VFLW Player Focus: Renee Tierney (Essendon)
ESSENDON VFLW is one of the teams to beat this VFLW season, and that is largely thanks to the many inclusions the Bombers have this season. One of them is Renee Tierney, who after graduating from Geelong Falcons’ NAB League Girls program, crossed from Geelong’s VFLW side, joined Essendon this season and looks right at […]
WAFL Player Focus: Kane Bevan (West Perth)
WEST Perth prospect Kane Bevan has started the 2022 WAFL Colts season on fire, leading the Falcons to consecutive wins with dominant form in midfield. On Sunday, he racked up team-high numbers once again en route to a 39-point victory over Peel Thunder, backing up his 27-disposal outing in Round 1. Having originally cut his […]
NAB League Player Focus: Max Ramsden (Sandringham Dragons)
THE SANDRINGHAM Dragons have made a habit of producing a slew of key position talents, and Max Ramsden is the latest prospect off Sandy’s ‘big boy’ production line. The 19-year-old has put his hand up as a mid-season draft candidate, having come into the NAB League system this year after impressing throughout the 2021 APS […]
WAFLW Player Focus: Jaide Britton (Peel Thunder)
AFTER a consistent 2022 West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s season with reigning premiers Peel Thunder, winger Jaide Britton produced the best game of her League career with an eye-catching 25-disposal performance in the win over West Perth. Britton is not a name new to the West Australian footy circles, having captained the state’s Under […]
AFLW U18s Player Focus: Ella Smith (Queensland)
AS the sole Brisbane Lions Academy member in the AFL Women’s Academy, Ella Smith is one player hoping to build on a successful couple of pre-draft years. The inside midfielder has added extra elements to her game in 2022, with the hard-nosed inside contested ball-winning player spending time on the wing and outside to show […]
AFLW U18s Player Focus: Montana Ham (Vic Metro)
WESTERN Jets star Montana Ham has produced a remarkable end to her top-age campaign, culminating in a fairy tale NAB League Girls premiership and Vic Metro MVP honours. In the feature game of Friday’s AFLW Under 18 National Championship triple-header, she stepped up in a big way but could not quite will her Metro side […]
AFLW U18s Player Focus: Ella Roberts (Western Australia)
ONE player who came into the 2022 AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships with higher expectations than anyone else was reigning Most Valuable Player (MVP) Ella Roberts. The potential top pick not only earned the gong as top player of last year’s Under 19s tournament as a 16-year-old, but also won All-Australian honours, something she will […]
WAFL Colts Player Focus: Jedd Busslinger (East Perth)
ONE of the most eye-catching names in the 2022 AFL Draft crop, East Perth key position player Jedd Busslinger, started like a house on fire in Round 1 of the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Colts season. Playing in defence, Busslinger dominated in the first half to rack up 18 disposals, seven marks and seven […]
SANFL Player Focus: Tom Scully (West Adelaide)
YOU would be hard pressed to find a more in-form key forward around the country than West Adelaide’s Tom Scully. The 201cm bigman has been on fire over the last three weekends of SANFL Under 18s footy, booting 20 goals to consolidate a season average of 5.5 per his four games. In his latest outing, […]
NAB League Player Focus: Mitch Szybkowski (Dandenong Stingrays)
DANDENONG Stingrays midfielder Mitch Szybkowski has started his 2022 NAB League season on fire, putting his name in lights as one of the competition’s premier inside ball winners. On Sunday, he returned another best afield performance in the Stingrays’ 17-point win over the Bendigo Pioneers at Queen Elizabeth Oval. The strongly-built top-ager is relentless at […]
