NT AFLW Under 17s clash goes down to the wire as 14-year-old forward shines
IN a grandstand finish fit for the representative football occasion, Team Baird took out the first game win over Team Ponter in the Northern Territory’s AFL Women’s Under 17 Championships clash. Whilst Baird won by a point – 7.7 (49) to 7.6 (48) – it was the impressive effort of 14-year-old Rania Shelford up forward […]
WAFL Week 2 Finals preview: Lions and Bulldogs face off for grand final spot
SUBIACO Lions and South Fremantle Bulldogs will face off for a spot in the 2021 West Australian Football League (WAFL) Grand Final when they lock horns in the semi-final on the weekend. Just four teams remain in the race for the title, with the loser of the major semi-final to look horns with the winner […]
Tasmanian Statewide Women’s Grand Final: Glenorchy vs. Ulverstone
THE best of the best women’s football teams in Tasmania have been decided, with the Southern Football League (SFL) premiers Glenorchy taking on the Northern Women’s Football League (NWFL) premiers Ulverstone this weekend. The Magpies defeated Claremont in the SFL Grand Final last weekend despite only having 15 players onfield, and will be looking to […]
2021 AFLW U17 Championships preview: Northern Territory
REPRESENTATIVE action is back on the field for the next generation of aspiring AFL Women’s footballers. The Under 17 All-Star games in Northern Territory and Queensland will give staff, fans and recruiters alike a chance to see players who are draft-eligible in the coming years face-off in a battle of the best of the best. […]
QAFL Grand Final preview: Maroochydore and Broadbeach face off for maiden senior men’s flag
WITH the football season coming to an end, the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) is ramping up preparations ahead of their grand final match this weekend. The game is scheduled for 2:30pm on Saturday at Southport’s Fankhauser Reserve. The normality of proceedings will be a welcome change after a COVID-interrupted 2020 season, and with the […]
2021 SANFL Under 18s Grand Final – Glenelg vs. WWT Eagles
WOODVILLE-West Torrens Eagles will be out to win their third flag in four years in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Under 18s competition, after reaching the 2021 grand final following a consistent year in the state’s top junior competition. They take on minor premiers Glenelg, who had an additional three wins, though the […]
A look back – 2020’s AFL Draft cult heroes
WITH a lot less live football to trawl through last year, there was plenty of time for keen draft watchers to think about a range of topics, ideas and categories in regards to the class of 2020. In the build-up to draft day, the Final Siren Podcast team took a look at some of the […]
Down but not out – Draft prospects struck down by long-term injuries
ON top of disruptions and an overall lack of complete opportunity for many budding draft prospects over the last two years, the ever-present misfortune of injuries has also lingered. Some said tongue-in-cheek last year that if there was any time to suffer a long-term injury, especially as a Victorian, 2020 would have been it. That […]
2020 AFL Draft Standouts: Geelong and Port Adelaide
AHEAD of the 2021 AFL National Draft, we cast our eyes back 12 months ago to when the newest draftees had their names read out, and what they have accomplished since at the elite level. In the fifth piece of 2020 AFL Draft standouts (first chance at AFL level), we look at the 3rd and […]
PODCAST EXPLAINER | The Midfielder’s Draft
THE Final Siren Podcast team returned this week for another pocket podcast edition, this time breaking down why the upcoming AFL intake has been deemed a midfielder’s draft. Chief Editor Peter Williams again took over the host chair to grill Draft Editor Michael Alvaro on some of the prime midfielders available, and why they are […]
