2021 AFLW Draft preview: Adelaide – Gold Coast
ONE more sleep remains until the 2021 AFL Women’s Draft 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 in this edition, with the GWS […]
2021 Draft Central AFLW Draft Top/Mature Age Team to Watch
BE it 19-year-old talents who for one reason or another missed out last year, or mature-age players who have put together breakout seasons, there are plenty of player vying for a spot on an AFL Women’s list. The AFL Women’s Draft occurs on July 27, and plenty of players from almost 19 to 29-year-olds, we […]
2021 AFLW Draft Positional Analysis: Tall/Medium Forwards
AFTER announcing the inaugural AFLW Draft Power Rankings Victorian Pool, Draft Central is starting a new series – Positional Analysis. It takes a look across the nation and those players within a certain position, and the impact they have. Next up is tall and medium forwards, where the forward position is the more prevalent area […]
The Graduates: 2021 VFLW – Round 12
A HEAP of young prospects continue to filter through the Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s competition, with the revamped structure allowing Under 18 and 19 NAB League players to align with state league sides as both seasons run concurrently. As the NAB League season has now drawn to an end, Round 11 saw plenty more […]
NAB League Girls Round 9 preview: Final round to determine post-season order
THE FINAL round of NAB League Girls action gets underway over the weekend with six games played across Saturday, and a standalone Anzac Day fixture on Sunday. With the eight teams already locked in for finals – and only the ladder order able to change – it means a number of contests have important outcomes, […]
2021 AFLW U19 Championships state preview: Allies
IN the fifth of our 2021 AFL Women’s Under 19 Championships state preview, we take a look at the Allies, a team that has accommodated Northern Territory to join the Eastern Allies duo of NSW/ACT and Tasmania. Always a challenge to combine the best players across multiple states, there are a number of experienced NAB […]
Top Performers: NAB League Girls – Round 8
THE 2021 NAB League Girls competition had its penultimate round prior to the AFL Women’s Under 19 Championships break with Round 8 run and done. Our weekly (self explanatory) Top Performers series delves into some of the best individual feats across each weekend of action. This week produced plenty of highlights as players continue to […]
2021 Draft Central NAB League Girls Team of the Week: Round 8
FOUR clubs are evenly represented in the Draft Central NAB League Girls Team of the Week this round, with three representatives apiece for Round 8. In a week where the midfield depth in particularly was unbelievable, there were some serious quality individual efforts named as emergencies due to the sheer weight of numbers having to […]
2021 NAB League Girls: Round 8 wrap – Power break drought as Thunder win at MARS
GIPPSLAND Power have finally broken through for their first win of the NAB League Girls season, meaning every side will finish 2021 with a victory. In other results, most of the finals-bound teams grabbed wins, as Geelong Falcons upset Oakleigh Chargers, and Northern Territory Thunder got a win over the Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels. […]
2021 NAB League Girls: 7 Memorable Moments – Round 8
THE NAB League Girls competition has completed its penultimate round, with seven games across the weekend and Northern Territory Academy coming into the fold. In continuing our new weekly series, we take a look at the top moments from each match – whether they be game-defining feats, big marks, glorious goals, or otherwise. There was […]
