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Evans enjoying new football experiences

AFTER an interrupted 2021 season, Queensland’s Imogen Evans is enjoying not only some continuity in her football, but a lot of new experiences along the way. Running out for her state at Metricon Stadium in the first AFL Women’s Under 18s clash for the Sunshine State against Vic Metro, Evans described it as “pretty surreal”. […]

QAFLW Round 4 Preview: Back from the break and back into action

AFTER what might be a handy Easter break for some sides, the QAFLW is back on Saturday for some Round 4 action. Let us take a look at what is in store in the Sunshine State this weekend. Reigning premiers the University of Queensland have certainly been proving thus far this season why they are […]

Scouting notes: AFLW U18s – Queensland vs. Vic Metro

IN one of the better AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships games of the 2022 carnival thus far, Vic Metro needed a full four quarters to kick away from Queensland and remain undefeated. Both sides had some outstanding individual contributors, and we took note of how some of them fared in our Scouting notes. All notes […]

Metro storms Metricon under blaring Gold Coast sun

VIC Metro has maintained its unbeaten run in the 2022 AFLW Under 18 National Championships, defeating Queensland by 31 points at Metricon Stadium on Tuesday afternoon. In what was a tense and low-scoring battle with a hot footy to be won, it was the visitors who pulled away after half time despite inaccurate goalkicking. Queensland […]

Preview | AFLW U18s – Queensland vs. Vic Metro

QUEENSLAND enters the 2022 AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships – the last state to do so this year – with a home fixture against Vic Metro at Metricon Stadium on Tuesday. The Sunshine State has some quality talents on its list, as well as some future starts to keep an eye on, with the Metro […]

AFLW Present & Future Draft Watch: Norwood pair stand tall

IN a new weekly piece on Rookie Me Central, we hone 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. For this piece, we have looked at those […]

Flag contenders stamp their authority on QAFLW

IN this week’s QAFL Women’s match of the round, University of Queensland (UQ) stamped its authority as reigning premier, comfortably accounting for Wilston Grange. UQ certainly had all the attacking momentum early in the first term, but could not make the Gorillas pay on the scoreboard. It took almost 10 minutes for the Red Lions […]

PODCAST | Game Sense – Episode 14

EPISODE 14 of GAME SENSE is out now, again in a one-show drop. The latest Australian rules football podcast sees host and Rookie Me Central AFL/W Draft Editor Michael Alvaro take reign of the host’s chair, joined as usual by Chief Editor Peter Williams, and Women’s Football Analyst Alyce Collett to discuss all the latest women’s footballing talking points […]

Bull Sharks and Red Lionesses split points

THIS week’s Match of the Round in the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) Women’s saw a 2021 Grand Final rematch, and it was an absolutely classic encounter, with Bond Uni and University of Queensland unable to be split. Although Bond Uni had much of the ball and inside 50 play early in the first term, […]

Grand Final Rematch highlights Round 2 QAFLW action

This week in the QAFL Women’s (QAFLW) sees a rematch of the 2021 Grand Final and the Battle of the Unis, when University of Queensland (UQ) hosts Bond University tomorrow afternoon. Both sides are coming off comprehensive wins in Round 1, but expect a much tighter affair this time around. Last weekend UQ were pushed […]

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