Undefeated Metro regions open NAB League Girls Round 3
ANOTHER round of NAB League Girls action is upon us, with four of the scheduled six games set to take place at Highgate Recreation Reserve – including an all-country triple-header on Sunday. In what promises to be one of the games of the round undefeated Metro sides Eastern Ranges and Sandringham Dragons do battle on […]
Stat Leaders: 2022 NAB League Girls – Round 2
ROUND 2 of the 2022 NAB League Girls season saw an even spread of stars top the charts in a stats sense. Western Jets’ Charlotte Baskaran was among the standouts in her maiden outing for the season, but there were plenty more players who rose to the occasion in Round 2. Find out who as […]
O’Rourke looking for the right experience
HAVING started out in football when she was “quite young,” Bendigo Pioneers bottom-ager Bryde O’Rourke remains on the search for experience as she readies for her draft eligible campaign, in 2023. Last season, she made her NAB League Girls debut and featured four more times, enough to earn a Vic Country Under 17 nod. Naturally, […]
PODCAST | Game Sense – Episode 7
EPISODE seven of GAME SENSE is out now. The latest Australian rules football podcast sees host and Rookie Me Central AFL/W Draft Editor Michael Alvaro, join Chief Editor Peter Williams and women’s football analyst Alyce Collett on Game Sense. Episode seven features interviews from a couple of Sandringham Dragons and a West Adelaide talent, as […]
2022 NAB League Girls Team of the Week: Round 2
FOUR NAB League Girls sides have shared in the equal-most players in the Round 2 Rookie Me Central NAB League Girls Team of the Week. The biggest winner of the weekend was Dandenong Stingrays who belted Gippsland Power by 135 points, receiving three players in the Team of the Week. Sandringham Dragons also had three […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 NAB League Girls – Round 2
ROUND 2 of the 2022 NAB League Girls season played host to record breaking scores, a couple of thrillers, and a grand upheaval of the reigning premier. There were plenty of top individual performances along the way, which we outline in our second Scouting Notes edition for the year. Note: All comments are opinion of the […]
2022 NAB League Girls Player of the Week: Round 2
DANDENONG Stingrays midfielder Charley Ryan is the Rookie Me Central NAB League Girls Player of the Week for Round 2. The top-ager starred in her side’s record-breaking 135-point win over the Gippsland Power at Churchill on Saturday, continuing her strong start to the season. The 17-year-old put up huge numbers, collecting 26 disposals, six marks, six inside 50s […]
2022 NAB League Girls: Round 2 wrap
ROUND 2 of the 2022 NAB League Girls season was headlined by a super Saturday of football, which featured five of the weekend’s six fixtures. Among the results, Geelong Falcons won in a thriller, Dandenong Stingrays completed a comprehensive belting, and Sandringham Dragons upset the reigning premier. We recap the action from each game in […]
Wilcox thrives on culture and contest
AT 158cm, it would be easy for Northern Knights forward Rylie Wilcox to let others contribute the hard yards in contested situations. While damaging in space with speed to burn and perpetual motion akin to the Energizer Bunny, the soccer convert defies her size to thrive on the contested side of football. “I love the […]
Keck taking things to the next level
BENDIGO Pioneers bottom-ager Lila Keck has plenty of sources of inspiration as a bottom-ager in the NAB League, with the potential to see to cohorts worth of teammates step up to the AFL Women’s before getting the opportunity herself. As a debutant in 2021, the 16-year-old played six games and earned Vic Country Under 17 […]
