Peter Williams
Peter founded the Bound For Glory News Rising Stars program in 2012, and Draft Central in 2016, having followed the male and female footballing pathways for over a decade.
2021 AFLW U19 Championships state preview: Western Australia
IN the second of our 2021 AFL Women’s Under 19 Championships state preview, we take a look at Western Australia, a team that has a real mix of talents from athletic talls, to hard-at-it midfielders, and key position options in abundance. The 31-player squad will take on South Australia on Sunday, before locking horns with […]
Top Performers: WAFL Women’s Round 5 – Swan Districts reign surpreme
IN Round 5 of the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s competition, we took a look at Swan Districts’ win over Subiaco and the abundance of youth running around in the game. A number of top performers stood out ahead of the 2021 AFL Women’s Under 19 Championships starting on Sunday, with all notes the […]
2021 SANFL Women’s Team of the Week: Round 4
NEW ladder leaders Norwood and the resurgent South Adelaide top our list of nominees in the Draft Central South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s Team of the Week for Round 4, with four players apiece in the squad. There was still plenty of shared contribution from the six other sides, with Round 4 winners […]
Top Performers: NAB League Girls – Round 7/2c/3b
THE 2021 NAB League Girls competition treated us to an extended weekend of fixtures in Round 7. Our weekly (self explanatory) Top Performers series delves into some of the best individual feats across each weekend of action. This week produced plenty of highlights as players continue to impress in the elite talent pathway. Starting with […]
QAFL Women’s Round 4 wrap: Devils end Hornets streak as Kings pip Red Lionesses
THERE is just one remaining undefeated team in the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) Women’s competition, following defeats to top two teams, University of Queensland and Aspley. They went down to Coorparoo and Yeronga South Brisbane as the ladder tightened following Round 4 results. Coorparoo and Yeronga South Brisbane were on the better side of […]
2021 AFLW U19 Championships state preview: South Australia
IN the first of our 2021 AFL Women’s Under 19 Championships state preview, we take a look at South Australia, a team that has plenty of talent across the board and is growing stronger by the year. The Croweaters have developed such a talent program that squeezing a list down to just 30 players – […]
2021 NAB League Girls Teams of the Week: Round 7 – Country & Metro edition
WITH an additional two matches and therefore four team efforts to pick from, cutting the Team of the Week for Round 7 (and partially Rounds 2 and 3) proved too great, and with so many individual standouts, Draft Central decided to divide its NAB League Girls Team of the Week into two. The Country and […]
2021 Draft Central NAB League Girls Player of the Week: Round 7
AURORA Smith has enjoyed a remarkable start to the 2021 season, with her most recent outing in Round 7 earning her the honour of Draft Central NAB League Girls Player of the Week. The Murray Bushrangers wing was a standout performer during the Bushies’ first win of the season over Gippsland Power, particularly dominant in […]
2021 AFL Women’s Under 19 Championships fixture announced
AFTER some cross-state matches between the Northern Academies, and the introduction of Tasmania Devils and the Academies to the NAB League Girls competition – albeit the Queensland teams being disallowed to fly down – the 2021 AFL Women’s Under 19 Championships will kick-off on Sunday, with two matches as part of Round 1 over the […]
SANFL Women’s Round 4 wrap: Redlegs topple Roosters as Panthers and Eagles grab back-to-back wins
NORWOOD has grabbed top spot on the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s ladder with a victory over previous leader North Adelaide, whilst South Adelaide entered the top four thanks to their second consecutive win. WWT EAGLES 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 (25) CENTRAL DISTRICT 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 […]
AFL Women’s Saturday wrap: GWS creates GIANT divide to bottom five sides
GWS GIANTS have won their fourth game of the season to sit eight points clear of the bottom five sides, albeit with some Sunday fixtures to come. The GIANTS won in a low-scoring arm-wrestle against Geelong, which saw just one goal kicked after quarter time, and none in the second half, to secure a seven-point […]
NAB League Girls Round 7 preview: Country games on show, while Power and Bushrangers battle for first points of the season
A BATTLE of the two winless sides, Gippsland Power and Murray Bushrangers, as well as the Sandringham Dragons and Western Jets must-win contest will be the two commentated games streaming on the NAB League app this weekend. The matches are all set to be beauties with plenty of 50/50 contests and difficult to predict how […]