PREVIEW | 2025 WAFLW – Round 1
A NEW era of WAFL Women’s action takes place tomorrow with the final puzzle piece slotting into the jigsaw of West Australian women’s football. Perth becomes the ninth and final side to join the top flight state league action, as the Bombers take on last year’s wooden spooners, while a number of players face their […]
2025 WAFLW club preview: Peel Thunder
AFTER a sustained successful period that resulted in a host of players getting drafted, Peel Thunder is rebuilding with a focus on youth coming through the pathway. It saw the Thunder drop down to take out the wooden spoon with just one win to their name last year, and while 2025 might loom as a […]
WAFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #2 Evie Cowcher
WINNING just about every individual award she could for her club and state, intercept defender Evie Cowcher has quite the CV coming into her top-age season. She is the back-to-back Under 18s MVP as well as WAFLW Rising Star during her debut season, having consistently been one of Peel Thunder’s best players, week-in, week-out. EVIE […]
AFLW Draft: 25 to Watch in 2025
AS SEEN exclusively in the 2024 AFLW Draft Guide, Rookie Me Central published our 25 Players to Watch in 2025 as the attention turns to next year’s draft. The Gold Coast Suns Academy will be a key talking point next year with as many as half a dozen prospects in the top 30, while athletic […]
WA names 2024/25 Summer squads
WESTERN Australia’s brightest footballing prospects over the next couple of years will be put through their paces in the coming months after the state named both its male and female Under 18s Summer squads. The squads, comprised of 84 athletes will take part in a three-month program that runs from the end of November – […]
REVIEW | 2024 AFLW U18s: Western Australia
AS each AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships state completes its national carnival, we take a look at how the three-game carnival went, some of the impressive players, and those to keep an eye on next year. Concluding the series is Western Australia who although the Sandgropers did not manage to pick up a victory, were […]
Remember the Names: 2024 AFLW U18s MVPs
ALL six MVPs have been confirmed at the close of the 2024 AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships, with an even split between three top-agers and three bottom-agers. Here are those award winners from the national carnival. Best and Fairest: Sierra Grieves (Vic Metro)Midfielder | 163cm | 18/05/2006 The consistent onballer has hardly ever played a […]
2024 AFLW U17s Futures teams named
THE two sides that will face off as part of Saturday’s Under 17 Futures talent showcase match were named by the AFL today. The 2024 National Futures Girls match will take place at GMHBA Stadium from 4pm tomorrow as a curtain-raiser to the AFL Women’s night game between Geelong and Melbourne, and will don the […]
2024 AFLW U18s All-Australian team announced
VIC Metro has dominated the 2024 AFL Women’s Under 18 All-Australian team that was released by the AFL today. The 23-player squad features seven Metro players, three more than any other state after the side was victorious in winning its first national title since 2019. Reigning back-to-back titleholder South Australia – who finished second overall […]
Scouting notes: 2024 AFLW U18s – South Australia vs. Western Australia
SOUTH Australia and Western Australia put on a show for the final AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships match of the 2024 carnival. The Croweaters got up by 21 points, but both sides had impressive individual performances. We took note of some of those performances, with all scouting notes the opinion of the individual author.
