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 […]
2022 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 3
IN the most even Team of the Week spread yet, there were at least two representatives from each South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s team. Round 3 winners, Central District, Norwood and Sturt recorded the equal most, with other winner Glenelg, as well as the team the Bays narrowly beat in South Adelaide, receiving […]
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 […]
WAFLW Round 1 wrap: Thunder strikes in final play to survive Subi scare
IT took them until the final play of the day, but Peel Thunder escaped with the points in a Round 1 that suggested the 2022 West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s competition may be anything but predictable. The reigning premiers unfurled their 2021 flag in front of a home crowd at the renamed Lane Group […]
SANFLW Round 3 wrap: Dogs on the board
CENTRAL District has won its first game of the 2022 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s season, upsetting West Adelaide in a thriller at Hisense Stadium. The win meant all sides have at least one victory, with Sturt the only team to be undefeated heading into Round 4, holding off North Adelaide in a […]
Bulldogs survive wild West for opening win
HAVING conceded five consecutive goals in 13 minutes to go from a match-high 23-point lead to an eight-point deficit, Central District looked in trouble. The Bulldogs had once again given another side a run for its money, but seemingly a lapse across a quarter – or less than that in this case – would cost […]
AFLW Saturday Talking Points: Round 7
IT was a day of big AFL Women’s wins, with Adelaide and Carlton both easily accounting for GWS GIANTS and St Kilda, whilst Richmond picked up its first win since the opening night of the season, defeating West Coast in he final match of the day. By: Alyce Collett After a shock loss last week, […]
AFLW Friday Talking Points: Round 7
IN a huge Friday night action-packed game of AFL Women’s footy, the Western Bulldogs registered their third win in a row, accounting for the Geelong by 12 points. Despite a slow start from both sides, the Bulldogs got into their rhythm and also survived a late Geelong comeback to take the win, 3.10 (28) to […]
WAFLW Round 1 preview: Falcons fly into league
A NEW West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s season has a new side entering the competition, with West Perth joining the half-dozen established sides to make it a seven team competition in 2022. They take over the newcomers mantle from their opponent this week in South Fremantle, whilst reigning back-to-back premiers Peel Thunder unfurl the […]
Will shock results continue in Round 2 of the VFLW?
ROUND 2 of the 2022 VFL Women’s season is already upon us, and after a number of upsets and other very interesting results in Round 1, time will tell if the trend continues into this weekend. In a quirk of the fixture, all games will be played on Saturday this time around. Casey vs. Darebin […]
