Unpredictable VFLW season continues down it’s unpredictable path
THIS season is proving to be a very unpredictable one in the VFL Women’s competition, and the results over the weekend just gone only continued that. One of those was the final match of the weekend, which saw Collingwood comfortably down Box Hill by 24 points. It did not even take Collingwood 40 seconds to […]
2023 AFLW Overage Draft Hub
OUR 2023 AFL Women’s Overage Draft Hub is here, with the most comprehensive content available. Before the first pick is read out, there will be plenty of content in the lead-up to the first pick at 7:30pm. NEED TO KNOW When: Tuesday April 4, 7:30pmHow to watch: via AFL/W websites & appsWho has pick 1?: […]
UPDATED: 2023 AFLW Overage Draft whispers
TODAY is the day when 29 fresh faces become AFL Women’s players. Some may be past AFLW players, others might be first time elite level players. For the first time in the women’s space since the inaugural draft, the AFLW Draft will be purely focused on overage players. In the lead-up to the AFLW Draft […]
Overage AFLW Draft Positional Watch: Midfielders
OUR final Overage AFLW Draft Positional Watch piece is the position there can never be too much of, and that is midfielders. Whether they are contested onballers or speedy wingers, we will aim to name a number of players who might be consisted for the Overage AFLW Draft. For this Positional Watch keep in mind […]
REVIEW | VFLW Round 1: A round that had it all
THE VFL Women’s competition returned over the weekend, with plenty of interesting results to kick off the season. In the game of the round, Essendon and Box Hill played out a thrilling draw out at The Hangar. In a match full of momentum swings, the teams ultimately could not be split at the final whistle. […]
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 […]
PODCAST | 2022 AFLW Phantom Draft
LAST night Rookie Me Central‘s AFL Women’s Draft experts took up the challenge of the club recruiters in the first Phantom Draft. In a special episode of Game Sense podcast, Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams, AFLW Draft Editor Michael Alvaro and AFLW Draft analyst Declan Reeve, took over multiple sides without knowing what […]
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 preview: GWS GIANTS
NO LONGER the only fish in the NSW/ACT pond, GWS GIANTS will face a new challenge in the upcoming 2022 AFL Women’s Draft. With the Sydney Swans being added to the AFL Women’s landscape, the GIANTS will now have to split the draft options in the NSW-ACT draft pool. The initial draft post-expansion will be […]
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 […]