Mullins relishes opportunities against the best
CONSECUTIVE seasons of representative experience and learning with the Brisbane Lions Academy means Charlotte Mullins has mixed it with the best. With the 2022 AFLW Under 18 National Championships recently concluded, draft hopefuls like Mullins have effectively completed the on-field portion of their junior talent pathway. Though there is a great deal of unknown surrounding […]
Up the Grades: Ryan dazzles on debut
WEST Adelaide unveiled another youngster at League level this past weekend, with promising midfielder Kobe Ryan dazzling in his senior debut. The top-age AFL Draft prospect had been in sparkling touch across five Under 18 games, and needed just one outing in the Reserves grade to earn his place among the SANFL’s top flight. Testing […]
WAFL Player Focus: Steely Green (South Fremantle)
EVERYONE loves a bolter, and West Australian Steely Green is a draft prospect putting his name up for that title early in the piece. Having earned the opportunity to undertake a senior preseason, the 18-year-old slotted straight into South Fremantle’s League side and has not looked out of place in his three games thus far. […]
SANFL releases 2022 state Under 18 squad
THE South Australian National Football League (SANFL) has today released the 2022 South Australian Under 18 squad, set to compete in this year’s National Championships across June and July. The 40-player crop is packed with key position talent, with a whopping 17 players measuring up at over 190cm. >> SCROLL to see the full squad […]
SANFL Player Focus: Jaiden Magor (South Adelaide)
POWERFUL inside ball winners are often some of the best watches for neutral fans, and South Adelaide prospect Jaiden Magor is trending as one of them. The midfielder-forward has started his top-age campaign strongly in the Panthers’ Under 18s side, and produced season-high numbers in his latest outing on Saturday. Despite his side going down […]
2022 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 12
CLAREMONT leads all-comers when it comes to representatives in our West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s Team of the Week for Round 12. The Tigers had half a dozen representatives in the side, with fellow winners East Fremantle and South Fremantle both having five apiece. Swan Districts (four) was the best of the losers, with […]
Bushby loving the challenges of WAFLW
WEST Australian AFL Women’s draft prospect Abbygail Bushby has enjoyed a steady rise in Australian rules football since returning to the code in the last couple of years. The Swan Districts midfielder-forward has gone from local football, to West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s action, to the national stage representing the Sandgropers and then most […]
2022 SANFLW Player Focus: Lana Schwerdt
PIECING together an incredibly consistent season, Lana Schwerdt has improved her draft stocks exponentially in 2022. The Norwood onballer has a nice balance of offensive and defensive traits, and since a quiet first couple of games to the season, has been incredibly reliable through the midfield. In her last eight games, Schwerdt has averaged 21.5 […]
Dual sport Smith looking to juggle loves
BRISBANE Lions Academy talent Ella Smith is looking to follow both her sporting passions into the future, with the high-level athlete excelling at both Australian rules football and rowing. Having to juggle them currently – with the latter causing her to miss the final AFLW Under 18 Championships match – Smith has found a good […]
Scouting Notes: WAFL Colts – Round 4
WEST Perth continued its unbeaten start to the 2022 WAFL Colts season, while Swan Districts got on the board at the fourth time of asking in Round 4. In this week’s edition of Scouting Notes from out West, we highlight the top performers from those respective games, before taking a look around the grounds and […]
