2025 AFLW Draft review: Sydney
SYDNEY managed to keep three homegrown Academy prospects despite having to let one go to crosstown rivals, GWS. The Swans had three top 20 talents within their ranks, and while Kiera Yerbury was the one left out of the three with only two possible bid matches, Sydney addressed a couple of key position spots, as […]
2025 AFLW Draft: Talking Points
ANOTHER AFL Women’s Draft is in the books, and as always there were plenty of talking points to come out of the night. A total of 59 new players made it onto AFL Women’s lists, including a few cross-coders and a mature-ager. The bulk of the contingent were top-age draft prospects, and we unpack what […]
2025 AFLW Draft – Pick by Pick
THE 2025 AFLW Draft has concluded, with another crop of young stars taking the step into the premier women’s competition in Australia, and there were some surprising selections on the night. With plenty of speculation around the top selection from a talented 2025 crop, the Richmond Tigers ended up bolstering their forward line with the […]
RECAP | 2025 AFLW U18s: Allies
IN TRUE Allies fashion, the side that combines NSW/ACT, Tasmania and Northern Territory together took a game to gel, but then was as competitive as any other side for the remaining three matches. In one of the strongest Allies teams to go out on the park, there were numerous draftable prospects impressing in what is […]
Allies produce breakthrough AFLW U18s win
AFTER a couple of honourable defeats, the Allies finished off their AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships with a bang, upsetting Queensland for the second consecutive season. As they had done last year, the winless Allies toppled the undefeated Maroons, getting up by six points, 8.9 (57) to 6.15 (51). After dominating the inside 50s count […]
2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Molly Thomas
TALENTED left-footer Molly Thomas is one of a number of promising Sydney Swans Academy members and Allies representatives who is chasing her dream of reaching the AFL Women’s. The Singleton Roosters prospect has some exciting traits mostly playing through the midfield with damaging kicking and the ability to compete overhead. We spoke to Thomas mid-season […]
PROFILED | Allies AFLW Under 18s
AFTER breaking through for a sensational win over Queensland last year, the Allies will look to use the growing strength of the Giants and Swans Academy to cause a few more upsets in the upcoming AFLW Under 18 Championships which kick off on Sunday. We profile each of the Allies’ top-age or over-age players. >> […]
2025 CTLG review: Swans Academy
SYDNEY Swans Academy have a nice blend of future prospects over the next few years with a host of top-age talents along with a few bottom-age stars making their mark. They started off with a couple of seven-goal wins in the Coates Talent League Girls competition, before going down to last year’s grand finalists. Though […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 8
A FIVE-game round that featured the Swans Academy and Northern Territory is what greeted fans of the Coates Talent League Girls competition. Across Round 8, we took a look at some of the players who caught the eye with all notes the opinion of the individual author. >> ROUND 8: Round wrap | Player of […]
PREVIEW | CTLG R8 – Swansong at Warrawee
SYDNEY Swans Academy will finish off its Coates Talent League Girls campaign against the unbeaten reigning back-to-back premiers in Oakleigh Chargers as the AFL-club aligned side is the last of the four on the eastern seaboard to wrap up proceedings. We preview the massive contest and cast our eyes over the other four Round 8 […]
