Draft Central Player of the Week: NAB League Boys – Round 3
FOR the second time in three weeks, an Oakleigh Chargers’ dynamo was recognised as the Draft Central Player of the Week. Potential number one pick, Matt Rowell won the Facebook vote against Tasmania Devils’ Mitch O’Neill after both players had terrific games over the weekend. Rowell joins teammate, Noah Anderson and Eastern Ranges’ Mitch Mellis […]
NAB League Girls Round 5 wash-up: Western claims first win as Geelong and Northern remain undefeated
WITH the end of the season quickly approaching Round 5 brought plenty of action with both Geelong Falcons and Northern Knights remaining undefeated. The Bendigo Pioneers also stamped their authority on the competition with a 62-point win to keep them in the hunt for a finals spot. Western Jets 6.7 (43) defeated Greater Western Victoria […]
Draft Central Rising Star: NAB League Girls – Round 5
A FIVE-goal haul in windy conditions up at Epsom Huntly Reserve in Bendigo has earned 17-year-old Elizabeth Snell our NAB League Girls Rising Star of the Week for Round 5. Snell was everywhere on the weekend, booting the only two goals of the first half before finishing with three more in the second half. She […]
Weekend preview: SANFL Women’s – Round 7
WITH a month to go in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s competition, things are heating up in terms of ladder positions and finals ramifications. Norwood is one win away from consolidating a finals spot this season, although they will not want to rest on their laurels with South Adelaide right behind them […]
2019 VFL season preview: Werribee ready to roar
IT is a new season and reigning premiers Box Hill Hawks are the team with a target on their back. We take a look at each of the 15 Victorian Football League (VFL) teams with plenty of new inclusions to excite fans ahead of the season, with Werribee and Port Melbourne tipped to be some […]
Team selection: NAB League Boys – Round 2
IN Round 2 of the NAB League Boys competition, Northern Knights have rolled the dice at the selection table with at least seven changes, while their opponents, Eastern Ranges have gone in unchanged with just three added inclusions to the team that easily accounted for the Western Jets last week. Among the key inclusions for […]
Team selection: NAB League Girls – Round 5
CROSSING into the second half of the NAB League Girls seasons, ladder positions are beginning to become defined with crucial matches across the weekend. Among the huge matches are fourth placed Dandenong Stingrays taking on reigning premiers, Geelong Falcons at Doveton, and second placed Northern Knights taking on Eastern Ranges at La Trobe University in […]
Final Siren Podcast: Episode 5
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 and this week’s podcast includes: Interviews with: * Bendigo Pioneers midfielder Brooke Hards * Sandringham Dragons forward/ruck Riley Bowman * Oakleigh Chargers midfielder Noah Anderson Other features: * Analysed Bendigo Pioneers’ […]
Team of the Week: NAB League Boys – Round 2
IT might be said every week but last round’s NAB League Boys action was by far the hardest to reduce a Team of the Week to just 24 players. After initial viewing, there were 32 players who on most weeks would make the Draft Central Team of the Week, but with a thirteenth team added […]
Team of the Week: Academy sides – Round 2
IN a special edition of Draft Central’s Team of the Week, we have devised a team featuring the five academies that joined the NAB League Boys competition on the weekend, and will continue with Teams of the Week for the remaining four weeks while they are in the competition. Tasmania while also joining the competition, […]
Team of the Week: NAB League Girls – Round 4
GEELONG Falcons and Eastern Ranges have recorded the most nominess in the Draft Central NAB League Girls Team of the Week for Round 4 following impressive victories on the weekend. In an even spread across the competition, Calder Cannons and Western Jets recorded the one nominee each, while the remaining eight sides had two players […]
Draft Central Player of the Week: NAB League Boys – Round 2
IN a round with plenty of high possession winners, Eastern Ranges’ Mitch Mellis has earned the nomination for Draft Central Player of the Week for Round 2 in the NAB League Boys. Mellis won the Facebook poll against Sydney Swans Academy player, Errol Gulden who had an equally impressive game over the weekend. Mellis joins […]
