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 […]
Sophie Peters
STRENGTHS: + Hurt factor + Speed + Evasion + Skill + Defensive pressure + Decision making + Endurance IMPROVEMENTS: – Ground balls – Contested work – Production PROFILE: Peters is such a naturally talented footballer that even when identifying her areas of improvement, it is hard to ignore the array of skills and tricks she […]
Brooke Boileau
STRENGTHS: + Contested work + Clean hands + Production + Consistency + Footy IQ + Agility IMPROVEMENTS: – Outside game – Composure PROFILE: Boileau was a member of the State Academy extended squad heading into her bottom-age year in 2022, but missed the final cut due to the strength of the overall team that went […]
Mia Van Dyke
Mia Van Dyke is one of those rare players capable of playing on all three lines if required. Though having predominantly settled in defence for the Geelong Falcons in 2022, Van Dyke has also played forward, and on a wing, not too dissimilar to her predecessor Ingrid Houtsma who was also a good size and […]
