PREVIEW | VFLW Preliminary Final 2024
THIS is it. One last chance to make the coveted 2024 VFL Women’s Grand Final. Whoever wins today moves on to next weekend’s grand final, while the loser’s season is all done and dusted. QUALIFYING FINAL Williamstown vs Western Bulldogs12:30pmETU Stadium RECENT FORM This year’s finals series has not really gone to plan for either […]
Kangaroos cause upset to create history
NORTH Melbourne has created history for itself, defeating Williamstown by three goals to progress through to its very first VFLW Grand Final. The Kangaroos did not kick a goal for almost half the match, but that was after a six goal to one second term that really did the job for them. It was a […]
PREVIEW | VFLW Semi Final 2 2024
TODAY’s semi-final in the VFL Women’s may have very different ramifications to yesterday’s match, but the significance of it does not dimmish. Whoever wins today is straight through to their first ever VFLW Grand Final, while the loser has to back up next week and battle the Western Bulldogs for a spot in the decider. […]
Cavanagh celebrates and calculates as Gulls make history
WILLIAMSTOWN VFLW coach Liam Cavanagh was a relieved man post-match after his Seagulls side defeated the Western Bulldogs to move one win away from an inaugural Grand Final appearance. “I think it’s a nice piece of history for the girls,” Cavanagh said. “We were talking about it just then. “153 players have pulled on the […]
Seagulls create history to move one win away from decider
WILLIAMSTOWN again proved why it is the team to beat this season after defeating the Western Bulldogs by three goals in Sunday’s VFL Women’s Qualifying Final. The first half was a very close affair, but after trailing by a point at the main break, the Seagulls kicked away with five goals to two to emerge […]
Scouting Notes: 2024 VFLW – Round 13
ROUND 13 of the VFLW showed that some players can still have a strong influence on the game despite what the stats sheet might suggest. We took note of some of the top performers across the weekend’s matches with notes being the opinion of the individual author. Williamstown 4.4 (28) defeated Essendon 1.4 (10) Williamstown: […]
Scouting Notes: 2024 VFLW – Round 12
MANY of the regular stars of the VFLW continued to shine last weekend, but that did not mean new faces did not step up and give Scouting Note worthy performances. Port Melbourne 5.5 (35) lost to North Melbourne 7.4 (46) Port Melbourne: #5 Lauren Caruso (Midfielder)19/11/1999 | 161cm Stats: 20 disposals, five clearances, four tackles, […]
Scouting Notes: 2024 VFLW – Round 3
ON a weekend where plenty of ducks were broken, plenty of VFLW listed players also shone above the pack. North Melbourne 4.7 (31) lost to Casey 5.4 (34) North Melbourne: #4 Audrey Rhodes (Midfielder)17/6/1997 | 162cm Stats: 25 disposals, 25 tackles, seven clearances, one goal, one behind The absolute tackling machine, Rhodes took what had […]
2021 VFLW team review: Williamstown
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 Williamstown. Position: 11th Wins: 2 Losses: 11 Draws: 1 Percentage: […]
AFLW Draft Player Diary: Brooke Hards
THE road to the AFL Women’s is not always straight forward, and for the 2020 draft-eligible players, a global pandemic was thrown in the mix. For aspiring Victorian AFLW Draft players, their top-age year was effectively thrown out the window, not able to play any competitive matches after March, and even were limited with training […]