PROFILED | Vic Metro Under 18 squad inclusions
VIC METRO is soon to begin its Under 18 National Championships title defence, with a squad of 28 players and eight train-ons announced last week. Among them are nine inclusions from outside the summer training hub, with five coming from the Oakleigh Chargers. We profile all the fresh faces. >> FULL SQUAD: 2025 Vic Metro […]
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OPINION | Peel duo leading Back to the Future rebuild
FIVE years ago, Peel Thunder produced an unprecedented turnaround from wooden spooners to WAFL Women’s premiers in the space of 12 months. Heavily focused on a youth program that had the likes of Ella Roberts, Courtney Rowley, Jaide Britton, Sarah Verrier, Kate Bartlett and Beth Schilling, the club went from a one-win season in 2019 […] The post OPINION | Peel duo leading Back to the Future rebuild appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Mia Russo
POWERFUL West Perth top-ager, Mia Russo is one of the top prospects in this year’s AFLW Draft. With a strong determination and motivation to be drafted, Russo has quite the CV over her junior career with an Under 16s MVP and All-Australian, multiple Rogers Cup league best and fairest wins and captaining the AFLW Academy […] The post 2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Mia Russo appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
PROFILED | Vic Metro Under 18 squad inclusions
VIC METRO is soon to begin its Under 18 National Championships title defence, with a squad of 28 players and eight train-ons announced last week. Among them are nine inclusions from outside the summer training hub, with five coming from the Oakleigh Chargers. We profile all the fresh faces. > > FULL SQUAD: 2025 Vic Metro […] The post PROFILED | Vic Metro Under 18 squad inclusions appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
2025 Vic Under 18s Girls squads named for trials
VICTORIAN selectors will take the next step in whittling down the potential names of state representatives when Vic Metro and Vic Country go head-to-head in a couple of trial matches at La Trobe University on Sunday. In both contests, a mixed Vic Metro side will take on a mixed Vic Country team with the matches […] The post 2025 Vic Under 18s Girls squads named for trials appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 7
BARRING a single outlier, the weekend’s seven Coates Talent League fixtures were tightly contested and allowed a bunch of prospects to stake their names as game-winners. Round 7 also provided one final glimpse of the Northern Academies, with many Allied prospects finishing their campaigns on a high note. > > CTL ROUND 7: Snapshot | Player […] The post Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 7 appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
2025 CTLG RMC MEDAL | Huge performances make voting tough
YET ANOTHER best on ground despite a loss, Calder Cannons’ Chloe Baker-West‘s incredible top-age season rolls on with the star talent’s 41 touches just edging her ahead of Gippsland Power’s Abby Hobson (21 touches, 12 marks and four goals) in best afield honours in what was the toughest voting decision of the weekend. > > SCROLL […] The post 2025 CTLG RMC MEDAL | Huge performances make voting tough appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Mizuki Brothwell
ONE HALF of a talented sister duo, Mizuki Brothwell has rapidly made her way through the pathways. Moving up alongside twin Nalu at the Dandenong Stingrays, Brothwell has only been playing a couple of years, but went from running around at Balnarring to a member of the National Academy. > > AFLW Draft Q&A: Nalu Brothwell […] The post 2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Mizuki Brothwell appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
Star prospects shoot atop RMC Medal standings
RESPECTIVE best on ground performances have seen star AFL Draft prospects Willem Duursma and Daniel Annable move level atop the Rookie Me Central Medal leaderboard. Both players added a maximum three votes to their tallies in Round 7 to each boast eight overall in season 2025. > > SCROLL for the Round 7 votes & leaderboard […] The post Star prospects shoot atop RMC Medal standings appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
Scouting Notes: 2025 Western Australia U18 vs. U21
WESTERN Australia’s Under 18s have suffered a heavy defeat in their first trial for the year, going down by 98 points to their Under 21 counterparts on Saturday. The undermanned junior outfit was blown off Fremantle Oval by a more seasoned outfit which featured 11 players with WAFL League experience. A rampant seven-goal final quarter […] The post Scouting Notes: 2025 Western Australia U18 vs. U21 appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
