AFL Draft Watch: Jackson Cardillo (Calder Cannons/Vic Metro)
IN a build up to football eventually returning, Draft Central will take a look at some of this year’s brightest names who have already represented their state at Under-17 or Under 18s level in 2019. While plenty can change between now and then, we will provide a bit of an insight into players, how they […]
2020 SANFL Women’s team summaries: Norwood
WITH no football on given the current COVID-19 global pandemic, the Draft Central team takes a look at where the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s left off, and will examine each of the eight teams from reverse ladder order. Today’s team summary is Norwood. RECORD: 5th (1-2-1) RESULTS: R1: lost to Central District […]
NAB League Boys 2019 Throwback: Round 4 – Academies run riot among joint top four
DESPITE reverting back to a six-game format after Round 3’s nine-game marathon, there was plenty of worthy action to come out of Round 4 of last year’s NAB League season. The Northern Academies continued to get into the swing of things, with two of them making up a top four all joined on 12 points […]
2020 Top 10 AFLW matches: #5 – GWS survives GIANT scare against Suns
AS we move into the top five of our 2020 Top 10 AFL Women’s matches, we rewind all the way back to Round 1, 2020 when the GWS GIANTS survived a big scare against one of the competition’s newcomers in Gold Coast Suns. It ended up being the lowest combined score on record with just […]
Classic Contests: Power fight back from 37-point half-time deficit to down Rebels
IF you are missing footy like we are, then let us somewhat salvage that with a look back in a new series of Classic Contests. In today’s contest we look at one of the would-have-been Round 5 clashes in the NAB League this year between the Gippsland Power and Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels. In […]
2020 SANFL Women’s team summaries: WWT Eagles
WITH no football on given the current COVID-19 global pandemic, the Draft Central team takes a look at where the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s left off, and will examine each of the eight teams from reverse ladder order. Today’s team summary is Woodville-West Torrens. RECORD: 6th (1-3) RESULTS: R1: lost to South […]
Get to know: Ethan Hunt (Gold Coast Academy/Allies)
AS the postponement of all seasons commenced over the last few weeks, we head back to the pre-season where we sat down with a number of athletes across the country. In a special Question and Answer (Q&A) feature, Draft Central‘s Peter Williams chatted with Gold Coast SUNS Academy prospect Ethan Hunt at the Queensland pre-season […]
Classic Contests: Stingrays hold off Dragons in top four battle
IF you are missing footy like we are, then let us somewhat salvage that with a look back in a new series of Classic Contests. In today’s contest we look at one of the would-have-been Round 5 clashes in the NAB League this year between the Dandenong Stingrays and Sandringham Dragons. In this edition, we […]
2020 Top 10 AFLW matches: #6 – Demons cause opening round upset over flag favourites
COMING in at number six of our Top 10 count of the best AFL Women’s games for season is the Demons first round win over premiership favourites North Melbourne in a nail-biting contest at Casey Fields. Here’s how we recalled the game: Melbourne has claimed a huge scalp in the opening round of the AFL […]
The Debate: Should the AFL Draft age be lifted?
IT is an age-old debate that has carried on long before the COVID-19 global pandemic brought pathway programs to a halt, but in the past month, the arguments for and against have begun flowing for lifting the minimum draft age. With the realisation that at the very least, the top-age group will have limited exposure […]
