
WAFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #13 Layla Quinn-Schofield
BOASTING an envious left boot, Subiaco forward Layla Quinn-Schofield made her WAFL Women’s debut in 2024 to earn Under 18s state honours. Quinn-Schofield played three games for the Lions, averaging 11.7 disposals and 2.7 tackles, while finishing off with a couple of majors to earn her spot in the Sandgropers’ side. LAYLA QUINN-SCHOFIELD PROFILE DOB: 27/07/2007Height: 166cmPosition: ForwardClub: Subiaco […]

AFLW Draft Q&A: Chloe Baker-West
HIGH volume dynamo Chloe Baker-West is ready to go in 2025 after injury interruptions curtailed her bottom-age season. She showed prior to injury that she is more than capable of matching it with the best of her peers, and has an incredible CV that includes two Under 16s Vic Metro MVPs along the way. A […]

AFLW Draft Q&A: Maggie Johnstone
VERSATILE GWV Rebel Maggie Johnstone showed her wares across all three lines last season, with the top-age talent eyeing off a more permanent midfield spot with a forward rotation in 2025. A member of the Victoria Country state hub, Johnstone is a great aerial player with a powerful kick and looms as a unique prospect […]

WAFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #14 Ella Gilbey
STARRING at the recent West Australian Preseason Testing event, Ella Gilbey is all upside. A natural athlete who statistically is one of the best in the draft crop for that area of the game, Gilbey is looking to hone in on a more permanent WAFLW League spot in 2025. ELLA GILBEY PROFILE DOB: 12/02/2007Height: 170cmPosition: Wing/ForwardClub: Claremont West Australian […]

AFLW Draft Q&A: Scarlett Johnson
NORTHERN Knights forward Scarlett Johnson has a safe pair of hands and can do plenty of damage inside 50. The top-age Vic Metro hub member impressed over the course of the last two seasons and enters 2025 as one of five draft-eligible Knights in the summer hub. LAST SEASON STATISTICS Team Games Disposals Marks Tackles […]

SANFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #1 Monique Bessen
IN TERMS of sheer impact last year from a bottom-age cohort, Sturt midfielder/forward Monique Bessen stood clearly on top from a SANFLW production perspective. The talented National Academy member already looked liked a veteran in the way she went about it, and now entering her top-age season as a readymade midfielder who can drift forward, […]

SANFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #2 Eloise Mackereth
GLENELG forward Eloise Mackereth had a memorable bottom-age AFLW Under 18 Championships, earning All-Australian honours in a stacked South Australian forwardline, backing up her equivalent achievement at Under 16s level where she rotated between attack and the wing. ELOISE MACKERETH PROFILE DOB: 27/07/2007Height: 173cmPosition: Tall Forward/WingClub: Glenelg SUMMARY Boasting one of the highest upsides in the AFLW Draft, Mackereth […]

SANFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #3 Sophie Eaton
WINNING an MVP at Under 16s level a couple of years ago, Central District young gun Sophie Eaton has remained a top prospect in the 2025 AFLW Draft having impressed as a bottom-ager for South Australia last season, and earning a spot in the National Academy. She kicks off a podium of stars who could […]

2025 Player Focus: Marika Carlton (Palmerston)
EXCITING midfielder/forward Marika Carlton produced a best on ground performance in Palmerston Magpies’ crucial 43-point win over Tiwi Bombers on the weekend justifying the hype ahead of her top-age AFLW Draft season. Carlton represented both the Northern Territory Academy and Allies largely as a wing who could rotate forward given her light frame and speed […]

SANFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #4 Lily Baxter
SOUTH Adelaide tall Lily Baxter developed into a fully-fledged winger last year after catching the eye as a tall forward in her double bottom-age season and looms as one of the top prospects in this year’s AFLW Draft. Baxter is one of four National Academy members in the South Australian Under 18 Girls squad and […]