Darwin claims chocolates in thrilling qualifier
THIS past weekend saw the Northern Territory Football League Women’s (NTFLW) Premier League kick off its finals series for the 2021/22 season. With the ladder-leading Nightcliff Tigers having a week off thanks to their strong performances, there were two contests that took place at TIO Stadium, with both matches making things very interesting moving forward. […]
2022 AFLW Under 18 Championships confirmed
WESTERN Australia is set to face two other states in the AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships after the AFL announced a change to the 2022 edition today. Due to border restrictions, the Sandgropers were initially set to take on two WAFL Women’s clubs, as well as a potential head-to-head with South Australia in June. In […]
2022 AFLW debut season focus: Round 8
FOR the first time this season, there were no AFL Women’s debutants unveiled across the latest round of action, but plenty of rising stars impressed nonetheless. We take a look at how those in their debut campaigns performed this past weekend – either first-year players, or those who were yet to make their AFL Women’s […]
2022 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 2
AN even spread of all six West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s sides has seen each of the teams record between three and six representatives in the Rookie Me Central Round 2 Team of the Week. Claremont and Peel Thunder lead the way with six apiece, with fellow winners East Fremantle, and the three losing […]
AFLW Present & Future Draft Watch: Schirmer finds defensive home
IN a new weekly piece on Rookie Me Central, we will be honing in on those players to remember for the AFLW Draft, present and future. With four new AFLW clubs joining the competition, spots will heat up, and players will be looking to put their best foot forward. For this piece, we have looked […]
2022 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 4
GLENELG and North Adelaide have dominated our South Australian Football League (SANFL) Women’s Team of the Week for Round 4, contributing five players apiece to the 24-player squad. The two impressive winners were just ahead of record-breakers Sturt (four) and fellow victor Norwood (three). The losing sides had two or less, with South Adelaide, West […]
2022 SANFLW Player Focus: Sarah Goodwin
AFTER a promising debut season in the yellow and black, Glenelg‘s Sarah Goodwin has elevated her game to another level in 2022. The talented premiership player managed nine games in her first League season of 2021, and has played each of the four games thus far in 2022. A State Academy member, the slick, athletic […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 NAB League Girls – Round 6
HALF of the NAB League Girls games in Round 6 were decided by under a goal, as players stepped up to the plate in crunch moments. There were plenty of top individual performances along the way, which we outline in our latest Scouting Notes edition for the year. Note: All comments are opinion of the individual […]
Reserves wrap: VFLW Round 3 2022
ANOTHER weekend, another round of VFLW action for fans to enjoy. With plenty of AFLW stars across the various games trying to prove themselves and get back into their AFLW sides, let’s take a look at how they all went. Although there were no Tigers suiting up for Port Melbourne on the weekend, there were […]
Stat Leaders: 2022 AFL Women’s – Round 8
THE AFL Women’s Round 8 stat sheet is dominated by Brisbane after the Lions’ record-breaking win on Sunday. Emily Bates was among the standouts, but plenty more players produced big numbers across the latest weekend of AFLW action. Find out who as we take a look at this week’s stat leaders. >> AFLW Talking Points: Saturday | Sunday Bates […]
