Peter Williams
Peter founded the Bound For Glory News Rising Stars program in 2012, and Draft Central in 2016, having followed the male and female footballing pathways for over a decade.

2025 AFLW U16s | Scouting Notes: Giants Academy vs Tasmania
WITHOUT a doubt the match of the 2025 AFL Women’s Under 16s Development Championships, GWS Giants Academy snatched the victory over Tasmania from the jaws of defeat. Trailing by 28 points with two minutes left in the third term, the Giants slammed home five unanswered goals to run over the top of the Tasmanians, the […]

2025 AFLW U16s | Lions Academy review
BRISBANE Lions Academy finished the 2025 AFL Women’s Under 16 Development Championships with a 1-1 record, defeating Vic Country thanks to a dominant second half, before having a slow start against South Australia and going down by 56 points. RESULTS: Brisbane Lions Academy 13.8 (86) def Vic Country 7.4 (46) | Scouting NotesBrisbane Lions Academy […]

PREVIEW | 2025 AFLW Academy vs. All-Stars
THE BEST of the 2025 AFL Women’s draft class will be on full display this Sunday when the AFL Women’s Academy has its biannual match against the All-Stars. The Academy won both matches last year, the first being a thrashing against a combination Victorian and Allies side, before a much tighter contest facing the best […]

2025 VFLW | Roos and Blues open season
REIGNING VFL Women’s premier, newly named North Melbourne-Werribee plays host to Carlton in the 2025 season opener with an early 9:15am start this morning. We take a look at those two teams with the rest of the sides coming tonight.

PREVIEW | 2025 WAFLW – Round 4: Friday
TWO HUGE contests between four title contenders opens up Round 4 of the WAFL Women’s in a massive day of Good Friday football action. We preview both games and what to look forward to with some big names returning and others missing.

2025 SANFLW Round 5 preview
A SPECIAL Good Friday of action takes place tomorrow in the SANFL Women’s with all four games taking place across a huge day. Fresh off a week’s bye following the State Team going down to the VFLW, all matches are played during the morning or afternoon tomorrow for fans and players to enjoy a nice […]

2025 AFLW U16s | Scouting Notes: Vic Metro vs Vic Country
VIC METRO overcame a slow start to get the bragging rights over rivals Vic Country at the 2025 AFL Women’s Under 16s Development Championships. The ‘Big V’ trailed by four goals late in the first term, but turned it around after that booting eight of the last 11 goals to secure the 8.10 (58) to […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 2
SOME huge goal tallies, high volume disposal tallies and overall fantastic individual performances headlined Round 2 of the Coates Talent League Girls competition. As always, we noted down some of the players who caught the eye throughout the six matches across Epsom Huntly and Highgate Recreation Reserves. >> ROUND 2: Round wrap | Player of […]

2025 CTLG RMC MEDAL | Bell, Baker-West remain 10/10
FOLLOWING Round 2 of the Coates Talent League Girls competition, just two players have maintained a perfect start in the 2025 Rookie Me Central Medal. Murray Bushrangers’ sharpshooter Rose Bell – who has kicked 11 goals across two games – and Calder Cannons ball-winner Chloe Baker-West – who is averaging 34.5 disposals. >> SCROLL to […]

Scouting Notes | 2025 WAFLW State Academy: Round 3
WEST Perth finally got on the board in the 2025 WAFL Women’s season, with Claremont edging out East Fremantle, Subiaco justifying its premiership credibility and South Fremantle also remaining undefeated after a scare from Peel Thunder. As always we took a look at those West Australian State Academy members in action across the WAFLW and […]

2025 AFLW U16s | Suns Academy review
AFTER sustained success over the last few seasons through the draft and a bumper 2025 crop this year, the Suns Academy are still growing talent in the future years. Their results on paper were not great – with 40 and 49-point losses respectively, but coming up against opposition such as Vic Metro and Western Australia […]

2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 2
IF LAST week’s Team of the Week was an incredibly tough decision to come to, then the Coates Talent League Girls Round 2 team went to another level. With bags of goals left, right and centre, huge individual midfield numbers and some impressive defensive displays, this week’s side had more than 30 players who were […]