Postlethwaite thrives with captaincy
AFTER overcoming an ankle injury leading up to her bottom-age championships, Brisbane Lions Academy member, Lily Postlethwaite continues to take her footy to the next level with the 18-year-old loving every moment of her journey so far. Draft Central spoke to her last year regarding how her love for footy blossomed and what she endured […]
Webber making waves
GIPPSLAND Power product Nikia Webber has high hopes for the future with the 18-year-old in her fourth season with the club and dreaming to get drafted in the near future if everything goes to plan. After telling us her footballing story growing up, she spoke prior to the NAB League Girls season about her dreams […]
Strom forces her way into draft contention
FROM Exmouth, a small country town in Western Australia (WA), Mim Strom has become one of WA’s biggest prospects ahead of the draft. With limited opportunities to pursue her footy dreams in Exmouth, Strom was forced to the sidelines but that did not stop her returning to the game bigger and stronger given her commanding […]
Smith hurdling her way to success
TAYLOR Smith quite literally made the jump into footy after dedicating a large portion of her life to heptathlons. Only having played footy for a short amount of time, Smith is still learning all the intricacies of the sport and transitioning away from her previous life of athletics. “I transitioned from athletics – I was […]
McClelland leading from the front
A LETTER from the Eastern Ranges kick-started future club captain Laura McClelland’s footy journey, with the club inviting her to come down and try out before blowing staff away and earning herself a spot in the team. She first picked up a footy when she was eight, inspired by the likes of her brother and […]
Late boomer Ahwang making the most of her switch to Australian rules
COMING from a touch footy and track and field background, Tiarna Ahwang has well and truly found her feet within the Australian rules football system. Despite being a latecomer to footy, Ahwang has not taken a backwards step capitalising on every opportunity that has come her way. “I didn’t start off with AFL, I started […]
McEvoy all class and determination
THREE-time All Australian and Geelong Falcons captain, Lucy McEvoy is one of the highly touted prospects ahead of the draft and for good reason given her impressive skillset and footy brain. McEvoy has never been far from the Sherrin, playing Auskick from a young age and working her way into representative sides credit to her […]
Rippon making the most of her opportunities
ENCOURAGED by her school footy coach who also happened to be Gippsland Power coach Scott Armour, Alana Rippon jumped into footy and has embraced every opportunity that has come her way since. “I started just with school football and I really enjoyed that,” Rippon said. “My coach from school football was lucky enough to be […]
Maher inspired by family to play footy
NIECE of Melbourne Demons great Aaron Davey, Tesharna Maher has footy in her blood and seems to be living up to the hype with her pace a real focal point of her game play. Having spent a lot of her younger years playing soccer the switch to footy was a bit unexpected but one she […]
Hart-Aluni marking opportunities with both hands
THE move to Darwin was no easy feat for Tayla Hart-Aluni but that did not stop the young footballer from pursuing her dreams. A former netballer, Hart-Aluni decided to try her craft with footy, finding the oblong shaped ball easy to manoeuvre and relishing the freedom to run along the field, chase down players and […]
Fry letting the footy do the talking
CENTRAL Allies player Kimberly Fry first started playing footy at the age of 12 with her love and passion for the sport spurring her into a team and ultimately into possible draft contention. The speedster does not hold back on the footy field burrowing in hard and backing herself in the contest. “I just always […]
O’Grady overcomes ankle injury to push into state team
QUEENSLANDER Sara-Jane O’Grady is both honoured and humbled to don the maroon jumper, finally taking her chance to star on the big stage after being sidelined with an ankle injury early on in her footy journey. “It’s a great opportunity, there’s a lot of talented girls in the AFL and Queensland but not all get […]
