Swans and Giants enter Talent League Girls
SYDNEY Swans and GWS Giants fans have another competition to keep an eye on this weekend, with the New South Wales Academies taking part in the Coates Talent League Girls competition for the first time in 2024. Having taken part the last few years as a way of involving the Northern Academies and assisting in […]
2024 AFL Sydney Women’s Premier preview: Round 3
A BLOCKBUSTER third round of action sees two of the title contenders go head-to-head at Gipps Road Ovals with Parramatta Goannas up against East Coast Eagles. Both sides have quality lineups and will be wanting to go 2-0 to start the season with the Eagles still missing some quality players and the Goannas keen to […]
Giant success for GWS at Under 16s carnival
GWS GIANTS Academy enjoyed taking out the 2024 AFL Women’s Under 16 Championships, picking up wins over Tasmania and Northern Territory to be the only undefeated team in Pool B. The Giants knocked off Tasmania by 32 points in game one on Friday, before a comfortable 44-point victory over Northern Territory on Monday. Those results […]
Rebranded Goannas slay new Dragons
PARRAMATTA Goannas proved too strong for St George Dragons, running out 64-point winners over the newest AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division franchise. The Goannas held the Dragons scoreless in St George’s inaugural match, with the final score being 9.10 (64) to 0.0 (0). St George’s entry into the competition went as expected, with the young […]
Swans’ Smith chases dream in Harbour City
TOP-AGE Sydney Swans Academy member Taylor Smith has quite the local awards cabinet for a budding AFL Women’s draft hopeful, with the Nelson Bay local hoping to make the most of her 2024 season. Often making the three-hour-plus trek from her home to train with the Swans Academy, the teenager is hoping the hard yards […]
2024 AFL Sydney Women’s Premier preview: Round 1
THIS weekend the 2024 AFL Sydney Women’s Premier League gets underway and there have been huge practical changes over the summer leading into the season. However the main question on everybody’s lips is, can anybody stop the East Coast Eagles? Their preseason form has been excellent and throughout the Queanbeyan Cup they kept other sides […]
2024 Summer Series: Swans Academy vs. Giants Academy
SYDNEY Swans Academy won bragging rights over GWS Giants Academy in the final round of the 2024 Under 22s Summer Series. After both sides faced the best Under 22s from AFL Sydney and AFL Canberra, it was the Swans – who went down to AFL Sydney – knocking off the previously undefeated Giants in a […]
2024 Summer Series: Giant comeback to remain undefeated
GWS Giants Academy produced an impressive fourth term to run over the top of the AFL Sydney Under 22s to produce a memorable three-point win at Alan Ray Oval in Ainslie last weekend. In the second round of matches for the 2024 Summer Series, both the Swans and Giants Academies picked up victories, with the […]
2024 Summer Series: AFL Sydney sees off Swans
AFL Sydney’s top Under 22 prospects knocked off the Sydney Swans Academy in the first round of a three-round Summer Series under a new AFL NSW/ACT initiative. The Swans and Giants Academies, along with the Under 22s from both AFL Sydney and AFL Canberra took to the field last week in the first week of […]
Q&A: Charlie McCormack (Giants Academy)
GIANTS Academy tall Charlie McCormack made waves during last year’s Under 18 National Championships with his high marking and goal conversion rate. Now, the spring-heeled forward is back as an over-ager looking to have another crack at being drafted. McCormack hails from Ariah Park – about a three-hour drive from Canberra and five hours to […]