, so that makes them more susceptible to doing an anterior cruciate.
"That's pretty well recognised the world over. There's a lot of research that's come out of female handball players in Scandinavian countries and female soccer players in the US."
The competition level has improved dramatically from its inaugural season, with teams daring to take it to the opposition, contests becoming tougher, speed become more damaging and scores getting higher.
As with anything that begins, it will only improve, however, with the induction of new teams coming in the next few years, the competition will only begin to rise, the standard to increase and the AFLW to make a statement.
