Saints salute in stunning final term
IT was as good for St Kilda as it was bad for Collingwood, and in the blink of an eye, what looked to be a comfortable win to the Magpies, turned into a horror final term which resulted in the Saints picking up their first AFL Women’s win. Saints coach Nick Dal Santo had copped […]
AFLW 2023 Round 3 Preview: Sunday
1:05pmRSEA Park Recent Form Both teams have had a winless fortnight to begin the season, so will be keen to avoid that run continuing this afternoon. History These two sides met once last season in Port Adelaide’s inaugural season, and in a nail-biter it was the Saints who prevailed by two points. Key Stat Areas […]
Plenty of positives despite slow start for Saints
ESSENDON made it two wins from two on the weekend with a win over St Kilda after getting a fast start on its opponent. Despite falling to zero and two, it is not all doom and gloom for the Saints. For most of the game they were competitive, really pushing the Bombers and after a […]
AFLW 2023 Round 2 Preview: Sunday
1:05pmMars Stadium, Ballarat Recent Form Both of these teams are coming off Round 1 losses. The Bulldogs are coming off an unimpressive performance against the Cats, while the Hawks were valiant but still went down to the Bombers. History Hawthorn will be hoping history does not repeat itself today, as when these two met last […]
Season 8 AFLW preview: St Kilda
SEASON 7 got off to such a promising start for St Kilda, but after a Round 3 loss to eventual champions Melbourne, the wheels started to fall off a bit for the Saints. They only won one more game for the season to comfortably finish in the bottom half of the table. However the offseason […]
Saints and Tigers draw in opening match sim
IN a fitting first competitive contest ahead of the AFL Women’s Season 8, St Kilda and Richmond could not be split on Friday night at RSEA Park as the two sides booted 5.5 (35) apiece. Both teams unveiled several new players, with ex-Magpie and dual All-Australian Jaimee Lambert starring for a half going up against […]
Smith “itching” to return after “hard days”
ST KILDA young gun Tyanna Smith admits the last 18 months have been “pretty tough”. After a breakout debut season in 2021, the teenager’s football world came crashing down when she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury at training. “It’s pretty prominent in my brain to be honest, I remember everything about it,” Smith […]
RECAP | AFLW Trade Period 2023
THE AFLW Trade Period wrapped up for 2023 yesterday, with plenty of familiar faces changing clubs over the last 10 days. If you missed anything that went down during the Trade Period, here is a recap of the entire period. Mega Trade Number 1 The first trade of the entire period was a big one, […]
Women’s Footy Rewind: 2017 AFLW Draft
WITH less women’s footy over the summer months than fans have become used to, we here at Rookie Me Central take you down memory lane and look back at key moments in women’s footy history from the past few years. In today’s edition, we rewind to the 2017 AFLW Draft, the first intake which saw a […]
Top 5s: Season 7 AFLW Club B&F results
SEASON 7 of the AFL Women’s came to a close last month, but now all the 18 clubs have awarded their best and fairests. We take a look at the top five results from across the league and see who won the top gongs at each club. ADELAIDE 1st: Anne Hatchard (343 votes) 2nd: Ebony […]
