Preview | WAFLW R5b: Swans look for breakthrough against understrength Falcons
SWAN Districts would be backing itself to post its first win of the season tomorrow against a West Perth side that has lost four of its most important players heading into Round 5. The clash between the fourth and seventh placed teams takes place at Steel Blue Oval, while simultaneously across at Revo Fitness Stadium, […]
Preview | WAFLW R5a: Lions eye return to top four
TWO sides sitting just outside the top four will be hoping to put in good performances against their respective opponents in Round 5 of the WAFL Women’s. Subiaco has a huge opportunity against last placed East Perth, while a wounded Peel Thunder needs to cause an upset against reigning grand finalist East Fremantle in the […]
Scouting notes: WAFLW Under 18s
IN a hard-fought warm-up exhibition match to its first AFLW Under 18 Championships match against South Australia on April 30, the Western Australia Under 18s State Academy took on the WAFLW All-Stars last Thursday night. Though the Under 18s ultimately went down by two points, there were a number of impressive performers. WAFLW Under 18s: […]
Anderson’s match-winner sinks State Academy
A TANISHA Anderson goal after the siren sealed the win for the WAFL Women’s All-Stars against the best young West Australian talent in a hotly contested match last Thursday night. In an impressive display, the teams were neck and neck throughout the contest, with the State Academy leading by as much as 10 points with […]
Mulder focused on being a “key player” after “insane” rise to AFLW
SOUTH Fremantle’s Tahleah Mulder was running around in the Perth Football League for Piara Waters 12 months ago, and now the speedy midfielder/forward will don the purple after being selected by Fremantle with pick three in the AFLW Supplementary Draft. Speaking in the wake of her selection. Mulder said it was a “surreal feeling” that […]
WAFL Women’s Player Focus: Eva O’Donnell (Claremont)
AN EXCITING bottom-age prospect, Claremont’s Eva O’Donnell produced her career-best game for the Tigers in Round 4 of the WAFL Women’s competition. Picking up 20 disposals as a half-forward/wing, O’Donnell also booted 3.2 to have a huge influence on the game. Claremont ran out 10-goal winners over Subiaco in what was an outstanding team performance. […]
PODCAST | Game Sense – Episode 24
EPISODE 24 of the Game Sense has dropped, with the team reconvening to discuss all the latest news and fallout in the women’s footballing world. In the latest instalment, host Michael Alvaro is joined by Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams to analyse the South and West Australian Under 18 squads, recap action from the SANFLW, WAFLW, VFLW and […]
2023 WAFLW State Scouting notes: Round 4
IN the latest edition of our WAFL Women’s State scouting notes for Round 4 of the 2023 season, we highlighted nine players across the four games who stood out as either current or prior members of the 2022/23 WAFLW State Academies, while mentioning others who also showed signs in their respective matches.
2023 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 4
THE FOUR WAFL Women’s Round 4 winners dominated our Rookie Me Central Team of the Week, making up 75 per cent of the representatives. East Fremantle and Claremont both picked up five players in the side, while fellow winners West Perth and South Fremantle had the four apiece. Peel Thunder had three representatives, with Swan […]
Falcons fly high for ground-breaking win
WEST Perth played the best game in its women’s club history, defeating Peel Thunder by 37 points to bounce back into the top four on the WAFL Women’s ladder. Though the Thunder were missing a number of quality players, the Falcons were not without a key omission themselves, and all bought into the gameplan of […]
