Nina’s nice season rewarded with top gong at the Cattery
AS the AFL Women’s season starts to wind down, clubs are starting to award their club best and fairest awards, recognising the stars of the season. In this new series from Rookie Me Central, we take a look at the seasons of these club champions and what led them to have such stellar seasons. Next […]
Beeson back to being Giant of the land
AS the AFL Women’s season starts to wind down, clubs are starting to award their club best and fairest awards, recognising the stars of the season. In this new series from Rookie Me Central, we take a look at the seasons of these club champions and what led them to have such stellar seasons. In […]
Charlie crowned golden champion again
AS the AFL Women’s season starts to wind down, clubs are starting to award their club best and fairest awards, recognising the stars of the season. In this new series from Rookie Me Central, we take a look at the seasons of these club champions and what led them to have such stellar seasons. […]
Is there more to the ‘Daisy effect’ than Daisy herself?
ONE of the biggest highlights of the AFL Women’s season so far has been the debut of Daisy Pearce as the head coach of the West Coast Eagles. Taking her team to a Round 1 victory over Richmond by a point, the Eagles were then bested in the second game by Essendon and Natalie Wood. […]
Sizzling Saints see small changes bring big success
ST Kilda has made the perfect start to the 2024 AFL Women’s season, defeating Sydney on the weekend to maintain its undefeated start to the season. After beating the Swans, St Kilda has now equalled its best start to an AFL Women’s season, and if they beat Essendon this week the Saints will set a […]
Outside power brings big Brisbane win
BRISBANE bounced back from a big Round 1 loss in an equally as big way, accounting for Melbourne by 18 points in a pretty dominant performance. Although it was a pretty complete performance, there was one particular aspect of Saturday’s game that was a significant improvement for Brisbane on Round 1, and really had the […]
Diversification leads to dominance in Giant win
AFTER a disappointing 2023 campaign, GWS made an emphatic start to its 2024 AFL Women’s season on the weekend, downing the Western Bulldogs by over 10 goals. Although the margin was big and the opponent may not have been strong, there were a number of things that GWS showed on the weekend that will have […]
Bellwether Blaithin bumps Dees to Round 1 success
MELBOURNE was really made to work for its AFLW Round 1 win over the weekend, but ultimately emerged with a two-point victory over Geelong to get its campaign off to a positive start. It was hard going for the Dees early, with poor passing into attack early really costing the red and blue, but once […]
2024 AFLW U18s team analysis: South Australia
REIGNING back-to-back titleholders South Australia begins its national carnival tomorrow, with the Croweaters now able to control their own destinies. While going undefeated might have meant battling Queensland for percentage, now the Maroons have lost, it means South Australia will have threats in Vic Metro and Western Australia, both of whom it plays this year. […]
Queensland: AFLW Draft depth into top-end talent next two years
WITH the AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships underway, it gives fans a chance to not only view AFLW Draft prospects who could join their club at the end of the year, but also those for future seasons. A number of bottom-agers have shown their wares over the last 18 months and loom as potential top-end […]
