QWAFL Weekly wrap: Round 17
IN the final round of the season, the top three sides of the Queensland Women’s Australian Football League (QWAFL) asserted their dominance with three big wins. We take a look at how the final ladder finished up and a look ahead to finals. Round 17: YERONGA SOUTH BRISBANE 2.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 […]
Scouting notes: VFLW – Round 13
TWO of the closest games this week occured in the Casey v Carlton and Darebin v Hawthorn clashes. Casey got the job done over the Blues by 10 points while the Falcons caused an upset, defeating the finals-bound Hawks by four points. We watched both games in the round and noted down which players made […]
Country girl Caris passing on lessons from “amazing experiences”
WHEN the siren sounded at the end of last year’s Herald Sun Shield Grand Final, Ballarat Grammar’s Rene Caris joined her teammates in rejoicing the win. It was not just a one-point victory, it was the result of many years of hard work and a close bond between the players. “I first started when I moved away […]
Weekend wash-up: VFLW – Round 13
BIG wins from NT Thunder and Geelong combined with a loss to Hawthorn made for a shake-up of the Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s top four in Round 13. In other games, the Casey Demons defeated the Blues, the Saints upset the Dogs and the Pies took care of business at RAMS Arena against the […]
Weekly wrap: NSW/ACT state leagues
THERE were wins a plenty and a couple of best-ons for the New South Wales/Australia Capital Territory (NSW/ACT) Under 18 players across the region’s leagues. We dissected the games and noted some of the action that occurred over the weekend. Angela Priftis continued her solid run of form in the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division, […]
Caulfield Grammar claims inaugural APS/AGSV AFLW football trophy
CAULFIELD Grammar made history by claiming the inaugural APS/AGSV AFL Women’s Senior Football Competition over Mentone Grammar by five goals at Haileybury Brighton campus yesterday. While in the curtain raiser to that game, Haileybury College defeated Ivanhoe Grammar for third, the main game pitted the two undefeated sides against one another in the grand final. […]
From “definitely not” interested in footy; Woods eyes off an AFLW career
FROM never intending to play football at all let alone at the highest level, Eastern Ranges co-captain Emerson Woods has certainly changed her tune of the past couple of years, going from strength to strength. Unlike many of her contemporaries, Woods found her love for the game after a while and now her sights are […]
Weekend previews: VFLW – Round 13
WITH only a month remaining in the home and away season; the competition heats up as teams battle for top four positions and a finals berth. Collingwood, Hawthorn and the NT Thunder appear to have separated themselves from the pack as they sit comfortably in the top three, while Geelong will have a number of […]
NSW/ACT weekly wrap: Under-18 girls impress in various victories
ACROSS New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory (NSW/ACT), many Under-18 state representatives featured in matches across the weekend. We analyse how some of the players and their teams went across the competitions. In the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division, Angela Priftis was named among Auburn-Penrith’s best players for the second consecutive week. Her […]
