New-look Roosters remain a contender
NORTH Adelaide will be almost unrecognisable towards the back-end of the season, with half of its premiership team set to make way for new faces by the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s finals series. Coach Krissie Steen is coming off a second flag in three seasons with the red and white, but will […]
PODCAST | Game Sense Ep 17 – 2023 SANFLW preview
ANOTHER year, and another season of Game Sense, the Rookie Me Central podcast dedicated to women’s football. In the first episode of 2023, host and AFLW Draft Editor Michael Alvaro, and Chief Editor Peter Williams take a deep dive into the SANFL Women’s competition which kicks off on Friday night. >> SCROLL TO LISTEN TO […]
Docker Staunton “just lucky” for GIANT opportunity
BOLTING out of relative obscurity into the AFL Women’s Academy, GWS GIANTS Academy member Melanie Staunton is one name to keep an eye on in 2023. Though she describes her rise from Ulladulla Dockers talent to AFLW Academy as “just lucky”, the 18-year-old is certainly not taking her incredible opportunity lightly. Tasting life as an […]
WAFLW 23 Under 23 in 2023: #8 Jorja Haines
AS PART of a new series leading into the 2023 Western Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s season, we count down 23 players to watch who are under 23. We are only looking at those players who were born January 1, 2000 or later, have played a WAFL Women’s senior match and have never been on […]
“Full circle moment” for Edwards as Bays set for 2023
YELLOW and black are colours that suit new Glenelg coach Lexia Edwards, with the former Yeronga South Brisbane mentor returning to the Bay where she played 15 games from 2018-19. Heading up to Queensland for a stint with the Devils where she would ultimately end up coaching, Edwards returned to Adelaide to go back to […]
Finals become clearer but not all is done and dusted
THE Northern Territory Football League Women’s (NTFLW)’s penultimate round of the saw the ladder settle a little ahead of finals, but it is not all set in stone as the season comes to a conclusion next week. In an enthralling top three clash it was St Mary’s who prevailed over Waratah by 13 points. It […]
Love for Swans sees Turner Funk return
OVERAGE AFL Women’s draft hopeful Asha Turner Funk has her sights set on obtaining an elite level list spot in the future, but is hoping to make the most of a second chance at the AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships. The 167cm midfielder turns 19 in April, and was among the players to earn an […]
WAFLW 23 Under 23 in 2023: #9 Anjelique Raison
AS PART of a new series leading into the 2023 Western Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s season, we count down 23 players to watch who are under 23. We are only looking at those players who were born January 1, 2000 or later, have played a WAFL Women’s senior match and have never been on […]
Consistency the key for Redlegs
NEW Norwood coach Brad Snell has identified four quarter consistency as the key for Norwood to bounce back into the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s finals series. The Redlegs missed the post-season series for the first time in women’s club history, which Snell puts down to lapses in performance from quarter to quarter. […]
Buffs book NTFL finals spot
DARWIN Buffaloes secured their 2022/23 Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) Men’s Premier League finals spot after a commanding 12-goal thrashing of Wanderers in the penultimate round on Saturday. The Buffaloes needed a victory to ensure a place in the post-season series, with PINT sitting just two points behind the Buffaloes heading into Darwin’s match with […]
