OPINION | Peel duo leading Back to the Future rebuild
FIVE years ago, Peel Thunder produced an unprecedented turnaround from wooden spooners to WAFL Women’s premiers in the space of 12 months. Heavily focused on a youth program that had the likes of Ella Roberts, Courtney Rowley, Jaide Britton, Sarah Verrier, Kate Bartlett and Beth Schilling, the club went from a one-win season in 2019 […]
2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Mia Russo
POWERFUL West Perth top-ager, Mia Russo is one of the top prospects in this year’s AFLW Draft. With a strong determination and motivation to be drafted, Russo has quite the CV over her junior career with an Under 16s MVP and All-Australian, multiple Rogers Cup league best and fairest wins and captaining the AFLW Academy […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Western Australia U18 vs. U21
WESTERN Australia’s Under 18s have suffered a heavy defeat in their first trial for the year, going down by 98 points to their Under 21 counterparts on Saturday. The undermanned junior outfit was blown off Fremantle Oval by a more seasoned outfit which featured 11 players with WAFL League experience. A rampant seven-goal final quarter […]
2025 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 7
IN ARGUABLY the most evenly distributed WAFL Women’s Team of the Week, each of the eight sides have between two and four representatives, with six of them boasting three-plus players. Each contest across the weekend was relatively even leading to the spread, with Swan Districts and Peel Thunder both both boasting a league-high four representatives […]
Scouting Notes | 2025 WAFLW State Academy: Round 7
A TOP of the table clash that ended in a draw for Subiaco and Claremont to remain unbeaten highlighted a huge Round 7 of action in the WAFL Women’s as the State Academy members were out in force once again for their respective sides. We took note of how each of the State Academy members […]
2025 State Game Player Focus: Archer May (WAFL)
THE AFL Mid-Season Draft is typically for the talls, and Subiaco recruit Archer May is one garnering genuine interest. A graduate of the Sandringham Dragons program, May made the move West via Richmond’s VFL side after the Tigers drafted a bunch of key forwards who would take precedent. His haul of 12 goals in six […]
WAFLW MOTR: Premiership contenders face off in epic draw
IN a top-of-the-table clash that lived up to the billing, Subiaco and Claremont could not be separated at Sullivan Logistics Stadium on Sunday afternoon, playing out a dramatic 4.6 (30) to 4.6 (30) draw in Round 7 of the WAFLW season. The Lions dominated the opening half and looked set to pull off a statement […]
PREVIEW | 2025 WAFLW – Round 7
ALL FOUR WAFL Women’s games take place tomorrow as part of a Super Saturday for Round 7. We take a look at each one with plenty of change coming, highlighted with some key outs for the top of the table contest between Subiaco and Claremont.
Scouting Notes | 2025 WAFLW State Academy: Round 6
ACROSS the board the West Australian State Academy members largely impressed in Round 6 of the WAFL Women’s with the young guns well and truly adapted to life at state league level. Subiaco had the bye, but the eight other sides all had at least on Academy member in action. All notes are the opinion […]
Scouting Report: 2025 WAFL Colts – Round 6
SOME huge performances from key West Australian AFL Draft prospects headlined Round 6 of the WAFL Colts competition and we recap how each of the four games went down. Claremont 5.2 (32) def. by South Fremantle 15.11 (101) A runaway victory for the Bulldogs, a tight first quarter was followed by three dominant terms from […]
