Draftee Watch: Round 2
IN Round 2 of the AFL Women’s season, some familiar faces and other new young stars stood tall as teams backed up their first matches of the summer with commanding performances from Conference A teams, while Conference B sides all suffered losses. Adelaide: Hannah Martin Drafted at pick 53, Adelaide’s recruit breaks lines off the […]
Weekend wash-up: AFLW – Round 2
ROUND 2 of AFLW 2019 is done and dusted, with Melbourne and Adelaide entering the winners list for the first time this year. North Melbourne continued their dominant start to the season, while Collingwood struggled and Carlton were unlucky to come away with a loss to Adelaide. Three matches recorded high scores in Round 2, […]
Scoreboard Sweep: AFLW Round 2
Results: GWS GIANTS 2.11 (23) defeated by North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos 7.6 (48) Collingwood 1.3 (9) defeated by Melbourne 3.8 (26) Western Bulldogs 5.4 (34) defeated Geelong 2.4 (16) Carlton 7.2 (44) defeated by Adelaide 9.3 (57) Fremantle 10.7 (67) defeated Brisbane 6.4 (40) North Melbourne continued to show why they are contenders with […]
Weekend previews: AFLW – Round 2
AFTER an exhilarating first round, which saw four of the five matches go down to the wire, teams prepare to tweak game styles or mix up team sheets in order to get an advantage over their opponents. Four of the first round losers face off, with Melbourne heading to Victoria Park on Saturday to face […]
Number Crunching: AFLW – Round 1
THERE are plenty of individual stats to put under the microscope after Round 1 of the Australian Football League Women’s (AFLW) competition, with a handful of players starring on the sheet across multiple lines – including a gun draftee, former rising star, and high-profile tradee. Adelaide’s Ebony Marinoff was the talk of the town after […]
Team of the Week: AFLW – Round 1
NORTH Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos’ big win has seen them rewarded with four players in the Draft Central AFL Women’s Team of the Week for Round 1, the most of any club. Other winners, Geelong, Brisbane and Western Bulldogs had three nominees, while Melbourne had three players in the best 24 despite a loss to Fremantle. […]
Draftee Watch: Round 1
IN our new weekly series Draftee Watch, we take a look at the top performing 2018 draftee from each AFL Women’s side to see how they have made the step up to the elite level. In Round 1, Geelong’s Nina Morrison and GWS GIANTS’ Alyce Parker won the Rising Star nominations. Adelaide: Chloe Scheer Scheer […]
Weekend wash-up: AFLW – Round 1
WITH a new look 10 team competition, Round 1 of AFL Women’s 2019 was set to be a cracker. Two new sides in North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos and Geelong Cats took the field for the first time in AFLW history, both nabbing a historic win to start the season. Four of the five games were […]
Scoreboard Sweep: AFLW
FOR those just wanting the basics, we bring you a new piece at the end of each round of football, Scoreboard Sweep which recaps the scores and key dot points in each game ahead of our weekly weekend wash-up tomorrow. AFL Women’s: Geelong 3.6 (24) defeated Collingwood 3.5 (23) Adelaide 1.11 (17) defeated by Western […]
Draft Central’s AFLW season predictions
WITH AFL Women’s kicking off tomorrow night, the Draft Central editors have penned their predictions for the season ahead, as well as their Round 1 selections. We’ll be making tips each week in a friendly competition, before looking back and seeing who was on the money with their predictions, and who missed the boat entirely. […]
