2024 AFLW Round 1 Preview: Saturday
THE excitement of the first round of AFLW action continues today with a jam packed schedule of five matches. 1:05pm local timeManuka Oval SIDES GWS FB: Randall, Smith HB: Evans, McCormick, Pease C: Eva, Barr, Brazendale HF: Garnett, Zreika, Huntington FF: Doyle, Goldsworthy FOL: O’Dowd, Beeson, Parker IC: Grierson, Gaffney, Ransom, Srhoj, Pauga EMG: Murphy, […]
Hannah’s hoping for finals breakthrough
AFTER a few years of building down at Moorabbin, St Kilda captain Hannah Priest is looking ahead to the future. Heading into 2024, the Saints’ skipper says she’d be “lying” if she said breaking the club’s finals duck wasn’t at the front of mind. “The talk is definitely process and system, but I’d be lying […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: St Kilda
IT truly was a case of so close, yet so far for St Kilda in 2023. The Saints got so close to making the finals for the first time, but were denied a spot in the finals by less than five percent. But heading into 2024, did they learn the right lessons from the heartbreak […]
2023 AFLW Draft review: St Kilda
ST KILDA was able to have a relatively quiet AFL Women’s Draft, having committed to a father-daughter prospect pre-draft and heading in with one other selection, a top 10 pick. With the latter, the Saints opted for Western Jets skipper Kiera Whiley with Pick 10, before selecting Geelong VFLW midfielder Charlotte Simpson, an over-age onballer […]
2023 AFLW Draft – Pick by Pick
TONIGHT was the AFLW’s big night – the Draft. A total of 53 players had their dreams come true and got drafted tonight. Here is who went where with each pick. Pick 1: Western Bulldogs – Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner (Western Jets – Victoria) Pick 2: West Coast – Jessica Rentsch (GWV Rebels – Victoria) Pick 3: […]
2023 AFLW Draft preview: St Kilda
ST KILDA had a season of two halves, starting slowly before a remarkable come-from-behind victory over Collingwood sparked a late season revival. It was not enough to get the Saints into finals, but they came close, and given they had one of the quietest Trade Period’s showed that they are happy with building on their […]
Excellent Exon helps Saints end ’23 on a high
SUNDAY afternoon saw St Kilda’s 2023 AFLW season come to a bit of a bittersweet end, with a win over Carlton that wasn’t quite big enough to nab them a spot in the finals. One player who did play a bit of an impressive role in the win was veteran Nat Exon. Not normally one […]
In Case You Missed It: AFLW Round 10 2023
IN many ways Round 10 of the 2023 AFL Women’s season lived up to expectation, with plenty of twists and turns as the home and away season came to a close. Gold Coast Suns (6.3.39) defeated Essendon (3.7.25) Western Bulldogs (1.3.9) lost to North Melbourne (7.13.55) Port Adelaide (13.10.88) defeated GWS (4.6.30) Geelong (9.6.60) defeated […]
AFLW 2023 Round 10 Preview: Sunday
IT all comes down to today, the final day of the regular season in the AFL Women’s. Three more games, and all will have been decided for next week’s finals series. 1:05pmIkon Park Finals calculations The Blues can still technically make finals, but percentage may prove their undoing even if they win today, as they […]
Saints salute in Moorabbin fortress
HOME is where the heart is, and for St Kilda, it is also where the four points come from each week, with St Kilda continuing its home dominance with a massive upset win over premiership contenders, Brisbane Lions at RSEA Park. The Saint held sway throughout the match and went head-to-head in a thrilling final […]
