AFLW Draft Q&A: Annabelle Foat
QUEENSLAND top-ager Annabelle Foat is a name to remember for the upcoming 2025 season, with the sporty talent a strong inside midfielder with nice footy IQ at stoppages. Speaking to Rookie Me Central at the recent Queensland Preseason Testing Day, she outlined her football journey, gamestyle and goals for the year ahead. Q: Annabelle, Can […]
SANFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #7 Mikaylah Antony
ONE PLAYER who really caught the eye in her bottom-age season was Central District’s Mikaylah Antony, with the running defender able to show enough promising talent throughout the SANFLW season that she got a call-up to the South Australian Under 18s side and ended up playing all three games for the Croweaters. MIKAYLAH ANTONY PROFILE […]
Preseason Q&A: Jai Murray (Suns Academy)
THE GOLD Coast Suns Academy has been a talent production line of late, and Jai Murray is among the top-agers showcasing the program’s depth in 2025. A smooth moving outside runner, Murray already has VFL experience under his belt and is looking to crack the Allies squad this season. The rugby league convert has a […]
Preseason Q&A: Isaac Waller (Lions Academy)
QUEENSLAND talent is booming in 2025, and Brisbane Lions Academy member Isaac Waller is among the tall timbre hoping to impress. The top-ager has been taking tips from a range of AFL rucks, while also doing extras to build a strong rapport with the Lions’ talented midfield group. We spoke to Waller at the weekend’s […]
SANFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #8 Chloe Tonkin
A TOWERING presence be it in the ruck or down forward, West Adelaide’s Chloe Tonkin looms as one of the top contested marking prospects in this year’s AFLW Draft. Having plied her trade at SANFLW level, Tonkin got her chance at the AFLW Under Under 18s Championships last year after running out for the Croweaters […]
Crows the club of choice among SANFL Academy
ADELAIDE Crows proved a popular choice among the SANFL Under 18 State Academy members when posed the question of which AFL club they support. Surveying all 25 top-agers in the summer squad, seven still support the West Lakes side, with 10 overall pledging allegiances at one point in their lives. Among them is Woodville-West Torrens […]
Top 10s | 2025 Girls Preseason Testing – South Australia
TOP-AGE Eagle Imogen Trengove was the pick of the South Australian Under 18 Girls Academy in the recent preseason testing conducted in Adelaide, with the talented utility finishing Top 10 in all six of the physical tests. She was one of two players – alongside double bottom-age Woodville-West Torrens teammate Maia Freemantle – who achieved […]
Preseason Q&A: Beau Addinsall (Suns Academy)
GOLD Coast Suns Academy prospect Beau Addinsall is one of the most well credentialed Queenslanders in a stacked 2025 draft pool. The midfielder is renowned for his work rate and ability to win bulk possessions, as showcased across a range of representative levels over the last three years. Addinsall burst onto the scene after taking […]
Preseason Q&A: Kaiden McNamara (Swans Academy)
SYDNEY Swans Academy member Kaiden McNamara enters his top-age campaign alongside a raft of highly touted teammates. The defender, who fell in love with footy after starting out in Rugby League, as a New South Wales representative last year and is looking to crack into the Allies squad. We spoke to McNamara at the Swans’ […]
Crocs deny Saints double chance
NORTHERN Territory’s most successful club will need to go the long way if it is to step onto the premiership dais once again, after St Mary’s missed out on a double chance in the last round of the season. Ladder leaders and premiership favourites Southern Districts proved too good, recording a five-goal victory in Round […]
