Tackling in the AFLW has hit an all-time high this season after growing steadily over the past four seasons.
It is the perfect storm of established sides utilising pressure to find success and newly-added teams basing their brand around tackling.
Six rounds in to season seven, 72.2 per cent of sides are averaging 60 or more tackles per game, the highest in competition history and a significant shift from the 42.9 per cent of teams in season six earlier this year. Due to this, average tackle and tackle-inside-50 counts across the board have increased to all-time highs this season.
