2022 AFLW Draft preview: Melbourne
NARROWLY missing out on a maiden AFL Women’s premiership, Melbourne is prepared to once again to be a title contender during Season 7. The Demons have lost quite a bit of depth across the board, but have managed to retain the majority of their best side, allowing them to be thereabouts again. Due to the […]
2022 RM Central WAFLW Team of Year squad
FORTY-EIGHT of the top West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s players have been named in the Rookie Me Central WAFL Women’s Team of the Year squad for 2022. From the 48-player squad, a total of 24 and three emergencies will be named next week, based around the Team of the Week nominations. All players with […]
2022 AFLW Draft: Others to Watch – South Australia
THE 2022 AFL Women’s Draft is next week and already Rookie Me Central has completed profiles on all those available AFLW Draft Combine invites. In separate articles this week, we will go state by state and look at some other contenders for the AFLW Draft outside those with the invites. Next up in the series […]
2022 AFLW Draft preview: Hawthorn
BALANCING between youth and experience, Hawthorn has built a solid foundational list heading into Season 7 of the AFL Women’s competition. The Hawks are one of four expansion sides into the competition, and have played it smart with their recruiting, picking up players who can fill roles within coaching structures, and reaping the rewards of […]
WAFLW Player Focus: Zippy Fish (East Fremantle)
A NAME to remember for the future, 16-year-old Zippy Fish has enjoyed a strong debut season at West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s level in 2022. The East Fremantle talent stood out as a running winger, after playing forward early in the year. Ineligible to be drafted until the bumper AFL Women’s Draft that will […]
2022 AFLW Draft preview: GWS GIANTS
NO LONGER the only fish in the NSW/ACT pond, GWS GIANTS will face a new challenge in the upcoming 2022 AFL Women’s Draft. With the Sydney Swans being added to the AFL Women’s landscape, the GIANTS will now have to split the draft options in the NSW-ACT draft pool. The initial draft post-expansion will be […]
WAFLW Draft Combine invitee notes: Semi-Finals
NOW the AFLW Draft Combine invitees have been named, the focus of the weekly West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s Academy notes will look to those draft-eligible players and how they perform each round. These notes will be separate to the game-by-game notes, which will focus on bottom-age talents and others who catch the eye. […]
Roos hop into fourth with big win over Kings
MAROOCHYDORE has jumped into fourth spot on the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) Women’s ladder with a convincing 63-point victory over Coorparoo at home on the weekend. The Saturday twilight game took place at the spectacular Maroochydore Multisports Complex, where the Roos proved too strong for the Kings in the Round 12 clash, running out […]
Eagles young gun earns SA U16s MVP
AFTER yet another sensational outing, Woodville-West Torrens’ Jemma Whitington-Charity earned the Most Valuable Player (MVP) from the South Australia AFLW Under 16s’ two-match series. Whitington-Charity earned back-to-back best on grounds, even switching from Team Yellow to Team Blue for the second game, which ended in a draw. Whittington-Charity had 34 disposals, 10 marks, five tackles, […]
2022 AFLW Draft: Others to Watch – Queensland
THE 2022 AFL Women’s Draft is next week and already Rookie Me Central has completed profiles on all those available AFLW Draft Combine invites. In separate articles this week, we will go state by state and look at some other contenders for the AFLW Draft outside those with the invites. Next up is Queensland, with […]
2022 AFLW Draft: Others to Watch – Western Australia
THE 2022 AFL Women’s Draft is next week and already Rookie Me Central has completed profiles on all those available AFLW Draft Combine invites. In separate articles this week, we will go state by state and look at some other contenders for the AFLW Draft outside those with the invites. Next up is Western Australia, […]
2022 AFLW Draft preview: Gold Coast
UNDER new coach Cameron Joyce, the Gold Coast Suns started to show life in the AFL Women’s after a disappointing season the year before. With a bunch of young talents joining some experienced heads, the Suns even looked like making finals at one stage, before fading off the pace and finishing 10 points adrift of […]
