2019/20 AFLW off-season review: GWS GIANTS
REMAINING as just one of two AFL Women’s clubs in a standalone state, the GWS GIANTS lost some top-end talent at the end of 2019 and had to head to the AFL Women’s Draft to replenish the quality. Losing the likes of Phoebe Monahan and Christina Bernardi to Richmond and Emma Swanson and Maddy Collier […]
2019/20 AFLW off-season review: Brisbane
WITHOUT a doubt the team hardest hit by the expansion clubs was Brisbane, losing half of its list over the off-season. State rivals Gold Coast picked off seven players, including a number of young stars from last year’s draft and experienced heads. Nat Exon and Kate McCarthy were two of Brisbane’s best last season but […]
2020 AFL Women’s Academy Announced
THE 2020 AFL Women’s Academy was announced yesterday, with Victoria metropolitan regions continuing their dominance in contributing to the nation’s high-end talent pool in the biggest intake yet. As is the standard, the Academy is split into Level 1 (Under-17) and Level 2 (Under-18) squads, with each state and territory having at least one representative […]
2019/20 AFLW off-season review: Collingwood
IT was a disappointing 2019 season for Collingwood, with a combination of rebuilding through youth and unlucky losses culminating in a Conference wooden spoon. The Magpies were competitive in all their cross-conference games and were unlucky not to potentially get an extra couple of wins, but ultimately could not match it with sides for the […]
2019/20 AFLW off-season review: Western Bulldogs
AFTER claiming a maiden AFL Women’s premiership in 2018 and looking impressive from the get-go in 2019, the Western Bulldogs fell away in the second half of the 2019 season to finish wooden spooners in Conference A. There was far from any shame in that, because had they been in the other conference, chances are […]
2020 AFL Women’s fixture announced
EIGHT home-and-away season rounds and three weeks of finals are what awaits the AFL Women’s sides in 2020 after the official fixture was announced this morning. The extra week during the regular season and extra week of finals means players will have extended the season by up to two weeks for grand final teams, and […]
The ‘big three’s’ take on how the AFLW draft unfolded
GABBY Newton, Lucy McEvoy, and Georgia Patrikios; dubbed pre-draft as the three players vying for the honour of being taken first off the AFL Women’s Draft board. But ask all three about whether they knew what was to unfold on Tuesday afternoon, and all three almost unanimously insist they had not the slightest clue. “I […]
Fresh and familiar faces to build Bulldogs’ future
HOLDING four top ten picks – including the first – heading into Tuesday’s AFL Women’s Draft, much of the pre-draft chat surrounded how the Western Bulldogs would use their high-end selections. They lost superstars Katie Brennan and Monique Conti to league newcomer Richmond after ending their premiership defence with just two wins and at the […]
Gavalas completes “whirlwind” draft day bolt
DRAFT day shocks are ironically commonplace nowadays, and you can add Ellie Gavalas‘ rise to become a top 10 selection to the list. The 23-year-old had her name called by North Melbourne in the first round of Tuesday’s draft having only taken up the Aussie rules code two years ago. Speaking minutes after the fact, […]
2019 AFL Women’s Draft: Club-by-club selections
NOW the AFL Women’s Draft is done and dusted for another year, we look back at who each club selected, and summarise their drafts in three words, as well as have a brief look at what the clubs might have picked up yesterday. ADELAIDE: 14. Montana McKinnon (South Adelaide) 37. Najwa Allen (Norwood) 46. Nicole […]
