2020 SANFL Women’s team summaries: WWT Eagles
WITH no football on given the current COVID-19 global pandemic, the Draft Central team takes a look at where the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s left off, and will examine each of the eight teams from reverse ladder order. Today’s team summary is Woodville-West Torrens. RECORD: 6th (1-3) RESULTS: R1: lost to South […]
Get to know: Ethan Hunt (Gold Coast Academy/Allies)
AS the postponement of all seasons commenced over the last few weeks, we head back to the pre-season where we sat down with a number of athletes across the country. In a special Question and Answer (Q&A) feature, Draft Central‘s Peter Williams chatted with Gold Coast SUNS Academy prospect Ethan Hunt at the Queensland pre-season […]
Classic Contests: Stingrays hold off Dragons in top four battle
IF you are missing footy like we are, then let us somewhat salvage that with a look back in a new series of Classic Contests. In today’s contest we look at one of the would-have-been Round 5 clashes in the NAB League this year between the Dandenong Stingrays and Sandringham Dragons. In this edition, we […]
2020 Top 10 AFLW matches: #6 – Demons cause opening round upset over flag favourites
COMING in at number six of our Top 10 count of the best AFL Women’s games for season is the Demons first round win over premiership favourites North Melbourne in a nail-biting contest at Casey Fields. Here’s how we recalled the game: Melbourne has claimed a huge scalp in the opening round of the AFL […]
The Debate: Should the AFL Draft age be lifted?
IT is an age-old debate that has carried on long before the COVID-19 global pandemic brought pathway programs to a halt, but in the past month, the arguments for and against have begun flowing for lifting the minimum draft age. With the realisation that at the very least, the top-age group will have limited exposure […]
Club legend takes reign as coach at Crocs
SOUTHERN Districts has appointed club legend and Under 18s coach, Matt Cannard to lead its Men’s Premier League side in the 2020/21 Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) season. The premiership player and Nichols Medalist (league best and fairest) takes over from another club stalwart in Shannon Rusca as Crocs’ coach after nine years at the […]
Classic Contests: Falcons scrape home under Friday night lights
IF you are missing footy like we are, then let us somewhat salvage that with a look back in a new series of Classic Contests. In today’s contest we look at one of the would-have-been Round 5 clashes in the NAB League this year between the Calder Cannons and Geelong Falcons. In this edition, we […]
2020 Top 10 AFLW matches: #7 – Suns and Lions play out draw in inaugural clash
NEITHER side could be separated in the first women’s Q-Clash with the Lions and Suns walking away with two points apiece. It was a hard-fought battle between the two sides, who both tried to assert themselves with their physicality around the contest. The conditions ultimately played into the hands of Lions early but the Suns […]
Q&A: Archie Perkins (Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro)
AS the postponement of all seasons commenced over the last few weeks, we head back to the pre-season a month earlier where we sat down with a number of athletes across the country. In a special Question and Answer (Q&A) feature, Draft Central‘s Peter Williams chatted with Sandringham Dragons’ Archie Perkins at the NAB League Fitness […]
2020 SANFL Women’s team summaries: Central District
agaiWITH no football on given the current COVID-19 global pandemic, the Draft Central team takes a look at where the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s left off, and will examine each of the eight teams from reverse ladder order. Today’s team summary begins with Central District. RECORD: 8th (1-3) RESULTS: R1: defeated Norwood […]
