2021 NAB League Girls: Round 1 wrap – Chargers end reigning premiers’ unbeaten streak
THE 2021 NAB League Girls season bounced down on the weekend, with a couple of surprise results thrown into a mixed bag of margins across the action-packed set of fixtures. Among the highlights, Tasmania Devils picked up its first-ever win in the competition, while Geelong won out in a thriller against the Greater Western Victoria […]
Top Performers: 2021 NAB League Girls – Round 1
A NEW NAB League Girls season means even more fresh coverage of the elite pathways, with the weekly (self explanatory) Top Performers series delving into some of the best individual feats across each weekend of action. Round 1 produced plenty of highlights as players returned to competitive action for the first time in 11 months. […]
NAB League Girls Round 1 preview: Undefeated 2020 sides to face off in huge round of action
AT least one of the three undefeated sides from the 2020 NAB League Girls season will extend their winning run to 18 months or more, when the competition returns this weekend. Starting tomorrow, the NAB League Girls will have six games across four different venues – including one double-header – in a new footballing landscape […]
Gippsland powers through adversity
EVERY NAB League club has had its past 12 months thrown into chaos by a global pandemic that no one could have predicted. While all have come through stronger, Gippsland Power is a team no stranger to having to overcome challenges that impact more than just the footballing landscape. In 2020, the Power’s preseason was […]
2020 NAB League Girls team update: Gippsland Power
WHILE the NAB League Girls competition is on break, we take a quick recap of each team, how the first three rounds have panned out for them and who has already stood up in the short time. In this edition we look at one of the sides to have only played the two games to-date, […]
Smith and McKenzie lead DC Medal count in postponed NAB League Girls
WHILE the NAB League Girls competition players, staff and families wait for confirmation on whether or not any more football will go ahead due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Draft Central thought it would update the leaderboard of the DC Medal count we have been taking throughout the first three rounds of the season. While we […]
Dragons overpower Gippsland for second-straight win
THE Sandringham Dragons have emerged victorious against the Gippsland Power by a thumping 52-point margin after a dominant first half display. Despite travelling to Morwell for the encounter, the Dragons looked right at home from the opening bounce and kept the Power scoreless for the entire first half. The stoppage work of the Dragons was […]
NAB League Girls preview: Round 3 – Undefeated sides clash on Saturday
A COUPLE of undefeated games open the weekend in a top three clash between Northern Knights and Dandenong Stingrays at RMIT Bundoora, before the Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels tackle the Western Jets in Ballarat. The Sunday trio of games has a couple of sides searching for their first wins of the season with Calder […]
2020 NAB League Girls Team of the Week: Round 1
IN a new-look amalgamation of Draft Central‘s Team of the Week and player notes, we name our Round 1 NAB League Girls’ Team of the Week and explain why each player has been chosen. The 24-player team returns with three emergencies this year, and it was an even spread across the board. All notes are […]
Falcons down Power in strong showing
IN a relatively one-sided affair, Geelong Falcons defeated Gippsland Power by 33 points at RMIT Bundoora in the first round of the NAB League Girls competition. Though inaccuracy plagued the Falcons at times who struggled to make the most of their opportunities in front of goal with 10 behinds, credit must be given to the […]
