2021 AFL Women’s Academy squad announced
TWENTY aspiring AFL Women’s future draftees have been named in the 2021 AFL Women’s Academy, which was announced yesterday. The Academy primarily features players who were in the Academy as middle-age talents, though a number of inclusions have been made. Off the back of a superb season with grand finalists South Adelaide, talented forward Gypsy […]
Draft Central’s YouTube AFL Draft coverage
DRAFT Central’s brand new YouTube channel provided plenty of content during and after the 2020 AFL Draft, and we’ve compiled the videos – both live and post-draft – below so you can watch how the night unfolded and what we made of the draft. Keep an eye out over the next 24 hours as we […]
Traditional rivals return to Ikon Park as AFL Women’s kicks off next month
CARLTON and Collingwood will lock horns on AFL Women’s opening night for the third time in five seasons when the rivals clash at Ikon Park on January 28. The Thursday night fixture kicks off from 7:15pm and will be telecast on Channel 7, one of four free to air games in Round 1. The 2021 […]
2020 AFL PSD & Rookie Draft: Pick by Pick
THE 2020 AFL Pre-Season and Rookie Drafts completed today, with just one pick in the Pre-Season Draft, and in the Rookie Draft Pre-Season Draft: #1 Adelaide – Jackson Hately (GWS GIANTS) Rookie Draft: #1 Adelaide – Bryce Gibbs (Adelaide) #2 North Melbourne – Patrick Walker (North Hobart/Tasmania) #3 Sydney – Malachy Carruthers (Sturt/South Australia) #4 […]
2020 AFL Draft: Club by club
IF you are waking up to try and scroll through and find who your club’s newest players are, look no further as we piece together last night’s National Draft club by club. To check out the player profiles of each player selected, click below: Adelaide: #2 Riley Thilthorpe (West Adelaide/South Australia) #11 Luke Pedlar (Glenelg/South Australia) #25 […]
Quartet shine bright as Gold Coast confirms pre-listed players
GOLD Coast Suns have confirmed their four pre-listed players today with Aiden Fyfe, Alex Davies, Joel Jeffrey and Rhys Nicholls all committing to the club ahead of the 2020 AFL Draft. Under the AFL rules that came in prior to the 2019 AFL Draft the Suns were able to pre-list players without having to match […]
Draft Central expands to YouTube
IN an exciting development, Draft Central has created a brand new YouTube channel and is set to provide keen draft enthusiasts with some exciting content in the days leading up to next week’s 2020 AFL Draft. The Draft Central team has launched the channel as of yesterday, with the first content expected early next week […]
Draft Central’s 2020 AFL Draft Guide to be released Monday
DRAFT Central’s 2020 AFL Draft Guide is almost here. This year’s edition will be released next Monday at 8pm, with more than 140 pages featuring every AFL Draft Combine invite profile. The profiles are largely similar to last year with some terrific additions such as key numbers – featuring relevant statistics and testing results – […]
2020 State League Women’s premiers: Roosters, Thunder, Devils and Blues claim titles in memorable year
AS Australian rules football teams begin to head back to preseason training for another long year, we take a look back at the four major state league women’s competitions and the premiers from 2020. In a roll call of those who tasted ultimate glory, we reminisce with North Adelaide (SANFLW), Peel thunder (WAFLW), Yeronga South […]
Opinion: Could the AFL Women’s 2021 season be the most competitive yet?
IT is still just over two months until the first bounce of the 2021 AFL Women’s season, but the excitement is growing. The abrupt end to the 2020 season – with no premiership awarded and indeed no last two weeks of finals – left a mixture of disappointment and wondering of what could have been […]
Port Melbourne earns VFLW licence for 2021 in revamped Victorian structure
PORT Melbourne will field a Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s side for the first time next season after the Borough was accepted into the competition following Richmond’s decision to withdraw in 2021. The decision came yesterday with a landmark announcement that VFL Women’s competition will run concurrently with the AFL Women’s competition in February next […]
2021 AFLW Under 18s Ones to Watch
NOW the curtain has closed on the 2020 AFL Women’s off-season period, we turn our attention to the next group of budding stars across the country who will be vying for a spot on an AFL Women’s list. We have named 25 players who have already shown some great signs in their bottom and middle-age […]
