Preview | AFLW U18s – South Australia vs. Vic Country
TWO states that are coming off very different results from their first AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships matches will meet at Adelaide Oval tomorrow. Going undefeated last year, Vic Country came crashing down in game one against Vic Metro, well beaten last month at Mars Stadium. South Australia on the other hand showed the Croweaters […]
Stingrays striving to “showcase talent” on the big stage
FRIDAY night’s NAB League Girls Grand Final is the last hurdle Dandenong Stingrays will have to clear en route to completing an undefeated season. As the clear competition benchmark throughout 2022, the closest any side has come to usurping the ‘Rays is two points. That close encounter came against a team which was the best […]
Regional rivals play off for NAB League Girls Grand Final glory
FINALS time has arrived on the back of an enthralling NAB League Girls home-and-away season which went down to the wire. Now, two sides from each conference – Country and Metro – will play off to decide who will qualify for this year’s Grand Final. We preview both games, set to go down on Friday […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 AFLW U18s – Vic Country vs. Vic Metro
THE 2022 AFL Women’s Under 18 National Championships got underway on Sunday, as Vic Metro downed their ‘Big V’ counterpart, Vic Country by 53 points in Ballarat. With a raft of top-end talent afield, there was plenty for club recruiters to jot down ahead of this year’s full national carnival. We also took note of […]
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 […]
Preview | 2022 AFLW Under 18 National Championships – Vic Country vs. Vic Metro
THE 2022 AFL Women’s Under 18 National Championships have arrived, with a taster for the month-long carnival set to go down on Sunday in the form of an all-Victorian blockbuster. Vic Country takes on Vic Metro at Mars Stadium in Ballarat, bringing together the state’s most talented prospects just a fortnight before many of them […]
AFLW Present & Future Draft Watch: Stingrays impress
IN a new weekly piece on Rookie Me Central, we hone in on those players to remember for the AFLW Draft, present and future. With four new AFLW clubs joining the competition, spots will heat up, and players will be looking to put their best foot forward. For this piece, we have looked at those […]
2022 NAB League Girls: Round 8 wrap
A CONDENSED four-game round of NAB League Girls action was stretched from Thursday night to Monday evening, as the Metro pool continues to take shape ahead of finals. Western claimed a massive win in that context, as did Eastern, while Dandenong remains unbeaten on the Country side of things. We recap all four fixtures in […]
Thursday double-header kicks off condensed Round 8
A CONDENSED round of NAB League Girls action is set to get underway on Thursday night, with two games taking place before single fixtures on Sunday and Monday. The clash between Dandenong Stingrays and Oakleigh Chargers was originally slated for Friday, but a quick turnaround for club staff at NAB League Boys preseason testing on […]
2022 NAB League Girls: Round 7 wrap
QUEENSLAND academies entered the fray in Round 7 of the 2022 NAB League Girls season, with the Gold Coast Suns nabbing an impressive win over the competition’s reigning premiers. We recap how all seven of matches went down across a bumper three days of action in this week’s wrap.
