2022 RM Central NAB League Girls Team of the Year squad released
AHEAD of the 2022 NAB League Girls Grand Final, Rookie Me Central has released its 50-player extended list for the 2022 NAB League Girls Team of the Year. The squad is comprised of players from across the 13 full-time regions, based off their performances throughout the season. Each week in 2022, we produced a NAB […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 NAB League Girls – Preliminary Finals
THE BEST players stand up on the big stage, and that is exactly what happened as finals time arrived in the 2022 NAB League Girls competition. Dandenong Stingrays and Western Jets won through in their respective bouts, setting up their first meeting of the season in Friday’s decider. We highlight the weekend’s top individual performers […]
2022 NAB League Girls: Preliminary Finals wrap
THE Dandenong Stingrays and Western Jets will play off in this year’s NAB League Girls grand final, after both sides fought out preliminary final wins. Western was the first side through having gotten the job done against Eastern on Friday night, while Dandenong defeated Geelong to confirm that the top Country and Metro regions would […]
Regional rivals play off for NAB League Girls Grand Final glory
FINALS time has arrived on the back of an enthralling NAB League Girls home-and-away season which went down to the wire. Now, two sides from each conference – Country and Metro – will play off to decide who will qualify for this year’s Grand Final. We preview both games, set to go down on Friday […]
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 […]
AFLW Present & Future Draft Watch: Deed earns chance
IN a new weekly piece on Rookie Me Central, we will be honing in on those players to remember for the AFLW Draft, present and future. With four new AFLW clubs joining the competition, spots will heat up, and players will be looking to put their best foot forward. Already this week one player has […]
2022 NAB League Girls Player of the Week: Round 4
EASTERN Ranges midfielder Bridget Deed is the Rookie Me Central NAB League Girls Player of the Week for Round 4. The Ranges skipper starred in her side’s third win for season 2022, a 51-point salute over the Northern Knights at Parade College on Saturday afternoon. Following in the footsteps of last week’s winner Charlotte Baskaran, Deed was the standout […]
Campbell, Ranges strive to build team bond
ASK most NAB League Girls prospects what they love most about football, and the team element of the game is often central to their answer. That is no different for Eastern Ranges tall Ava Campbell, who managed eight outings as a 15-year-old last year and is striving to rebuild some of the squad chemistry her […]
Pisano reflects on “surreal” 2021 feats
EASTERN Ranges forward Alyssia Pisano was the NAB League Girls leading goalkicker, a team of the year member, and Vic Metro Under 17 representative in 2021. All of that, at just 15-years-old. A year on, and Pisano began her bottom-age campaign brightly having earned Metro Under 18 and AFLW Academy selection heading into it. Reflecting […]
Ranges and Cannons to open NAB League Girls season
HAVING arrived sooner than usual, the 2022 NAB League Girls season is set to commence this weekend. Six games will take place across five venues and two states, in what is the first of an exciting 10-round season for Victoria and Tasmania’s brightest AFL Women’s draft hopefuls. We preview each of the six games and […]
