2022 AFLW Season Preview: Melbourne
THE 2022 AFL Women’s season is almost upon us, so it is time to take a look at each of the competing teams and see where they sit as we head into another season. Today we will take a look at Melbourne, who came agonisingly close to a first Grand Final appearance in 2021. This […]
Humble Scutchings ready to “give it a crack”
THEY say that you are your own harshest critic, and that may well be the case with West Adelaide‘s Charlie Scutchings. The South Australian teenager by her own admission describes herself as “lazy” and was surprised to hear she was in the State Academy Under 18s squad. Though her humility underplays the fact she has […]
2022 AFLW Season Preview: GWS
THE 2022 AFL Women’s season is almost upon us, so it is time to take a look at each of the competing teams and see where they sit as we head into another season. Today we will take a look at GWS GIANTS, who just missed out on finals in 2021. It was an ‘almost’ […]
2022 AFLW Season Preview: Gold Coast
THE 2022 AFL Women’s season is almost upon us, so it’s time to take a look at each of the competing teams and see where they sit as we head into another season. Today we will take a look at Gold Coast, who went winless in 2021 and ultimately finished last. After playing finals in […]
Besley enjoying first Academy experience
HAVING come from a multitude of different sporting backgrounds, South Adelaide Women’s Ella Besley is looking forward to her footy in 2022. The Panthers midfielder is a hard running midfielder who has been honing her craft in the juniors. Now that South Adelaide has a number of midfield opportunities for younger players, Besley is keen […]
Bays’ Boag harbours League ambition
“IT will be a good goal to push to play in the League team. That’s my aim at the moment, get a few games in there, it will be really exciting.” Glenelg Women’s teenager Ella Boag has her sights set on the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s competition. Returning for her second preseason […]
Hough overcomes “scary” debut to adapt to League footy
STEPPING onto the football field as a 15-year-old, Sturt Women’s Tiah Hough admitted it was “a bit scary”. Luckily for the 158cm teenager, the support of her Double Blues teammates helped get her through a tough initiation in 2020, and then return to play four more games late in the 2021 season. Her journey itself […]
2022 AFLW Season Preview: Geelong
THE 2022 AFL Women’s season is almost upon us, so it’s time to take a look at each of the competing teams and see where they sit as we head into another season. Today we will take a look at Geelong, who finished 13th in 2021. A round one loss to the tune of 62 […]
Zecevic finds “new level” with role change
AFTER honing her craft in her first season at SANFL Women’s level as a defender, Woodville-West Torrens Women’s Jovanka Zecevic has enjoyed the past two seasons as a midfielder/forward. The talented utility started her football journey out at Gaza in Division 3 of the South Australian Women’s Football League, where she played 28 games across […]
Constant growth the key to Macolino move
CHANGING teams is something all too familiar across any Australian rules football league, with new West Adelaide Women’s recruit Jess Macolino seeing it as a “growth opportunity”. The former Norwood Women’s midfielder felt she had got a bit “stagnant” and “complacent” within herself at the Redlegs, and was looking for a new change. She linked […]
