Pinch punch, games get stolen in the last round of the month
ROUND 6 of the 2023 VFL Women’s season really had it all – big wins, little wins, big scores, little scores, the full selection. In the final match of the round, defence was key as Port Melbourne defeated Carlton by 15 points. High defensive intensity meant it was hard from both teams to score at […]
AFLW Season 7 Glass Half Full/Empty: Essendon
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. Today’s team is Essendon, who performed the best of the competition’s debutant sides in Season 7. GLASS HALF FULL Star power Essendon arguably did the best […]
Grand Final the culmination of a long journey for the Bombers
SUNDAY’S VFL Women’s Grand Final is about more than the culmination of a single campaign for Essendon. Season 2022 could not have been more different from back in 2018, when the Bombers first joined the VFLW. A one-win year saw them comfortably finish last on the ladder back then, but fast forward four years and […]
Bombers book VFLW grand final spot as Saints rise
ONE grand finalist is decided in the Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s with Essendon defeating Casey Demons to move one win away from an undefeated 2022 season. The Bombers destroyed the Demons by 67 points in a convincing semi-final result, as Casey will now take on Southern Saints in the preliminary final, after the Saints […]
Much of the VFLW story left to be written in final fortnight
THERE is only a fortnight to go in this year’s VFL Women’s season, but that does not mean the fun and excitement is anywhere close to ending. We preview each game across the latest round of action, which sees plenty of finals implications thrown up. Southern Saints vs EssendonSaturday at 10:15amTrevor Barker Beach Oval This […]
State-by-State AFLW Draft Watch: March
ON Tuesday night, Rookie Me Central released its first 2022 AFL Women’s Draft Power Rankings for the year. It featured 20 detailed profiles, with 10 additional names included. Though there were 30 players named there, with expansion on the horizon, there will be an additional 120-plus players making their way on AFL Women’s lists for […]
Bombers and Saints can’t be split as Roos finally get on the board
ROUND 5 in the VFL Women’s really had it all – first wins of the year, and even a draw. Here is all the excitement of what went down over the weekend. This week’s Match of the round was one of the matches of the season. After a tight encounter all the afternoon we saw […]
AFLW Expansion look: Essendon
WITH four new teams accepted into the AFL Women’s competition, it means there will be at least 120 new players stepping up to the elite level. So just where might the clubs look outside the junior pathway? Draft Central casts an eye over each of the clubs through either their state league team or Academy […]
2021 VFLW team review: Essendon
IN summarising the 2021 Victorian Football League Women’s (VFLW) season, Draft Central will run through a team-by-team review of how each of the sides fared, and who some of the standout VFLW-listed performers throughout the clubs were. The next team in the firing line is Essendon. Position: 5th Wins: 8 Losses: 6 Draws: 0 Percentage: 155.7% Season […]
2021 VFLW season preview: Essendon
ESSENDON’S Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s side is now bearing the fruits of extended work over a tough 2020, according to VFLW operations manager, Charlotte Miller. The tight-knit team is set to maintain much of its core despite last year’s lost season, with plenty of hard work during the most recent off-season seeing the Bombers […]
