2020 QAFLW season outlook: Back in action for bumper season
PLAYERS are preparing to take to the field once again in the Queensland Australian Football League Women’s (QAFLW) competition this weekend and Draft Central will be providing a weekly wrap on how the teams are performing and who’s taking on who the following week. To catch up on the competition already played – three rounds […]
Draft Central’s Top 50 AFLW Players 2020: #35-31
WITH the AFL Women’s 2020 season officially come to a close now the awards are done and dusted, Draft Central looks back on our Top 50 Players of season 2020. This countdown purely looks at the 2020 season so does not look at past performances and will not include injured stars such Erin Phillips or Chelsea Randall. In […]
Prespakis claims best and fairest in second season
CARLTON’S Madison Prespakis has capped off a remarkable 2020 AFL Women’s season by taking out the League Best and Fairest Award at tonight’s W Awards ceremony. While the feeling amongst the room might have been different compared to a packed house at a gala event, Prespakis and the other winners were no less deserving of […]
2020 Top 10 AFLW matches: #7 – Suns and Lions play out draw in inaugural clash
NEITHER side could be separated in the first women’s Q-Clash with the Lions and Suns walking away with two points apiece. It was a hard-fought battle between the two sides, who both tried to assert themselves with their physicality around the contest. The conditions ultimately played into the hands of Lions early but the Suns […]
Molloy leads talented #22Under22 AFLW side as Patrikios is named Best First Year Player
COLLINGWOOD 2018 AFL Women’s Rising Star talent, Chloe Molloy has been announced as captain of the 2020 AFL Women’s #22Under22 Team which was announced this morning. The 2019 Rising Star, Madison Prespakis was named vice-captain in the side, one of three Blues in the team – the most represented side. Of the 14 teams, 13 […]
2020 AFL Women’s season review: Gold Coast SUNS
GOLD COAST made a splash in its inaugural AFL Women’s season, earning its place as the sole 2020 expansion side in this year’s finals series on the back of a 2-3-1 record. A raft of local, and exciting young talent was unearthed along the way, as the SUNS took to life at the elite level […]
Fremantle finishes AFL Women’s season undefeated after semi-final win
IT was a mammoth effort from the ladder leaders in Fremantle that led to a phenomenal 70-point win over expansion side, Gold Coast Suns. While the Dockers were undefeated coming into this match and the Suns with only two wins to their name, little could have expected the final margin, with Fremantle far too good […]
Suns to challenge top dog Fremantle in AFL Women’s semi-finals
GOLD Coast Suns will make history on Saturday afternoon, wth their inaugural AFL Women’s finals appearance also marking the first Suns finals berth in league history. The Suns are also the only 2020 expansion side with a finals opportunity but they come up against a tough opponent, taking on undefeated Fremantle in uncharted territory at […]
2020 AFLW: The run to finals – How do the expansion clubs fare?
THE 2020 AFL Women’s season has seen four new clubs introduced to the competition and with two rounds left, we look at the two new clubs who both have a chance at playing finals footy. Gold Coast sit one game out finals in Conference A, while St Kilda find themselves two games out of finals […]
2020 AFLW weekend wrap: Round 6 – GIANTS, Blues consolidate finals chances
GWS and Carlton notched huge wins against fellow AFL Women’s finals hopefuls to consolidate their own finals chances in Round 6 of the competition, with reigning premier Adelaide dealt a blow in its premiership defence. Meanwhile, both conference leaders enjoyed wins to continue on their road to the post-season, Collingwood remained in the hunt, while […]
