Michael Alvaro

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AFLW U18s Player Focus: Montana Ham (Vic Metro)

WESTERN Jets star Montana Ham has produced a remarkable end to her top-age campaign, culminating in a fairy tale NAB League Girls premiership and Vic Metro MVP honours. In the feature game of Friday’s AFLW Under 18 National Championship triple-header, she stepped up in a big way but could not quite will her Metro side […]

Lemmey at ’em – Westies prospect back in action

TOP West Adelaide draft prospect Harry Lemmey is set to return to SANFL action this weekend, after being named in the Bloods’ side to face Norwood on Sunday. The pick one contender has only played one of his side’s three League games thus far, missing Rounds 1 and 3 through health and safety protocols. In […]

Ransom taking things “one step at a time”

IF Tasmanians work on island time, then Claire Ransom is doing exactly that. The standout Apple Isle product came into her top-age campaign with plenty of plaudits having earned AFLW Academy honours, but maintains she is taking things “one step at a time” in the build up to this year’s draft. “I’m just working on […]

SANFL Player Focus: Tom Scully (West Adelaide)

YOU would be hard pressed to find a more in-form key forward around the country than West Adelaide’s Tom Scully. The 201cm bigman has been on fire over the last three weekends of SANFL Under 18s footy, booting 20 goals to consolidate a season average of 5.5 per his four games. In his latest outing, […]

2022 AFL Under 16 & 18 championship fixtures released

THE AFL has today announced the fixtures for this year’s Under 16 and 18 National Championships. Set to take place across June and July, the newly formatted competitions will continue to showcase the nation’s brightest talent at the highest level of underage representative football. >> SCROLL for the full fixtures Starting on June 11 with […]

Hamilton tests mettle against the best

IRON sharpens iron, and there has been plenty of ‘iron’ for Cynthia Hamilton to sharpen her skills on over the journey. Born into a big sporting family, the 18-year-old started out playing boy’s football alongside her brother until the age of 13. A move to women’s footy saw the Giants Academy come calling, and the […]

WAFL Colts MOTR | Round 1 – West Perth vs. Claremont

WEST Perth kicked off its 2022 WAFL Colts season in style, holding on to beat Claremont by eight points at Pentanet Stadium on Good Friday. The Falcons lead at every break but were tested by a final term push from the Tigers, eventually running out 10.7 (67) to 8.11 (59) victors in Joondalup. In our […]

2022 NAB League Boys Team of the Week: Round 3

A ROUND-HIGH four Murray Bushrangers feature in our NAB League Team of the Week for Round 3, after the region’s mammoth 116-point win over the Northern Territory Thunder. Fellow winners Dandenong and Sandringham contributed three players apiece, though competition for spots was tight with attacking eight games played in a bumper four days of Eastern […]

NAB League Player Focus: Mitch Szybkowski (Dandenong Stingrays)

DANDENONG Stingrays midfielder Mitch Szybkowski has started his 2022 NAB League season on fire, putting his name in lights as one of the competition’s premier inside ball winners. On Sunday, he returned another best afield performance in the Stingrays’ 17-point win over the Bendigo Pioneers at Queen Elizabeth Oval. The strongly-built top-ager is relentless at […]

2022 NAB League Boys snapshot: Round 3

THE latest set of NAB League Boys fixtures saw another eight games served up across the Easter weekend, with talent from five states and territories showcased across four days of exciting football. Catch up on all the results, key numbers, and big performances in our Round 3 snapshot.

Scouting Notes: 2022 AFLW U18s – South Australia vs. Vic Country

SOUTH Australia claimed a resounding 92-point win over Vic Country on Saturday, continuing their ominous form in the 2022 AFLW Under 18 National Championships. With plenty of stars of the present and future afield, there were plenty of outstanding individual performances to highlight in the latest edition of Scouting Notes. All notes are the opinion […]

Metro storms Metricon under blaring Gold Coast sun

VIC Metro has maintained its unbeaten run in the 2022 AFLW Under 18 National Championships, defeating Queensland by 31 points at Metricon Stadium on Tuesday afternoon. In what was a tense and low-scoring battle with a hot footy to be won, it was the visitors who pulled away after half time despite inaccurate goalkicking. Queensland […]

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