Cutting a juggling act of work and footy
AFL WOMEN’S ruck Leah Cutting has a new South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s club, and is hoping her form in the upcoming 2023 season will earn her a place on one of the South Australian AFLW club lists. Cutting is currently a Saint, having being picked up by St Kilda ahead of Season […]
Crows name future stars for 2023 Academy
ADELAIDE announced its 2023 Crows Academies Next-Generation Academy (NGA) Girls squad last week. The Crows Academies NGA Girls program is designed to help develop some of the best young players from across the state. Adelaide’s catchment region aligns with half of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s, that being Central District, North Adelaide, […]
Top 5s: Season 7 AFLW Club B&F results
SEASON 7 of the AFL Women’s came to a close last month, but now all the 18 clubs have awarded their best and fairests. We take a look at the top five results from across the league and see who won the top gongs at each club. ADELAIDE 1st: Anne Hatchard (343 votes) 2nd: Ebony […]
Women’s Footy Rewind: 2016 AFLW Draft
WITH less women’s footy over the summer months than fans have become used to, we here at Rookie Me Central take you down memory lane and look back at key moments in women’s footy history from the past few years. In today’s inaugural article, we rewind to the very first AFLW Draft, which was held […]
List changes are afoot in AFLW
IT may only be a week since the enthralling end to the AFLW Season 7, where Melbourne overcame a determined Brisbane outfit to earn their first premiership, but some clubs have not wasted time in planning for 2023. Several sides have already made changes to their lists for the 2023 season, so let us take […]
AFLW Season 7 Glass Half Full/Empty: Melbourne
IN a new approach to the AFL Women’s end of season reviews, Rookie Me Central casts both a glass half full and half empty lens over each side’s campaigns. Today’s team, the last in the series, is of course Melbourne, who broke through for its first AFLW Premiership in Season 7. GLASS HALF FULL They […]
AFLW Season 7 Glass Half Full/Empty: Brisbane
IN a new approach to the AFL Women’s end of season reviews, Rookie Me Central casts both a glass half full and half empty lens over each side’s campaigns. Today’s team, in the penultimate article in this series, is Brisbane, who fell agonisingly short of its second AFLW Premiership. GLASS HALF FULL They made another […]
AFLW Season 7 Glass Half Full/Empty: North Melbourne
IN a new approach to the AFL Women’s end of season reviews, Rookie Me Central casts both a glass half full and half empty lens over each side’s campaigns. Today’s team is North Melbourne, who had their best ever result in a season, knocked out in the Preliminary Final. GLASS HALF FULL Best ever result […]
AFLW Season 7 Glass Half Full/Empty: Adelaide
IN a new approach to the AFL Women’s end of season reviews, Rookie Me Central casts both a glass half full and half empty lens over each side’s campaigns. Adelaide is the team put under the microscope today, after a season which saw the Crows fall one game short of the opportunity to defend their […]
AFLW Season 7 Glass Half Full/Empty: Collingwood
IN a new approach to the AFL Women’s end of season reviews, Rookie Me Central casts both a glass half full and half empty lens over each side’s campaigns. Today’s team is Collingwood, who had their ups and downs on the way to a semi-final exit. GLASS HALF FULL Defence is the star of the […]
