Weekend preview: SANFL Women’s – Round 9
THE PENULTIMATE round of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s season is here, with finals spots up for grabs as five teams fight for four spots, and wins for West Adelaide and Glenelg in particular become of the upmost importance. NORTH ADELAIDE vs. CENTRAL DISTRICTFriday, April 19, 4.15pmProspect Oval The Roosters have been […]
Final Siren Podcast: Episode 7
IN a huge episode of Final Siren Podcast, host Matthew Cocks and Draft Central’s Peter Williams and Sophie Taylor chat all things NAB League. This week’s podcast has been split into two; you can listen to the podcasts on the links below or on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Overcast, PocketCasts or RadioPublic. NAB League Girls: […]
Team of the Week: Academy Series – Round 4
SYDNEY Swans and Gold Coast Academies had the most individual efforts across the weekend after impressive wins, as three of the five academies saluted in Round 4 of the NAB League Boys competition against their Victorian counterparts. Sydney Swans overcame the previously undefeated Sandringham Dragons by 22 points, and have earned six players in the […]
Team of the Week: NAB League Girls – Round 6
WITH so many new players entering NAB League Girls sides as plenty missed out due to AFL Women’s Academy duties, there are few new faces in the Draft Central Team of the Week for Round 6. There are also plenty of regulars who stepped up in the absence of teammates, but now there are no […]
Draft Central Player of the Week: NAB League Boys – Round 4
FOR the first time in Player of the Week history, a player representing a non-Victorian club has earned the gong in the NAB League Boys competition. With the introduction of the five academy teams and Tasmania, it was bound to happen, and just three weeks into the season, GWS GIANTS Academy member, Tom Green has […]
Draft Central Rising Star: NAB League Girls – Round 6
A MATCH-WINNING goal and best on ground performance from Tess Flintoff has earned the Eastern Ranges midfielder our Rising Star of the Week for Round 6. Flintoff was instrumental in Eastern’s narrow four-point win over Calder Cannons, picking up 22 disposals – 21 kicks – as well as taking nine marks, laying four tackles and […]
Weekend wash-up: NAB League Girls – Round 6
ROUND 6 of the NAB League Girls saw a host players out with AFL Women’s Academy duties but that did not stop the Geelong Falcons and Northern Knights from continuing their winning ways. Geelong once again proved to be the front runners of the competition while Oakleigh also flexed their muscles with a big win […]
Weekend wash-up: SANFL Women’s – Round 8
GLENELG has kept its finals hopes alive with a stunning 14-point win over South Adelaide, a side that just last week took care of the Tigers. The Panthers loss means Norwood has now sealed the minor premiership up, while results across the round saw Sturt, Central District and Woodville-West Torrens out of the finals race […]
Scouting notes: Victorian trials
VICTORIA’S top talents in the 2019 and 2020 draft crops took to Ikon Park yesterday with two trial games in front of Victorian selectors and AFL club recruiters in a bid to impress for selection ahead of the National Under 18 Championships. We took a look at 15 of the top performers from both sides […]
Top Victorians to battle it out at Ikon Park in trial games
THE teams are in for tomorrow’s two Victorian trial games at Ikon Park which pits the best available from Vic Country against their Metro counterparts. Released today, there is plenty of talent across the four sides as players try to stake their claim for a spot at the National Under 18 Championships. Among the sides […]
Weekend preview: SANFL Women’s – Round 8
THE top four sides face off against the bottom four sides this round in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s competition, in a week where finals can just about be locked in. Norwood is secure, South Adelaide is all but in barring a catastrophic end to the season, and North Adelaide has a […]
Team selection: NAB League Boys – Round 4
AFTER back-to-back nine-game rounds, the Victorian Metropolitan teams tackle the non-Victorian sides with changes galore. A whopping 67 changes have been made across six games, and while the Vic Country sides take a break as the Victorian trials take place at Ikon Park, the Vic Metro sides’ depth is tested with the Academy sides as […]
