Weekend preview: 2020/21 NTFL Men’s Premier League – Round 17
THE top five sides will likely be finalised in Round 17 of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) Men’s Premier League, with the minor premiership also in Nightcliff’s sights as finals time draws ever closer. Waratah and Darwin are the only teams within the finals spots set to face off this weekend, while the remaining […]
2021 AFL Women’s: Round 3 preview – Four of the top six lock horns on blockbuster weekend
ROUND 3 of the 2021 AFL Women’s season sees two sets of undefeated sides lock horns to find out whose ‘0’ will go, while teams just outside the top six battle to emerge as finals threats. As was the case last time around, fixtures have been shuffled and one matchup – between Brisbane and West […]
Exciting Schirmer strives for consistency in 2021
SOUTH Adelaide high-flyer Gypsy Schirmer is striving to become a more consistent player in 2021, with the exciting prospect now firmly on the draft radar after a breakthrough 2020 campaign. Schirmer’s X-factor and versatility helped her crack South’s senior lineup and her state’s Under 18 All-Star fixture last year, with inclusion in this year’s AFL […]
Prowse set for a positional change in 2021
ZOE Prowse is one of South Australia’s leading Under 18 Women’s football prospects. The promising Sturt youngster will be eligible for the AFL Women’s Draft at the end of the 2021 season, and she has generated plenty of buzz in women’s football circles in a short space of time. While Prowse did gain some football […]
Weekend preview: 2020/21 NTFL Women’s Premier League – Round 17
THE PENULTIMATE round of Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) Women’s Premier League action bounces down on Saturday, with all games spread out across the day and set to be played at four separate venues. A top-of-the-table clash between Pint and Darwin headlines the fixtures list, while Southern Districts’ meeting with Nightcliff serves as the sole […]
Peel prepares for 2021 after “whirlwind” season
TWELVE months ago, Peel Thunder was coming off a wooden spoon with bucketloads of young talent and little expectations on them ahead of the 2020 West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s season. Fast forward to 2021, and the Thunder have turned from the hunter into the hunted, having experienced a “whirlwind” of a season to […]
Claremont prepared for 2021 despite shortened preseason
WITH a hugely interrupted 2020 season in the books, the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s returns on February 20, and Claremont Women’s are looking to step up their game from last season despite a shorter preseason in the books. Head coach Andrew Di Loreto – who is also backline coach with the West Coast […]
Lishmund looks to the one-percenters
NORWOOD youngster Alana Lishmund hardly looked out of place last year in her debut SANFL Women’s season. In 2021, the exciting midfielder-forward is turning towards the one-percenters and focusing on her strengths as she strives to become one of South Australia’s next AFL Women’s products. “Personally, (my goal is) to just keep up the one-percenters,” […]
Stat Leaders: NAB League Girls Round 1 – Rowbottom, Baskaran dominate opening weekend
THE OPENING round of NAB League Girls action for 2021 saw the cream rise to the top after 11 months away from competitive football, with a couple of metro gems dominating the stats sheet. Draft Central Player of the Week nominees Charlotte Baskaran (winner) and Charlie Rowbottom topped the charts in multiple areas and both […]
WAFL Women’s to return on February 20
THE wait for the return of the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s competition is almost over, with the 2021 season fixture released this week and teams set to do battle from the weekend of February 20. Initially touted to start next weekend, the season was pushed back a week, with the 2021 WAFL Women’s […]
