ICYMI | 2024 VFLW: Round 7
THE VFLW certainly had its fair share of surprises over the weekend, with not all results going the way many would have expected. Darebin (2.3.15) lost to Port Melbourne (3.5.23) Port Melbourne snapped its losing run with an eight point win over a valiant Darebin. The Falcons pushed the reigning champs hard for most of […]
PREVIEW | VFLW Round 7 – Big names for one last hoorah
THIS weekend sees the end of the Sydney teams’ brief spell in the competition, with Sydney and GWS finishing their five-match stints up this weekend. Darebin vs Port MelbourneSaturday at 10:15amGenis Steel Oval, Preston The Falcons return home this weekend taking positives but also frustrations out of last week’s clash with the Seagulls. They meet […]
PREVIEW | 2023 VFLW Grand Final: Collingwood vs. Port Melbourne
WILL it be another Collingwood cup or a Port premiership? That is the question that will only be answered after the Magpies and Borough clash in the 2023 VFL Women’s Grand Final on Sunday at 12:10pm. The two sides face off at ETU Stadium, normally a neutral ground for most, but Port has made it […]
PREVIEW | 2023 VFLW Finals Week 2: Nitty gritty truly begins
AFTER a weekend in which only one home team got the win, will week two of the VFL Women’s finals bring the same level of unpredictability? There is only one way to find out. This week sees two semi finals, but with one more like another Qualifying Final. One team will move on to the […]
Things all set for final chaotic VFLW weekend
The penultimate round of the VFL Women’s for 2023 continued to bring up plenty of surprises, and with nine teams still in contention for finals heading into next weekend, a lot more can still happen. One of the surprises, not necessarily the result but the margin, was Collingwood’s 40 point win over Geelong. In conditions […]
Preview | VFLW 2023 Round 10: Gearing up for the end
LAST weekend saw some tight results in the VFL Women’s, but whether or not Round 10 holds similar storylines is yet to be determined. The weekend begins tomorrow morning in Port Melbourne, with the Bulldogs set to host Collingwood. Even though the Bulldogs are still officially in finals contention, they are quickly running out of […]
It’s double delight for Nanscawen
IT is déjà vu in the 2022 Lambert-Pearce Medal, with 2021 winner Georgia Nanscawen rewarded for a stellar 2022 season by winning her second Lambert-Pearce Medal in a row. She was the runaway winner, leading all night to comfortably win over the likes of Hawk Tamara Luke and Southern Saint Hannah Stuart. The award win […]
2022 AFLW Draft: Others to Watch – Victoria
THE 2022 AFL Women’s Draft is next week and already Rookie Me Central has completed profiles on all those available AFLW Draft Combine invites. In separate articles this week, we will go state by state and look at some other contenders for the AFLW Draft outside those with the invites. Finishing up the series is […]
VFLW weekly wrap: Preliminary Final – Magpies surge into decider with strong finish
A FEROCIOUS Collingwood Magpies swooped into the 2019 Victorian Football League Women’s (VFLW) Grand Final producing a scintillating lesson in forward pressure. The Magpies knocked off the Southern Saints for the second time in three weeks as they advanced to play the Western Bulldogs in next Sunday’s decider. In a tight contest that was see-sawing […]
VFLW weekly wrap: Round 16 – Magpies minor premiers for second year running
COLLINGWOOD Magpies found themselves with a second consecutive minor premiership in Round 16 of VFL Women’s, leaping the Southern Saints and allowing Geelong to jump into the top six for the first time this season for the last finals spot. Meanwhile, Richmond beat the highly touted Saints and Essendon slaughtered the lowly Williamstown Seagulls in […]
