2024 AFLW Round 2 Preview: Sunday
WEEK 2 of the 2024 AFLW competition concludes today with a monster offering of five games across three states. Today’s action should also give fans both aligned and neutral alike a good picture of how the season ahead may unpack. 1:05pmSwinburne Centre Recent form These two could not have come into today’s clash off more […]
2024 AFLW Round 1 Preview: Sunday
ROUND 1 of the AFL Women’s concludes today with a pair of matches that are both historic but for different reasons. 1:05pmKinetic Stadium, Frankston SIDES Hawthorn FB: Richardson, Kemp HB: Lucas-Rodd, Ashmore, Stone C: Sherriff, Bates, Williamson HF: Bodey, Breed, McDonagh FF: Vukic, Hipwell FOL: Wales, Fleming, West IC: Gilroy, Everist, Baskaran, Smith, Elliott […]
RMC Crystal Ball: AFLW 2024
AS the AFL Women’s competition gears up for the start of the new season tonight, the Rookie Me Central team have delved into their crystal balls to predict just how the season may pan out. From premiers, to the top eight and individual awards, we put our knowledge to the test ahead of the 2024 […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: North Melbourne
SEASON 2023 almost went perfectly to plan for North Melbourne. ‘Almost’ being the key word of that sentence. After going through the home and away season as one of the strongest sides of the competition once again, they made top four for the first time and won all the way through to the Grand Final, […]
Family ties: Rigoni the next Dee in line?
TALL utility Jemma Rigoni has all the athletic traits that raise eyebrows of recruiters, and is now in line to follow in the footsteps of her father, Guy. The top-age talent has been nominated by Melbourne to fall under the father-daughter rule and is join the club her dad played 107 games for between 1998-2005. […]
Koenen’s colossal performance helps Brisbane take title
SUNDAY’s AFLW Grand Final was tight and tense, and had no clear winner until the final term. Ultimately it was Brisbane that emerged victorious, and it was thanks in large part to the exploits of its skipper Bre Koenen. Playing in both defence and in the midfield, her tireless work first helped keep Brisbane in […]
From bridesmaids to top Cats, Lions are Queens of the Jungle again
BRISBANE Lions are the Queens of the AFL Women’s once again, defeating North Melbourne by 17 points at Ikon Park today to claim their second ever premiership. In a match befitting of its AFLW Grand Final name, it was a hard-fought match that was not determined until the final quarter where Brisbane kicked four goals […]
AFLW 2023 Finals Preview: Grand Final
TOMORROW the magical AFLW 2023 season comes to an end, but will tomorrow’s Grand Final see Brisbane win its second premiership or North Melbourne crack through for its maiden title? Tomorrow at 2:30pmIkon Park How They Got Here Both of these sides made it through to the 2023 AFLW Grand Final after hard fought wins […]
2023 AFLW Grand Final Team Preview – Brisbane
DEATH, taxes and Brisbane making the AFLW Grand Final. Some things are just regular occurrences in life. This weekend sees Brisbane play in a record fifth AFL Women’s Grand Final, which for a competition that is only up to its seventh ever Grand Final is a seriously impressive effort. However perhaps due to not being […]
2023 AFLW Grand Final Team Preview – North Melbourne
NORTH Melbourne is set to make history on Sunday afternoon when it runs out in the 2023 AFLW Grand Final, no matter what the final result is. After some big scalps already this finals series, the Kangaroos have made it into their first Grand Final. But after going so close so many times in a […]