WAFLW Round 11 wrap: Thunder in third as Sharks maul Swans
PEEL Thunder is back in third spot after a big win over West Perth in Round 11 of the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s competition. Meanwhile, East Fremantle held Swan Districts to just one goal in a 40-point victory, whilst in the closest game of the round, Claremont slotted four last quarter goals to […]
AFLW U18s Player Focus: Ella Smith (Queensland)
AS the sole Brisbane Lions Academy member in the AFL Women’s Academy, Ella Smith is one player hoping to build on a successful couple of pre-draft years. The inside midfielder has added extra elements to her game in 2022, with the hard-nosed inside contested ball-winning player spending time on the wing and outside to show […]
AFLW U18s Player Focus: Montana Ham (Vic Metro)
WESTERN Jets star Montana Ham has produced a remarkable end to her top-age campaign, culminating in a fairy tale NAB League Girls premiership and Vic Metro MVP honours. In the feature game of Friday’s AFLW Under 18 National Championship triple-header, she stepped up in a big way but could not quite will her Metro side […]
Scouting notes: AFLW U18s – Triple Header
A TRIPLE header at Avalon Airport Oval ended the 2022 AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships for the two Victorian sides – Country and Metro – as well as South Australia and Western Australia. We took note of some of the top performers from each of the six sides, including the Allies and Queensland who will […]
Miller constantly looking for improvement
AS a Southport junior who has come through the Sharks program and into the Gold Coast and Queensland representative sides, Caitlin Miller is always looking to improve. The small utility has been playing forward at hte 2022 AFLW Under 18 Championships, but is capable of playing anywhere, having picked up plenty of tricks over the […]
AFLW U18s Player Focus: Ella Roberts (Western Australia)
ONE player who came into the 2022 AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships with higher expectations than anyone else was reigning Most Valuable Player (MVP) Ella Roberts. The potential top pick not only earned the gong as top player of last year’s Under 19s tournament as a 16-year-old, but also won All-Australian honours, something she will […]
Lemmey at ’em – Westies prospect back in action
TOP West Adelaide draft prospect Harry Lemmey is set to return to SANFL action this weekend, after being named in the Bloods’ side to face Norwood on Sunday. The pick one contender has only played one of his side’s three League games thus far, missing Rounds 1 and 3 through health and safety protocols. In […]
WAFLW Round 10 preview: Falcons to get second crack at Thunder
AFTER a forgettable 118-point West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s loss to Peel Thunder three weeks earlier, West Perth will get a second chance to take it up to the reigning premiers, this time with more available players. That game is one of two on Sunday, with second placed Claremont looking to make life even […]
Country comeback falls short against Queensland
IN the final match of the triple-header of AFLW Under-18 Championship games at Avalon Airport Oval on Friday, Queensland proved just too strong for Vic Country in a thrilling encounter. Keeping in tradition with the previous two games of the day, the match went right down to the wire, with Country overcoming a slow start […]
SANFLW Round 10 preview: Redlegs’ huge opportunity
AFTER a week’s break over Easter, the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s competition is back and raring to go for Round 10. Stretched across three days of the long weekend, Woodville-West Torrens and Glenelg have a special Anzac Day fixture, whilst Norwood and West Adelaide face off under lights tonight.
