Westies youth ready to soar after promising 2020
WEST Adelaide is gearing up for a bumper 2021 South Australian National Football League Women’s (SANFLW) season, boasting an abundance of talented young prospects, and a side that showed it could match it with the best teams in the competition. Taking down experienced finals campaigner Norwood in the elimination final before bowing out at the […]
Youth set to take next step in VFL Women’s competition
TWELVE players who received AFL Women’s Draft Combine invites but missed out on being picked up by clubs will test themselves in the new-look Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s competition starting this weekend. Of the 12 players, five of them remain on NAB League lists as top-agers, whilst the others are purely focused on their […]
2021 Draft Central NAB League Girls TOTW: Round 3
SELECTING a 24-player squad for Round 3 was even more difficult than in the opening round, but Draft Central has released its NAB League Girls Team of the Week. In a weekend that featured mostly one-sided results, the biggest winners in Eastern Ranges had a record four players in the team, while Geelong Falcons, Greater […]
2021 Draft Central NAB League Girls Player of the Week: Round 3
DANDENONG Stingrays bottom-ager Emily Shepherd has earned the Draft Central NAB League Girls Player of the Week Award for Round 3 after a best on ground performance against Western Jets. In a fitting handover from Round 1 where Western Jets’ Charlotte Baskaran took out the honour, a player on the opposition team won it the […]
WAFLW Round 1 wrap: Peel Thunders to opening round victory
REIGNING premiers Peel Thunder unfurled the flag and then unleashed their potential – albeit after a comical mishap in hindsight – to win by 32 points over a vastly-different East Fremantle side on the weekend. Opening up the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s competition, the Thunder and Sharks were set to battle in repeat […]
2021 QAFL Women’s fixture released
A GRAND final rematch between Yeronga South Brisbane and Coolangatta Tweed opens a much-anticipated first round of action in the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) Women’s competition. The QAFL Women’s fixture was released on Wednesday, with last year’s top two sides not having to wait long to face off. The reigning premiers Yeronga South Brisbane […]
2021 WAFL Women’s Round 1 preview: Reigning premiers to host Sharks in opening game
PEEL Thunder will kick-start its premiership defence against perennial challengers, East Fremantle in a blockbuster standalone Saturday evening clash at David Grays Arena tomorrow. Starting at 5pm local time on Saturday (8pm AEDST), the Thunder will be keen to start off the season on the right note, whilst the Sharks will enjoy, for the first […]
NAB League Girls Round 3 preview: Teams return after quick fixture switch
A SNAP lockdown and subsequent quick team swap later, and the NAB League Girls competition is set to return tomorrow for Round 3 of action. The Round 2 matches have been postponed, though with the border restrictions coming into play and 14 days quarantine required for any person from Victoria to enter Tasmania, it meant […]
Sharks youth set to shine in 2021
A NEW squad that has changed “dramatically”, coached by a fresh face, and a new role for one of its talented up-and-coming youngsters in Rosie Walsh has East Fremantle buoyant about the season ahead. The Sharks were back-to-back premiers in 2018-19 and then preliminary final losers last season in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) […]
SANFLW Academy Ones to Watch: West Adelaide and WWT Eagles
IN the final of four SANFL Women’s Ones to Watch, we take a look at those West Adelaide and Woodville-West Torrens Eagles players inside the South Australian Under-19 State Academy, and what they could offer to their club. WEST ADELAIDE: Abbie Ballard Midfielder | Over-ager The over-age talent has a potent left foot that can […]
SANFLW Academy Ones to Watch: South Adelaide and Sturt
IN the third of four SANFL Women’s Ones to Watch, we take a look at those South Adelaide and Sturt players inside the South Australian Under-19 State Academy, and what they could offer to their club. SOUTH ADELAIDE: Tahlita Buethke Midfielder | Over-ager Of the over-agers still in the Academy, Buethke could be one of […]
Bulldogs build brand and now ready to bite
CENTRAL District coach Shaun Ribbons will head into the 2021 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s season confident his side can begin to put into place the learnings of the first two seasons to take the next step in the competition. Playing in a trial match against North Adelaide on the weekend, it was […]
