Giants coach proud of side’s close loss to red-hot Yartapuulti
SUNDAY’S game between the GWS Giants and Yartapuulti came down to the wire, after a comeback from latter saw the Power take home the win. They won by a solitary point after Gemma Houghton kicked the match-winner with less than a minute left. GWS led all game, which would have been a massive upset considering […]
2024 AFLW Week 8 Preview: Saturday
AMONG the smorgasbord of options today in the AFL Women’s is a Western Derby and some key matches in the race for finals.
2024 AFLW Week 6 Preview: Thursday
TONIGHT’s AFLW action sees two sides take to the field that are both desperate for a win.
Beeson’s bold new briefing as new dawn arises
GWS stalwart Rebecca Beeson has seen a lot happen at the Giants in her eight seasons at the club, but she gets to experience something new this season when she takes over captaincy duties from Alicia Eva. But like the true professional she is, she is “just trying to be myself, so not a hell […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: GWS Giants
COMING off a season which saw them accrue only two wins, the Giants will be looking to consolidate their new-look team and rise up the ladder in 2024. TEAM LIST #1 Annise Bradfield#2 Alicia Eva#3 Alyce Parker#4 Katherine Smith#5 Jessica Doyle#6 Rebecca Beeson#7 Zarlie Goldsworthy#8 Nicola Barr#9 Caitlin Miller#10 Jasmine Grierson#11 Chloe Dalton?#12 Isabel Huntington#13 […]
Giant loss brings Giant signs of positivity for those in orange
YESTERDAY Adelaide ultimately ran away with the match against GWS, defeating the Giants by 69 points. However, the final scoreline did not tell the full story. The Giants got within two points of their visitors at one stage in the first term, but conceded the last nine goals of the match to ultimately fall away. […]
AFLW 2023 Round 2 Preview: Sunday
1:05pmMars Stadium, Ballarat Recent Form Both of these teams are coming off Round 1 losses. The Bulldogs are coming off an unimpressive performance against the Cats, while the Hawks were valiant but still went down to the Bombers. History Hawthorn will be hoping history does not repeat itself today, as when these two met last […]
Surprises and big margins as AFLW preseason wraps up
AFTER a weekend of match simulations across the AFL Women’s, last weekend saw all 18 clubs take to the field in official practice matches. In one of what was perhaps the more surprising results, Sydney defeated Carlton to continue its strong preseason form. A strong start was what really helped the Swans in the end. […]
Season 8 AFLW preview: GWS
GWS GIANTS had a really unlucky season last year, with the Western Sydney team having a host of inactive players that were unavailable in Season 7. An incredible six players – including one who replaced an initial inactive player – were all out due to injury. Looking ahead to Season 8, the GIANTS are in […]
Women’s Footy Rewind: 2017 AFLW Draft
WITH less women’s footy over the summer months than fans have become used to, we here at Rookie Me Central take you down memory lane and look back at key moments in women’s footy history from the past few years. In today’s edition, we rewind to the 2017 AFLW Draft, the first intake which saw a […]
