2024 WAFLW Player Focus: Zippy Fish (East Fremantle)
WESTERN Australia’s top AFLW Draft prospect Zippy Fish brought her own ball to Pentanet Stadium last Friday night, doing as she pleased in East Fremantle’s win over fellow top three side West Perth. The Sharks grabbed the Falcons’ second spot on the ladder and kept in touch with current leader Claremont, with Fish’s performance a […]
2024 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 6
THREE impressive winners shared the spoils in our SANFL Women’s Round 6 Team of the Week with four players apiece in the side. Central District, South Adelaide and Woodville-West Torrens all recorded a quartet of talents, while fellow winner Glenelg, along with West Adelaide had the three. Losing sides Norwood, Sturt and North Adelaide finished […]
SANFL U18s Player Focus: Charlie Nicholls (Central District)
CENTRAL District tall forward Charlie Nicholls was in fine form as his side picked up a third straight SANFL Under 18s win on Saturday. The Bulldogs conceded the first five goals of the match to West Adelaide, but hit back to take the lead and run out 13.9 (87) to 7.7 (49) victors. Nicholls was […]
2024 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 2 wrap
A FIVE-game fixture played out across the weekend, with Oakleigh Chargers and Eastern Ranges moving to 2-0 for the year, while Gippsland Power and Bendigo Pioneers picked up a win in game one, and Sandringham Dragons bounced back to take home the four points.
Giant success for GWS at Under 16s carnival
GWS GIANTS Academy enjoyed taking out the 2024 AFL Women’s Under 16 Championships, picking up wins over Tasmania and Northern Territory to be the only undefeated team in Pool B. The Giants knocked off Tasmania by 32 points in game one on Friday, before a comfortable 44-point victory over Northern Territory on Monday. Those results […]
Scouting Notes: 2024 Victorian Under 16 trials
VICTORIA’S best and brightest Under 16 prospects took to Trevor Barker Oval on Friday for a pair of trial matches. Vic Metro took out both games over their Country counterparts, as the selection process for this year’s National Development Championships narrows. We noted some of the top performers.
2024 SANFLW R6 wrap: Bulldogs back on track
JUST two points separates second from sixth following Round 6 of the SANFL Women’s as the mid-table logjam continues to make each match of crucial importance. While Glenelg’s win over Norwood gained some breathing space at the top of the table, South Adelaide and Central District moved to 4-2 for the year, while Woodville-West Torrens’ […]
Rebranded Goannas slay new Dragons
PARRAMATTA Goannas proved too strong for St George Dragons, running out 64-point winners over the newest AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division franchise. The Goannas held the Dragons scoreless in St George’s inaugural match, with the final score being 9.10 (64) to 0.0 (0). St George’s entry into the competition went as expected, with the young […]
WAFLW R7 wrap: Royals rise to maiden win
EAST Perth cracked through for its first ever WAFL Women’s win by overcoming fellow winless side Peel Thunder on a historic day. The Royals had been peppering for a win for some time, and after leading by 14 points at the main break, survived a third quarter fightback to post a 13-point win, 5.5 (35) […]
PROFILED: 2024 AFLW Academy members
MANY of the top AFL Women’s Draft prospects took centre stage at Ikon Park a week ago to produce a dominant 16.16 (112) to 1.2 (8) victory over the AFLW Under 23 All-Stars. We took note of each player from the Academy who played, with further background on them in this article. Note that Power […]
Scouting Notes: AFL Academy vs. Coburg VFL
THE AFL Academy turned out for the first of its two showcase games on Saturday, going down by 26 points to Coburg at Ikon Park. A string of six unanswered goals between terms two and three saw the state league side take a definitive lead, before closing out strongly to win 15.10 (100) to 10.14 […]
Mackereth the matchwinner as Bays bounce back
THEY almost let victory slip from within their grasp, but the Bays found a hero with the last kick of the day as bottom-age star Eloise Mackereth kicked the match-winning goal to steer Glenelg to a four-point win over Norwood. Up by as much as four goals in the third term, Glenelg looked likely to […]
