Marquee Matchup: Molly O’Hehir vs. Lou Painter
IN A stacked draft class filled with points of difference among similar role players, there is no shortage of players to compare to one another. In our AFLW Draft Guide exclusive Marquee Matchup, we take a look at two top 10 talents from opposite sides of the country in Bendigo Pioneers’ Lou Painter and South […]
Saints and Crocs lead five contenders in NTFL
A GAP between the top five and bottom five has formed at the halfway mark of the NTFL Men’s Premier Division season. Southern Districts and St Mary’s have capped off nine rounds of action with 7-1 records – including a bye apiece – six points clear of third placed Waratah. Tiwi Bombers and Nightcliff are […]
Three Players, One Dream: Jordan undeterred by draft disappointment
GEELONG VFL Women’s best and fairest winner Lily Jordan did not let the disappointment of missing out on reaching the top level in her draft year affect her on-field in 2024. The former GWV Rebels small forward chose to head down the coast to play for the Cats and focus purely on senior football in […]
Three Players, One Dream: Brilliant Baldwin opts for balancing act
ISLA Baldwin had a top-age season curtailed by injury, but it did not stop the over-ager from chasing her AFLW dream. She opted to play both VFLW and Talent League Girls, finishing equal second in Carlton’s VFLW Best and Fairest and has firmly put herself back in the AFLW Draft frame. That decision to play […]
Three Players, One Dream: Driven Fogarty looking “to be noticed”
GROWING up in a rugby heartland, talented multi-sport athlete Olivia Fogarty has never subscribed to the status quo. The former soccer player always enjoyed Aussie rules, but only decided to take it more “seriously” last year. The 26-year-old had a whirlwind first season with Ainslie in the AFL Canberra, attracting interest from AFLW clubs and […]
Mon Conti-nues to reign supreme at Tigerland
WITH the AFL Women’s season coming to a close, clubs are starting to award their club champions, recognising the stars of the season. In this new series from Rookie Me Central, we take a look at the seasons of each best and fairest winner and what led them to have such stellar seasons. In the […]
2024 AFLW Off-Season kicks off
WHILE the dust might not have even settled on North Melbourne’s groundbreaking maiden premiership over the weekend, all 18 clubs have quickly set their sights on 2025. In what is ultimately four-day turnaround from the grand final to the opening day of the off-season, the Restricted Free Agency and Delisted Free Agency Period opens today. […]
Three Players, One Dream: AFLW Draft journeys
THREE players with very different stories, taking three very different journeys to try and all achieve the same dream of reaching the AFL Women’s. In a special Rookie Me Central production ahead of the 2024 AFLW Draft, we spoke to Isla Baldwin, Olivia Fogarty and Lily Jordan post-season with the trio all draft chances 12 […]
AFL DRAFT | Why the 2025 Allies can repeat history
THE ALLIES made history in 2023 as the only squad of its kind to take out the AFL Under 18 National Championships title. No less, they were the first Allies team to win multiple games in a single campaign and ended up undefeated. 17 players went on to be drafted across the last two intakes. […]
2024 AFLW Season reviews: Top 6
ANOTHER season of the AFL Women’s competition is in the books, and with just four days between the grand final and the start of the Trade Period, we will quickly recap how each of the sides performed throughout the season. In the second of three articles, we review the middle six sides, what went right, […]
