2024 WAFLW Player Focus: Mia Russo (West Perth)
BOTTOM-AGE young gun Mia Russo is one of the top prospects to watch next year, and is among a host of exciting West Australian talent coming through the junior pathway. After back-to-back Rogers Cup Best and Fairests, the midfielder/forward is finding her feet at League level and had a huge game against East Perth on […]
Scouting Notes: 2024 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 9
IN the final weekend before a league-wide bye, 10 teams played out Round 9 of the Coates Talent League Girls. We took note of some of the players who caught the eye across the five games, with notes the opinion of the individual author.
AFLW Academy and All-Stars to clash again
AFTER producing a triple-digit win in game one, the AFL Women’s Academy will return to the field as a unit to take on a national All-Stars side on Sunday. The previous All-Stars team featured players from just Victoria, Northern Territory and Tasmania, but now includes players from across the nation including South Australia, Western Australia […]
2024 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 14
ALL four winning WAFL Women’s sides for Round 14 recorded four players in our Team of the Week in what was an impressive weekend of action. While Claremont, East Fremantle, South Fremantle and West Perth all had four representatives, Swan Districts and Peel Thunder contributed three, and Subiaco two. Though the winners dominated this week’s […]
QAFLW 2024 Round 8: Around the Grounds
THE TOP three teams emerged as the ones to beat this season, with Aspley, Bond University and Southport all recording big wins in Round 8 of the QAFL Women’s competition. The trio of sides proved too good for their lower ranked opponents, as the Brisbane and Gold Coast Suns Academy players returned to state league […]
2024 SANFLW R12 wrap: Sturt keeps finals dream alive
STURT remains a mathematical chance for SANFL Women’s finals after a vital two-point win over West Adelaide in Round 12 on Saturday. The Double Blues needed the two points as well as Norwood to lose – which happened – in order to remain in finals contention, and now the 2022 grand finalists and 2023 finalists […]
2024 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 9 wrap
A FIVE-game turnaround after Round 8 wrapped up two days earlier was scheduled for Round 9, including a second match in four days for the Northern Territory Academy.
Goannas outlast Bombers with strong final term
PARRAMATTA Goannas made it three consecutive wins in the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division with a hard-fought 16-point victory over fellow finals hopefuls, North Shore Bombers. The Goannas were down by five points at half-time but kicked the only three goals of the second half to come away with the 4.8 (32) to 2.4 (16) […]
Dogs dare to dream after taming Lions
SOUTH Fremantle is not done with just yet in the WAFL Women’s competition after a come-from-behind over Subiaco kept its finals dream alive. A loss would have meant a line through the reigning preliminary finalist’s post-season chances, but after trailing by as much as three goals, level in the last couple of minutes, the Bulldogs […]
Eagles make history, stun red-hot Redlegs
WOODVILLE-West Torrens have played the efficient role of party pooper to Norwood, stunning the Redlegs at The Parade and keeping the finals race alive for a couple of teams. The Eagles had to come from as much as eight points down midway in the fourth term to kick the last two goals of the game […]
2024 CTL Girls Player of the Week: Round 9
MURRAY Bushrangers’ Sophia Green became the first double bottom-ager to earn a Player of the Week nomination after an eye-catching performance during her side’s Round 9 loss to Northern Territory. Green has been building for a number of weeks in the Bushrangers side since coming in at Under 18s level, but the 2024 AFLW Under […]
PREVIEW | 2024 WAFLW Round 14: Sunday
THE LAST WAFL Women’s match of Round 4 takes place today between ladder leaders East Fremantle and fourth placed Swan Districts. If the Sharks get up they essentially secure top spot given their percentage gape on the rest, while Swan Districts need to win to just about secure a top four spot.
