2024 AFLW Draft preview: Essendon Bombers
ESSENDON would have been thrilled coming away from the AFL Trade Period by finishing with an additional Top 10 pick and a third top 30 selection in the deepest AFLW Draft to-date. The Bombers will add two top-end talents to its finals-quality list and four players who will provide serious depth to the team. >> FREE: View […]
2024 AFLW Draft Positional Analysis: Wingers
IN THE lead-up to next week’s AFLW Draft, we’re breaking down some of the available prospects in each area. Today we take a look at the specialist wingers, as well as those wingers who have also shown enough versatility to play in a secondary position throughout the year. >> GENERAL DEFENDERS>> GENERAL FORWARDS>> VERSATILE MIDFIELDERS […]
2024 AFLW Draft preview: Collingwood Magpies
COLLINGWOOD slumped to its first women’s wooden spoon in club history, and the first by the Magpies’ program since 1999. It was a culmination of injuries and players learning a new system under new coach Sam Wright, with a rebuild underway for the black and whites. >> FREE: View the 2024 AFLW Draft Guide 2024 RECORD: 18th, 1-10, […]
Harrington grateful for “amazing” opportunity
QUEENSLAND AFLW Draft prospect Tara Harrington has not been lost on just how valuable the experiences have been for her over the last couple of years. Speaking to Rookie Me Central at the National Draft Combine, Harrington said despite missing the bulk of the year through injury, still felt connected thanks to assisting with the […]
2025 Victorian summer hub squads released
VICTORIA’s most talented boys and girls from across the state will converge on the first of two camps in the next week, with Vic Country and Vic Metro’s summer hub squads released today. The hubs serve as the first preparations for the 2025 AFL and AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships with players primarily top-agers (2007-born) […]
2024 AFLW Draft Positional Analysis: Versatile Midfielders
IN THE lead-up to next week’s AFLW Draft, we’re breaking down some of the available prospects in each area. Today we take a look at the midfielders who have a clear secondary position be it forward or back. However those incredible athletes good enough to be ruck-midfielders will be in the ruck positional analysis. >> […]
RECAP | 2024 AFLW Trade Period
THE 2024 AFLW Trade Period has been run and done, with plenty of players finding new homes. Here is a quick summary of all that happened. Adelaide In: Grace Kelly and picks 12 and 43Out: Najwa Allen, Tayla Levy, Hannah Ewings and Picks 16, 34 and 52 Brisbane In: Picks 15 and 39Out: Picks 17, […]
2024 AFLW Draft preview: Carlton Blues
CARLTON made wholesale changes to its list over the off-season with six delistings and one retirement, while bringing in a couple of Irish rookies and Gold Coast Suns’ skipper. Able to hold onto their first two selections, the Blues moved up for their third and what will be their final, selection at the death. >> FREE: View […]
Mim is On: Strom rewarded with Fremantle’s top honour
AS THE AFL Women’s season starts to wind down, clubs are starting to award their club best and fairest awards, recognising the stars of the season. In this new series from Rookie Me Central, we take a look at the seasons of these club champions and what led them to have such stellar seasons. Next […]
2024 AFLW Draft preview: Brisbane Lions
GRAND Finalists Brisbane will look to find the answer to go back to the premiership dais, having fallen one win short of consecutive AFL Women’s flags. With just the two retirements over the off-season, the Lions have kept the list intact, and shuffled up the draft order by two picks. >> FREE: View the 2024 AFLW Draft […]
