Surprises are abundant as players leave it all on the park
ACROSS the VFLW over the weekend as players pushed hard to impress ahead of this week’s draft, some teams dished out quite the surprise results. In the opening game of the round Geelong came from behind to pinch a narrow one point win over Carlton. Carlton should have won the clash, but will rue missed […]
Overage AFLW Draft Positional Watch: Gen Fwds
OFF the back of naming some key position forwards to keep an eye on in next week’s AFLW Overage Draft, we highlight a number of small or medium forwards who have nominated. In many cases they play other positions, however are able to standout more in the front half of the ground given the abundance […]
Multi focused Mercoulia always looking more broadly
CASEY coach Peter Mercoulia always wears more than one hat while coaching the Dees in the VFLW. Not literally of course, but not only is his focus on achieving the best season possible for the Dees, but with one of the aims of the Casey program to get players drafted, he always has that in […]
2023 AFLW Over-age Draft: Mature-agers to watch
FOLLOWING news of an Over-Age Draft in 2023, Rookie Me Central has compiled some of the names to keep in mind for said intake, set to take place in February or March. In the previous article, we took a look at the top-agers available (those born in 2004), and in this second article, we will […]
2022 AFLW Draft Profiles
2022 AFLW Draft Profiles THE 2022 AFL Women’s Draft will be the first that features all 18 possible teams, with four expansion sides joining the AFLW for Season 7. We completed more than 100 draft profiles on possible prospects, of whom can all be found below. For them all in one place, be sure to […]
2022 AFLW Draft Combine invites announced
MORE than 100 AFL Women’s Draft hopefuls have earned the chance to impress at a 2km time trial as part of the 2022 AFLW Draft Combine. The combine, which has had to be reduced to just the sole time trial rather than a multitude of athletic tests as per the norm, will feature 106 players […]
State-by-State AFLW Draft Watch: May
ON Monday night, Rookie Me Central released its second 2022 AFL Women’s Draft Power Rankings for the year. It featured 30 detailed profiles, with 10 additional names included. Though there were 40 players named there, with expansion here, there will be an additional 120-plus players making their way on AFL Women’s lists for 2023 (or […]
Preview | AFLW U18s – NSW/ACT vs. Allies
AN action-packed couple of weeks continues tomorrow with the NSW/ACT taking on an Allied combined side of Northern Territory and Tasmania before the states all combine to form the Allies for the remainder of the championships. The Allies will go on to take on Vic Metro on Friday, before closing out the month with a […]
NSW/ACT rep Round 1 wrap: Quade’s three helps Tigers home
A FAST start to the 2022 AFL NSW/ACT action has seen several AFLW Under 18 Championships talents stand out in Round 1 of the AFL Sydney and AFL Canberra competitions. We take a look at some of the big goalkickers and hone in on how the NSW/ACT representatives for the upcoming carnival performed. AFL SYDNEY […]
Jets fly South for NAB League Girls Round 2
ANOTHER round of NAB League Girls action is about to take place, with Western Jets coming into the fold, heading down to Tasmania as part of a five-game Saturday. Traditional rivals Oakleigh Chargers and Sandringham Dragons will do battle on Sunday to round out the weekend in what will provide plenty of highlights for spectators.
