AFL Women’s preview: Round 3 – Make or break games set the scene for third round of action
IT is now or never for a number of teams who sit on a knifes-edge when it comes to their finals aspirations. While some sides will finish the round undefeated with three wins, other teams will head into Monday doing the maths as to how many wins they need to make finals. With many teams […]
2019/20 AFLW off-season review: Western Bulldogs
AFTER claiming a maiden AFL Women’s premiership in 2018 and looking impressive from the get-go in 2019, the Western Bulldogs fell away in the second half of the 2019 season to finish wooden spooners in Conference A. There was far from any shame in that, because had they been in the other conference, chances are […]
Draftee Watch: AFLW – Round 7
THE final round of the AFL Women’s home and away season for 2019 saw the end of the road for six teams as finals loom next week. A number of young players stood out in Round 7, with a few familiar faces gracing the Draft Central Draftee Watch list once again. Adelaide: Jess Foley Foley […]
Draftee Watch: AFLW – Round 6
SOME different names feature in this week’s AFL Women’s Draftee Watch for Round 6, including a number of crosscoders who impressed in the penultimate round. Adelaide: Jessica Foley Foley again proved why she’s been so highly regarded this year with another impressive performance for Adelaide. Despite coming up against the most successful ruck this year […]
Draftee Watch: AFLW Round 5
IN Round 5 of the AFLW, Carlton’s Madison Prespakis continued to show her dynamic form on field, while a few new names made it onto this week’s list of budding stars. Adelaide: Jessica Foley The SANFLW star was sensational in Adelaide’s win over North Melbourne. Despite not winning most of the ruck duels, Foley found […]
Weekend wash-up: AFLW – Round 5
ROUND 5 of the AFL Women’s competition saw some huge wins and some firsts, with Brisbane recording the lowest score and Adelaide handing North Melbourne the Roos’ first defeat. Brisbane 1.2 (8) defeated by Geelong 5.5 (35) By: James Halley Geelong defeated Brisbane by 27 points in their Round 5 encounter to earn themselves top […]
Draftee Watch: AFLW – Round 4
IN Round 4 of the AFL Women’s, Adelaide’s Danielle Ponter and Collingwood’s Sarah Dargan joined the list of growing Rising Stars in the competition after impressive performances on the weekend. Adelaide: Danielle Ponter Ponter was well deserving of her Round 4 Rising Star nomination in Adelaide’s victory over Fremantle. As Adelaide’s first nomination this season, […]
Weekend wash-up: AFLW – Round 4
ROUND 4 was packed to the brim with exciting matches, with three teams winning by less than 10 points to close out the midway point of the season. North Melbourne got a shock this week when they took on a fighting Melbourne side at home, but are now the only team that has not dropped […]
Weekend previews: AFLW – Round 2
AFTER an exhilarating first round, which saw four of the five matches go down to the wire, teams prepare to tweak game styles or mix up team sheets in order to get an advantage over their opponents. Four of the first round losers face off, with Melbourne heading to Victoria Park on Saturday to face […]
AFLW season previews: Western Bulldogs
THE reigning premiers will come into 2019 hoping to go back-to-back for the first time in the AFLW competition, having picked up a wealth of experienced players to join their side this year. But with the loss of last year’s Best and Fairest, Emma Kearney to North Melbourne and leading goalkicker, Brooke Lochland to injury […]
