Top Performers: NAB League Girls – Round 4
ANOTHER NAB League Girls season means even more fresh coverage of the elite pathways, with the weekly (self explanatory) Top Performers series delving into some of the best individual feats across each weekend of action. Round 4 produced plenty of highlights as players continue to impress in the elite talent pathway. Starting with AFL Academy-listed […]
Reserves wrap: 2021 VFL Women’s – Round 1
THE Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s returned on the weekend after a year away, bringing with it a revamped structure and all-new team in Port Melbourne. With the season running concurrently alongside that of the AFLW, top-flight players from Victorian clubs who miss out on senior action will be able to run out for what […]
2021 VFLW Round 1 wrap: Port claims maiden win, Pies and Gulls get up in thrillers
PORT Melbourne celebrated its maiden Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s appearance with a win on Saturday morning, helping kick off the 2021 season in style. Collingwood and Williamstown each held on to secure thrilling two-point victories, while Casey, the Southern Saints and Western Bulldogs also started their campaigns on the winners list. That, and more […]
2021 Draft Central NAB League Girls TOTW: Round 4
DANDENONG Stingrays and Geelong Falcons have picked up a Round 4 competition-high three players in the Draft Central NAB League Girls Team of the Week, in the most difficult week to split players across the board thus far. Every team had a representative, with the evenness between the last 26 so even that we opted […]
2021 Draft Central NAB League Girls Player of the Week: Round 4
GEELONG Falcons’ Annie Lee has been one of the most consistent performers this season, and was rewarded with the Draft Central NAB League Girls Player of the Week Award for Round 4 for another outstanding effort in defence. Lee was voted in as the Player of the Week over Northern Knights’ Megan Girolami who was […]
NAB League Girls Round 4 preview: Unbeaten sides to go head-to-head across Super Saturday
NAB League Girls action is back for a second consecutive week – unfortunately for the first time this season due to the Victorian snap lockdown – but it provides teams with a couple of instant classics, as well as sides that are battling for their first wins of the season. EASTERN RANGES vs. GEELONG FALCONS […]
2021 VFL Women’s Round 1 preview: Revamped state league returns after lost season
THE Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s competition returns this weekend, with a revamped structure seeing the season run concurrently with that of the AFL Women’s (AFLW). As somewhat of a reserves league to aligned sides in the top flight, the VFLW features 12 teams in 2021, including Port Melbourne after the Borough took on Richmond’s […]
2021 VFLW season preview: Hawthorn
FOR the first time since 2018, Bec Goddard is set to take the senior coaching reigns during competitive action, when she leads Hawthorn’s VFLW side into battle for Round 1 of the new season. Heading a historic all-female coaching staff, Goddard says she is “excited” to be part of the Hawks’ initiative to provide greater […]
2021 VFLW season preview: Casey Demons
CASEY Demons VFLW head coach Peter Mercoulia expects a “contested” game in Round 1, as the new-look red and blue outfit prepares to return to competitive action after a year away. He says the club is “pretty pleased” with how his troops are tracking ahead of season proper, with the alignment to Melbourne Football Club […]
2021 VFLW season preview: Western Bulldogs
A BUNCH of Western Bulldogs VFLW players will finally get to pull on the red, white and blue jumper in a competitive match when they take on Hawthorn to kick off their 2021 campaign on Sunday. While 15 new players have entered the squad since 2019, there is a strong sense of continuity according to […]
