Top Performers: NAB League Girls – Round 2a & 5
THE 2021 NAB League Girls competition treated us to a week-long stretch of fixtures which included Round 5’s action, as well as a host of make-up games from Round 2. Our weekly (self explanatory) Top Performers series delves into some of the best individual feats across each weekend of action. This week produced plenty of highlights […]
2021 DC Medal Count Leaderboard: Top two talents lead way with even chasing pack
TWO of Victoria’s top AFL Women’s Draft prospects are leading the way at the midpoint of the season in the Draft Central (DC) Medal count for NAB League Girls. Oakleigh Chargers’ Charlie Rowbottom has polled 19 of a possible 20 votes, three votes ahead of Calder Cannons’ Georgie Prespakis (16), with both players having played […]
2021 Draft Central NAB League Girls TOTW: Round 4
DANDENONG Stingrays and Geelong Falcons have picked up a Round 4 competition-high three players in the Draft Central NAB League Girls Team of the Week, in the most difficult week to split players across the board thus far. Every team had a representative, with the evenness between the last 26 so even that we opted […]
2021 Draft Central NAB League Girls TOTW: Round 3
SELECTING a 24-player squad for Round 3 was even more difficult than in the opening round, but Draft Central has released its NAB League Girls Team of the Week. In a weekend that featured mostly one-sided results, the biggest winners in Eastern Ranges had a record four players in the team, while Geelong Falcons, Greater […]
2021 Draft Central NAB League Girls TOTW: Round 1
FOUR teams have recorded an equal round-high three players in Draft Central’s first NAB League Girls’ Team of the Week for 2021. Calder Cannons, Geelong Falcons, Oakleigh Chargers and Tasmania Devils all had three players make the team this week, in what was a really difficult week to narrow down to just 24 players. The […]
Matser gaining confidence ahead of season 2021
THE 2021 NAB League Girls season is set to bounce down on Saturday, with players looking forward to their first taste of competitive action for nearly 12 months. Gippsland Power is one of the sides in action on opening day, poised against the Tasmania Devils at Highgate Recreation Reserve. Power tall, Grace Matser is one […]
Gippsland powers through adversity
EVERY NAB League club has had its past 12 months thrown into chaos by a global pandemic that no one could have predicted. While all have come through stronger, Gippsland Power is a team no stranger to having to overcome challenges that impact more than just the footballing landscape. In 2020, the Power’s preseason was […]
Shaw eyes positives after disappointing 2020 season
IT has been disappointing year for most Victorian footballers, with few getting a chance to really test themselves competitively. In most cases for the AFL Women’s Draft Combine invites they have been able to get out on the field and stake their case to be drafted in tomorrow’s 2020 AFL Women’s Draft. Unfortunately for players […]
Former soccer star Fitzsimon rises through footy pathway
A JUNIOR star at the world’s game, Megan Fitzsimon is one of a number of talented footballers who crossed into the code after a friend referred her back to the sport in her later teenager years. In just a short time, the Gippsland Power best and fairest winner had quite the impact and played Vic […]
Surprised McRae loving footy journey
WHEN she first started football, Grace McRae and her father had to “sneak around” behind her mother’s back in order to play the new sport. Eventually her mother caught on and everyone was on board, and now it is hard to keep it a secret after the Gippsland Power midfielder was invited to the AFL […]
