2022 NAB League Girls Player of the Week: Round 6
OAKLEIGH Chargers midfielder Jasmine Fleming is the Rookie Me Central NAB League Girls Player of the Week for Round 6. The top-age gun returned to action on Saturday and did so in a big way, inspiring her side to a 15-point victory over the Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels at Ballarat’s City Oval. Despite her glaring absence across […]
VFLW contenders come to the fore after Round 3
IN Round 3 of the 2022 VFL Women’s season, the game of the round saw the Casey Demons earn another good win, this time over North Melbourne to keep their undefeated record intact. The first half was a close affair, with the Kangaroos really taking it up to the more highly fancied Dees. The margin […]
VFLW teams gear up for huge Round 3
IT has been an intriguing season of VFLW so far this season. In perhaps a sign of the evenness of the competition, there are not very many undefeated sides and not very many winless sides. Here is our Round 3 preview of all six games. Darebin vs Hawthorn11am TomorrowLa Trobe Uni Both these sides have […]
Suns and Lions Academies set for another Q-Clash
QUEENSLAND’S two Academies will clash for the second time in a fortnight, with the SUNS Academy hosting the Lions Academy at Metricon Stadium. The game will be played on the second oval on Sunday, from 1:00pm, with the home team looking to go back-to-back against Brisbane, and make it three wins on the trot having […]
Footy’s own “Cinderella story” finds the perfect fit
FOOTY’S very own “Cinderella story“, Williamstown’s Bridie Kennedy, has had quite the footballing journey, but says she couldn’t be happier and is looking to the future with the hope of returning to the AFLW. “I was saying to Penny [Cula-Reid, Williamstown coach], I feel like I’ve been around so many different clubs and so many […]
Player Focus: NAB League Girls – Bridget Deed (Eastern Ranges)
EASTERN Ranges captain Bridget Deed became part of Hawthorn Football Club history on Friday night, and she also had a decent NAB League Girls outing to boot. Hawks coach Bec Goddard announced Deed would become the club’s first pre-listed player, so it was only fitting that she put on a show in another big Eastern […]
AFLW Present & Future Draft Watch: Deed earns chance
IN a new weekly piece on Rookie Me Central, we will be honing in on those players to remember for the AFLW Draft, present and future. With four new AFLW clubs joining the competition, spots will heat up, and players will be looking to put their best foot forward. Already this week one player has […]
Reserves wrap: VFLW Round 2 2022
THE VFLW returned on the weekend, with a number of AFLW players playing across the league, hoping to make it back into their respective AFLW sides. There were a number of Dees AFLW listed players that played in Casey’s win over Darebin. Coming back for her first VFLW game for a while, Maggie Caris had […]
2022 NAB League Girls Player of the Week: Round 5
TASMANIA Devils forward Georgia Clark the Rookie Me Central NAB League Girls Player of the Week for Round 5. The bottom-age prospect spearheaded her side’s second straight win, a 26-point triumph over the Northern Knights at Highgate Recreation Reserve on Saturday afternoon. Clark did it all in Round 5, presenting as a strong marking target up the […]
Bombers cement top spot as shock VFLW results roll on
IN the VFL Women’s game of Round 2, it was Essendon which stamped its authority on the competition, comfortably accounting for Port Melbourne at home. From the opening ball-up, the Bombers stamped their authority on the contest and looked the much better side. They took a 28-point lead into half time, but at times in […]
