2022 AFLW Draft: Pick by Pick
THE 2022 AFL Women’s Draft is done and dusted for another year, and here is how the picks all went down tonight. Round 11 (Sydney) – Montana Ham (Western Jets FC)2 (Hawthorn) – Jasmine Fleming (Oakleigh Chargers)3 (Port Adelaide) – Hannah Ewings (North Adelaide)4 (Essendon) – Amber Clarke (Dandenong Stingrays)5 (Sydney) – Sofia Hurley (Sandringham […]
PODCAST | 2022 AFLW Phantom Draft
LAST night Rookie Me Central‘s AFL Women’s Draft experts took up the challenge of the club recruiters in the first Phantom Draft. In a special episode of Game Sense podcast, Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams, AFLW Draft Editor Michael Alvaro and AFLW Draft analyst Declan Reeve, took over multiple sides without knowing what […]
2022 AFLW Draft preview: Melbourne
NARROWLY missing out on a maiden AFL Women’s premiership, Melbourne is prepared to once again to be a title contender during Season 7. The Demons have lost quite a bit of depth across the board, but have managed to retain the majority of their best side, allowing them to be thereabouts again. Due to the […]
2022 AFLW Draft preview: Essendon
ONE of four fresh faces in the AFL Women’s landscape, Essendon has already made a splash since being announced as an expansion team. Recruiting a plethora of talented, readymade options from other clubs, the red and black side has its sights set on being competitive from day one. With a former league best and fairest […]
2022 AFLW Draft Combine invites announced
MORE than 100 AFL Women’s Draft hopefuls have earned the chance to impress at a 2km time trial as part of the 2022 AFLW Draft Combine. The combine, which has had to be reduced to just the sole time trial rather than a multitude of athletic tests as per the norm, will feature 106 players […]
State-by-State AFLW Draft Watch: May
ON Monday night, Rookie Me Central released its second 2022 AFL Women’s Draft Power Rankings for the year. It featured 30 detailed profiles, with 10 additional names included. Though there were 40 players named there, with expansion here, there will be an additional 120-plus players making their way on AFL Women’s lists for 2023 (or […]
Top AFLW Draft prospects shake off U23 All-Stars
AUSTRALIA’S best and brightest AFLW Draft prospects proved too good for an composite AFLW Under 23 All-Stars outfit, recording a 41-point victory at Punt Road Oval today. The match was tight for the majority of the game, with the Academy discovering their opposition was up for the fight, but a final term flurry of five […]
Scouting notes: AFLW U18s – Triple Header
A TRIPLE header at Avalon Airport Oval ended the 2022 AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships for the two Victorian sides – Country and Metro – as well as South Australia and Western Australia. We took note of some of the top performers from each of the six sides, including the Allies and Queensland who will […]
Finals spots to be decided in ultimate NAB League Girls round
REPRESENTATIVE stars will return to NAB League Girls action, with the ultimate home-and-away round set to decide the finals picture. The Northern Territory Thunder Academy enters the fray this weekend, meaning all 13 mainstay regions are in action across a bumper seven games of elite talent pathway football. We preview each fixture.
Metro blitzes Country in opening AFLW U18s clash
VIC Metro has dominated Vic Country at Mars Stadium to open the official 2022 AFL Women’s Under 18s Championships. In what was set up by a lob-sided first half, Metro piled on the first nine goals of the game, and lead 59-1, three minutes into the third term. Though Country put up a fight from […]
