PREVIEW | 2021 VFL Women’s Finals: Week One
THE 2021 VFL Women’s finals series has arrived, with the top six teams set to battle it out for premiership glory after 14 enthralling home-and-away rounds. After a year away, the competition was reformatted to see the AFLW and NAB League seasons run concurrently with Victoria’s state league, seeing players from both the aforementioned leagues […]
2021 VFLW Player Focus: Meagan Kiely
NORTH Melbourne skipper Meagan Kiely has been one of the, if not standout player in the Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s competition in 2021. Kiely has racked up an average of 24.5 disposals, 5.3 marks, 5.4 tackles, 3.6 clearances, 3.2 inside 50s and 3.2 rebound 50s in a real all-round effort for the Roos. North […]
2021 VFLW Player Focus: Sarah Skinner
NORTH Melbourne VFLW winger Sarah Skinner has enjoyed a stellar 2021 VFLW campaign, moving up from Tasmania to link with the Roos and put her hand up as a mature-age draft prospect. While her side went down to the Southern Saints on Sunday, Skinner was one of the best players afield with 17 disposals, seven […]
Stat leaders: 2021 VFL Women’s
ROUND 14 of the Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s concluded on the weekend, with the 2021 finals series coming up thick and fast this weekend. We take a look at the top stats from the round that was. Once again, North Melbourne’s Meagan Kiely took out the top spot for this round’s leader for both […]
The Graduates: 2021 VFLW – Round 14
IN the final round of the Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s competition, a number of NAB League graduates stood up and impressed be it via debut, or continuing their form from throughout the season. We recap how they performed. Essendon had a plethora of Calder Cannons talents past and present, led by Georgie Prespakis who […]
2021 VFLW Round 14 wrap: Saints clinch finals spot as Hawks end on high for Meg’s final game
IT went right down to the final day of the Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s season, but the Southern Saints clinched the sixth spot in the finals series after winning against North Melbourne, grabbing back their place which was temporarily lost after the Western Bulldogs upset Casey Demons on Saturday. Geelong almost slipped up a […]
2021 AFLW Draft Positional Analysis: Small Midfielders/Forwards/Defenders
AFTER announcing the inaugural AFLW Draft Power Rankings Victorian Pool, Draft Central is starting a new series – Positional Analysis. It takes a look across the nation and those players within a certain position, and the impact they have. Next up are those players at or below 160cm be it through the midfield, forward or […]
2021 VFLW Round 14 preview: Dogs, Saints eye last finals spot in vital weekend of action
MATHEMATICALLY every game in the final round of the Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s season has some bearing on the makeup of the top six. What is certain, is the top four teams are locked in – realistically top five but we are just “mathematically” speaking – with the sixth spot to be determined. Barring […]
2021 VFLW Player Focus: Brooke Vickers
IN our latest Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s Player Focus, Draft Central’s Ashleigh Matosevic looks at Port Melbourne’s Brooke Vickers during her debut against North Melbourne on the weekend. Vickers was one of the higher ball-winners for the Borough, amassing 13 disposals in a promising outing at senior level. Taking a quick look at quarter by […]
Stat leaders: 2021 VFL Women’s – Round 13
THE Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s competition wrapped up its 13th round of the action over the weekend, with players returning to the field after nearly a month away. A bunch of state league and senior-listed guns picked up right where they left off, dominating the stats sheet to feature in this week’s Stat Leaders. […]
