State Academy notes: 2024 WAFLW – Round 14
A NEW top two emerged over the weekend in Round 13 of the WAFL Women’s, and there were plenty of State Academy members who rose to the challenge. We took note of those players across the four matches including a couple of big ball-winners. >> WAFLW Round 14: Weekly Wrap | Player Focus (Mia Russo) […]
2024 WAFLW Player Focus: Mia Russo (West Perth)
BOTTOM-AGE young gun Mia Russo is one of the top prospects to watch next year, and is among a host of exciting West Australian talent coming through the junior pathway. After back-to-back Rogers Cup Best and Fairests, the midfielder/forward is finding her feet at League level and had a huge game against East Perth on […]
Scouting Notes: 2024 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 9
IN the final weekend before a league-wide bye, 10 teams played out Round 9 of the Coates Talent League Girls. We took note of some of the players who caught the eye across the five games, with notes the opinion of the individual author.
AFLW Academy and All-Stars to clash again
AFTER producing a triple-digit win in game one, the AFL Women’s Academy will return to the field as a unit to take on a national All-Stars side on Sunday. The previous All-Stars team featured players from just Victoria, Northern Territory and Tasmania, but now includes players from across the nation including South Australia, Western Australia […]
2024 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 14
ALL four winning WAFL Women’s sides for Round 14 recorded four players in our Team of the Week in what was an impressive weekend of action. While Claremont, East Fremantle, South Fremantle and West Perth all had four representatives, Swan Districts and Peel Thunder contributed three, and Subiaco two. Though the winners dominated this week’s […]
QAFLW 2024 Round 8: Around the Grounds
THE TOP three teams emerged as the ones to beat this season, with Aspley, Bond University and Southport all recording big wins in Round 8 of the QAFL Women’s competition. The trio of sides proved too good for their lower ranked opponents, as the Brisbane and Gold Coast Suns Academy players returned to state league […]
Goannas outlast Bombers with strong final term
PARRAMATTA Goannas made it three consecutive wins in the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division with a hard-fought 16-point victory over fellow finals hopefuls, North Shore Bombers. The Goannas were down by five points at half-time but kicked the only three goals of the second half to come away with the 4.8 (32) to 2.4 (16) […]
Dogs dare to dream after taming Lions
SOUTH Fremantle is not done with just yet in the WAFL Women’s competition after a come-from-behind over Subiaco kept its finals dream alive. A loss would have meant a line through the reigning preliminary finalist’s post-season chances, but after trailing by as much as three goals, level in the last couple of minutes, the Bulldogs […]
Eagles make history, stun red-hot Redlegs
WOODVILLE-West Torrens have played the efficient role of party pooper to Norwood, stunning the Redlegs at The Parade and keeping the finals race alive for a couple of teams. The Eagles had to come from as much as eight points down midway in the fourth term to kick the last two goals of the game […]
ICYMI | 2024 VFLW: Round 11
SMALL margins were the theme of the round in the VFLW, but not everyone followed that script. Geelong Cats (1.2.8) lost to Western Bulldogs (12.7.79) The Western Bulldogs have moved into the top two on the ladder after a big win over Geelong. A four goal lead to the Bulldogs at the opening change was […]