The Veteran Rookie

After sitting on the sidelines for much of the AFL Women's season, former Hockeyroo and Collingwood recruit Georgie Parker finally got the nod to play. Just wait till you hear her husband's reaction.

Two months of footy injured Georgie Parker in a way 20 years of hockey never did.

The season is getting closer. The nerves are off the charts. In episode three, former Olympian Georgie Parker reveals her concerns over whether she'll be accepted in her new sport.

The AFLW grind begins. In episode two of 'The Veteran Rookie', former Hockeyroo Georgie Parker is confronted with the brutal reality of switching sports at the elite level.

She won Commonwealth Games gold and competed at an Olympics. Now, in the first of a four-part series, Georgie Parker takes us behind-the-scenes of her challenging transition to a new career in AFLW.