NAB League Girls top debutants shine
DEBUTS are memorable occasions, and for a number of NAB League Girls, that chance came on the weekend. In this feature piece we take a look at some of those players who managed to catch the eye in their first games, be it due to missing out previously through injury or inexperience, or brand new […]
2021 Draft Central NAB League Girls TOTW: Round 1
FOUR teams have recorded an equal round-high three players in Draft Central’s first NAB League Girls’ Team of the Week for 2021. Calder Cannons, Geelong Falcons, Oakleigh Chargers and Tasmania Devils all had three players make the team this week, in what was a really difficult week to narrow down to just 24 players. The […]
2021 Draft Central NAB League Girls Player of the Week: Round 1
WESTERN Jets bottom-ager Charlotte Baskaran has taken out the opening round’s Draft Central Player of the Week Award after a best on ground performance in her side’s loss to the Eastern Ranges. Not eligible until next year’s draft and having made her debut as a 14-year-old back in 2019, the silky-skilled Baskaran is one to […]
NAB League Girls action returns today
AFTER almost 12 months of waiting, the NAB League Girls competition will kick off today for the first of nine rounds and three weeks of finals in 2021. The season will have eight consecutive weeks of action between February 6 and March 28, before the players have a break for the AFL Women’s Under 18 […]
NAB League Girls Round 1 preview: Undefeated 2020 sides to face off in huge round of action
AT least one of the three undefeated sides from the 2020 NAB League Girls season will extend their winning run to 18 months or more, when the competition returns this weekend. Starting tomorrow, the NAB League Girls will have six games across four different venues – including one double-header – in a new footballing landscape […]
Pressure and development key for Devils in 2021
TASMANIA Devils have a key focus for the 2021 season and that is to be a team that is renowned for their pressure and intensity according to coach and talent manager Cameron Joyce. After only managing to play two games last season prior to the NAB League Girls cancellation the Devils are raring to go […]
Familiar faces set to lead versatile Falcons
VERSATILITY is set to be a key feature of the Geelong Falcons girls squad in 2021, according to new coach Paul Corrigan. He leads somewhat of a homecoming among the Falcons’ staffing ranks, returning to the region alongside incoming talent operations lead, Tom Lonergan – formerly of the Calder Cannons. Corrigan is also set to […]
Holistic approach driving Ranges in 2021
EASTERN Ranges have taken time easing into training, but head coach Travis Cloke is confident the team is in really good shape heading into the season, saying the girls are ‘happy, fit and healthy’ “This is the first year they’ve had a proper program in place that’s been full time,” Cloke said, “So we’ve tried […]
Grateful Knights focussed on building connection
AFTER a difficult year for all, the Northern Knights are putting things into perspective heading into the 2021 NAB League Girls season. Former female talent coordinator, Natalie Grindal has stepped into the new, extended talent operations lead role which oversees both the boys and girls programs, along with incoming coach Leigh Clarke. Grindal says she […]
Q&A: Ally Morphett & India Lehman (Murray Bushrangers)
THE 2021 NAB League Girls season bounces down on Saturday, and Draft Central‘s coverage of the elite talent pathway is heating up. We chatted to a raft of prospects at the recent NAB League Girls preseason testing day, hosted by Rookie Me, with a running theme between the players their eagerness to get back to […]
