Team of the Week: NAB League Boys – Round 10
EASTERN Ranges’ massive 111-point win over Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels has earned the Ranges the most players in our Draft Central NAB League Boys’ Team of the Week for Round 10. The Ranges had one more than fellow winners, Northern Knights and Oakleigh Chargers, while Murray Bushrangers, Sandringham Dragons and Western Jets had two […]
Draft Central Player of the Week: NAB League Boys – Round 10
A SEVEN-goal haul to Eastern Ranges’ Jordan Jaworski has seen the forward earn the Draft Central NAB League Boys’ Player of the Week nomination for Round 10. Jaworski becomes the third Eastern Ranges’ player this season, equalling fellow metropolitan side, Oakleigh Chargers for the most nominations this season. Jaworski’s 18-disposal, nine-mark, two-tackle and seven-goal game […]
AFL Under 18 National Championships preview: Western Australia
THE 2019 West Australian Under-18 representative side is stacked with exciting prospects, with plenty who will catch the eye and rise in stocks during the carnival. A crop of East Fremantle talents will be a key feature, with a balanced midfield, some damaging outside types, and a certain leading ruck prospect forming the base of […]
Team Selection: NAB League Boys – Round 10
WITH not only both Victorian teams playing in the National Under 18 Championships, but the Allies as well, Tasmania loses some of its top-end talent for the curtain raiser game between the Devils and Murray Bushrangers prior to the Allies-Vic Country match. Across the competition there are a number of changes based around players returning […]
AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships: South Australia and NSW/ACT claim Series One wins
SOUTH Australia and New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory (NSW/ACT) have claimed back-to-back AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships Series One wins over Northern Territory and Tasmania respectively, ahead of the sides amalgamating to form the Central Allies and Eastern Allies. SOUTH AUSTRALIA 13.5 (83) NORTHERN TERRITORY 4.1 (25) South Australia powered home with a strong second […]
Draft Central Player of the Week: NAB League Boys – Round 9
WESTERN Jets’ captain Lucas Rocci has earned the nomination for Player of the Week for his superb effort in defence over the weekend. The Jets knocked off the Bendigo Pioneers at Downer Oval, and Rocci led from the front in his best game to date. Rocci claimed the Draft Central Player of the Week spot […]
Draft Central Power Rankings: June 2019
AFTER a massive 2018 which saw so many talented players realise their dreams, we turn our attention to the 2019 AFL Draft crop. In the second edition of our monthly Power Rankings which is posted on the first Monday of every month, we have compiled our top 20 players at this stage of the year. […]
Country upstages Metro to open national carnival with a win
VIC Country has upstaged its highly fancied Victorian rivals, defeating Vic Metro with maniac pressure and four quarter consistency. While Metro started strongly and had a patch early in the second term, it was mostly a game that belonged to Country with the defensive work of the back six, and elite kicking from Hayden Young […]
Victorian sides prepare for battle at National Championships
THE first match of the AFL National Under 18 Championships gets underway on Saturday, with an all-Victorian battle at the MCG. The game will be a curtain-raiser to the Collingwood-Fremantle match, with the first bounce from 10.35am. Sandringham Dragons and Gippsland Power dominated the Vic Metro and Vic Country squads, and it looks to be […]
AFL Under 18 National Championships preview: Vic Metro
VIC Metro’s top-end talent is again something that will hold it in good stead this season, with quite possibly the top two picks in this year’s draft – Matt Rowell and Noah Anderson – as well as a host of skilful types, strong marking talls and speedy smalls. If they are not the team to […]
Team Selection: NAB League Boys – Round 9
AS a number of draft hopefuls prepare to run out on the MCG as a curtain-raiser to the Collingwood-Fremantle game, it has wreaked havoc with NAB League Boys team selection. All teams have been forced to shuffle the magnets with Gippsland Power and Sandringham Dragons making a combined 19 changes so far for their game […]
AFLW U18 Championship previews: Central Allies
IN the second of two previews ahead of the first round of the AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships, we take a look at South Australia and Northern Territory who clash tomorrow and Sunday in their two games which will help determine the final Central Allies squad. The Central Allies then fly to Queensland to take […]
