2024 AFLW Draft Positional Analysis: Wingers
IN THE lead-up to next week’s AFLW Draft, we’re breaking down some of the available prospects in each area. Today we take a look at the specialist wingers, as well as those wingers who have also shown enough versatility to play in a secondary position throughout the year. >> GENERAL DEFENDERS>> GENERAL FORWARDS>> VERSATILE MIDFIELDERS […]
2024 AFLW Draft order: Post Trade Period
WITH the AFL Women’s Trade Period done and dusted, the 2024 AFLW Draft order has been locked in. Though clubs can still make list changes in the form of Delisted Free Agents, the order is largely settled heading into next Monday’s draft. As it stands, here are how the 18 clubs are situated. >> AFLW […]
Q&A: Emma Juneja (Swans Academy)
HARD-RUNNING wing Emma Juneja looms as Sydney Swans Academy’s top Academy draft prospect in the December 16 AFLW Draft, having pieced together a consistent top-age season. She played across multiple competitions for the Academy, Allies and Sydney University, as well as running out for the National Academy. We spoke to Juneja at the AFLW National […]
Power and Blues most supported of 2024 AFLW Draft crop
PORT Adelaide and Carlton have the highest supporter following of any side from the 70-odd AFLW Draft prospects asked, and not all are from the state those teams reside in. It was a well spread out group, with St Kilda being the only club without a supporter from those asked, while GWS Giants, Hawthorn and […]
Harris, Centra most popular in ‘Dream Spine’ game
NUMBER one pick contenders Havana Harris and Ash Centra headlined the most nominations from their fellow peers in a new game we put to eight fellow AFLW Draft prospects. In ‘Dream Spine’, the eight players were asked to select two defenders, two midfielders, a ruck and two forwards. Eight AFLW Draft prospects: Of the eight […]
2024 AFL Sydney Women’s Premier preview: Finals Week 3
JUST two games remain in the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division season, with Manly Warringah Wolves having booked their spot in the grand final and now await the winner of tomorrow’s preliminary final. The champions against the fresh faces; back-to-back reigning premier East Coast Eagles host Sydney University in what promises to be a fascinating […]
Prosser-Shaw joins AFLW Academy duo at Combine
ONE of three NSW/ACT players to earn a National Draft Combine invite, Giants Academy utility Amelie Prosser-Shaw is in rare company. The top-age teenager out of the East Coast Eagles set her sights on representing the Allies at the Under 18 Championships, running out for GWS Giants’ VFLW side, and getting drafted at year’s end. […]
Wolves and Students cause AFL Sydney upsets
FOOTBALL does not get much better than the incredible drama and rollercoaster rides of the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division finals from the weekend. With just four teams remaining, a couple of upsets occured, with back-to-back premiers East Coast Eagles forced into the preliminary final, and third placed Parramatta bundled out in straight sets as […]
Bull sends Wolves to one win away from grand final
MANLY Warringah Wolves won an absolute thriller against Parramatta Goannas to move within one victory of an AFL Sydney Women’s Grand Final spot after teenage forward Lauren Bull converted a set shot from 25m out on a 45-degree angle in the dying minutes of the match. On a spectacularly nice weekend, where the only thing […]
2024 AFL Sydney Women’s Premier preview: Round 17
THE first of the psuedo finals rounds has arrived in the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Divison, with each and every clash having finals implications. Just two rounds remain in the competition, with Sydney Uni desperate for a win against Paramatta, while the North Shore-UTS clash has blockbuster potential. We preview Round 17 of action. PARRAMATTA […]
