AFLW Rising Star Player Focus: Sarah Lakay (West Coast)
IN our new series of Player Focuses, we are taking a specific look at one of the Rising Star nominees each week, and their nominee worthy performances. This week’s focus is on Eagle Sarah Lakay, who really stood up for her side in their loss to Fremantle. Sarah Lakay stats vs West Coast Disposals: 7Marks: 3Tackles: 5Hit Outs: 42 […]
Baird salutes in NT AFLW U16 clashes
TEAM Baird has taken out the Northern Territory’s AFL Women’s Under 16 Championships with comfortable back-to-back wins over Team Ponter. The teams – named after AFLW players Janet Baird and Danielle Ponter – were split between a variety of talent across the Northern Territory that featured age groups from 2005-born players through to 2008-born talents. […]
Joyful Joyce pleased about where his troops are at
THE Gold Coast Suns defeated Port Adelaide on the weekend, and Suns coach Cameron Joyce was pleased with how his team performed in the game, or most of it at least. “I thought our girls for three quarters in particular I thought were outstanding, and we sort of set the game up to three quarter […]
Top Performers: AFLW U16s – Suns Academy
GOLD Coast Suns Academy enjoyed a couple of big wins over Brisbane Lions Academy in two very different games last week for the AFLW Under 16 Championships. There were a number of impressive eye-catchers and we took a look at a high number of talented players from the Suns Academy who caught the eye. GOLD […]
Top Performers: AFLW U16s – Lions Academy
GOLD Coast Suns Academy enjoyed a couple of big wins over Brisbane Lions Academy in two very different games last week for the AFLW Under 16 Championships. There were a number of impressive eye-catchers and we first took a look at five names from the Lions Academy who caught the eye. BRISBANE LIONS ACADEMY: #2 […]
Suns shine in AFLW Under 16 Q-Clashes
GOLD Coast Suns Academy have taken out the two Q-Clash matches at the Under 16 Championships defeating Brisbane Lions Academy comfortably in both games. The two games – played at Maroochydore and Bond University over the past week, resulted in a total scoreline of 17.24 (126) to 8.13 (61). In perfect conditions up on the […]
Humble Koenen just keen to play her role
AFTER such a good start to the season, Brisbane’s Breanna Koenen was obviously not a happy camper after her side suffered their first loss for the season on the weekend. “Not the result we wanted going down here, but to their credit they were really competitive, they were really physical, I think we were slow […]
Ferguson very pleased after side’s “best ever win”
RICHMOND’S AFLW Coach Ryan Ferguson was certainly a happy man after his side upset the ladder leading Brisbane on Saturday. He felt that it was the best win his team had ever had. “We’re a new club in the comp essentially, we’ve got a few years under our belt, so there’s a lot of firsts. […]
AFLW Season 7: Round 5 Talking Points – Suns shock Power; Crows destroy GIANTS
SUNDAY’S AFL Women’s action saw Gold Coast record a confidence boosting win over Port, while Adelaide made a statement against GWS with a record 96-point win and keeping the GIANTS to just one behind.
Caught the Eye – The Finale
THE SEASON is now over for most of the draft eligible talent, with this week seeing the conclusion of the Under 18 National Championships as Vic Metro defeated Vic Country in a close one under the roof at Marvel Stadium. In the AFL Grand Final curtain raiser, it was Claremont key defender Daniel Curtin who […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 AFL Under 17 Futures
TEAM HOULI took out Saturday’s Under 17 Futures game, defeating Team Murphy by 28 points in the first instalment of the showcase since 2019. The next generation of AFL Draft prospects strutted their stuff on the MCG, proving a fitting curtain-raiser for the elite level’s final game of the year. We took notes on ALL […]
2022 AFL Draft Profiles to begin tomorrow
WITH the conclusion of the 2022 AFL Grand Final, Rookie Me Central will embark on another huge AFL Draft period all the way up until the first pick is read on November 28. Kick-starting that period is our annual look at each and every one of the AFL Draft Combine invitees, through our 2022 AFL […]
