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 […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Chloe Bown
STAR dual-sided talent Chloe Bown is one of the top Victorian prospects in this year’s AFLW Draft, having already impressed as a bottom-ager for Vic Metro and being a member of the National Academy. The Oakleigh Chargers star is a midfielder-forward with plenty of weapons and inflicts maximum damage on the opposition with her work […]
WAFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #8 Alira Fotu
BOASTING outstanding athleticism and high-level X-factor, South Fremantle forward Alira Fotu is a wildcard in this year’s AFLW Draft. On talent alone she is likely to be one of the most watched prospects, but as a Perth Lynx train-on, has also spent the summer in a balancing act between her two sporting loves of Aussie […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Lily Baxter
ONE of four South Australians in the National Academy, South Adelaide wing Lily Baxter is a player to watch in 2025. The hard-running Panther started her career as a dynamic attacking forward, but after developing her defensive work the last 12 months, is a fully fledged wing who can hurt opposition teams both ways. We […]
