Team spirit driving Demons: Stinear
TEAM spirit is the catalyst for a Melbourne Demons flag in Season 7 of the AFL Women’s, with coach Mick Stinear moving away from focusing on “perfect football” but rather consistency within one another. The Dees mentor made the comments on the back of yet another victory – their seventh in eight games – embarrassing […]
Tale of two halves for Crocker’s Roos
NORTH Melbourne was able to fight off an early challenge from expansion side Port Adelaide to come away with a “really good” Round 8 AFL Women’s win in a “hostile environment”. Coach Darren Crocker said he was pleased his side was able to regroup after half-time – having trailed by five points at quarter time […]
Tigers claw back to win in “mature performance”
RICHMOND coach Ryan Ferguson has praised his side for another “mature performance” after getting “jumped” in the opening quarter against Carlton before coming back to win, 6.8 (44) to 5.4 (34) at Ikon Park on Friday night. In another strong AFL Women’s clash, the Tigers found themselves down by 19 points at the first break, […]
Brisbane’s belief boost from Crows cull
BRISBANE Lions AFL Women’s coach Craig Starcevich has his team humming at the right time of the year, moving to a 7-1 record in Season 7 following a 22-point win over reigning premiers Adelaide. The Crows lead by three points at quarter time, but the Lions dominated the second term to boot 4.1 without conceding […]
Preview | AFLW Round 8: Double chances up for grabs
SOME crucial matches confront teams battling it out for both the double chance and top eight, with must-win contests afoot in Round 8 of the AFL Women’s. With some teams heading into the matches close to full strength, while others remain missing key individuals, it will be fascinating to see just who takes their chances […]
Saints hit double ton as PINT and Palmerston draw
IT was a significantly indifferent round of Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) results, with a draw and a whopping 154-point shellacking both occurring amongst the four games. St Mary’s handed Tiwi Bombers the massive belting after dropping its opening match of the season, while Palmerston and PINT could not be split. In other results, Southern […]
2022/23 NTFLW R2 Player Focus: Jenna Singh (Waratah)
WARATAH made its premiership ambitions clear in Round 2 of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) Women’s competition following a 12-goal thrashing of reigning premiers Darwin Buffettes. Though the margin was perhaps a little unjust to the Buffettes who were physically competitive throughout the match, the slammed on 14.8 (92) to 3.2 (20) including eight […]
Coaches’ Corner: Country Game Edition
IN a weekly series at Rookie Me Central, we cast our eyes and ears around the league to gather thoughts from AFL Women’s coaches, and see what they had to say post their respective matches on the weekend. In this week’s edition it’s back to Victoria and across to the country town of Warrnambool to […]
Stinear backs “brilliant” Dees
AFTER arguably Melbourne’s best performance of Season 7 with a win over Western Bulldogs at Casey Fields, Demons coach Mick Stinear was certainly a happy man. He expressed his delight with the four-quarter performance post-match following the 10.13 (73) to 1.3 (9) victory. “Good. I think that was a pretty strong performance for across the […]
Pleased Pies boss praises players
COLLINGWOOD coach Steve Symonds described his side’s 32-point victory over the GWS Giants as a “solid win”, with the Magpies retaining fourth spot following the win. Post-game, Symonds said his team needed to improve their accuracy, but were controlling play well in games. “I’m really happy with the brand that we’re trying to play at […]
