AFL Draft Watch: Brandon Walker (East Fremantle/Western Australia)
IN the build up to football eventually returning, Draft Central takes a look at some of this year’s brightest names who have already represented their state at Under 17 or Under 18s level in 2019. While plenty can change between now and then, we will provide a bit of an insight into players, how they performed […]
2020 AFL Draft Positional Analysis: Inside Midfielders
STRONG, big-bodied, and tall inside midfielders have been in vogue for quite a while, but this year’s crop of engine room operators comes in varied shapes and sizes. Though they may not currently have the opportunity to show their worth on the field, exposed form and long preseasons for most allow for a window into […]
AFL Debut Watch – Round 2: Sharks duo, Country hard nuts and Bushies runner all prepare for first games
ROUND 2 of the AFL Premiership Season got underway last night, and whilst no players made their AFL debuts for either Collingwood and Richmond, there are at least five debutants set to run out for their teams this weekend. Ned McHenry, Thomas Berry, Luke Jackson, Trent Rivers and Laitham Vandermeer will all make their debuts, […]
Squad predictions: 2020 Western Australia Under 18s
THE annual Under 18 National Championships may be the only chance we get to catch a glimpse of the class of 2020 before draft day, with carnival likely to take place in October. In the meantime, Draft Central takes a look at how each regional squad may line up should the championships come around, but […]
Draft Central All-Star Teams: East Fremantle
EAST Fremantle’s All-Star side is arguably the greatest of the teams thus far, with a ridiculous amount of talent. With Ben Cousins and Simon Black voted the Best Players of the AFL Era (the voting was tight at the time of publishing), they lead a side featuring a whopping 17 – yes seventeen – 200-game […]
Preseason testing analysis: Which State has the best endurance runners?
THE current sporting hiatus serves as somewhat of an extended preseason for the nation’s brightest AFL Draft prospects, who will be itching to get back on the field. Aside from a few scratch matches on the eve of Round 1, much of the 2020 class has had little in the way of competition thus far. […]
East Fremantle Player of the AFL Era: Vote for yours via our Instagram
EAST FREMANTLE are up next in our Player of the AFL Era series which will be run through our Instagram channel starting at 12.30pm today. The Eastern Ranges All-Star voting was completed yesterday with Sam Mitchell announced as the winner and captain of the Ranges’ All-Star side. Looking at East Fremantle’s side, it is absolutely […]
Roux ready for the next step
WITH a decorated highlight reel for her young age, it is no wonder Roxy Roux will be a key name in Western Australia heading into the 2019 AFL Women’s Draft. She spoke with Draft Central last year to tell of her remarkable journey, and what she had given up to get to where she is […]
Ten-hour round trip to training highlights Roux’s dedication
WESTERN Australia forward, Roxanne Roux used to dedicate a full day to football training. Living in rural Western Australia, Roux had to stay home from school every Monday to prepare for her five-hour trip to training. Roux says this placed a lot of pressure on her single mother, who also had to make time to […]
Hard-working Taylor Pescud thriving in team sport
WESTERN Australia (WA) Under 18 representative, Taylor Pescud was never accustomed to a team sport as a child. Coming from a horse riding background, Pescud was used to being on her own in the sport. But once she picked up a football, she didn’t look back. “I really loved playing a team sport,” Pescud said. […]
