2022 AFLW early look: West Coast
IN an early look at the upcoming AFL Women’s 2022 season, Draft Central checks out each of the 14 clubs over the next three weeks ahead of preseason commencing. Next up is West Coast, who finished 12th overall with two wins for the season, narrowly getting past Gold Coast (one point) and then smashing Geelong […]
2022 AFLW early look: GWS GIANTS
IN an early look at the upcoming AFL Women’s 2022 season, Draft Central checks out each of the 14 clubs over the next three weeks ahead of preseason commencing. Next up is GWS GIANTS, who were competitive throughout the season, but were unable to replicate the finals place of the year before, finishing ninth overall […]
2021 AFLW Draft preview: GWS – Western Bulldogs
TODAY is the day. The 2021 AFL Women’s Draft takes place tonight and the 14 clubs are preparing to welcome a host of new players into the elite system. Draft Central has split its club-by-club draft previews into two parts, starting with the first seven clubs of Adelaide to Gold Coast which was in yesterday’s […]
2021 AFL Women’s trade period: Final day update
THE 2021 AFL Women’s sign and trade period came to a close at 2:00pm on Wednesday, ahead of dual list lodgement deadlines. A bunch of big deals played out since our week one wrap, with stars like Olivia Purcell and Tayla Harris seeing their big moves get over the line, while West Coast came to […]
Peel Thunder complete fairytale from wooden spooners to premiers
IT was a modern day football fairytale, with the 2019 West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s wooden spooners Peel Thunder turning their fortunes around in 12 months and claiming a remarkable title in 2020 over minor premiers, Subiaco. The Thunder reversed two previous results against the Lions this season, losing by nine and then six […]
Final quarter frenzy sends Sharks into the prelim
A FINAL quarter frenzy by reigning premiers, East Fremantle has seen the Sharks bob up and defeat Swan Districts for the second consecutive week in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s competition. Last week’s win over the Swans was to secure home ground advantage – as well as a finals spot itself – while […]
Peel Thunders to second spot and first finals appearance
PEEL Thunder has powered to their first finals series in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s competition, and left Claremont as the collateral damage, winning by nine points in a tight tussle on the weekend. Sitting in fifth coming into the round, but four points and percentage essentially separating second from fifth in various […]
WAFL Women’s weekend wrap: Sharks hold on in one-point thriller
EAST Fremantle has picked up a win in the nick of time, downing Claremont by a point in a hotly contested game yesterday to get the Sharks season back on track. The 3.6 (24) to 3.5 (23) win snapped a three-game losing streak since East Fremantle’s opening round thumping of newcomers, South Fremantle. While there […]
2020 Top 10 AFLW matches: #1 – Mithen saves Demons from finals hell
IN a new countdown, Draft Central recalls the Top 10 AFL Women’s games for season 2020, ending with our top pick which saw Melbourne claim a dramatic come-from-behind finals win over GWS via the boot of an unlikely hero. On the road and in their first ever post-season match, the Demons had to raise hell […]
2020 Top 10 AFLW matches: #5 – GWS survives GIANT scare against Suns
AS we move into the top five of our 2020 Top 10 AFL Women’s matches, we rewind all the way back to Round 1, 2020 when the GWS GIANTS survived a big scare against one of the competition’s newcomers in Gold Coast Suns. It ended up being the lowest combined score on record with just […]
