The Graduates: 2021 VFLW – Finals Week One
FINALS time finally rolled around in the VFL Women’s, with three enthralling games played out over the weekend and even more intriguing matchups to look forward to. A raft of current and former NAB League talents continue to roll through the competition, we take a look at how they performed in the first round of finals. […]
2021 VFLW Player Focus: Georgie Prespakis (Essendon)
IN our latest Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s Player Focus, we take a look at Essendon talent and Calder Cannons graduate Georgie Prespakis after an outstanding performance in her first VFL Women’s final on the weekend. Q1: Prespakis started very strong in the midfield being used as Essendon’s main target, continuously kicking it forward to […]
2021 VFL Women’s: Finals Week 1
THE first week of the Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s finals action brought plenty of excitement with close encounters leaving many fans sitting on the edge of their seats with nervous anticipation. In the end it was Collingwood that made their way straight into the semi-final while Casey were knocked out of the race for […]
2021 Draft Central AFLW Draft Top/Mature Age Team to Watch
BE it 19-year-old talents who for one reason or another missed out last year, or mature-age players who have put together breakout seasons, there are plenty of player vying for a spot on an AFL Women’s list. The AFL Women’s Draft occurs on July 27, and plenty of players from almost 19 to 29-year-olds, we […]
PREVIEW | 2021 VFL Women’s Finals: Week One
THE 2021 VFL Women’s finals series has arrived, with the top six teams set to battle it out for premiership glory after 14 enthralling home-and-away rounds. After a year away, the competition was reformatted to see the AFLW and NAB League seasons run concurrently with Victoria’s state league, seeing players from both the aforementioned leagues […]
Fierce Dolan chooses footballing “family”
A FIERCE competitor who tackles hard, brings her pressure game to each line, and doesn’t mind a scrap. On face value, you’d think Charlotte Dolan hails from a much different sporting background than her soccer and surf lifesaving past. The helmet-donning Woodville-West Torrens prospect is unmistakable on-field, though. Dolan completed just her second SANFL Women’s […]
2021 VFLW Player Focus: Meagan Kiely
NORTH Melbourne skipper Meagan Kiely has been one of the, if not standout player in the Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s competition in 2021. Kiely has racked up an average of 24.5 disposals, 5.3 marks, 5.4 tackles, 3.6 clearances, 3.2 inside 50s and 3.2 rebound 50s in a real all-round effort for the Roos. North […]
McLeay thrives on championship “learning experience”
HAVING started out looking to take up a sport “different to everybody else” at eight years old, Isadora McLeay is now well versed in Australian football nearly a decade later. The Sydney Swans Academy member had hit 100 games for local club Mosman Swans by the age of 12, but is still adding strings to […]
2021 VFLW Player Focus: Sarah Skinner
NORTH Melbourne VFLW winger Sarah Skinner has enjoyed a stellar 2021 VFLW campaign, moving up from Tasmania to link with the Roos and put her hand up as a mature-age draft prospect. While her side went down to the Southern Saints on Sunday, Skinner was one of the best players afield with 17 disposals, seven […]
Stat leaders: 2021 VFL Women’s
ROUND 14 of the Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s concluded on the weekend, with the 2021 finals series coming up thick and fast this weekend. We take a look at the top stats from the round that was. Once again, North Melbourne’s Meagan Kiely took out the top spot for this round’s leader for both […]
