Preview | WAFLW R8: Swans search for third win
IN a round there the top four sides face off against the bottom four sides, there is still some unpredictability to be found in the WAFL Women’s competition. Round 8 sees Swan Districts searching for a third straight win up, this time up against East Fremantle, while sixth placed West Perth will hope to bounce […]
2023 AFLW U18s preview: Western Australia vs South Australia
IN the second of a double-header between the two states, Western Australia’s Under 18s side will host South Australia’s equivalent team in an April special to open the carnival. The Sandgropers lock horns with the Croweaters from 12pm local time in Perth (1:30pm Adelaide time) in the first of the AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships […]
Preview | SANFLW R9: Depth tested during national carnival
ALL eight SANFL Women’s clubs depth will be tested across Round 9 of the season, with the state’s best talent from the Under 16s and Under 18s departing due to the National Championships in Perth. With just four rounds remaining, finals spots are on the line, with a mid-table logjam keeping a number of sides […]
2023 AFLW U16s Pool A preview: Grand finale
WESTERN Australia and South Australia play off for the title of Pool A champion at the AFL Women’s Under 16 Championships following respective victories over Vic Country and Vic Metro. The two sides looked strong last Sunday at Arden Street, and now the Sandgropers play on their home deck against a Croweaters side that is […]
2023 AFLW Under 18s preview: Western Australia
WESTERN Australia picked up the one win at last year’s AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships, and heads into the 2023 carnival with a largely new-look squad. There are a number of players who have replaced others in the side, as well as some surprise packets impressing at WAFL Women’s level who have earned the chance […]
2023 AFLW Under 18s preview: South Australia
REIGNING champions South Australia enters the 2023 AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships with plenty of fresh faces, but still an incredibly strong squad as the Croweaters eye off back-to-back titles in 2023. Kicking off its campaign against Western Australia on Sunday, South Australia will predominantly field a top and bottom-age squad with just the two […]
PREVIEW | QAFLW Round 3: Hornets travel into Shark den
ASPLEY Hornets will be out to cause an upset against last year’s grand finalists and QAFL Women’s premiership fancies Southport, when they travel to Fankhauser Reserve on Saturday. The top of the table Sharks – who boast a whopping percentage of 1276.92 – will host the Hornets who are third with still a fairly impressive […]
Croweaters prepare for high rotations to maximise draftability
SOUTH Australia’s top AFLW draft talent will prepare to play in a variety of positions in the upcoming Under 18 Championships as the state embarks on maximising its draft potential at the end of the year. Talent Manager of Female Programs Robbie Neill said rotations at national level were the “nature of the beast” in […]
2023 Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week: Round 6
A DOMINANT performance from Oakleigh Chargers resulted in a season-high seven players in our Rookie Me Central Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for Round 6. The Chargers had two more players than Eastern Ranges (five), with Northern Knights (four) ahead of the three losing sides who combined for one third of the […]
State Academy notes: 2023 SANFLW Round 8
SOUTH Australia’s top AFL Women’s draft prospects returned for Round 8 of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s on the weekend. As always, we took a look at each of the state academy athletes running around in the League competition and made notes on their individual performances.
2023 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 8
THREE teams recorded four players, and every SANFL Women’s side had multiple representatives in an evenly spread Rookie Me Central Team of the Week for Round 8. North Adelaide, Central District and Woodville-West Torrens had the maximum four representatives, with South Adelaide and Sturt notching up three apiece, and the remaining three teams having two […]
SANFL Women’s Player Focus: Ruby Ballard (West Adelaide)
IT has been a tough season for West Adelaide, which suffered its sixth straight loss on the weekend, but bottom-age midfielder/forward Ruby Ballard produced her best performance to date. The Bloods’ small picked a great time to do it on the edge of the AFLW Under 18 Championships, recording 18 disposals, four marks, five clearances […]
