State Academy notes: 2025 SANFLW – Round 1
AFTER a long preseason, South Australia’s State Academy members were back in action as the first round of the SANFL Women’s competition took place over the weekend. For another year, each week we take a look at how each of the State Academy members performed across the four games.
2025 SANFLW Player Focus: Sophie Eaton
STEPPING up in the absence of some quality departed teammates, top-age AFLW Draft prospect Sophie Eaton wasted no time showing why she is one of the classiest players in this year’s draft class. Eaton took the opportunity to go inside for Central District in the opening round of the SANFL Women’s, successfully making her progression […]
2025 CTL Girls: Calder Cannons season preview
SHARING the head coach role with Ross Smith in 2025, Nicola Tenabel has stepped up from the assistant position and is excited about what the new season holds for the Calder Cannons. We caught up with Tenabel at the recent Preseason Testing Day to hear how the club is shaping up ahead of Round 1. […]
WAFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #4 Olivia Crane
UNFORTUNATELY an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear put a line through the talented Olivia Crane‘s bottom-age season, with the Subiaco prospect unable to get out for a home and away WAFLW or national championships match. Despite that fact, what she showed in her double bottom-age season suggests she will be among the top prospects in […]
WAFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #5 Alicia Blizard
ATHLETIC tall forward Alicia Blizard kicks off the top five of our WAFL Women’s Ones to Watch countdown of top-age draft prospects with the East Fremantle talent having plenty of upside. Blizard looms as one who will only get better with further continuity, coming in and making an impact for both club and state in […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Meg Lappin
POTENTIALLY looming as the second father-daughter selection tied to an interstate club, Geelong Falcons’ Meg Lappin has been one of the big improvers the last 12 months. A raw tall who really found her feet as a bottom-ager, the daughter of Brisbane triple premiership player and 279-gamer Nigel enters her top-age year as one to […]
WAFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #6 Renee Morgan
ONE of the most wonderfully balanced players across the 2025 AFL Women’s draft class, Renee Morgan ticks plenty of boxes for as a naturally gifted footballer. She boasts smarts, skills, toughness and an ability to win the ball on the inside or outside and while others might be more explosive, Morgan gets her hands dirty […]
Mackereth loving footy, family and friends
ONE OF the most talented prospects in this year’s draft, and certainly one of, if not the most outgoing one, Glenelg‘s Eloise Mackereth is a player who just loves everything about her football. The South Australian thrives in the forward 50 as well as she does in the social circles, and while she is composed […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Nikhita Spiteri
TACKLING machine Nikhita Spiteri has built her game around ferocious defensive pressure, and upped her production rate considerably in 2024. The bottom-ager played 11 games for the Murray Bushrangers and produced some strong performances along the way, to earn an invite into Vic Country’s summer hub program. We spoke to Spiteri at the recent Coates […]
WAFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #7 Lucy Greenwood
BOASTING maximum hurt factor, East Perth small Lucy Greenwood is a dangerous small forward who can also play up the ground, such as a wing or even on-ball. Her smarts and skills underpin her profile and she looms as one who has plenty of growth in her game going forward. LUCY GREENWOOD PROFILE DOB: 23/03/2007Height: 163cmPosition: Forward/WingClub: East Perth […]
