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 […]
State-by-state: 2022 AFLW Draft Watch
ENTERING the third month of the year, a number of 2022 AFL Women’s Draft prospects have already staked their claims with impressive early-season form. The Victorian and Tasmanian prospects – as well as a sprinkling of NSW-ACT talents – have had the most runs on the board in terms of games thanks to the NAB […]
WAFLW Round 1 preview: Falcons fly into league
A NEW West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s season has a new side entering the competition, with West Perth joining the half-dozen established sides to make it a seven team competition in 2022. They take over the newcomers mantle from their opponent this week in South Fremantle, whilst reigning back-to-back premiers Peel Thunder unfurl the […]
2022 WAFLW club preview: Peel Thunder
REIGNING back-to-back premiers Peel Thunder will eye off a remarkable third straight flag in the 2022 West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s competition. The Thunder navigated the postponed 2020 season to make the unthinkable rise from wooden spooners to premiers, then did it again last season after sitting just one game off the top from […]
WA names 2022 AFLW U18s squad
WESTERN Australia has named its 36-player squad for the upcoming 2022 AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships in April. Coached by dual AFL Premiership player Beau McDonald and headlined by potential number one pick Ella Roberts, the Sandgropers have a stack of fresh faces who are yet to pull on the state colours at Under 18s, […]
2022 AFLW Academy list: Player-by-Player
LAST week the 27-player AFL Women’s Academy was announced, and we have gone into detail about each and every player. Here are the top prospects who the AFL have chosen. 2023 ELIGIBLE PLAYERS Brooke Barwick, Tasmania/Tasmania Devils Kyanne Campbell, Northern Territory/NT Thunder Georgie Cleaver, Western Australia/East Fremantle Shineah Goody, South Australia/WWT Eagles Alyssia Pisano, Vic […]
Fifty seven players named in 2022 Academies
NEXT year’s brightest male and female draft prospects have been named in the 2022 AFL Academies today. Boasting a combination of top-age and bottom-age, both squads have 21 draft-eligible players in them, with the boys’ squad extended to 30 to include nine 2023-draft eligible players, whilst the women’s has an additional six players in their […]
Determined Suns talent Imogen Evans enjoys social side and physicality of footy
IT has been a challenging 18 months for a lot of aspiring Australian rules footballers, and Gold Coast Suns Academy talent from the Northern Rivers region, Imogen Evans is no different. In fact, for a player unfortunately on the New South Wales side of the border, Evans has had to watch on as many of her […]
2022 AFLW Draft – Teams to Watch: Peel Thunder
IN a new series looking towards the 2022 AFL Women’s Draft, we take a look at some teams that have outstanding prospects who showed plenty of promise in their bottom-age years to suggest the team might have plenty of potential for the next season. We continue with Peel Thunder, who have been a hotbed of […]
