2023 AFLW Draft review: St Kilda
ST KILDA was able to have a relatively quiet AFL Women’s Draft, having committed to a father-daughter prospect pre-draft and heading in with one other selection, a top 10 pick. With the latter, the Saints opted for Western Jets skipper Kiera Whiley with Pick 10, before selecting Geelong VFLW midfielder Charlotte Simpson, an over-age onballer […]
2023 AFLW Draft – Pick by Pick
TONIGHT was the AFLW’s big night – the Draft. A total of 53 players had their dreams come true and got drafted tonight. Here is who went where with each pick. Pick 1: Western Bulldogs – Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner (Western Jets – Victoria) Pick 2: West Coast – Jessica Rentsch (GWV Rebels – Victoria) Pick 3: […]
2023 RMC AFLW Phantom Draft and Q&A
TONIGHT the 2023 AFL Women’s Draft will kick off, and there is plenty intrigue about how the picks might fall. As it stands, some is known, but plenty is unknown, and we try to take a look at just what might happen. Given the evolving nature of any draft, one change at the top end […]
2023 AFLW Draft preview: West Coast
AFTER another disappointing season, West Coast has entered the dawn of a new era with Daisy Pearce replacing Michael Prior as coach for the 2024 AFLW season. Having already made a move in her first week at the club recruiting ex-Tiger Jess Hosking, there is optimism out west for what the future holds with a […]
2023 AFLW Draft preview: Sydney
IT WAS almost a dream year from Sydney who went from winless debutants in Season 7, to finalists in Season 8. The Swans forced their way into a semi-final, and while ultimately they did not quite have the class to knock off the more experienced Adelaide, showed the building blocks are there for the future. […]
2023 AFLW Draft Positional Analysis: Midfielders
AS the 2023 AFL Women’s Draft edges closer, we take a look at some of the key players who could shape the draft by each position. The series concludes taking a look at the most populated position, the midfield where we break it down into pure mids, and then dual position players. PURE MIDFIELDERS: TOP […]
2023 AFLW Draft State-by-State analysis: National
OVER the last week we have taken a look at each of the individual states and which players have nominated for their home state in the 2023 AFL Women’s Draft. Naturally, the largest nomination base is that of those who have nominated nationally, with a whopping 377 players doing so – two thirds of the […]
2023 Talent League Girls team reviews: Metro non-finalists
ANOTHER season is quickly coming to a close in the Coates Talent League Girls and we take a look at how 2023 panned out for each of the 13 sides. In the second of these team reviews articles, we take a look at the two Metropolitan-based non-finalists, diving into their season, draft prospects and some […]
Scouting Notes: 2023 Talent League Girls – Round 17
THE Coates Talent League Girls wrapped up on the weekend with six games taking place in Round 17 with a number of outstanding individual performers. Though teams were missing top-end bottom-age talent due to the Under 17 Futures match, others stepped up in their place. As always we took note of some of the top […]
Talent League Girls Round 17 preview: Eastern Ranges vs Oakleigh Chargers
A TOP two battle takes place at Kilsyth Recreation Reserve on Sunday, with the winner to secure the minor premiership. Though both are locked into finals series and will face either Northern Knights or Calder Cannons in the first week of finals, the result will determine which sides gets pole position. AROUND THE GROUNDS Western […]
