Pick-by-pick: 2021 AFL mid-season draft
THE 2021 AFL mid-season draft has been run and done, with the half-hour long virtual event seeing 22 of a possible 27 selections made and plenty of fresh faces enter the elite level. As expected, Sandringham Dragons ruck/forward Jacob Edwards was selected with pick one, among seven top-age players taken straight out of the NAB […]
2021 SANFL League Player Focus: Jase Burgoyne (Port Adelaide)
PORT Adelaide fans once again have a father-son prospect to keep tabs on in 2021, with Jase Burgoyne (son of Peter) currently on trial at SANFL League level. The 17-year-old is essentially on a month-long loan with Port’s reserves side given his ties to the club, but will soon return to his home club in […]
Scouting Notes: 2021 NAB League Boys – Round 6
HE 2021 NAB League season rolled on over the weekend despite a fourth Victorian lockdown, with a pair of Northern Academy derbies making up the extent of the Round 6 fixtures. It meant budding AFL Draft prospects from around the nation got their chance to shine on centre stage, and a good number of them […]
Zreika an “inspiration” for fast-rising Whelan
GREATER Western Sydney (GWS) GIANTS Academy member Jess Whelan doesn’t have to look far for inspiration as she powers through her footballing journey. In the same charcoal and orange colours she donned this year during a one-game NAB League Girls stint, a top-flight gem has already paved a path worth following. That gem is Haneen […]
WAFLW Player Focus: Amy Franklin (Claremont)
PLAYING a crucial role in her sides win against South Fremantle, WA’s Amy Franklin continued what has been an impressive year where she has announced herself as one of the top WA prospects in the upcoming 2021 AFLW Draft. A representative at Under 19’s level for WA in the recent National Championships, Franklin has shown […]
Draft Central Power Rankings: June 2021
POWER Rankings are back. Draft Central’s first edition for 2021 features 25 of the nation’s best AFL Draft prospects, with plenty of football already played and the best yet to come. This year’s crop already shapes as being much different to that of 2020, as many more midfielders dominate the pointy end and a far […]
2021 Academy Watch: SANFL Women’s Preliminary Final
IN the second week of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s finals series, West Adelaide secured its place in the 2021 Grand Final, bundling out Norwood in straight sets. We took a look at the State Academy players running out for the four sides, with all notes the opinion of the individual writer. […]
QAFLW Player Focus: Mikayla Pauga (Bond University)
WITH the Under 19s AFL Women’s National Championships match against VIC Metro being delayed from the weekend due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the QAFL Women’s was treated to a plethora of Queensland state representatives returning to their sides, with Bond University welcoming back AFLW National Academy and Brisbane Lions Academy member Mikayla Pauga against reigning […]
2021 NAB League Boys snapshot: Round 6
A FOURTH Victorian lockdown failed to bring the 2021 NAB League competition to a complete halt, with four of the five Northern Academies battling it out in a pair of makeshift Round 6 fixtures. Fans were treated to an Under 19s Sydney Derby and Q-Clash on Sunday, as the New South Wales and Queensland-based talent […]
State Leagues wrap: Big wins across the board
DESPITE the absence of Victorian Football League (VFL) action due to a statewide lockdown imposed on Victoria, the remaining leagues went ahead with business as usual, providing plenty of entertaining football action. SANFL: The SANFL kicked off its eighth round at Flinders University Stadium, where the South Adelaide Panthers proved too strong for Central Districts, […]
WAFLW Wrap: Claremont back on track with big win
CLAREMONT have found themselves back on the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s winners list, following their 29-point triumph over a struggling South Fremantle side at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Sunday afternoon. Claremont found themselves on a shock losing streak that stretched to four games, and heading into the game, there were concerns that […]
2021 WAFL Colts MOTR: Round 8 – Claremont vs. East Perth
CLAREMONT staked its claim as a WAFL Colts premiership threat in 2021, upsetting the formerly first-placed East Perth by 48 points on Saturday morning. Conditions were trying at Revo Fitness stadium, but the rain and soaked deck worked to the favour of Claremont’s midfield as they got on top where it mattered most. Benefitting from […]
