2022 NAB League Girls Player of the Week: Round 9
DANDENONG Stingrays midfielder-forward Olivia Robinson is the Rookie Me Central NAB League Girls Player of the Week for Round 9. The top-age talent was a standout for the Stingrays, who ran out 21-point victors over the Northern Knights at Parade College on Saturday. Robinson notched a game-high 26 disposals, five tackles, six inside 50s, five rebound 50s, and two […]
WAFLW Round 5 wrap: Swans win grand final rematch
SWAN Districts has won the 2021 West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s Grand Final rematch with a handy 17-point victory over Peel Thunder after being challenged midway through the third term. The Swans joined Claremont and East Fremantle as the other winners of Round 5, defeating South Fremantle and West Perth respectively.
WA’s Wolmarans stands tall in Under 16s clash
ATHLETIC tall Olivia Wolmarans showed shades of Amy Franklin during her side’s 20-point win in West Australia’s Under 16s State Academy clash yesterday. In game two of the series, Western Australia Black won 6.4 (41) to 3.3 (21), defeating their Gold counterparts. Players had been mixed around from the first game, but Wolmarans showed some […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 AFLW U18s – Vic Country vs. Vic Metro
THE 2022 AFL Women’s Under 18 National Championships got underway on Sunday, as Vic Metro downed their ‘Big V’ counterpart, Vic Country by 53 points in Ballarat. With a raft of top-end talent afield, there was plenty for club recruiters to jot down ahead of this year’s full national carnival. We also took note of […]
2022 NAB League Girls: Round 9 wrap
THE NAB League Girls finals picture is becoming clearer after the second-to-last regular season round, with only upsets and seismic percentage shifts able to usurp the current Country and Metro standings. While Under 18 representative action caught plenty of eyes this weekend, a full set of fixtures went ahead across Victoria and Tasmania. We recap […]
Buffettes reign supreme to claim flag
HISTORY repeats itself. After a cracking 2021/22 season, the Northern Territory Football League Women’s (NTFLW) Premier League held its grand final on Saturday, with the two best sides of the competition playing off for the ultimate prize. Fans at TIO Stadium were treated to the deciding match of the season, as the Nightcliff Tigers took […]
SANFLW Round 6 wrap: Dogs stun Sturt
ANYONE can beat anyone else on their day in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s competition, as Round 6 saw last placed Central District topple the previously unbeaten Sturt. In other results, North Adelaide thrashed Norwood, Glenelg broke away from a brave West Adelaide side in the final term, and South Adelaide had […]
Metro blitzes Country in opening AFLW U18s clash
VIC Metro has dominated Vic Country at Mars Stadium to open the official 2022 AFL Women’s Under 18s Championships. In what was set up by a lob-sided first half, Metro piled on the first nine goals of the game, and lead 59-1, three minutes into the third term. Though Country put up a fight from […]
AFLW Talking Points: QF 1 – Dockers break Roos’ Arden streak
FREMANTLE has sent an ominous message to the rest of the competition in the first of the qualifying finals, defeating North Melbourne by 38 points. North had a much better start, but only took a three-point lead into quarter time. Fremantle really got on top in the second term and really started to gain ascendency. […]
WAFLW Round 5 preview: Grand Final rematch set
ONLY one team remains undefeated and another winless as the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s enters Round 5 of action. The most anticipated match of Round 5 is the 2021 WAFL Women’s Grand Final rematch between Peel Thunder and Swan Districts, whilst the South Fremantle will search for its second win against the juggernaut […]
Kings coach eyes off taking QAFLW program “to new heights”
COORPAROO has a new coach, and a new motto as the Kings prepare for Round 1 of the 2022 Queensland Australian Football League Women’s (QAFLW) season. Having reached the finals yet again last year, albeit bundled out in the first week, the 2019 premiers – and side that has played in six of the nine […]
Preview | 2022 AFLW Under 18 National Championships – Vic Country vs. Vic Metro
THE 2022 AFL Women’s Under 18 National Championships have arrived, with a taster for the month-long carnival set to go down on Sunday in the form of an all-Victorian blockbuster. Vic Country takes on Vic Metro at Mars Stadium in Ballarat, bringing together the state’s most talented prospects just a fortnight before many of them […]
