2025 WAFLW Player Focus: Mia Russo
TALENTED West Australian top-ager Mia Russo bounced back from a quieter start to the 2025 WAFL Women’s season to blow Perth away with a best on ground performance in Round 3. The Under 16s MVP from two years ago sets high standards and though underperformed in Round 1 and improved a little in Round 2 […]
2025 CTL Girls Player Focus: Chloe Baker-West
AFTER an injury-interrupted year curtailed her bottom-age season, ball magnet Chloe Baker-West wasted no time asserting herself on the Coates Talent League competition. The two-time Vic Metro Under 16s MVP was sensational for Calder Cannons in their tight four-point win over Western Jets at Highgate Recreation Reserve on Sunday. Baker-West racked up 38 disposals, five […]
2025 U22 Summer Series recap: Giants & Swans
SYDNEY Swans Academy has claimed the NSW/ACT Women’s Under 22 Summer Series last weekend after remaining undefeated across their three matches. Coming into the ultimate decider against the Giants Academy after both sides accounted for AFL Sydney and AFL Canberra’s Under 22s, it was the red and white that rolled the orange team by seven […]
2025 SANFLW Player Focus: Sophie Eaton
STEPPING up in the absence of some quality departed teammates, top-age AFLW Draft prospect Sophie Eaton wasted no time showing why she is one of the classiest players in this year’s draft class. Eaton took the opportunity to go inside for Central District in the opening round of the SANFL Women’s, successfully making her progression […]
2025 AFLW Draft | Ones to Watch: Renee Morgan
PRESEASON has been well underway across the country for the next crop of AFLW hopefuls, with the state leagues beginning their trial matches over the next month ahead of season starts in March. As part of that, we will run a series taking a look at some of the players to watch for the 2025 […]
PROFILED | 2025 Vic Metro Girls Hub
A NEW season of Coates Talent League Girls football is less than two months away, and in readiness for the year, we profile the players in the Victorian hubs. We conclude with the Vic Metro summer squad after covering the Vic Country hub last week. >> PROFILED | 2025 Vic Country Girls Hub TOP-AGERS: Jordyn […]
PROFILED | 2025 Vic Country Girls Hub
A NEW season of Coates Talent League Girls football is less than two months away, and in readiness for the year, we profile the players in the Victorian hubs. Up first is the Vic Country hub, followed by the Vic Metro hub next week. TOP-AGERS: Matilda Argus (Dandenong Stingrays)Midfielder | 166cm | 06/01/2007 After getting […]
AFLW Draft: 25 to Watch in 2025
AS SEEN exclusively in the 2024 AFLW Draft Guide, Rookie Me Central published our 25 Players to Watch in 2025 as the attention turns to next year’s draft. The Gold Coast Suns Academy will be a key talking point next year with as many as half a dozen prospects in the top 30, while athletic […]
Effects of the nationalisation of the AFLW Draft: a case study ft. GWS
THE 2024 AFL Women’s Draft was a historic one for the competition, with the first truly national draft taking place. With the way that the draft has been run in the past and the varying strengths of the various state competitions across the country, this change to a truly national draft has obviously some clubs […]
2024 AFLW Draft review: Western Bulldogs
FILLING out some key position needs at the 2024 AFLW Draft while picking a couple of Oakleigh Chargers premiership players proved to be the strategy for the Western Bulldogs. The Dogs managed to grab a much needed forward target to partner up with Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner, as well as an experienced ruck, and gut-running midfielder. >> […]
