AFLW Present & Future Draft Watch: Mature-age talents impress
IN a new weekly piece on Rookie Me Central, we hone 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. For this piece, we have looked at those […]
PODCAST | Game Sense – Episode 14
EPISODE 14 of GAME SENSE is out now, again in a one-show drop. The latest Australian rules football podcast sees host and Rookie Me Central AFL/W Draft Editor Michael Alvaro take reign of the host’s chair, joined as usual by Chief Editor Peter Williams, and Women’s Football Analyst Alyce Collett to discuss all the latest women’s footballing talking points […]
2022 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 7
PEEL Thunder‘s massive 118-point victory over West Perth has resulted in the reigning back-to-back premiers recording a league-high six representatives in our West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s Team of the Week. After the Thunder’s half-dozen players made it in, East Fremantle had the next most with five, whilst the battle between Swan Districts and […]
Round 7 wrap: Bartlett boots eight as Thunder storm to win
AN eight-goal haul from Kate Bartlett had lead Peel Thunder to a massive 118-point victory over an understrength West Perth outfit in Round 7 of the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s competition. They were one of two sides to keep their opposition goalless, with East Fremantle getting up over Subiaco, whilst in easily the […]
WAFLW Player Focus: Megan Norbury (West Perth)
FEW players would catch the eye in a 118-point defeat, but West Perth‘s Megan Norbury is one who bucks the trend. The 171cm winger only turned 16 last month, but has already impressed across her three games in what has been a pretty tough initiation for West Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) […]
WAFLW Round 7 preview: Sharks eye clean sweep as Thunder look to snap drought
UNDEFEATED East Fremantle will be out to complete a clean sweep of the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s competition when Round 7 takes place this weekend. The Sharks travel to Subiaco tomorrow afternoon as the season hits its halfway mark. Peel Thunder will be out to snap a three-game losing streak when they clash […]
State Academy notes: WAFLW – Round 6
THE West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s competition resumed for Round 6 on the weekend and we took note of some of the top State Academy players to run out for their respective teams, as well as some other mature-age players who impressed. Though there were plenty of State Academy representatives to miss, some made […]
WAFLW Player Focus: Julia Teakle (East Fremantle)
A MATCH-WINNING six-goal haul from East Fremantle forward Julia Teakle was the standout performance from the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s competition over the weekend. The Sharks talent has enjoyed a big year since moving from the Mid-West to Perth for university studies, but her six-goal bonanza helped her side defeat South Fremantle. She […]
2022 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 6
THERE were some one-sided results in Round 6 of the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s competition, though it was still an even spread across our Team of the Week. Many individual performers stood up regardless of results across the board, and it was Claremont and Subiaco that emerged with the most representatives in our […]
AFLW Present & Future Draft Watch: Top-agers return to bottom-age best
IN a new weekly piece on Rookie Me Central, we hone 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. For this piece, we have looked at those […]
