2023 AFLW Draft preview: Hawthorn
SECOND-YEAR club Hawthorn showed marked improvement throughout the 2023 season, and though the Hawks did end up finishing 14th with three wins, were able to take advantage of the club’s ties with Eastern Ranges. Hawthorn picked up three talented top-agers – including one of the best Victorian prospects – in an otherwise relatively quiet off-season […]
2023 AFLW Draft preview: GWS
GREATER Western Sydney (GWS) Giants again had a season to forget, finishing 16th and winning just two of 10 throughout Season 8. The Giants did have some excuses, losing key midfield star Alyce Parker to injury and all-time leading goalkicker Cora Staunton at the end of Season 7, with Season 8 Rising Star Zarlie Goldsworthy […]
2023 AFLW Draft preview: Gold Coast
GOLD Coast would have been disappointed with its final game of the year, bowing out in the elimination finals against Sydney, but the Suns can take plenty from an improved season. The season not only brought a return to the post-season series, but a lot of change during Trade Period with three players coming in, […]
2023 AFLW Draft preview: Geelong
GEELONG came agonisingly close to reaching the 2023 AFL Women’s Grand Final, falling in the penultimate round to the eventual premiers. The success was close enough that the Cats did not need to make wholesale changes, keeping a relatively low profile over the off-season, with a one-in, one-out approach during the Trade Period, while moving […]
2023 AFLW Draft nominations: Full list
ALMOST 570 players nominated for the 2023 AFL Women’s Draft on December 18, with two thirds of nominees opting nationally, and only Victoria (103) having more than 25 state-based nominees. Nominations closed on December 1, with confirmed AFLW delistings after the date not included in the nominations. Collingwood already signed Irishwoman Muireann Atkinson from the […]
2023 AFLW Draft State-by-State analysis: Victoria
VICTORIA has the largest array of AFL Women’s clubs so it comes as no surprise that the most state nominations hail in the south east state. A total of 103 players nominated Victoria, making up just under 20 per cent of the total nominees in the 2023 AFLW Draft. Given the sheer weight of nominees, […]
2023 AFLW Draft State-by-State analysis: New South Wales
A BREAKOUT year from second season side Sydney Swans has the red and white army up and about, while the GWS Giants were unable to make much of a mark in Season 8 and will head to the AFL Women’s Draft searching for top young talent. Here is a look at the local players who […]
Vic Country and Metro Girls’ 2023/24 Summer hubs announced
VICTORIA’s next wave of AFL Women’s draft prospects have been named as part of the Vic Country and Vic Metro Summer training hubs. A total of 44 players – 23 for Country and 21 for Metro – have been named in the squads, with the players set to partake in high performance training camps over […]
PROFILED | 2024 Vic Country Talent Hub
THE 2024 Vic Country summer training squad was announced last week, with 23 prospects selected from across all six applicable Coates Talent League regions – plus Metropolitan program, Oakleigh Chargers. In anticipation of their top-age campaigns, we profile each player. >> ANNOUNCEMENT: 2024 Victorian summer training squads 2024 VIC COUNTRY SUMMER TRAINING SQUAD BREAKDOWN: AFL […]
Thompson’s “surreal” rise to draft chance
TASMANIAN Jasmyn Thompson did not think that 18 months ago she would be in with a shot to be drafted to an AFL Women’s club. Having just switched out basketball to try Aussie rules with Ulverstone, the elite athlete went from local footy to the elite junior level in the space of a year. “I […]
