Preview | VFLW 2023 Round 13: Finals picture set to get clearer
THERE is only one fortnight left in the VFL Women’s season, and this weekend the finals picture should get a little bit clearer. The weekend begins out in Port Melbourne with a do or die clash for the visitors. The Bulldogs are hosting Carlton and while the Bulldogs cannot make finals anymore, if Carlton lose […]
Preview | VFLW 2023 Round 12: Action returns
AFTER a weekend off last weekend, the VFL Women’s is back this weekend, and with only three rounds left in the season and only two games separating first place from seventh, there is so much of the story of the season left to be told. The first of five matches tomorrow is in Williamstown as […]
Last quarter fightbacks and surprise results the flavour of the weekend
THE unpredictable nature of the 2023 VFL Women’s season continued over the weekend, with a number of surprise results across the six games. In the first of Sunday’s two matches saw Collingwood ultimately ran away with a 59 point win over Darebin. It was not until the second half where things started to truly open […]
Melbourne the place to be for Gippy’s own
BOX Hill’s Grace McRae has made a few big moves in her sporting career, from change of sports to change of residence, all with the hope of ultimately making it to the top of the footy tree – the AFLW. “I played netball and basketball and in the country footy wasn’t a huge thing until […]
Bombers book VFLW grand final spot as Saints rise
ONE grand finalist is decided in the Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s with Essendon defeating Casey Demons to move one win away from an undefeated 2022 season. The Bombers destroyed the Demons by 67 points in a convincing semi-final result, as Casey will now take on Southern Saints in the preliminary final, after the Saints […]
VFLW finalists are set – almost
ROUND 13 of the VFLW saw the finalists almost set in stone, but not quite. Seven teams can still make finals, which makes next weekend’s final round potentially very interesting. In this week’s match of the round, Essendon finally broke its hoodoo against the Southern Saints on Saturday, winning by 10 points at Trevor Barker […]
Rookie Me Central to go LIVE for the AFL Draft
ROOKIE Me Central has an action-packed couple of nights coming up for the 2021 AFL Draft across Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Having completed a number of one-on-one interviews with AFL Draft prospects this week, the Rookie Me Central team is excited for plenty of content to come out in the lead-up to, during and post-draft. […]
AFLW Expansion look: Hawthorn
WITH four new teams accepted into the AFL Women’s competition, it means there will be at least 120 new players stepping up to the elite level. So just where might the clubs look outside the junior pathway? Draft Central casts an eye over each of the clubs through either their state league team or Academy […]
2021 VFLW team review: Hawthorn
IN summarising the 2021 Victorian Football League Women’s (VFLW) season, Draft Central will run through a team-by-team review of how each of the sides fared, and who some of the standout VFLW-listed performers throughout the clubs were. The next team in the firing line is Hawthorn. Position: 9th Wins: 5 Losses: 9 Draws: 0 Percentage: […]
The Graduates: 2021 VFLW – Round 14
IN the final round of the Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s competition, a number of NAB League graduates stood up and impressed be it via debut, or continuing their form from throughout the season. We recap how they performed. Essendon had a plethora of Calder Cannons talents past and present, led by Georgie Prespakis who […]
