WAWFL Weekly wrap: Preliminary finals
IT was a big week of preliminary finals in the Western Australian Women’s Football League (WAWFL), with two Peel Thunderbirds playing off in a Grand Final this weekend, while their seniors stumbled at the last hurdle. Subiaco took their place in the last game of the season while Claremont (Reserves) and East Fremantle (Rogers Cup) […]
Team Selection: VFLW – Round 16
ROUND 16 marks the final round of the Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s home and away season. While the top four might be locked in, teams will still be looking to finish strongly. Two debutants look to take to the field this week alongside an array of changes. The last round of the 2018 season […]
Two years of footy enough for Rachelle Martin to blossom
HAILING from the Yorke Peninsula, which is about two hours from Adelaide, Rachelle Martin moved to the City of Churches for university. Little did she know, she would start playing Australian Rules and begin what has been a successful career so far. Despite being a 19 year-old, Martin was selected to represent the Central Allies in the […]
Weekend Previews: TAC Cup – Round 16
THE final round of the TAC Cup is here and for four sides, it will be the last round before a week off ahead of finals. Three sides – Sandringham Dragons, Oakleigh Chargers and Murray Bushrangers – are battling for the last two positions in the top four, while there are still plenty of moves […]
Team Selection: TAC Cup – Round 16
AFTER a long and exciting season of TAC Cup action, the final round of the competition is here, and there are some huge inclusions. It appears a number of players racing against time to be back for finals are returning, with Jye Caldwell, Charlie Sprague and Mitch Riordan all back into their respective teams in […]
Boles dared to dream, then followed her passion
IT began as a dare from her uncle, but it did not take long for Esther Boles to fall in love with football. At first, it was the ability to “pummel” others into the ground, but then the AFL Women’s took shape and so many footballers she had grown up watching and playing alongside in South Australia […]
TSL Women’s weekly wrap: Round 17
TO ensure even fixturing throughout the season, just the one match was played on the penultimate weekend, with Glenorchy getting an easy win over Tigers to lock up the minor premiership with a round to spare. TIGERS 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 (6)GLENORCHY 2.2 | 4.8 | 10.10 | 13.14 (92) GOALS: Tigers: B. […]
Number Crunching: VFLW – Round 15
WITH only one home and away round left, it is time to look into the players who are leading in goals kicked for the 2018 Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s season. With 18 goals, Darebin’s Hannah Mouncey has consistently been in the top spot. Mouncey’s debut season in the VFLW has been important for lifting […]
Family-oriented Sonia Dorizzi goes from shock to success in football career
WEST Australian (WA) ruck, Sonia Dorizzi started playing football when she was 15 years old. She would spend lots of time with her family kicking a football around or smashing a cricket ball, and she was all ears when she found out her cousin was playing for a local club, wanting to try out her […]
Team of the Week: TAC Cup – Round 15
IMPRESSIVE wins to Calder Cannons, Gippsland Power and Oakleigh Chargers have resulted in each of the three sides contributing three representatives to the AFL Draft Central TAC Cup Team of the Week for Round 15. Meanwhile other winners, the Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels and Northern Knights had two each, as did Geelong Falcons and Murray Bushrangers. It […]
