Cleo Buttifant
STRENGTHS: + Acceleration + Aerial ability + Reading the play + Offensive drive + Upside + Aggression IMPROVEMENTS: – Kicking consistency – Decision making PROFILE: Buttifant is a name who would have been scarce on draft boards 12 months ago, with the touch football player really breaking through in the Aussie rules code. She started […]
Mackenzie Ford
33STRENGTHS: + Defensive pressure + Explosiveness + Versatility + Clean skills + Work rate + Balance IMPROVEMENTS: – Endurance– Accumulation DRAFT PROFILE: Ford is a player who is consistent across the board, particularly from a midfield perspective. Having moved through multiple teams on the Apple Isle to eventually play with Kingborough Tigers, then the Tasmania […]
Josie McCabe
STRENGTHS: + Strength + Defensive pressure + Competitiveness + Inside game + Leadership + Footy IQ IMPROVEMENTS: – Speed – Clean hands PROFILE: McCabe is a strong defensive player, with many of her best traits surrounding those aspects. Since she burst onto the scene at an elite junior level with the Suns Academy, she showed herself […]
Isabel Bacon
STRENGTHS: + Explosive speed + Endurance + Versatility + Defensive pressure + Physicality + Upside IMPROVEMENTS: – Kicking – Decision making PROFILE: Bacon comes from an athletic background, where she played a variety of sports including basketball and netball alongside her athletics and cross country. In her top-age year, she set her sights on reaching […]
Kiera Whiley
STRENGTHS: + Contested work + Defensive pressure + Leadership + Fundamentals + Dual-sided + Consistency IMPROVEMENTS: – Outside game – Scoreboard impact PROFILE: Whiley is a member of the AFLW Academy and primarily an inside midfielder. She has spent time in a range of positions, but largely as a bottom-ager. In 2022, Whiley played 10 […]
