In Case You Missed It: AFLW Round 2
Richmond (2.0.12) lost to Adelaide (6.5.41) Gold Coast (15.9.99) defeated West Coast (4.2.26) Port Adelaide (4.2.26) lost to Brisbane (11.10.76) Sydney (5.11.41) lost to Geelong (10.8.68) Western Bulldogs (5.9.39) lost to Hawthorn (6.10.46) Collingwood (7.4.46) defeated Fremantle (3.7.25) North Melbourne (10.6.66) defeated Carlton (1.0.6) Essendon (6.4.40) defeated St Kilda (4.4.28) GWS (3.4.22) lost to Melbourne […]
Lions back to “normal” in Power shutdown
BRISBANE Lions coach Craig Starcevich was pleased his side “got it back into something like normal” as the reigning grand finalists returned to Queensland with four points in the bank from their away trip to Alberton. The Lions proved too strong for second season club Port Adelaide, with 21 scoring shots to six, and putting […]
Season 8 AFLW preview: Brisbane
BRISBANE is a perennial contender in the AFL Women’s and though the off-season saw the Lions lose a number of quality players for a variety of reasons, expect last year’s grand finalists to be thereabouts again. We preview the Lions’ season. TEAM LIST #2 Tahlia Hickie#3 Breanna Koenen#4 Sharni Webb*#4 Caitlin Wendland#5 Jade Ellenger#6 Lily […]
Top 5s: Season 7 AFLW Club B&F results
SEASON 7 of the AFL Women’s came to a close last month, but now all the 18 clubs have awarded their best and fairests. We take a look at the top five results from across the league and see who won the top gongs at each club. ADELAIDE 1st: Anne Hatchard (343 votes) 2nd: Ebony […]
AFLW Season 7 Glass Half Full/Empty: Brisbane
IN a new approach to the AFL Women’s end of season reviews, Rookie Me Central casts both a glass half full and half empty lens over each side’s campaigns. Today’s team, in the penultimate article in this series, is Brisbane, who fell agonisingly short of its second AFLW Premiership. GLASS HALF FULL They made another […]
Dees delight, break finals hoodoo
MELBOURNE has broken its finals hoodoo by grinding out a low-scoring but unmissable win, running out 2.7 (19) to 2.3 (15) victors over Brisbane. The Demons looked in trouble early when Brisbane kicked back-to-back goals in the opening quarter, but then took complete control of the game, shutting down the Lions’ run and limiting the […]
Lions continue to roar as Anderson wins big gong
BRISBANE’s Ally Anderson is the toast of the AFLW tonight, after winning the Season 7 AFLW Best and Fairest Award. She is the second consecutive Lion to win the award, after teammate Emily Bates won the award in Season 6. She won the award by a single vote from Tiger Monique Conti, with Ebony Marinoff […]
Lions too strong for Crows; Springfield to host decider
BRISBANE Lions are the first team into the Season 7 AFL Women’s Grand Final, after taking care of Adelaide by 23 points. After an intense opening fifteen minutes, Brisbane really opened the game up in the second quarter. Adelaide mounted a minor comeback in the second half but it was nowhere near enough, as the […]
Season 7 AFLW All Australian Squad Revealed
THE SEASON 7 AFLW All Australian Squad has been named, with a full squad of 42 revealed earlier today. Minor Premiers Brisbane have the most number of players in the squad with six, while Adelaide, Melbourne, Geelong and Richmond have the next highest with four players apiece. Emma Kearney is in line for her seventh […]
Lions exact revenge to move into prelim
THE Brisbane Lions are the second team into the AFLW Season 7 preliminary finals, after a 17-point win over Richmond in yesterday’s qualifying final. With scores tight in the first quarter, Brisbane kicked into gear in the second term, booting three goals and not allowing the Tigers any easy possession of the footy. Brisbane continued […]
