2026 AFLW Draft | Race to #1: Taya Maxwell
WHILE the 2026 AFLW Draft crop is shaping up to be one of the deepest in recent years, there is no shortage of premium talent at the pointy end. In the return of our Race to #1 series but this time for the women’s draft, we highlight the leading contenders vying for the top honour. […]
2026 AFLW Draft Clubs to Watch: Woodville-West Torrens
REIGNING SANFL Women’s grand finalists Woodville-West Torrens Eagles are well known for their youth prospects, and off the back of another first round talent getting picked up – top 10 no less – in Imogen Trengove, the next group appears the strongest from the team to-date. >> AFLW DRAFT CLUBS TO WATCH: South Adelaide | […]
2026 AFLW Draft | Race to #1: Emma Charlton
WHILE the 2026 AFLW Draft crop is shaping up to be one of the deepest in recent years, there is no shortage of premium talent at the pointy end. In the return of our Race to #1 series but this time for the women’s draft, we highlight the leading contenders vying for the top honour. […]
PROFILED | 2026 Vic Metro Girls summer squad
THE 2026 Vic Metro Girls summer squad has 25 players between the top-age (2008-born) and bottom-age (2009-born) draft crops. Having won the past two titles at the AFLW Under 18 Championships – and being victorious in three of their four games last season – Vic Metro will eye off a three-peat at the level. >> […]
2026 AFLW Draft | Race to #1: Bailee Martin
WHILE the 2026 AFLW Draft crop is shaping up to be one of the deepest in recent years, there is no shortage of premium talent at the pointy end. In the return of our Race to #1 series but this time for the women’s draft, we highlight the leading contenders vying for the top honour. […]
PROFILED | 2026 Vic Country Girls summer squad
THE 2026 Vic Country Girls summer squad has 25 players between the top-age (2008-born) and bottom-age (2009-born) draft crops. Having won one match from four games last season at the AFLW Under 18 Championships – a victory against the Allies in Round 1 – Vic Country will be looking to build on that in 2026. […]
2026 AFLW Draft Q&A: Mel Grage (Perth)
TENACIOUS small forward Mel Grage had a breakout year in 2025, surpassing even the bottom-ager’s expectations. Only predicting she’d run out for Perth in the Rogers Cup, Grage finished the season as a lock in the League side, as well as representing Western Australia on the national stage. Now back in the WA summer squad, […]
2026 AFLW Draft Q&A: Avuya Nomlatyu
EAST Fremantle tall Avuya Nomlatyu is searching for her WAFL Women’s League debut in 2026, having played through the Rogers Cup last season, and then secured her place in the State Under 18s side. There she teamed up with West Perth ruck Cara Dziegielewski through the ruck, and the duo look set to combine once […]
2026 AFLW Draft Q&A: Charli Bassett
A PROMISING junior with plenty of upside, East Perth’s Charli Bassett had a breakout bottom-age campaign to show signs of what she could become in 2026. Deployed in a number of roles from forward to the wing and even on-ball at times, the West Australian representative earned her place in the summer squad and looms […]
2026 AFLW Draft Q&A: Grace Hirst
SWAN Districts talent Grace Hirst kicks off our first AFLW Draft Q&A of the 2026 season, with the former Victorian now thriving in Western Australia. A member of the Swans’ outfit that bolted all the way to the deciding match last season, Hirst played the first 10 games of 2025 in the Rogers Cup, before […]
