2024 AFLW Season Preview: GWS Giants
COMING off a season which saw them accrue only two wins, the Giants will be looking to consolidate their new-look team and rise up the ladder in 2024. TEAM LIST #1 Annise Bradfield#2 Alicia Eva#3 Alyce Parker#4 Katherine Smith#5 Jessica Doyle#6 Rebecca Beeson#7 Zarlie Goldsworthy#8 Nicola Barr#9 Caitlin Miller#10 Jasmine Grierson#11 Chloe Dalton?#12 Isabel Huntington#13 […]
2023 AFLW Trade Period Tracker
THE AFLW Trade Period 2023 is set to take place between December 7-14, and check out all the trades that happen when they happen right here. December 14 Sydney locks away two young stars Sydney have announced two re-signings, with Brenna Tarrant signing on for two more seasons and best and fairest winner Laura Gardiner […]
Season 8 AFLW preview: GWS
GWS GIANTS had a really unlucky season last year, with the Western Sydney team having a host of inactive players that were unavailable in Season 7. An incredible six players – including one who replaced an initial inactive player – were all out due to injury. Looking ahead to Season 8, the GIANTS are in […]
AFLW Season 7 Glass Half Full/Empty: GWS
IN a new approach to the AFL Women’s end of season reviews, Rookie Me Central casts both a glass half full and half empty lens over each side’s campaigns. Next up in the series is GWS, who gave the AFLW world glimpses of their true potential in Season 7. GLASS HALF FULL Emerging young talent […]
“Mature” Lions dominate last three quarters
BRISBANE Lions coach Craig Starcevich has praised has “mature” group for “not panicking” when down by 11 points at quarter time against the GWS GIANTS on Sunday. Despite being one of the AFL Women’s premiership favourites, Brisbane was jumped by the GIANTS to trail 2.0 to 0.1 at the first break, before steadying to boot […]
2022 AFLW debut season focus: Round 10
ADELAIDE unveiled the only AFL Women’s debutant in Round 10, blooding a highly touted tall on the eve of finals. We take a look at how those in their debut campaigns performed this past weekend – either first-year players, or those who were yet to make their AFL Women’s debut despite being on a club’s […]
AFLW Friday Talking Points: Round 10
GWS GIANTS prevailed over Geelong by 18 points in the last round of the AFL Women’s season, with the former sending off 2022 on a high. In one last final outing for both sides, it was the GWS GIANTS who prevailed over Geelong by 18 points. After Geelong were the better side in the first […]
2022 AFLW debut season focus: Round 9
FREMANTLE was sent into a selection frenzy before its Round 9 clash with Melbourne, and it meant the Dockers’ fielded three debutants to bring their season tally to 11. We take a look at how those in their debut campaigns performed this past weekend – either first-year players, or those who were yet to make […]
2022 AFLW debut season focus: Round 6
TEAM selection is getting tight, but three more debutants were rolled out across Round 6 of the 2022 AFL Women’s season, including two in the Brisbane-St Kilda thriller. We take a look at how those in their debut campaigns performed this past weekend – either first-year players, or those who were yet to make their […]
2022 AFLW debut season focus: Round 3
DEBUTS rolled on and a bunch more first-year AFL Women’s players notched their first senior goals across six entertaining Round 3 fixtures. We take a look at how those in their debut season performed this past weekend – either first-year players, or those who were yet to make their AFL Women’s debut despite being on […]