Q&A: Anjelani Kibombo (USQ Cougars/Queensland)
AS the postponement of all seasons commenced over the last week, we head back to the preseason a month earlier where we chatted to a number of athletes across the country. In a special Question and Answer (Q&A) feature, Draft Central‘s Taylah Melki chatted with Queensland’s Anjelani Kibombo at the state testing day hosted by […]
Q&A: Tiarna Jericho (Toowoomba/Queensland)
AS the postponement of all seasons commenced over the last week, we head back to the preseason a month earlier where we chatted to a number of athletes across the country. In a special Question and Answer (Q&A) feature, Draft Central‘s Taylah Melki chatted with Queensland’s Tiarna Jericho at the state testing day hosted by Rookie […]
Exciting Farquharson leaving no stone unturned in pursuit of dream
IF you have caught any action from the last two AFL Women’s Under-18 Championships, chances a high-flying Queenslander in a helmet might have caught your eye. Zimmorlei Farquharson played her first championships at 15-years-old – three years ago – and is now entering her top-age draft year as one to watch from the northern state. […]
Postlethwaite thrives with captaincy
AFTER overcoming an ankle injury leading up to her bottom-age championships, Brisbane Lions Academy member, Lily Postlethwaite continues to take her footy to the next level with the 18-year-old loving every moment of her journey so far. Draft Central spoke to her last year regarding how her love for footy blossomed and what she endured […]
All-Australian junior White returns to draft radar
TARNI White is a player who at the age of 16-years-old was identified as one of the nation’s top talents. In 2017, she was named in the All-Australian side after a terrific carnival for Queensland. To give an indication of how rare her achievement was, Geelong Falcons and Vic Country star Lucy McEvoy was the […]
Hickie dives into football pathway
MANY AFL Women’s Under-18 Championships players have played other sports at some point in their life before ultimately choosing Australian rules football. But for Tahlia Hickie, she had a few less talked about individual sports, partaking in gymnastics and diving, and then getting involved in Oztag which proved to be a transition sport into her […]
Injury leads Moore to the footy field
QUEENSLAND’S Hayley Moore had a different start to her Aussie Rules career, eventually finding her way to the sport after a brief stint at netball. “I was playing netball and then girls from school that were in my netball academy started to play AFL. One time the team just needed an extra player and they […]
Gregory aims to run with her strengths
WITH a neat left foot and plenty of speed to burn, Queensland’s Chloe Gregory has always been told to back herself when deciding whether to take the game on. The utility has played between midfield and forward, and crossed over from netball because of her ability to do just that. “I started out playing netball,” […]
Passionate Lion eyes AFLW future
BRISBANE is a long way from Frankston in the south eastern suburbs of Victoria, but the Sunshine State, and more accurately, the Brisbane Lions is where exciting mid-forward Belle Dawes‘ heart lies. She moved from Victoria up north and brought her love for Australian Rules football with her, and credits much of her recent development […]
NAB League Boys Round 4 wash-up: SUNS shine in NAB League Boys
THE NAB League ladder has a new leader after all the action from Round 4, as three Northern Academy sides got the better of their Victorian Metropolitan counterparts. With Tasmania also picking up a win, it was a good weekend to be an interstater, albeit with the Victorian sides depleted on the back of trial […]
