2021 NAB League Girls preview: Elimination Finals
AFTER nine rounds of home-and-away tussles, the 2021 NAB League Girls season rolls on into its first week of finals. The eight qualifying teams hail from two seperate pools, with four from the Metro regions and four from the Country selection, including Tasmania. Oakleigh Chargers, who finished first in their pool and top overall, will […]
Next Gen gripes: The Academy prospects who will have recruiters sweating
THE SHIFT in Next Generation Academy (NGA) related rules means clubs will only be able to match bids which come after pick 20 in this year’s draft, with the ‘first dibs’ concession set to be pushed back to pick 40 in 2022. Still, there will be a few clubs sweating on the form of their […]
Top Performers: 2021 NAB League Girls – Round 9
THE 2021 NAB League Girls competition returned for its ultimate home-and-away round ahead of finals, with seven games filling out a bumper weekend. Our weekly (self explanatory) Top Performers series delves into some of the best individual feats across each weekend of action. This week produced plenty of highlights as players continue to impress in the […]
Stat Leaders: 2021 NAB League Girls – Round 9
THE 2021 NAB League Girls season rolled on into its final home-and-away round over the weekend, with six of the seven fixtures played on Saturday. There were a number of outstanding individual performances among the Round 9 action, as competition resumed on the eve of finals. We take a look at this week’s stat leaders, […]
Young Guns: 2021 VFL Round 2 – NAB Leaguers filter into the state league
WITH the NAB League in the midst a month-long break after three full rounds of action, some of Victoria’s most promising Under 19 talent has begun to filter into the Victorian Football League (VFL). A raft of top-age draft prospects made their state league debuts in Round 2, while members of all four Northern Academies […]
The Graduates: 2021 VFLW – Round 8
A HEAP of young prospects are now filtering through the Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s competition, with the revamped structure allowing Under 18 and 19 NAB League players to align with state league sides as both seasons run concurrently. Despite the NAB League’s resumption, Round 8 saw plenty of young talent scattered across each state […]
2021 NAB League Girls Team of the Week: Round 9
IT was as if the competition saved its best until last, with the Draft Central NAB League Girls Team of the Week for Round 9 being the toughest one yet. Without a doubt, cutting the shortlist from 34 names was a difficult one, and even then, the individual midfield performances – and high-scoring goal efforts […]
2021 Draft Central NAB League Girls Player of the Week: Round 9
IN a Draft Central first, the evenness of the voting between Tasmania Devils’ Perri King and Murray Bushrangers’ Keeley Skepper in our Facebook group (within one per cent fluctuation), has meant that the two players become the first shared NAB League Girls Player of the Week nominations. Both had outstanding games in their own right […]
VFLW Player focus: Elizabeth Snell (Essendon)
IT might not have ended in the result the Bombers might have liked, but Essendon teenager Elizabeth Snell was again busy in her debut season at the state league level. Sharing her duties between Bendigo Pioneers and the VFL Women’s competition, Snell opted to continue her stay at the state league level rather than play […]
2021 NAB League Girls: Round 9 wrap – Finals places locked in
THE ultimate 2021 NAB League Girls home-and-away round was completed over the weekend, with finals fixtures locked in as each region returned after nearly a month away from competition. For some teams, Round 9 presented the opportunity to finish their season of a high, while those in the postseason hunt were able to get back […]
