SANFL Women’s 2020 team preview: South Adelaide
IN the next of our South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s team preview, we take a look at the most successful side in the competition’s short history with back-to-back flags in the past two years. They will be faced with plenty of challenges this year as 10 players have departed, four of which stepped […]
AFL Women’s Round 1 review: Pies win opening round as Lions upset reigning premiers
BRISBANE’s youth stepped up downing reigning premiers Adelaide at home, as Collingwood claimed its first win in Round 1 from four tries. All four expansion sides suffered defeats, with the Gold Coast SUNS getting within one point of victory against the GIANTS. We recap the remaining six games after our Match of the Round saw […]
Exciting Farquharson leaving no stone unturned in pursuit of dream
IF you have caught any action from the last two AFL Women’s Under-18 Championships, chances a high-flying Queenslander in a helmet might have caught your eye. Zimmorlei Farquharson played her first championships at 15-years-old – three years ago – and is now entering her top-age draft year as one to watch from the northern state. […]
Dees celebrate upset win in front of home fans at Casey
MELBOURNE has claimed a huge scalp in the opening round of the AFL Women’s 2020 season, downing one of the premiership favourites in North Melbourne at Casey Fields. In a see-sawing contest, the Demons scored the final goal of the game courtesy of Eden Zanker, in a low-scoring and blustery affair to win 3.4 (22) […]
Levi always learning as she targets elite level
NEW to the Australian rules football code, Queensland talent Maddison Levi has made an impression in a short amount of time. Only a couple of years ago she had never played before, but opted to give the sport and a go and has gone from strength to strength since. A member of the AFL Women’s […]
NTFL Women’s Premier League preview: Round 17 – Top of the table clash headlines penultimate route
WARATAH and Darwin are set to go head-to-head in a top of the table clash to round out a big weekend of Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) Women’s Premier League action, with finals spots still to be determined. The round kicks off tonight under lights, with three Saturday fixtures capping off the weekend. PALMERSTON MAGPIES […]
AFL Women’s Round 1 preview: Four new teams begin elite journey
AFTER nine months of waiting, AFL Women’s 4.0 is here and four more teams enter the fray in a bid to take home the 2020 premiership. Adelaide won its second title in three years last season, with the Western Bulldogs the only other premiership winner in the competition. With the Crows wounded and plenty of […]
Tarlinton to focus on footy in 2020
HAVING completed her Year 12 studies in 2019, Queensland ruck Lily Tarlinton has an advantage over a number of her teammates when it comes to juggling her life priorities. It certainly helps considering the amount of travel the North Queenslander has had to do over the years, and speaking to her at the AFL Women’s […]
NTFL Men’s Premier League: Round 17 – Bombers look for three-peat over Saints
THE penultimate Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) Men’s Premier League round features just one fixture between two top five sides, but it promises to be a cracker nonetheless with the bottom three teams looking to play the cat among the pigeons against finals-bound opponents. The minor premiership, wooden spooner, and final five might already be […]
2020 AFL Women’s season predictions
WITH the 2020 AFLW season set to commence tomorrow night, we take a look at three potential leading goal kickers, MVPs, premiership favourites and Rising Stars contenders, as well as give our predictions for the season ahead. Leading goal kickers: Collingwood – Jaimee Lambert The talented forward caused many headaches last year with her deceptive […]
SANFL Women’s 2020 team preview: Norwood
IN the next of our South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s team preview, we take a look at Norwood, one of the most successful teams over the past three seasons, winning a flag and then coming close in the past two years. They lost a heap of talent to AFL Women’s lists – including […]
Atmosphere the key for rugby player, Daisy D’Arcy
COMING from North Queensland, it is no surprise that growing up, Daisy D’Arcy took up rugby. Right in the heartland state of the sport, D’Arcy naturally went into that code. It was not until her mother suggested another code that was ever-growing in Queensland, particularly in the female space. “I got into AFL two years […]
