Relative newcomer McLinden has lofty goals
BOX HILL defender Ellie McLinden may be a relative newcomer to the Australian football, but is already looking to take her game as far as she can. Though only a few years into her fledgling career, she is already looking to make the jump up to the AFL Women’s competition. “It definitely is more of […]
Stratton more motivated than ever to return to top flight
DESPITE all she has faced in her career, Box Hill stalwart Kristy Stratton is still as motivated as ever to have a second crack at AFLW level. Having been delisted after four seasons at Collingwood in the AFLW, returning to the AFLW is Stratton’s “main goal” heading into 2023. “I really want to give VFL […]
Women’s Footy Rewind: 2017 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 edition, we rewind to the 2017 AFLW Draft, the first intake which saw a […]
First five SANFLW rounds released for 2023
THE SANFL has released fixtures for Rounds 1-5 of the 2023 Women’s season, which is set to kick off on Friday February 17. Though a grand final rematch is not yet in store, reigning premier North Adelaide gets things underway against Norwood in their season opener under lights at The Parade. Three games at different […]
Important weekend sees vital results
On a key weekend in the NTFLW competition with the celebration of No More Round, Darwin picked up an crucial win in the context of their season, defeating the Tiwi Bombers by two goals. In at times treacherous conditions, Tiwi dominated a lot of early possession but just could not convert it into score. Darwin […]
Young primed to return after ACL “stitch up”
IT takes a heck of a character to put an ACL tear down to a “stitch up”. Having swept the SANFLW awards as a 15-year-old in her first year of senior football, 2023 AFLW Draft prospect Lauren Young missed out on her entire bottom-age campaign with the long-term knee injury. She’d be excused for feeling […]
Hard work puts Shineah in Good’ stead
FOR a player with such plentiful individual honours, you would be hard pressed to find a more team oriented person than Shineah Goody. The Woodville-West Torrens talent shapes as one of, if not the top prospect in next year’s AFLW Draft crop, having taken out the Under 18 National Championship MVP as a bottom-ager. Now, […]
2023 VFLW key dates revealed
THERE are now more women’s footy dates to jot down in next year’s calendar, with the AFL announcing the key dates for the 2023 VFLW season. The upcoming campaign will begin in March, on the weekend of the 25th and 26th. This is later than the 2022 season started, and with the AFLW season start […]
Queensland to Maroon on the ‘Map’ in rep clashes
STATE football will return to the eastern coast of Australia, with Queensland and Tasmania set to do battle in a double-header of men’s and women’s representative football next year. In a throwback to bygone years, Australia’s most northern state and most southern state, will converge on the latter at North Hobart Oval for a huge […]
Powerful inclusions for SANFLW clubs
PORT Adelaide’s inclusion into the AFL Women’s has brought about beefing up the top state league with even more talent, as the Power’s non South Australian contingent was assigned clubs this week. In an announcement from the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), the eight interstate players who have contracts with Port Adelaide for next […]
