Stingrays striving to “showcase talent” on the big stage
FRIDAY night’s NAB League Girls Grand Final is the last hurdle Dandenong Stingrays will have to clear en route to completing an undefeated season. As the clear competition benchmark throughout 2022, the closest any side has come to usurping the ‘Rays is two points. That close encounter came against a team which was the best […]
AFLW Present & Future Draft Watch: Mature-age talents impress
IN a new weekly piece on Rookie Me Central, we hone 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. For this piece, we have looked at those […]
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 […]
Jets “full of confidence” ahead of historic decider
AHEAD of a historic maiden NAB League Grand Final berth, Western Jets coach Robbie Chancellor says his girl’s side is “full of confidence”. Nine-straight wins will do that, and the Jets have put together a remarkable season – breaking records left and right. The squad’s ongoing win streak smashed the previous club record of two, […]
PODCAST | Game Sense – Episode 14
EPISODE 14 of GAME SENSE is out now, again in a one-show drop. The latest Australian rules football podcast sees host and Rookie Me Central AFL/W Draft Editor Michael Alvaro take reign of the host’s chair, joined as usual by Chief Editor Peter Williams, and Women’s Football Analyst Alyce Collett to discuss all the latest women’s footballing talking points […]
2022 NAB League Girls: Repechage match wraps
PUTTING a full stop on their 2022 NAB League Girls season, the eight Victorian teams not competing in the finals series clashed for one last opportunity to grab a win, and for individuals to showcase some form. There were some ridiculous individual performances with a plethora of 30-plus disposal winners, and Gippsland Power grabbed their […]
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 […]
NAB League Girls Player Focus: Jasmine Fleming (Oakleigh Chargers)
AFTER making a dream run into the Oakleigh Chargers’ 2021 premiership team, Jasmine Fleming has lived up to the hype she generated as a bottom-ager. Building on the three games she managed last year, the 17-year-old has cemented her status as one of Victoria’s leading AFLW Draft prospects in 2022. Having shifted forward from her […]
