2025 SANFLW team preview: South Adelaide
PLAYING with freedom will be key to South Adelaide’s premiership defence, now the “redemption piece” is no longer there for the Panthers according to coach Rick Watts. The Noarlunga side won the 2024 premiership after falling one kick short the year before, and Watts said his side is ready for a new challenge in 2025. […]
2025 NSW/ACT Summer Series Round 1 Scouting notes: Giants Academy
GWS GIANTS Academy shook off a late second term comeback from the AFL Sydney Under 22s to kick four unanswered goals in the second half to win their Round 1 NSW/ACT Summer Series match. Both sides were level at 3.3 (21) apiece by the main break, but a second half of 4.5 (29) to 0.3 […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Priya Bowering
TASMANIAN midfielder Priya Bowering has long been a named renowned as one to watch from the Apple Isle and now the talented Lauderdale prospect enters her top-age year. A tough contested onballer with some deceptive athletic traits that round out a naturally talented profile. We spoke to the National Academy member at the recent Tasmanian […]
WAFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #13 Layla Quinn-Schofield
BOASTING an envious left boot, Subiaco forward Layla Quinn-Schofield made her WAFL Women’s debut in 2024 to earn Under 18s state honours. Quinn-Schofield played three games for the Lions, averaging 11.7 disposals and 2.7 tackles, while finishing off with a couple of majors to earn her spot in the Sandgropers’ side. LAYLA QUINN-SCHOFIELD PROFILE DOB: 27/07/2007Height: 166cmPosition: ForwardClub: Subiaco […]
2025 SANFLW team preview: Norwood
REIGNING SANFL Women’s runner-up Norwood has not spent much time talking about last year’s heartache, and is instead fully focused on getting back to the last game of the season. The Redlegs secured a finals spot after missing out the year before, and came from fourth to reach the decider – only to lose to […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Chloe Baker-West
HIGH volume dynamo Chloe Baker-West is ready to go in 2025 after injury interruptions curtailed her bottom-age season. She showed prior to injury that she is more than capable of matching it with the best of her peers, and has an incredible CV that includes two Under 16s Vic Metro MVPs along the way. A […]
Saints stamp on Queen Ants to reach decider
AN INCREDIBLE performance from St Mary’s turned the tables on the reigning back-to-back premiers PINT in the semi-final for the Saints to become the first side through to the NTFL Women’s Premier League Grand Final. In the third grand final rematch between the sides for the 2024/25 season, St Mary’s shook off some early cobwebs […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Maggie Johnstone
VERSATILE GWV Rebel Maggie Johnstone showed her wares across all three lines last season, with the top-age talent eyeing off a more permanent midfield spot with a forward rotation in 2025. A member of the Victoria Country state hub, Johnstone is a great aerial player with a powerful kick and looms as a unique prospect […]
WAFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #14 Ella Gilbey
STARRING at the recent West Australian Preseason Testing event, Ella Gilbey is all upside. A natural athlete who statistically is one of the best in the draft crop for that area of the game, Gilbey is looking to hone in on a more permanent WAFLW League spot in 2025. ELLA GILBEY PROFILE DOB: 12/02/2007Height: 170cmPosition: Wing/ForwardClub: Claremont West Australian […]
2025 SANFLW team preview: WWT Eagles
OFFENCE and scoring is the main target for a hungry Woodville-West Torrens outfit keen to shake the moniker of being the only side without a SANFL Women’s finals record. Senior coach Narelle Smith spoke about the group’s determination to improve on not only last season, but the club’s history in the competition. “We think we’ve […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Scarlett Johnson
NORTHERN Knights forward Scarlett Johnson has a safe pair of hands and can do plenty of damage inside 50. The top-age Vic Metro hub member impressed over the course of the last two seasons and enters 2025 as one of five draft-eligible Knights in the summer hub. LAST SEASON STATISTICS Team Games Disposals Marks Tackles […]
Crocs survive Tiger hunt to reach NTFL decider
SOUTHERN Districts got through a nail-biting semi-final to become the first team into the 2024/25 NTFL Men’s Premier League decider following a three-point thriller over Nightcliff at TIO Stadium on Saturday night. The minor premiers lead throughout the contest but could never truly shake off the hungry Tigers, eventually winning 9.11 (65) to 9.8 (62). […]
