AFLW 23 Under 23: #2 Charlie Rowbottom
OVER the next three weeks, Rookie Me Central will be counting down our 23 Players Under 23 years of age to watch in the upcoming 2023 season. The criteria is the player must be born in 2001 or later, and must have played at least one AFL Women’s match in Season 7. As the list […]
Season 8 AFLW preview: West Coast
SEASON & certainly had its promising moments for West Coast, but ultimately did not have much to show for it at season’s end. However with a decrease in list turnover and the introduction of some extra young talent, can West Coast finally push up the ladder in 2023? TEAM LIST #1 Lauren Wakfer#2 Kellie Gibson#3 […]
Scouting notes: 2023 QAFLW Grand Final – QLD representatives
BOND University produced an impressive win over Aspley Hornets off the back of some individual brilliance of Queensland state representatives to take home the 2023 QAFL Women’s premiership. We took a look at the seven players from Bond University and one from Aspley who took to the field in the grand final. BOND UNIVERSITY: #4 […]
Up the Grades: Torrent Thunders into League debut
PEEL Thunder prospect Reece Torrent became the latest draft combine invitee to make their senior debut over the weekend. The midfielder had shown strong form across four Reserves games and booted his first League goal on Saturday as the Thunder locked up third place. Torrent was part of Western Australia’s state side this year and […]
2023 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 16 wrap
A FULL complement of Coates Talent League Girls matches returned over the weekend with six games taking place in the penultimate round. Only Murray Bushrangers had the bye, and some of those top-age players suited up with the Bendigo Pioneers, as teams jostled towards finals spots.
Development the key for buoyant Blues boss
FROM a whirlwind start in the job to the eve of his first season as an AFLW coach, new Carlton coach Mathew Buck has dealt with a lot in his first few months of the job. There was very little time between Buck’s appointment at the Blues earlier this year and this year’s draft (as […]
2023 Under 17 Futures squads named
NEXT year’s bumper AFL Women’s Draft crop will be on show as part of the annual Under 17 Futures clash at Kinetic Stadium on Saturday. The best available 2006-born talents will strut their stuff in the south east, with a host of stars littered across both Team Harris and Team Schleicher. Named after AFL Women’s […]
Rested Roo keen to leave 2022 frustrations behind
NORTH Melbourne skipper Emma Kearney comes into her eighth AFLW season off a very different offseason, but is still excited as ever to go again in 2023. Kearney certainly enjoyed having no footy over summer for the first time since 2016. “It’s always good having a summer off” Kearney said. “It was actually for the […]
AFLW 23 Under 23: #3 Mimi Hill
OVER the next three weeks, Rookie Me Central will be counting down our 23 Players Under 23 years of age to watch in the upcoming 2023 season. The criteria is the player must be born in 2001 or later, and must have played at least one AFL Women’s match in Season 7. As the list […]
2023 Coates Talent League POTW: Round 17
GWV Rebels forward Jonty Faull is our Coates Talent League Player of the Week for Round 17 after booting four goals in his side’s thumping win over Western on Friday night. The mobile bottom-aged tall continued his promising form with 17 disposals, six marks, and eight scoring shots at Mars Stadium. Faull has hit his […]
Scouting Notes: 2023 WAFL Colts – Round 20
THE TOP four WAFL Colts sides locked horns in this year’s final home-and-away round, but only one team came away with a win. Minor premiers Perth drew in a dour 38-apiece result against second-placed Claremont, while East Fremantle beat Subiaco in a two-point thriller. With state and national draft combine invitees finalised, a few were […]
Baby Bull Sharks break Hornet hearts
BOND University’s core group of star youngsters proved too much for Aspley in the 2023 QAFL Women’s Grand Final, running away 49-point winners in a comprehensive result at Brighton Homes Arena on the weekend. Bottom-age star Havana Harris added to her ever-growing CV by winning the best on ground medal for her performance in the […]
