Oakleigh runs away with record-breaking win on historic day
OAKLEIGH Chargers flexed their NAB League Girls title-contending muscles in Tasmania Devils’ inaugural match, winning by a record 102 points at the picturesque North Hobart Oval on Saturday. Despite the Devils never giving up and constantly harassing the opposition with great defensive pressure, the result was never in doubt from the second term when the […]
2020 NAB League Boys team preview: Oakleigh Chargers
REIGNING premiers, Oakleigh Chargers have plenty of bottom-age talent from 2019 that will lead the assault on back-to-back flags, with a host of Next Generation Academy (NGA) and father-son prospects who will create plenty of traction in season 2020. Talent Manager Jy Bond said the club had a lot more bottom-agers last season that usual […]
NAB League Girls preview: Round 2 – Huge clashes book-end Super Saturday
A HUGE Super Saturday takes place in the NAB League Girls competition this weekend with five games across three venues – two double-headers – including a couple of blockbusters book-ending the round and a clash between two winless sides. Tasmania Devils also make their debut in the league and host Oakleigh Chargers, whilst Western Jets […]
NAB League Girls Team Selection: Round 2 – 2018 grand finalists lock horns
AFTER a week of exciting action last round, the NAB League Girls take to the field again with five games played across three venues and a brand new side entering the competition. Tasmania Devils play their first official game in the competition as a full-time side, welcoming Oakleigh Chargers to North Hobart Oval. In other […]
QAFLW weekly wrap: First round of action provides surprises
THE 2020 Queensland Football League Women’s (QAFLW) competition and Development League began last week with a number of tight contests at senior level, and one-sided results at the development level to kick off the new season. QAFLW results: Bond University 5.3 (33) defeated by Coolangatta Tweed 5.8 (38) Wilston Grange 4.3 (27) defeated University of […]
SANFL Women’s Team of the Week: Round 3 – Panthers strike with fantastic five
SOUTH Adelaide leads the way for the Draft Central South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Team of the Week nominations for Round 3, with the Panthers recording an impressive five players in this week’s team. Fellow undefeated side North Adelaide recorded four players in the team, with Glenelg, West Adelaide and Woodville-West Torrens – the […]
Ball movement and clean hands impress Stingrays’ coach
IT was a near-perfect start to the season for the Dandenong Stingrays in the NAB League Girls competition, defeating Eastern Ranges by 50 points at Holm Park Reserve in Beaconsfield on Sunday. Despite an impressive performance where coach Dave Carden said the players executed the quick ball movement and clean hands they were looking for, […]
NAB League Girls Player of the Week: Round 1 – Laura Gardiner (Geelong)
IN a bumper round of NAB League Girls and plenty of individual efforts, it was a tough first week to pick our Draft Central Player of the Week. In the end, that honour belonged to Geelong Falcons’ midfielder, Laura Gardiner who suffered leather poisoning during the Falcons’ 33-point victory over Gippsland Power at RMIT Bundoora […]
SANFL Women’s Round 3 review: Roosters crow as Tigers claw back on winners list
LAST year’s South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s grand finalists head into the first season break undefeated, as South Adelaide and North Adelaide prepare to renew hostilities in Round 4. In other results, Glenelg and Sturt both got on the board for their first wins of the season, defeating last year’s newcomers in Central […]
Stingrays stun Ranges with 50-point win
DANDENONG Stingrays have produced one of their best performances in the NAB League Girls competition to-date, downing Eastern Ranges by 50 points at Holm Park Reserve in Beaconsfield. In warm conditions without a lot of breeze, the Stingrays went into the contest with a heavy bottom-age presence with talls up either end supported by a […]
Jets fly high with dominant second half
WESTERN Jets have opened the season with a win for the first time in their history, downing Bendigo Pioneers by 22 points at Queen Elizabeth Oval. The win on the road was set up by a terrific second half, where the Jets’ defensive structures held up and kept the Pioneers scoreless, while adding 2.4 themselves […]
Saulitis bags two last quarter goals to sink Dragons in thriller
BACK-to-back goals in the final term from AFL Women’s National Academy member, Renee Saulitis has helped Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels get over the line against an unlucky Sandringham Dragons outfit, 4.2 (26) to 2.9 (21). From the get-go the fierce tackling pressure of the Dragons was evident with all of their onballers and forwards […]
