PODCAST | Game Sense – Episode 7
EPISODE seven of GAME SENSE is out now. The latest Australian rules football podcast sees host and Rookie Me Central AFL/W Draft Editor Michael Alvaro, join Chief Editor Peter Williams and women’s football analyst Alyce Collett on Game Sense. Episode seven features interviews from a couple of Sandringham Dragons and a West Adelaide talent, as […]
2022 NAB League Girls Team of the Week: Round 2
FOUR NAB League Girls sides have shared in the equal-most players in the Round 2 Rookie Me Central NAB League Girls Team of the Week. The biggest winner of the weekend was Dandenong Stingrays who belted Gippsland Power by 135 points, receiving three players in the Team of the Week. Sandringham Dragons also had three […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 NAB League Girls – Round 2
ROUND 2 of the 2022 NAB League Girls season played host to record breaking scores, a couple of thrillers, and a grand upheaval of the reigning premier. There were plenty of top individual performances along the way, which we outline in our second Scouting Notes edition for the year. Note: All comments are opinion of the […]
2022 NAB League Girls Player of the Week: Round 2
DANDENONG Stingrays midfielder Charley Ryan is the Rookie Me Central NAB League Girls Player of the Week for Round 2. The top-ager starred in her side’s record-breaking 135-point win over the Gippsland Power at Churchill on Saturday, continuing her strong start to the season. The 17-year-old put up huge numbers, collecting 26 disposals, six marks, six inside 50s […]
2022 NAB League Girls: Round 2 wrap
ROUND 2 of the 2022 NAB League Girls season was headlined by a super Saturday of football, which featured five of the weekend’s six fixtures. Among the results, Geelong Falcons won in a thriller, Dandenong Stingrays completed a comprehensive belting, and Sandringham Dragons upset the reigning premier. We recap the action from each game in […]
Ryan relishes “awesome” representative experience
DANDENONG midfielder Charley Ryan is one of six Stingrays included in this year’s Vic Country talent hub, and a taste of representative action in 2021 has proven to be a terrific learning tool. The 17-year-old impressed across her eight NAB League Girls outings as a bottom-ager last year, averaging 11.3 disposals and 3.8 tackles after […]
Ranges and Cannons to open NAB League Girls season
HAVING arrived sooner than usual, the 2022 NAB League Girls season is set to commence this weekend. Six games will take place across five venues and two states, in what is the first of an exciting 10-round season for Victoria and Tasmania’s brightest AFL Women’s draft hopefuls. We preview each of the six games and […]
Top talents lift Rays’ training standards
THERE is plenty to be excited about at the Dandenong Stingrays in 2021. The NAB League Girls team has two AFL Women’s Academy members and an additional four Vic Country hub representatives, the most of any Country side. Coach Nick Cox said the strength of the group was publicly evident, but he was pleased with […]
NAB League Girls features coming over Summer
LEADING up to the 2022 NAB League Girls season and through the first few weeks, we will be releasing features on 46 players. Speaking to the talented footballers at the NAB League Girls Preseason Testing Day thanks to Rookie Me, we will release at least one a day from now through to February, telling each […]
2022 Vic Country Girls Hub: Full List
OVER the next four days, Rookie Me Central will take a look at all the Victorian Country and Metro players who were named in the 2022 Victorian State Hub ahead of the 2022 season. Both top-age (2022 AFL and AFLW Draft-eligible) and bottom-age (2023 AFL and AFLW Draft-eligible) have been included, and we’ll run through […]
