REVIEW | VFLW Round 1: A round that had it all
THE VFL Women’s competition returned over the weekend, with plenty of interesting results to kick off the season. In the game of the round, Essendon and Box Hill played out a thrilling draw out at The Hangar. In a match full of momentum swings, the teams ultimately could not be split at the final whistle. […]
AFLW Season 7 Glass Half Full/Empty: Essendon
IN a new approach to the AFL Women’s end of season reviews, Rookie Me Central casts both a glass half full and half empty lens over each side’s campaigns. Today’s team is Essendon, who performed the best of the competition’s debutant sides in Season 7. GLASS HALF FULL Star power Essendon arguably did the best […]
Grand Final the culmination of a long journey for the Bombers
SUNDAY’S VFL Women’s Grand Final is about more than the culmination of a single campaign for Essendon. Season 2022 could not have been more different from back in 2018, when the Bombers first joined the VFLW. A one-win year saw them comfortably finish last on the ladder back then, but fast forward four years and […]
2022 AFLW Draft: Others to Watch – Victoria
THE 2022 AFL Women’s Draft is next week and already Rookie Me Central has completed profiles on all those available AFLW Draft Combine invites. In separate articles this week, we will go state by state and look at some other contenders for the AFLW Draft outside those with the invites. Finishing up the series is […]
Not everything goes to script in week one of the finals
WEEK one of the 2022 VFLW finals has come and gone, with a few surprises being dished up in terms of the final results. The Bombers fly up, up to take care of the Hawks Essendon 8.12.60 defeated Hawthorn 1.1.7 Essendon is one win away from an inaugural VFLW Grand Final, after it comfortably took […]
Race at bottom of the VFLW top six tightens
LAST weekend garnered some very interesting results in the VFLW, and with only a fortnight left in the season, there are still many eventualities that could play out as to who makes finals, and who does not. This week’s match of the round was between the top two sides, and the result befitted the contest […]
A Dee-molition one of many big VFLW results
After a weekend off, the VFLW was back on the weekend for Round 6, and there were some big results, not just on the scoreboard. In this week’s game of the round, Casey sent a brutal message to the rest of the competition, completely annihilating the Southern Saints. It was a very evening opening part […]
State-by-State AFLW Draft Watch: March
ON Tuesday night, Rookie Me Central released its first 2022 AFL Women’s Draft Power Rankings for the year. It featured 20 detailed profiles, with 10 additional names included. Though there were 30 players named there, with expansion on the horizon, there will be an additional 120-plus players making their way on AFL Women’s lists for […]
Bombers and Saints can’t be split as Roos finally get on the board
ROUND 5 in the VFL Women’s really had it all – first wins of the year, and even a draw. Here is all the excitement of what went down over the weekend. This week’s Match of the round was one of the matches of the season. After a tight encounter all the afternoon we saw […]
2022 AFLW Expansion rules: What it means
ESSENDON, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide and Sydney’s list-building allowances for expansion ahead of the 2023 AFL Women’s season have been decided. In an announcement from the AFL yesterday, the four newest AFL Women’s sides will enter the competition at the end of the 2022 season, and have a number of allowances. These include: Up to 14 […]
