2020 AFL Women’s season review: Collingwood
INCOMING Collingwood coach Steve Symonds had a heck of a job ahead of him in 2020, tasked with taking charge at the biggest club in the land on the back of a one-win season. But his Magpies improved out of sight on their 2019 effort, storming to four wins in a couple of scintillating blocks […]
Q&A: Jack Ginnivan (Bendigo Pioneers/Vic Country)
AS the postponement of all seasons commenced over the last few weeks, we head back to the pre-season a few weeks earlier where we sat down with a number of athletes across the country. In a special Question and Answer (Q&A) feature, Draft Central‘s Michael Alvaro chatted with Bendigo Pioneers’ Jack Ginnivan at the NAB […]
2020 AFL Women’s season review: Brisbane
ANOTHER heavy list turnover did little to stop Brisbane from making finals for the third time in four AFL Women’s seasons, getting back to a positive record (3-2-1) in a campaign which began so brightly. A real surprise packet of this year’s competition, the Lions topped Conference A after four rounds before a string of […]
2020 AFL Women’s season review: Gold Coast SUNS
GOLD COAST made a splash in its inaugural AFL Women’s season, earning its place as the sole 2020 expansion side in this year’s finals series on the back of a 2-3-1 record. A raft of local, and exciting young talent was unearthed along the way, as the SUNS took to life at the elite level […]
Get to know: SANFL U18s – North Adelaide & Norwood
FEW boast the experience of captaining their country at any level of international sport, but that is exactly the case for 2020 North Adelaide draft prospect, Jamison Murphy. The rugged inside midfielder skippered Australia’s Under 16 cricket side before deciding to focus on his AFL draft dream, showing the same leadership traits as a vice-captain […]
2020 AFL Women’s season review: St Kilda
ST KILDA’S inaugural AFL Women’s season saw the newcomers bring football back to Moorabbin in 2020, and very nearly ended with an unlikely finals berth. Led by a trio of co-captains in Rhiannon Watt, Kate Shierlaw, and Cat Phillips, the Saints notched two very impressive wins on the way to a 2-4 record, combining experience […]
Get to know: SANFL U18s – Sturt
STURT’S talented trio of South Australian Academy Hub members were primed to dig into their top-age year prior to the postponement football across the country; all looking to crack through the SANFL levels and feature prominently for the Croweaters at the Under 18 national carnival. While we may not catch a glimpse of the three […]
2020 AFL Women’s season review: Geelong
GEELONG finished its second AFL Women’s campaign half a game away from consecutive finals berths, recovering from three defeats to open the season to end with a 2-4 record. The Cats were thrice beaten on home turf in what was a season of ups and downs, leaning on fixtures against expansion sides to eventually claim […]
2020 AFL Women’s season review: Adelaide
ADELAIDE was behind the eight-ball from the get-go in season 2020, with a raft of injuries taking toll throughout arguably the club’s least successful AFL Women’s campaign to date. The reigning premier finished second bottom in Conference A with a measly 2-4 record, struggling to string together winning form after being stunned for a third-straight […]
2020 AFL Women’s season review: Western Bulldogs
IT was a tough year down at Whitten Oval to mark the start of the Western Bulldogs’ regeneration, with incoming coach Nathan Burke leading his side to a 1-5 record across the shortened season. Coming into the campaign boasting a raft of high-quality draftees plucked from the NAB League – including number one pick Gabby […]
Get to know: SANFL U18s – Central District
CENTRAL District’s elite fleet of smalls among its Under 18 ranks was all set to be unleashed on the big stage in 2020, with all three State Hub members – Isaiah Dudley, Corey Durdin, and Lachlan Grubb – making great inroads over the past two seasons. But given the trio and the rest of their […]
2020 AFL Women’s season review: West Coast
FRESH off it’s inaugural AFL Women’s campaign, West Coast is the next team under the microscope in our club-by-club reviews. The Eagles may have landed a couple of handy players at the nest in their maiden recruiting effort, but were one of the expansion sides which struggled to find their feet in faring only better […]
