Preview | Can Aspley continue its giant killing QAFLW run?
THERE is one more round before yet another break in the 2022 QAFLW season, presenting one last chance for teams to utilise some momentum before their well deserved time off. The pick of the matches this weekend is looking like the clash between Southport and Aspley out at Fankhauser Reserve. Since coming into the competition […]
VFLW Round 10 preview: Season crescendo approaches in final month
THERE is just over a month left in this year’s VFL Women’s season, and this weekend’s menu of matches presents fixtures with a wide variety of potential results. We preview the action from all six games in Round 10. Darebin vs CollingwoodSaturday at 11amPreston City Oval This could be one of the matches of the […]
2022 AFLW U18s Surprise Packets
ONLY one match remains in the 2022 AFLW Under 18 Championships, with four states’ campaigns done and dusted. In this article, we take a look at four players (one from each state) who proved to be surprise packets in terms of their performances – be it breakout or rekindling their best form – at the […]
AFL Sydney Player Focus: Ella Morris (Pennant Hills Demons)
THOUGH the result was not what the Pennant Hills Demons may have wanted – going down to Inner West Magpies by 11 goals in a Round 3 Anzac Day clash – there were a number of young shining lights who stepped up for the red and blue. One of them is Sydney Swans-aligned midfielder Ella […]
VFLW Player Focus: Renee Tierney (Essendon)
ESSENDON VFLW is one of the teams to beat this VFLW season, and that is largely thanks to the many inclusions the Bombers have this season. One of them is Renee Tierney, who after graduating from Geelong Falcons’ NAB League Girls program, crossed from Geelong’s VFLW side, joined Essendon this season and looks right at […]
Smith thriving in “intense” atmosphere
GIVEN Jasmyn Smith stands at around 159cm, the Gold Coast Suns Academy talent might not be the first person you expect to be among the top clearance players at the AFLW Under 18 Championships. But Smith’s carnival – which still has another game to go – has been nothing short of superb, racking up five […]
Belbin enjoying football journey
TASMANIAN Candice Belbin has taken the more traditional footballing pathway through to the AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships. Having played for the last six years, Belbin enjoyed the challenges rising up through Ulverstone, into the Tasmania Devils, and through to the Allies side at the 2022 national championships. “I started at club in Grade 7, […]
AFLW Present & Future Draft Watch: Stars rise at national championships
IN a new weekly piece on Rookie Me Central, we hone in on those players to remember for the AFLW Draft, present and future. With four new AFLW clubs joining the competition, spots will heat up, and players will be looking to put their best foot forward. For this piece, we have looked at those […]
Essendon’s rise up the ladder in 2022
AFTER being around the mark for several seasons now, Essendon is one of the teams to beat in the VFLW this season. But what has caused this improvement this year? Let us look at the stats and see whether they can tell us the answer. The personnel Although the likes of Georgia Nanscawen and Mia-Rae […]
2022 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 10
AFTER a big win, Peel Thunder has recorded the equal most players with Claremont in our West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s Team of the Week. For Round 10, the Thunder have six representatives in the side – including the two co-captains – whilst two of the other four sides – East Fremantle, and Swan […]
