ROOKIE Me Central’s 2023 AFL Women’s Draft coverage ramps up tonight with the event everyone has been waiting for. As part of our annual tradition, we previewed the draft, with a focus on the first round to see just how it might pan out.
Host Liam Badkin and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams chatted all things AFL Women’s Draft as part of our preview, which can be viewed via our YouTube channel.
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AFLW DRAFT PREVIEW TALKING POINTS:
- Pick 1 discussion
- The next ‘group’ (Picks 2-6)
- Where the AFLW Draft could change (Picks 7-11)
- How the rest of the first round might go
- Father-daughter and Northern Academy prospect bids
- Pivot points within the draft that could change the entire landscape
- Late value and mature-agers
2023 ROOKIE ME CENTRAL AFL WOMEN’S DRAFT PREVIEW:
WA AFLW Draft talents rising to the top
WESTERN Australia’s top three AFL Women’s Draft talents have combined for a massive 103 disposals in their most recent games, with the trio of AFLW Academy members all having days out. East Fremantle’s Zippy Fish, South Fremantle’s Molly O’Hehir and Claremont’s Claudia Wright are all very different players, but have crossover traits that make them […]
2024 SANFLW Player Focus: Grace Martin (WWT Eagles)
WOODVILLE-WEST Torrens midfielder Grace Martin is quietly flying under the radar in the 2024 SANFL Women’s season. The top-age Eagles midfielder was prominent playing on-ball in the loss to Glenelg, racking up seven clearances and seven inside 50s to go with her 10 tackles and 19 disposals. Not the largest accumulator and Martin can tend […]
PROFILED: 2024 AFLW Academy members
MANY of the top AFL Women’s Draft prospects took centre stage at Ikon Park a week ago to produce a dominant 16.16 (112) to 1.2 (8) victory over the AFLW Under 23 All-Stars. We took note of each player from the Academy who played, with further background on them in this article. Note that Power […]
Scouting notes: Under 23 All-Stars
OVER the weekend, the Under 23 All-Stars went down to the star-studded AFLW Academy by 104 points at Ikon Park. Despite the defeat, there were still a number of players on the Under 23 All-Stars who caught the eye. We took note of them, with the second part on the AFLW Academy to come tomorrow. […]
PROFILED | 2024 Under 23 All-Stars: Part II
COMPLETING the second part of our two-part series on the Under 23 All-Stars side that faces the AFLW Academy tomorrow, we look at the remaining 12 players from jumper numbers 14 and below to take a look at those who have earned a spot in the side. >> PROFILED | 2024 Under 23 All-Stars: Part […]
PROFILED | 2024 Under 23 All-Stars: Part I
IN the first of a two-part series today, we take a look at the 2024 Under 23 All-Stars who will face off against the AFLW Academy tomorrow at Ikon Park. In this article, we profile the first 12 players, before doing the same for the last 12 players in the second article. #1 Zoe Hargreaves […]
AFLW Draft | 10 mature-age SANFLW prospects
EACH year, over-age and mature-age players stand up and impress to earn a place on an AFL Women’s list. Be it via a train-on spot, as an injury replacement or at the end of the year draft, history says there will always be a handful of players who for one reason or another were not […]
PODCAST | Game Sense: Season 3, Episode 4
THE GAME Sense podcast is back with the third episode of season three, as the SANFL and WAFL Women’s early rounds continue. Join host Michael Alvaro and AFLW Draft expert Peter Williams as they unpack what went down, before looking ahead to the next batch of matches. All that, and more. Tune in! EPISODE TIMESTAMPS INTRO: […]
SANFLW Player Focus: Violet Patterson (Glenelg)
THERE is something black and white about the way Glenelg winger Violet Patterson plays, and it is not just her affiliation to Collingwood. Her father Stephen played 96 games and kicked 88 goals for the Magpies between 1995-2000, with the top-age Patterson an eligible father-daughter prospect. Though Patterson might not be the biggest or strongest […]
