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.

SANFLW Round 10 preview: Redlegs’ huge opportunity
AFTER a week’s break over Easter, the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s competition is back and raring to go for Round 10. Stretched across three days of the long weekend, Woodville-West Torrens and Glenelg have a special Anzac Day fixture, whilst Norwood and West Adelaide face off under lights tonight.

WAFL Colts Player Focus: Jedd Busslinger (East Perth)
ONE of the most eye-catching names in the 2022 AFL Draft crop, East Perth key position player Jedd Busslinger, started like a house on fire in Round 1 of the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Colts season. Playing in defence, Busslinger dominated in the first half to rack up 18 disposals, seven marks and seven […]

Preview | AFLW U18s – Triple Header
A MASSIVE triple header at Avalon Airport Oval in Werribee concludes the 2022 AFL Women’s Championships for the majority sides. South Australia, Western Australia and the two Victorian teams – Country and Metro – will clash for the last time in the 2022 national championships, with only Queensland and the Allies to battle on the […]

Country storms to second AFLW U16s win over Metro
VIC COUNTRY got the better of their Metro rivals in the second AFLW Under 16s Championships clash between the sides. Country flew out of the blocks with some inaccuracy potentially hurting them when Metro managed to work their way into the game. Any worries about that inaccuracies coming back to hurt Country was soon snuffed […]

Evans enjoying new football experiences
AFTER an interrupted 2021 season, Queensland’s Imogen Evans is enjoying not only some continuity in her football, but a lot of new experiences along the way. Running out for her state at Metricon Stadium in the first AFL Women’s Under 18s clash for the Sunshine State against Vic Metro, Evans described it as “pretty surreal”. […]

Preview | AFLW U16s – Vic Metro vs. Vic Country
BACK for a second all-Victorian clash at Under 16s level, the top talents of the 2023 and 2024 AFLW Drafts will lock horns at La Trobe University on Thursday afternoon. The match, which gets underway at 12:30pm, will be a chance for 2005-born players to further stake their claims for making their respective state hubs […]

Scouting notes: AFLW U18s – Queensland vs. Vic Metro
IN one of the better AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships games of the 2022 carnival thus far, Vic Metro needed a full four quarters to kick away from Queensland and remain undefeated. Both sides had some outstanding individual contributors, and we took note of how some of them fared in our Scouting notes. All notes […]

AFLW U18s Player Focus: Rylie Wilcox (Vic Metro)
AN exciting small who has developed her game from being a classy and athletic forward to a genuine winger, Rylie Wilcox produced a big season, despite it being injury interrupted. Wilcox missed up to four NAB League Girls games between a combination of a rib injury and the AFLW Under 18 Championships clash against Vic […]

Scouting notes: NSW-ACT vs. Allies
IN effectively the trial game for the combined Allies squad, both NSW-ACT and the Tasmania and Northern Territory Allied teams faced off at Blacktown yesterday. In the end it was the latter who emerged victorious, with plenty of standout players looking to take their case ahead of the remaining 2022 AFLW Under 18 Championships. All […]

AFLW U18s Player Focus: Cynthia Hamilton (NSW-ACT)
ONE of the top performers at last year’s AFL Women’s Under 19 Championships, Cynthia Hamilton returns to the Under 18s edition as a top-ager. The NSW-ACT prospect stands at 170cm and won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award at the 2021 championships for the Allies. If her performance against the Tasmania and Northern Territory Allied […]

Statistical analysis: Western Australia Under 18s vs. WAFL All Stars
IN a different look at one of the AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships matches, we delve into some of the top statistical performers from the West Australian Under 18s taking on the WAFL Women’s All-Stars. We analyse how the teams stacked up, and some of the standout players statistically from the match. TEAM COMPARISON The […]

Good as Goldsworthy, Bushies star awarded RMC Medal
AFTER a sensational NAB League Girls campaign, Murray Bushrangers midfielder-forward Zarlie Goldsworthy was officially awarded the 2022 Rookie Me Central Medal. Goldsworthy scooped up the award having polled the most votes in our 5-4-3-2-1 voting system throughout the 2022 NAB League Girls season, and accepted the medal at a presentation following her first AFLW Under […]