Kellie Sanders is Lecturer in Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing at La Trobe University, Australia, teaching and researching in the intersecting fields of sociology of sport, education and Health and Physical Education with an interest in gender and sexuality studies, sociality, queer theory, and the construction, reproduction and regulation of space, power, and hegemony.

• 1. Introduction: The rise of female football in Australia.- 2. Background and origins: Women on the football field.- 3. Queer Theory: Beyond the binaries.- 4. Homosociality: Discourses of (homosocial) connection.- 5. Footballing bodies and intragender relations: Policing and regulating gender and desire.- 6. Sportscapes and affect: Belonging, connection, and acceptance.- 7. Conclusion: Lessons from a women’s Australian Rules football team?.

Kellie Sanders is Lecturer in Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing at La Trobe University, Australia, teaching and researching in the intersecting fields of sociology of sport, education and Health and Physical Education with an interest in gender and sexuality studies, sociality, queer theory, and the construction, reproduction and regulation of space, power, and hegemony.

• 1. Introduction: The rise of female football in Australia.- 2. Background and origins: Women on the football field.- 3. Queer Theory: Beyond the binaries.- 4. Homosociality: Discourses of (homosocial) connection.- 5. Footballing bodies and intragender relations: Policing and regulating gender and desire.- 6. Sportscapes and affect: Belonging, connection, and acceptance.- 7. Conclusion: Lessons from a women’s Australian Rules football team?.

Kellie Sanders is Lecturer in Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing at La Trobe University, Australia, teaching and researching in the intersecting fields of sociology of sport, education and Health and Physical Education with an interest in gender and sexuality studies, sociality, queer theory, and the construction, reproduction and regulation of space, power, and hegemony.

• 1. Introduction: The rise of female football in Australia.- 2. Background and origins: Women on the football field.- 3. Queer Theory: Beyond the binaries.- 4. Homosociality: Discourses of (homosocial) connection.- 5. Footballing bodies and intragender relations: Policing and regulating gender and desire.- 6. Sportscapes and affect: Belonging, connection, and acceptance.- 7. Conclusion: Lessons from a women’s Australian Rules football team?.