
2023 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 4
FOOTBALL was back on the menu in South Australia as the SANFL Women’s returned for Round 4 over the weekend. As always, Rookie Me Central named its SANFL Women’s Team of the Week, with Central District producing an impressive five players in the side. After the Bulldogs, fellow winners Glenelg and Norwood both had four, […]

State Academy notes: 2023 SANFLW Round 4
SOUTH Australia’s top AFL Women’s draft prospects returned for Round 4 of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s on the weekend. As always, we took a look at each of the state academy athletes running around in the League competition and made notes on their individual performances. *Each note is the opinion of […]

2023 Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week: Round 1
GEELONG Falcons and Tasmania Devils kicked off their Coates Talent League seasons with a bang, picking up the four points in Round 1 of the 2023 season over the weekend. Funnily enough, four is the exact number of players each club has represented in our Rookie Me Central Coates Talent League Girls Team of the […]

SANFL Women’s Player Focus: Elaine Grigg (Central District)
CENTRAL District is enjoying its best ever start to a SANFL Women’s season, and one of the key reasons behind that is the inclusion of North Adelaide premiership player, Elaine Grigg. The aggressive and high energy wing/forward has been an additional spark for the Bulldogs this season and it all culminated in an impressive Round […]

Dragons to have contested approach
REIGNING premiers Sandringham Dragons are prepared to get their hands dirty ahead of Round 1 of the newly named Coates Talent League season, as the side prepares for another strong season in the premier Under 18s competition. The Dragons boasted three picks inside the Top 10 last season with Will Ashcroft (Brisbane), Cameron Mackenzie (Hawthorn) […]

2023 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 2
SUBIACO’S impressive performance over Swan Districts has seen the Lions fill up 25 per cent of the Rookie Me Central WAFL Women’s Team of the Week for Round 2. With the results across Round 2 largely one-sided, the winning sides made up 19 of the 24 players in the overall squad, as Claremont (five) and […]

Scouting Notes: 2023 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 1
IT WAS a staggered start to the 2023 Coates Talent League season with just the four matches on opening weekend, all from the girls’ competition. Kicking off on the Apple Isle, Tasmania Devils got a Round 1 win against GIANTS Academy, before Geelong Falcons defeated GWV Rebels out west, Swans Academy upset Dandenong Stingrays down […]

WAFL Women’s Player Focus: Evie Cowcher (Peel Thunder)
IN JUST her second WAFL Women’s game, Peel Thunder double bottom-ager Evie Cowcher produced some jaw-dropping numbers as she bravely helped defend for Peel Thunder during an 18-point loss to reigning premiers Claremont. Undoubtedly the scoreline would have been more lob-sided without Cowcher there, as the 15-year-old was tasked with the kickouts, but also provided […]

2023 Coates Talent League POTW: Round 1
GEELONG Falcons bottom-ager Sara Howley is the 2023 Rookie Me Central Coates Talent League Player of the Week for Round 1. The former defender played a much more attacking role in the front half of the ground, flourishing under new coach Mel Hickey with a dominant three-goal performance to inspire her Falcons side to a […]

WAFLW R2 wrap: Tigers go it alone on top after Thunder strike
CLAREMONT is the sole side to have picked up all eight points this WAFL Women’s season following a Round 2 victory over Peel Thunder. The Tigers, who were bolstered by a host of experienced names, were too strong for a young Thunder side, but failed to fully capitalise on their dominance with an inaccurate scoreline […]