WAFLW Round 1 wrap: Thunder strikes in final play to survive Subi scare
IT took them until the final play of the day, but Peel Thunder escaped with the points in a Round 1 that suggested the 2022 West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s competition may be anything but predictable. The reigning premiers unfurled their 2021 flag in front of a home crowd at the renamed Lane Group […]
2022 WAFLW club preview: Swan Districts
HOPING to go one better than last year, Swan Districts will once again be there at the pointy end of the 2022 West Australian Football League (WAFL) season. The Swans started the 2021 season on fire, winning 13 games straight, but then dropped three of the next five – all to Peel Thunder – to […]
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, […]
2021 AFLW Draft preview: GWS – Western Bulldogs
TODAY is the day. The 2021 AFL Women’s Draft takes place tonight and the 14 clubs are preparing to welcome a host of new players into the elite system. Draft Central has split its club-by-club draft previews into two parts, starting with the first seven clubs of Adelaide to Gold Coast which was in yesterday’s […]
Draft Central AFLW Draft Power Rankings – Nationwide: July 2021
AFTER releasing the Draft Central AFLW Draft Power Rankings – Victorian Pool last month, we have gone one step further to include the entire nation. Not only will the Power Rankings feature the Victorians from last month, but the top stars from across the country to give an indication of where they might be rated […]
2021 WAFLW Grand Final Preview
SECOND time’s a charm in the WAFL Women’s, as Peel Thunder and Swan Districts are finally set to square off in this year’s Grand Final. Having been rescheduled from last week due to West Australia’s lockdown, Saturday afternoon’s decider will see crowds allowed in attendance to watch this season’s top two ranked sides battle it […]
2021 AFLW Draft Positional Analysis: Tall/Medium Defenders
AFTER announcing the inaugural AFLW Draft Power Rankings Victorian Pool, Draft Central is starting a new series – Positional Analysis. It takes a look across the nation and those players within a certain position, and the impact they have. Next up is tall and medium defenders, where the defender position is the more prevalent area […]
WAFLW preview – Round 15: Final round takes place
AFTER an interrupted 2020 season, the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s competition had a relatively unscathed year, with only a round missed and previously a brief lockdown in preseason stopping them from having a complete run at it. Now the teams are suiting up for the final regular season round, with the four finalists […]
Swan Districts survive massive Subiaco scare
SWAN Districts have remained undefeated by the slimmest of margins in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s competition, with their 12th win of the season coming by just one point, as Subiaco fell just short of an upset. In a low-scoring affair, the ladder-leading Swan Districts looked in serious danger of dropping their winning […]
2021 WAFL Women’s Round 10 preview: Sides return after forced cancellation
AFTER Round 9 matches were unable to go ahead due to the state lockdown, the Round 10 teams – which saw the return of the State Academy talents and more AFL Women’s players – were largely left the same with a few odd movements. Up first is Peel Thunder taking on East Fremantle with the […]
