Grand Final the culmination of a long journey for the Bombers
SUNDAY’S VFL Women’s Grand Final is about more than the culmination of a single campaign for Essendon. Season 2022 could not have been more different from back in 2018, when the Bombers first joined the VFLW. A one-win year saw them comfortably finish last on the ladder back then, but fast forward four years and […]
2022 AFLW Draft team review: Adelaide
REIGNING AFL Women’s premier, Adelaide entered the 2022 AFLW Draft in a different space, having competition for the best South Australian talent. With Port Adelaide entering the elite level, the Crows had to select shrewdly in between the Power’s picks, and brought in two readymade talents who can impact at senior level, as well as […]
NAB League Player Focus: Arie Schoenmaker (Tasmania Devils)
STEPPING up in the absence of top-age Allies representatives Lachlan Cowan and Tom McCallum, bottom-age Tasmania Devils prospect Arie Schoenmaker has been a recent revelation in his side’s backline. The 193cm talent possesses a sweet left foot and reads the play well, essentially combining what the aforementioned Devils leaders do so well as a pair. […]
2022 NAB League Boys Team of the Week: Round 11
FOUR regions have contributed at least three players each to our NAB League Team of the Week for Round 11, after impressive wins respectively. Check out who made the full 24-man squad, and three emergency spots below. PLAYER OF THE WEEK: A brilliant performance from Greater Western Victoria (GWV) over-ager Hamish Sinnott saw him earn […]
2022 AFLW Draft: Club-by-club selections
A TOTAL of 83 players joined the AFL Women’s ranks last night, from some of the most anticipated young stars to some surprise packets that never expected it in their wildest dreams, when they were selected in the 2022 AFLW Draft. Here is an easy club-by-club wrap up of who got taken. >> 2022 AFLW […]
2022 AFLW Draft: Pick by Pick
THE 2022 AFL Women’s Draft is done and dusted for another year, and here is how the picks all went down tonight. Round 11 (Sydney) – Montana Ham (Western Jets FC)2 (Hawthorn) – Jasmine Fleming (Oakleigh Chargers)3 (Port Adelaide) – Hannah Ewings (North Adelaide)4 (Essendon) – Amber Clarke (Dandenong Stingrays)5 (Sydney) – Sofia Hurley (Sandringham […]
WAFLW Draft Combine invitee notes: Preliminary Final
NOW the AFLW Draft Combine invitees have been named, the focus of the weekly West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s Academy notes will look to those draft-eligible players and how they perform each round. These notes will be separate to the game-by-game notes, which will focus on bottom-age talents and others who catch the eye. […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 NAB League – Round 11
IT was time to step up for many solid NAB League operators in Round 11, as representative stars were away on National Championships duty. With usual suspects stepping into bigger roles and fresh faces continuing to come through, there were a bunch of players to highlight in the latest edition of Scouting Notes. All notes […]
2022 RM Central WAFLW Team of the Year
AS the 2022 West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s Grand Final approaches, Rookie Me Central has named its final WAFL Women’s Team of the Year. The 24-player squad, which was derived from the 48-player extended squad named last week, was chosen based on regular season Team of the Week nominations. All players with seven or […]
Caught the Eye: June 2022 – Championships in full swing
REPRESENTATIVE season is in full swing, with the Under 16 and 18 National Championships taking over the headlines this past weekend. There is more to look forward to soon, but not without one final recap of what went down in the latest edition of Caught the Eye. A double-header at Thebarton Oval saw two very […]
