Weekend wash-up: SANFL Women’s – Round 7
AS the final few weeks of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s season approaches, Norwood and South Adelaide look settled in the top two, while North Adelaide is coming with a bullet. The remaining teams are fighting it out for fourth, with West Adelaide in the prime spot ahead of Glenelg. SOUTH ADELAIDE […]
Team of Week: Academy series – Round 3
IN the second week of the Academy Series, we have put together the Draft Central Academy Series Team of the Week for Round 3, as Sydney and Gold Coast both recorded wins over their cross-state rivals. The Swans have the most players in the 24-player Team of the Week with six, while Gold Coast and […]
Team of the Week: NAB League Girls – Round 5
BENDIGO Pioneers’ impressive win over Gippsland Power has resulted in four players receiving spots in the Draft Central NAB League Girls’ Team of the Week for Round 5. The Pioneers had the most of any club for the round, one more than Geelong Falcons, while a further seven clubs had two players each. The Power, […]
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 […]
