PREVIEW | 2024 WAFLW Round 4: Saturday
A TRIPLE treat of matches out West take place for the WAFL Women’s competition as Round 4 kicks off tomorrow. Unbeaten West Perth will take on a hungry South Fremantle, top four sides East Fremantle and Swan Districts will search for their third wins, while it is winless East Perth against undefeated Claremont at Leederville […]
State Academy notes: 2024 WAFLW – Round 3
ONLY two sides remain undefeated after Round 3 of the WAFL Women’s competition with Claremont knocking off East Fremantle and West Perth accounting for Subiaco. As always, we took a look at the State Academy members in action, with all notes the opinion of the individual author.
PREVIEW | 2024 WAFLW Round 3: Sunday
A GRAND final rematch between East Fremantle and Claremont headlines a triple treat of WAFL Women’s action on Sunday. The Sharks and Tigers go head-to-head in the last game of the round, while earlier in the day, Swan Districts meets East Perth, and West Perth eyes off a third consecutive win when the Falcons clash […]
State Academy notes: 2024 WAFLW – Round 2
WESTERN Australia’s best and brightest young stars from the State Academy took to the field for Round 2 of the WAFL Women’s competition with an AFLW Academy returning for her first state league game in 18 months. We took note of how the State Academy members performed across the four games, with all notes the […]
PREVIEW | 2024 WAFLW Round 2: Sunday
THREE matches complete Round 2 of the WAFL Women’s on Sunday with a Perth Derby and a couple of other fascinating contests. We preview all three games in action.
State Academy notes: 2024 WAFLW – Round 1
WESTERN Australia’s most talented AFL Women’s Draft prospects returned to the field over the weekend with Round 1 of the WAFL Women’s commencing. As we always do, Rookie Me Central took a look at those Under 18s State Academy players from the four games. All Scouting notes are the opinion of the individual author.
TOP 5s | 2024 WAFLW Preseason Testing
CLAREMONT teenager Ella Gilbey and Swan Districts top-ager Indiana West were among the best performers at the WAFL Women’s Preseason Testing day, recording multiple top five finishes. Alongside leading draft prospect Zippy Fish – who topped the agility and finished sixth in the jumps and 20m sprint – the pair impressed at Curtin University on […]
WAFLW 24 to Watch in 2024: Megan Norbury
BACK for another year, Rookie Me Central’s 24 to Watch in 2024 returns and this year, the focus is on underage players, being those who are yet to have an AFLW Draft chance. For the list of 2024, it will range between players who are predominantly 2006 (top-age) and 2007-born likely to take the WAFL […]
Scouting notes: WAFLW Under 18s Exhibition
WESTERN Australia got some additional match practice in ahead of its next AFLW Under 18 Championships clash against the Allies, when it took on Western Australia Country Women’s Team. While the young guns won as expected, the wet conditions made it a tough slog after quarter time, limiting them to just the two goals in […]
The future is now – AFLW Draft pool growing deeper
AS the AFL Women’s and female footballing pathways continues to develop, the overall quality continues to get stronger at a grassroots level. Not only the top-end talent, but also the depth within the draft pool, as players who five years ago would have been walk-up draftees are missing out purely due to the quality on […]
