Player Focus: NAB League Girls – Mackenzie Eardley (Dandenong Stingrays)
TOP prospects step up in big games, and none have been bigger this NAB League Girls season than the Dandenong Stingrays‘ clash with Eastern Ranges. Both sides came into the game undefeated, occupying the top two spots on the ladder, but it was Dandenong who came up trumps by two points at Linen House Centre […]
2022 SANFLW Player Focus: Sarah Goodwin
AFTER a promising debut season in the yellow and black, Glenelg‘s Sarah Goodwin has elevated her game to another level in 2022. The talented premiership player managed nine games in her first League season of 2021, and has played each of the four games thus far in 2022. A State Academy member, the slick, athletic […]
Player Focus: NAB League Girls – Bridget Deed (Eastern Ranges)
EASTERN Ranges captain Bridget Deed became part of Hawthorn Football Club history on Friday night, and she also had a decent NAB League Girls outing to boot. Hawks coach Bec Goddard announced Deed would become the club’s first pre-listed player, so it was only fitting that she put on a show in another big Eastern […]
2022 SANFLW Player Focus: Jade Halfpenny
UNDOUBTEDLY an aerial specialist, Norwood‘s Jade Halfpenny remains a talent more than good enough to step up to the top level. The tall forward has added more strings to her bow each year, and off the back of a best on ground performance during the Redlegs’ win over Central District, it is easy to see […]
Player Focus: Steph Simpson (Darebin)
ROUND 1 of the 2022 VFLW season saw a remarkable comeback from the Darebin Falcons, and a huge part of that was Falcons’ skipper Stephanie Simpson. Although she only had 10 touches for the match, her presence was much wider felt. She predominantly played forward, and although supply was essentially non existent in the first […]
Player Focus: NAB League Girls – Montana Ham (Western Jets)
THE FUTURE is now in the NAB League Girls, with Montana Ham thriving in her top-age season after being pegged as one to watch at 15-years-old. Now 17, the Western Jets midfielder has a wealth of experience under her belt and with draft eligibility now in her sights, is getting back to her ominous best. […]
2022 SANFLW Player Focus: Hannah Ewings
ONE of the highly touted AFLW Draft prospects coming into the year, North Adelaide‘s Hannah Ewings, wasted no time starting her 2022 season on a high. The Roosters teenager had a line put through her 2021 season after injuring her ankle in Round 3 of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s competition. That […]
Player Focus: NAB League Girls – Zarlie Goldsworthy
FEW, if any have ever had a debut nearly as eye-catching in the NAB League Girls as Murray Bushrangers newcomer Zarlie Goldsworthy. Coming from a multi-sport background with soccer and cricket, the top-age talent came into the Bushrangers program and was earmarked as one to watch by assistant coach Mario de Santa-ana. “She’s come in […]
AFLW Player Focus: Orla O’Dwyer
OVER the six seasons of AFLW’s existence, we have seen a number of Irish players come to Australia and make their mark in the competition. One of the more recent arrivals in the AFLW is Brisbane’s Orla O’Dwyer, who may just be having a breakout season in 2022. The 23 year old is originally from […]
AFLW Draft Player Analysis: Jasmine Fleming
IN a new in-depth Player Analysis piece focusing on an AFL Women’s draft hopeful, we break down major areas of the game and assess the prospect on minute aspects. This analysis is done watching a large volume of games, in order to get the best possible analysis for the player. In this case, that analysis […]
