Pearce paves historic path as Eagles keep on winning
WEST Coast picked up a historic win last night, defeating Collingwood by 17 points at Princes Park to record the most amount of wins it ever has in a season, and consecutive wins for the first time in its AFLW history. Speaking after the match, Eagles coach Daisy Pearce was very happy with how her […]
Maturing Eagles pick up second win of 2024
WEST Coast picked up its second win of the 2024 AFL Women’s season last night after an at times hard fought 11 point win over the Western Bulldogs. It was also the Eagles’ first win on the road for 2024, and coach Daisy Pearce was certainly happy about the outcome post match. “Yeah all wins […]
First Daisy directive sees new Eagle attend draft
WHEN Daisy Pearce calls your dad, you listen. That was the case with new Eagle Jessica Rentsch, who provided attendees and spectators with one of the best reactions of the AFL Women’s Draft on Monday night, but it almost didn’t happen. Rentsch had initially declined the invite to attend the 2023 AFLW Draft, instead opting […]
Analysis: Verity brings variety to new code and new team
AFTER a decorated career in Australian netball, Verity Simmons retired from the sport after the 2023 Suncorp Super Netball season. However her retirement from netball was not the end of her elite sporting career, with the announcement coming last week that she was going to be joining the West Coast Eagles in the AFLW as […]
Bolting Bannan blitzs Eagles to set up huge Demonic win
NAARM bounced back from its first loss of the 2023 AFL Womens season in emphatic fashion on Sunday, thrashing the West Coast Eagles to the tune of 70 points. One of the key stars of that performance was Alyssa Bannan, who piled on five goals in one of the young forward’s best performances in red […]
Skipper’s stellar showing leads Dees to another win
MELBOURNE cruised to its second win from as many games with a solid 77-point win over GWS on Sunday night, and one big key to the Dees’ success was none other than skipper Kate Hore. Taking on one of the more mentally and emotionally challenging tasks in AFLW – taking over as captain of the […]
Hore and Hanks to take “opportunity” left by Daisy’s departure
IT is never easy to replace a club legend on or off the field, especially one universally respected as Daisy Pearce. However that is exactly what new Melbourne AFLW captain Kate Hore and vice-captain Tyla Hanks will look to do in Season 8 and beyond following the retirement of one of footy’s legends. When Melbourne […]
Stalwart skipper Simpson has still got the spark
DAREBIN Falcons’ skipper Stephanie Simpson has seen a lot of change in her 14 years at the Falcons, but although her teammates have changed quite a bit in that time, her love for the game has not. From starting when the likes of Daisy Pearce and Aasta O’Connor were her teammates to now, Simpson has […]
Fire still burns for Hawk Kendall
FORMER AFL Women’s Dee, now VFLW Hawk Mietta Kendall has not fully given up on returning to the AFLW, but also has other goals she wants to achieve this coming season. “I think this year (2023) my goal is to enjoy it,” she said. “But also we’ve had a lot of changes at the club […]
Women’s Footy Rewind: 2017 VFLW Grand Final – the end of an era
WITH less women’s footy over the summer months than fans have become used to, we here at Rookie Me Central take you down memory lane and look back at key moments in women’s footy history from the past few years. In today’s inaugural article, we rewind to 2017, and the end of an era in […]
