Crocker praises teams’ defensive pressure
NORTH Melbourne AFLW Coach Darren Crocker knew the importance of his side’s victory against the Sydney Swans with four rounds left in the regular season, noting his side’s defensive pressure was key to getting the win. “It was an important game for us,” Crocker said. “Sydney are obviously at a different stage of their development […]
AFLW Season 7: Round 6 Talking Points – Favourites win, but some easier than others
SUNDAY’S action in the AFLW saw largely expected results with all the favourites winning, but they did not all do it as easily as their final winning margins may suggest. Melbourne was pushed by Fremantle but still got a comfortable win, while Brisbane and North Melbourne easily took care of Essendon and Sydney respectively.
Back to the Future for Rebels’ Brooke Brown
RETURNING to the region where she spent the best part of a decade as a volunteer, incoming GWV Rebels Talent Operations Lead Brooke Brown is excited to return home. Though she admits it was hard to leave the Bendigo Pioneers, she was happy to be “home”, with equal love for both regions. In speaking to […]
2022 AFLW early look: North Melbourne
IN an early look at the upcoming AFL Women’s 2022 season, Draft Central checks out each of the 14 clubs over the next three weeks ahead of preseason commencing. Next up is North Melbourne, a team that scraped into the last finals spot, but were not far off the minor premiership either, and ranked in […]
2021 VFLW team review: North Melbourne
IN summarising the 2021 Victorian Football League Women’s (VFLW) season, Draft Central will run through a team-by-team review of how each of the sides fared, and who some of the standout VFLW-listed performers throughout the clubs were. The next team in the firing line is North Melbourne. Position: 10th Wins: 5 Losses: 9 Draws: 0 […]
Stat Leaders: 2021 VFL Women’s – Round 8
THE 2021 Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s season rolled on into its eighth round over the weekend, with six fixtures spread from Friday night to Sunday afternoon. There were a number of outstanding individual performances among the Round 8 action, as AFLW-listed talent and state league guns alike topped a range of key categories. We […]
2021 VFLW Round 8 wrap: Dogs move within range of top six as Casey topple Borough
PORT Melbourne suffered its first loss of the season at the hands of a stacked Casey Demons outfit, while Western Bulldogs continued to make their move towards the top six, defeating Southern Saints under lights to kick off Round 8 of the Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s competition. >> VFL WOMEN’S PAGE WESTERN BULLDOGS 0.0 […]
2021 VFLW Round 8 preview: Anzac Day rivals lock horns at The Hangar
ANZAC Day matches take centre stage, along with a Friday night blockbuster at Whitten Oval, in what is anticipated to be a fantastic round of Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s action for Round 8 of the competition. WESTERN BULLDOGS vs. SOUTHERN SAINTS Friday, April 23 @ 7:30pm Whitten Oval A mammoth win last Sunday afternoon […]
Milford’s half dozen grabs VFLW goalkicking lead as Smith remains top tackler
IMOGEN Milford‘s six-goal haul during Casey Demons’ win over Hawthorn on the weekend has seen the forward grab top spot on the VFL Women’s goalkicking leaderboard. The 21-year-old tall has slotted 12 goals in her seven games, but really helped chalk up her numbers in 2021 with the half dozen majors in Round 7. Milford […]
Reserves wrap: 2021 VFL Women’s – Round 7
THE Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s returned for Round 7 on the weekend, with six fixtures split evenly across Saturday and Sunday. With the 2021 AFL Women’s season run and done, top flight players are now filing through the state league system at a greater rate, strengthening the eight aligned teams. We take you through […]
