AFLW Season 7 Glass Half Full/Empty: Melbourne
IN a new approach to the AFL Women’s end of season reviews, Rookie Me Central casts both a glass half full and half empty lens over each side’s campaigns. Today’s team, the last in the series, is of course Melbourne, who broke through for its first AFLW Premiership in Season 7. GLASS HALF FULL They […]
AFLW Season 7 Glass Half Full/Empty: Brisbane
IN a new approach to the AFL Women’s end of season reviews, Rookie Me Central casts both a glass half full and half empty lens over each side’s campaigns. Today’s team, in the penultimate article in this series, is Brisbane, who fell agonisingly short of its second AFLW Premiership. GLASS HALF FULL They made another […]
AFLW Season 7 Glass Half Full/Empty: North Melbourne
IN a new approach to the AFL Women’s end of season reviews, Rookie Me Central casts both a glass half full and half empty lens over each side’s campaigns. Today’s team is North Melbourne, who had their best ever result in a season, knocked out in the Preliminary Final. GLASS HALF FULL Best ever result […]
AFLW Season 7 Glass Half Full/Empty: Adelaide
IN a new approach to the AFL Women’s end of season reviews, Rookie Me Central casts both a glass half full and half empty lens over each side’s campaigns. Adelaide is the team put under the microscope today, after a season which saw the Crows fall one game short of the opportunity to defend their […]
Top of the table clash does not stay tight for long
THE top of the table clash in the NTFL Women’s between PINT and Waratah last weekend started off as many would have suspected, but after quarter time it was a very different story. PINT put the foot down in the second and third term, dominating the territory battle while keeping their defence strong and not […]
AFLW Season 7 Glass Half Full/Empty: Collingwood
IN a new approach to the AFL Women’s end of season reviews, Rookie Me Central casts both a glass half full and half empty lens over each side’s campaigns. Today’s team is Collingwood, who had their ups and downs on the way to a semi-final exit. GLASS HALF FULL Defence is the star of the […]
2022 AFL Draft Pick-by-Pick: Night 2
THE 2022 AFL National Draft saw 59 players realise their dreams of playing at the elite level. The night featured a mixture of live trades, surprise selections and unlucky omissions. Those players overlooked still have a chance to be selected, with the Rookie Draft to take place tomorrow. The full list of players selected on […]
Reflective Starcevich still proud of his troops
ALTHOUGH Brisbane coach Craig Starcevich was clearly disappointed in the result of yesterday’s AFLW Grand Final, he was still proud of what his team had been able to achieve in the last 24 months or so. “Our last three campaigns we’ve gone nine and two, nine three and 11 two this year, that’s a pretty […]
Grateful Dees pair reflect on it all
AFTER Melbourne finally broke through for their inaugural flag yesterday, it was hard to wipe the smiles of the faces of it’s captain Daisy Pearce and coach Mick Stinear. Pearce said that although it had not fully sunk in yet, her overwhelming emotion was pride. “It’s taken a bit of time to sink in actually, […]
Hyett and her Dees ready for what lies ahead
MUCH like its opponent Brisbane, Melbourne finds itself back in another AFL Women’s decider after the heartbreak of last season’s loss to Adelaide. Melbourne assistant coach Tamara Hyett believes that despite Melbourne being the “perennial almosts” since the establishment of the competition, she does not believe that adds any pressure to her side coming into […]
Attitude and contest the key: Henriksen
BRISBANE finds itself back in an AFL Women’s Grand Final, after the heartache of falling one short of making the decider last season. The Lions’ defensive coach Paul Henriksen says there was definitely fire in the belly after that Preliminary Final loss last season, but the fire and hunger was not based solely off that […]
Mithen as motivated as ever to take out title
IN what must have at least a little element of déjà vu, Lily Mithen and her Melbourne teammates find themselves in yet another Grand Final, barely seven months after the heartbreak of that April afternoon in Adelaide against the Crows. There is certainly a number of feelings that Mithen is feeling ahead of playing in […]
