PROFILED | Western Australia AFLW Under 18s
DESPITE not coming away with a win at the national championships last year, the Sandgropers unearthed a host of bottom-age talents who will lead the state’s title-tilt in what looms as their best crop of draft prospects in history. >> FULL SQUAD: Western Australia names 2025 AFLW U18s squad NATIONAL ACADEMY MEMBERS: Alicia Blizard (East […]
Victorian squads announced for 2025 U18 National Championships
WITH less than four days until the first round of action, the two Victorian sides for the upcoming AFL Women’s National Championships have been released. Reigning titleholders Vic Metro will look to go back-to-back, naming a 34-strong squad for the carnival – including train-ons – while Vic Country has named 29 players. Among those are […]
2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 10
MURRAY Bushrangers had a terrific Coates Talent League Girls Round 10 win over the Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels and boasted a league-high four representatives in our Team of the Week. Double the amount of the next highest side, nine of the 12 teams had two players in the squad, with Calder Cannons and Geelong […]
2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Renee Morgan
TOP-AGE talent Renee Morgan was regarded by her state talent coaches as “one of the most unluckiest” to miss out on the National Academy. An injury-stricken 2024 campaign frustrated the well-balanced midfielder who overcame a delayed preseason and then an early injury to still finish the year, but by her own standards, well below her […]
2025 AFL Sydney Player Focus: Emma Juneja (Sydney Uni)
HARD-RUNNING Sydney University talent Emma Juneja had a day out during the Students’ big win over the St George Dragons in the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division. The over-ager who was unlucky to miss out on being drafted last season, has represented the Swans Academy through the Coates Talent League Girls competition and is now […]
2025 VFLW Round 8 | Roos roll on
NORTH Melbourne Werribee turned it on for the latter of its names with a dominant 88-point thrashing of winless Geelong at Avalon Airport Oval in Round 8 of the VFL Women’s. After a week off over the Kings Birthday long weekend, the action returned and just eight points separates first from ninth who are the […]
PROFILED | Queensland AFLW Under 18s
QUEENSLAND came away with two wins from three games at last year’s AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships and will look to go one better given its stacked squad brimming with talent. The Maroons will come in with plenty of questions given a number of players are either returning or missing due to ongoing injury concerns […]
2026 AFLW Draft Q&A: Marie Polimeno
BOTTOM-AGE young gun Marie Polimeno has worked hard to earn a spot in Western Australia’s Under 18s setup for the upcoming AFL Women’s National Championships. The South Fremantle defender came into the year hoping to act like a sponge and learn all she could through the summer squad, building on her deficiencies and eventually making […]
2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Chloe Tonkin
ONE OF the best contested marks in the AFL Women’s Draft crop, West Adelaide’s Chloe Tonkin shares a special piece of history at the Bloods. She became the first father-daughter combination to debut at the club – her dad Tony debuted in 1990 – and has held down a key position role over the last […]
AFLW Draft Watch: 10 names to remember for 2026
WHILE the 2025 AFL Women’s Draft crop is taking full shape almost halfway through the year heading into the national championships, we cast a quick eye over 10 bottom-agers to remember ahead of next year’s draft. All should feature at some stage throughout the AFLW Under 18 Championships, and we highlighted these 10 as our […]
