AFL Debut Watch – Round 2: Sharks duo, Country hard nuts and Bushies runner all prepare for first games
ROUND 2 of the AFL Premiership Season got underway last night, and whilst no players made their AFL debuts for either Collingwood and Richmond, there are at least five debutants set to run out for their teams this weekend. Ned McHenry, Thomas Berry, Luke Jackson, Trent Rivers and Laitham Vandermeer will all make their debuts, […]
Draft Central All-Star Team: GWV Rebels
THE Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels – formerly known as North Ballarat Rebels – have an interesting team. As we will discuss, the Rebels have an abundance of key defenders, and a legend leading the side in Adam Goodes who has been the standout player coming from the Rebels, across his AFL career. THE TEAM: […]
AFLW U18s Ones to Watch: Maggie Caris (GWV Rebels/Vic Country)
IN a new series focusing on the up and coming AFL Women’s Draft hopefuls, we take a look at some names who would be among their respective states’ top draft prospects for the 2020 AFL Women’s Draft. Next under the microscope is Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels’ ruck Maggie Caris who is hoping to join […]
NAB League Boys 2019 Throwback: Round 11 – Gippsland the big winners on super Saturday
FIVE of the six fixtures scheduled for Round 11 of the 2019 NAB League were played out on a super Saturday, with Gippsland among the big winners. In an interesting quirk, the eventual top four sides all squared off against each other, with the Power facing Oakleigh, while Eastern and Sandringham went head-to-head in Sunday’s […]
GWV Rebels Player of the AFL Era: Vote for yours via our Instagram
GWV REBELS are up next in our Player of the AFL Era series which will be run through our Instagram channel starting at 12.30pm today. The Glenelg Tigers All-Star voting was completed yesterday with Stephen Kernahan announced as the winner and captain of the Tigers’ All-Star side. The Rebels – formerly known as North Ballarat […]
NAB League Boys 2019 Throwback: Round 10 – Stingrays finally beaten, Ranges go top
ROUND 10 of last year’s NAB League saw Dandenong’s seven-game unbeaten run come to an empathic end, as Eastern produced one of the more remarkable performances of the season to jump into top spot. For the second round running, all bar one of the Victorian Metro sides secured wins while Murray was the lone Country […]
NAB League Boys 2019 Throwback: Round 9 – Metro sides enjoy a field day
SIX fixtures were spilt evenly across Saturday and Sunday in Round 9 of 2019’s NAB League competition, with all bar one of the Victorian Metropolitan clubs picking up four points. Beneficiaries of that stat, Eastern and Sandringham jumped Gippsland to soar into the top three, but still trailed Dandenong by half a game. Six separate […]
Classic Contests: Fletcher, Cannons come up clutch
IF you are missing footy like we are, then let us somewhat salvage that with a look back in a new series of Classic Contests. In today’s contest we look at one of the would-have-been Round 9 clashes in the NAB League this year between the Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels and Calder Cannons. In […]
Squad predictions: 2020 Vic Country Under 18s
THE annual Under 18 National Championships may be the only chance we get to catch a glimpse of the class of 2020 before draft day, with a decision on the recommencement of competition pushed back to at least September. In the meantime, Draft Central takes a look at how each regional squad may line up […]
Q&A: Joshua Gibcus (GWV Rebels/Vic Country)
AS the postponement of all seasons commenced over the last few weeks, we head back to the pre-season where we sat down with a number of athletes across the country. In a special Question and Answer (Q&A) feature, Draft Central‘s Michael Alvaro chatted with Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels’ Joshua Gibcus at the NAB League Fitness […]
