AFL Women’s Round 3 review: St Kilda makes history with first win
ROUND 3 of the AFL Women’s saw a number of history-making performances, especially St Kilda with the team from Moorabbin claiming their inaugural win while top of the table clashes lived up to the hype. These are the remaining six game reviews after our Match of the Round – selected prior to the weekend – […]
Jets focus on fast-tracking talent
WESTERN Jets now have a “template” that they can use for their NAB League Girls squads after their success at the AFL Women’s Draft last year. Jets Girls’ senior coach, Zachary Read said the club’s five who were drafted – three straight out of the Jets program and an additional two who were former Jets […]
AFL Women’s preview: Round 3 – Make or break games set the scene for third round of action
IT is now or never for a number of teams who sit on a knifes-edge when it comes to their finals aspirations. While some sides will finish the round undefeated with three wins, other teams will head into Monday doing the maths as to how many wins they need to make finals. With many teams […]
AFL Women’s Young Gun Watch: Round 2 – Bottom-age All-Australian shines in South Australia
IN a new weekly piece, we take a look at some of the top young performers across the AFL Women’s competition in Round 2, focusing on those players born in the 21st century (2000 or 2001). We analyse match-by-match just how they performed and what they did well. ONES TO WATCH: Millie Brown (Geelong) A […]
AFL Women’s Young Gun Watch: Round 1 – McEvoy and Patrikios earn Rising Star noms
IN a new weekly piece, we take a look at some of the top young performers across the AFL Women’s competition in Round 1, focusing on those players born in the 21st century (2000 or 2001). We analyse match-by-match just how they performed and what they did well. RISING STAR NOMINEES: Lucy McEvoy (Carlton) The […]
2019/20 AFLW off-season review: Western Bulldogs
AFTER claiming a maiden AFL Women’s premiership in 2018 and looking impressive from the get-go in 2019, the Western Bulldogs fell away in the second half of the 2019 season to finish wooden spooners in Conference A. There was far from any shame in that, because had they been in the other conference, chances are […]
The ‘big three’s’ take on how the AFLW draft unfolded
GABBY Newton, Lucy McEvoy, and Georgia Patrikios; dubbed pre-draft as the three players vying for the honour of being taken first off the AFL Women’s Draft board. But ask all three about whether they knew what was to unfold on Tuesday afternoon, and all three almost unanimously insist they had not the slightest clue. “I […]
Improved Georgostathis backs up sensational bottom-age year
IT is hard to imagine that a player who won their club’s best and fairest award in their bottom-age year could surprise you in their top-age one, but for Western Jets’ captain Elisabeth Georgostathis, she has gone to another level in 2019. Her numbers, influence, opportunities and testing show just that, with the tireless midfielder […]
2019 AFLW Draft Combine Results
WITH the AFL Women’s 2019 Draft looming ever closer, the AFLW Draft Combine is the final opportunity for young talent to prove their craft prior to the Draft on 22 October. Victoria rated highly across all five tests, featuring in the top five in each and leading two, seeing Nicola Xenos coming in fast for […]
Scouting notes: VFLW Grand Final – NAB League Girls focus
IN a special edition of scouting notes, we took a look at the Victorian Football League Women’s (VFLW) Grand Final with three players from each side having run out in NAB League Girls colours. We take a look at Western Jets’ Elisabeth Georgostathis, Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels’ duo Sophie Molan and Ella Wood, and […]