2022 AFLW debut season focus: Round 9
FREMANTLE was sent into a selection frenzy before its Round 9 clash with Melbourne, and it meant the Dockers’ fielded three debutants to bring their season tally to 11. We take a look at how those in their debut campaigns performed this past weekend – either first-year players, or those who were yet to make […]
AFLW Present & Future Draft Watch: Schirmer finds defensive home
IN a new weekly piece on Rookie Me Central, we will be honing in on those players to remember for the AFLW Draft, present and future. With four new AFLW clubs joining the competition, spots will heat up, and players will be looking to put their best foot forward. For this piece, we have looked […]
2022 SANFLW Player Focus: Sarah Goodwin
AFTER a promising debut season in the yellow and black, Glenelg‘s Sarah Goodwin has elevated her game to another level in 2022. The talented premiership player managed nine games in her first League season of 2021, and has played each of the four games thus far in 2022. A State Academy member, the slick, athletic […]
2022 AFLW debut season focus: Round 7
THREE debutants entered the AFL Women’s arena in Round 7, as a bunch of players in their maiden seasons continue to make waves across the competition. We take a look at how those in their debut campaigns performed this past weekend – either first-year players, or those who were yet to make their AFL Women’s […]
AFLW Present & Future Draft Watch: Deed earns chance
IN a new weekly piece on Rookie Me Central, we will be honing in on those players to remember for the AFLW Draft, present and future. With four new AFLW clubs joining the competition, spots will heat up, and players will be looking to put their best foot forward. Already this week one player has […]
SANFLW Round 3 preview: Clubs to honour Indigenous culture
ALL eight South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s clubs will pay tribute to First Nations Australians with the inaugural Indigenous Round taking place this weekend. All four Round 3 matches – which will be played without any crossover to another match for the first time this year – will feature 50m arcs that will […]
SANFLW Round 2 wrap: Eagles soar, Double Blues upset reigning premiers
WINS to the bottom two sides from last year against the reigning premiers emphasised just how even the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s is in 2022. In a couple of shock results, the youth of Woodville-West Torrens and Sturt upset West Adelaide and Glenelg respectively. In the other two matches, Norwood and North […]
SANFLW Round 2 preview: Sturt set for Bays’ challenge
ANOTHER round of South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s action kicks off tonight, and completes tomorrow. In the standalone Friday night clash, West Adelaide hosts Woodville-West Torrens in a bid to remain undefeated, whilst opposite ends of the town clash on Saturday, with the bottom two sides also going head-to-head. Meanwhile, Sturt is the […]
2022 SANFLW Academy Watch: Round 1
OUR South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s Academy Watch is back for another year. We cast our eyes over the four League matches and took notes on each of the South Australian State Academy members to see how they fared across the board. This year we will also be tallying up votes for the […]
2022 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 1
REIGNING premiers Glenelg have dominated the first Rookie Me Central South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s Team of the Week after a statement win over Norwood on Friday night. The Round 1 team features five Bays, with fellow winners West Adelaide recording the second most with four. Other winners South Adelaide and Sturt had […]
