2024 AFLW Draft preview: Hawthorn Hawks
A BREAKOUT regular season saw Hawthorn reach the AFL Women’s finals for the first time and though inaccuracy hurt the brown and gold in the post-season series, showed they were on the right track. After a relatively active trade period, Hawthorn finished with three picks inside the Top 30 and five list spots. >> FREE: View the […]
2024 AFLW Draft preview: GWS Giants
GWS GIANTS head into Monday night’s draft having traded in two selections, but as it stands look likely to use neither without a couple more delistings or inactives, as the western Sydney side looks to make the most of another AFLW Draft. >> FREE: View the 2024 AFLW Draft Guide 2024 RECORD: 16th, 1-9-1, 70.4%2024 PICKS: 3, 21, 52, […]
2024 AFLW Draft preview: Gold Coast Suns
THERE should be a local feel about the Gold Coast Suns’ haul in Monday night’s AFLW Draft, with the Sunshine State side nominating five Academy members, as well as five list spots. Expect that to be a theme for the night, as the Suns – who finished 17th on the AFLW ladder in 2024 – […]
2024 AFLW Draft preview: Geelong Cats
AFTER missing out on finals in 2024, Geelong heads back to the AFLW Draft, holding up two selections within the first 16, and able to boost both their second and third selections in the draft while only losing the one player through the AFLW Trade Period. >> FREE: View the 2024 AFLW Draft Guide 2024 RECORD: 10th, 4-6-1, […]
Life-time Pie wins maiden Best and Fairest
AS THE AFL Women’s season starts to wind down, clubs are starting to award their club best and fairests, recognising the stars of the season. In this new series from Rookie Me Central, we take a look at the seasons of these club champions and what led them to have such stellar seasons. Next up […]
2024 AFLW Draft preview: Fremantle Dockers
FREMANTLE made the best of a tough situation in 2024, losing one of the best players in the competition in Kiara Bowers as well as being without important Docker Ange Stannett, and key forward Aine Tighe for the majority of the year. They will all return in 2025, with Fremantle heading into Monday night’s draft […]
2024 AFLW Draft preview: Essendon Bombers
ESSENDON would have been thrilled coming away from the AFL Trade Period by finishing with an additional Top 10 pick and a third top 30 selection in the deepest AFLW Draft to-date. The Bombers will add two top-end talents to its finals-quality list and four players who will provide serious depth to the team. >> FREE: View […]
2024 AFLW Draft preview: Collingwood Magpies
COLLINGWOOD slumped to its first women’s wooden spoon in club history, and the first by the Magpies’ program since 1999. It was a culmination of injuries and players learning a new system under new coach Sam Wright, with a rebuild underway for the black and whites. >> FREE: View the 2024 AFLW Draft Guide 2024 RECORD: 18th, 1-10, […]
RECAP | 2024 AFLW Trade Period
THE 2024 AFLW Trade Period has been run and done, with plenty of players finding new homes. Here is a quick summary of all that happened. Adelaide In: Grace Kelly and picks 12 and 43Out: Najwa Allen, Tayla Levy, Hannah Ewings and Picks 16, 34 and 52 Brisbane In: Picks 15 and 39Out: Picks 17, […]
2024 AFLW Draft preview: Carlton Blues
CARLTON made wholesale changes to its list over the off-season with six delistings and one retirement, while bringing in a couple of Irish rookies and Gold Coast Suns’ skipper. Able to hold onto their first two selections, the Blues moved up for their third and what will be their final, selection at the death. >> FREE: View […]
