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.
Schirmer succeeds in breakout season
SOUTH Adelaide defender Esther Schirmer had goals like every player coming into the 2024 season, but unlike many, the South Australian exceeded them, and then some. At the start of the year, Schirmer kept her focus simple, to essentially take her game to another level, play every national championships game, and taste team success with […]
Scouting Notes: 2024 Coates Talent League Girls – Country Elimination Finals
IN A repeat of last year’s preliminary finalists, Country region sides Dandenong Stingrays and Geelong Falcons advanced through to the final round following wins over Gippsland Power and Tasmania Devils in the Coates Talent League Girls Elimination Finals. We took note of some of the standouts focusing on some of the Draft Combine invites and […]
Scouting Notes: 2024 Coates Talent League Girls – Metro Elimination Finals
LAST year’s grand finalists moved a win away from facing off in the big dance once again as reigning premiers Oakleigh Chargers and runners-up Eastern Ranges both won their respective metropolitan elimination finals. We took note of some of the standouts, with all notes the opinion of the individual author.
2024 Coates Talent League Preliminary Finals locked in
JUST four teams remain in each of the Coates Talent League Boys and Girls finals series, with the preliminary finals to take place across two venues over the coming weekend. After the boys’ elimination finals were held at ETU Stadium and the girls’ knockout first week finals took place at Shepley Oval, two different venues […]
Wolves and Students cause AFL Sydney upsets
FOOTBALL does not get much better than the incredible drama and rollercoaster rides of the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division finals from the weekend. With just four teams remaining, a couple of upsets occured, with back-to-back premiers East Coast Eagles forced into the preliminary final, and third placed Parramatta bundled out in straight sets as […]
2024 Coates Talent League Girls: Elimination Finals wrap
EIGHT sides became four over the weekend, with the top two metropolitan and top two country sides advancing through to the Coates Talent League Girls Preliminary Finals where the teams will face-off for two grand final spots.
Score assists Carlton to first win
CARLTON coach Matthew Buck joked he was “really happy” with the first true test of the smart ball technology, with a score assist aiding in getting his side home by one point against Gold Coast yesterday. In one of the thrilling finishes of the season so far, Carlton’s Maddy Guerin snapped a ball with 90 […]
O’Brien and Hickey crowned Queensland’s best
FORMER Gold Coast, St Kilda and West Coast ruck Tom Hickey, and crosscode netball star Steph O’Brien have been crowned Queensland’s best state league players at last night’s best and fairest awards ceremony. Hickey – now at Palm Beach Currumbin – was adjudged the best player in the QAFL competition, having dominated through the ruck […]
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG W1 Finals – Sunday
WRAPPING up the first week of Coates Talent League Girls finals are the four country regions who made the post-season series with Tasmania topping the division, while Dandenong, Gippsland and Geelong all feature as well. FORM: For the second consecutive round, these two sides will face off against one another, and Dandenong Stingrays will be […]
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG W1 Finals – Saturday
THE first of two double-headers at Shepley Oval kicks off the 2024 Coates Talent League Girls finals series, with the four metropolitan teams looking to extend their season for another week at least. The top two teams in the competition in Oakleigh Chargers and Eastern Ranges are favourites to face-off in the grand final for […]
2024 AFL Sydney Women’s Premier preview: Finals Week 2
A SPOT in the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division Grand Final is on the line for one of East Coast Eagles and Manly Warringah Wolves, while there are no second chances remaining for Parramatta Goannas and Sydney University with the loser’s season coming to a close. EAST COAST EAGLES vs. MANLY WARRIGAH WOLVESSaturday, September 7 […]
By the Numbers: 2024 AFLW U18s
WITH the 2024 AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships done and dusted, Rookie Me Central casts its eye back on the leading stats-getters throughout the carnival. Unsurprisingly MVPs such as Sierra Grieves (Vic Metro), Sara Howley (Vic Country) and Georja Davies (Queensland) featured across multiple categories. In the end, Georgia Knight lead the goalkicking with nine, […]