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Things have turned a Giant corner for Evans

TARNI Evans is a young star of the GWS side, and after a frustrating run with injury is back to her best and creating plenty off half back for the Giants. Like many young girls, Evans’ journey into footy began via watching her older brother play. She was originally in little athletics and then soccer, […]

AFLW Season 7: Round 8 Talking Points – GIANT thriller

THERE were plenty of hard-fought wins to close off Round 8 of AFL Women’s Season 7 in Sunday’s action. The Bulldogs overcame a slow start to defeat a gallant St Kilda, while it took until the final five seconds for GWS to pinch a win over the valiant Hawks. The trend was again bucked in […]

AFLW Season 7: Round 5 Talking Points – Suns shock Power; Crows destroy GIANTS

SUNDAY’S AFL Women’s action saw Gold Coast record a confidence boosting win over Port, while Adelaide made a statement against GWS with a record 96-point win and keeping the GIANTS to just one behind.

Coaches Corner: Season 7, Round 3

IN a weekly series at Rookie Me Central, we cast our eyes and ears around the league to gather thoughts from AFL Women’s coaches, and see what they had to say post their respective matches on the weekend. This week it’s over to Sydney for the local derby, as we hear from Sydney coach Scott […]

AFLW Season 7: Round 3 Talking Points – Mixed bag of results

IT was a real mixed bag of results in Saturday’s action of Round 3 AFL Women’s action for Season 7, with a couple of tight ones, and some blowouts. Here are some of the talking points from the four games on show.

AFLW 50-game milestones: Season 7

GIVEN the short turnaround between seasons and the first of many 50-game AFL Women’s players achieving the feat last season, we take a look at those players in line to potentially reach it in Season 7. Round 1 has a whopping seven players in line to earn their 50th game, with some all-time stars and […]

Stat Leaders: 2022 AFL Women’s – Round 4

NORTH Melbourne midfielder Ash Riddell continued her scintillating start to season 2022, dominating the stats sheet as her side shot into the top four on Sunday afternoon. Plenty more players produced big numbers in Round 4 of the AFL Women’s season, find out who as we take a look at this week’s stat leaders. >> […]

Giants respond to trample inaccurate Bulldogs

FOR both the Western Bulldogs and Greater Western Sydney (GWS) Giants, who have been hit heavily with COVID, their clash on Friday served as a chance to respond and get their seasons back on track. After missing a fortnight of action, the Bulldogs were looking to find some momentum, whilst for the Giants, they looking […]

AFLW Sunday Talking Points: Suns break drought as Adelaide and Fremantle remain undefeated

CLOSING out Round 2 of the AFL Women’s fixture, Adelaide and Fremantle remained undefeated, whilst the Gold Coast Suns won their first match in two seasons. Here are some of the talking points from the day. By: Declan Reeve TALKING POINTS Free Kicks galore, breaks AFLW record Suns show attacking threat when things click West […]

GWS looks to overcome GIANT setbacks for 2022 AFLW season

GWS GIANTS are already counting the cost of some unfortunate injuries during the AFL Women’s preseason with three players set to miss either most or all of the pre-season. With clubs back training again after strict lockdown protocols prevented them from doing so in New South Wales and Victoria, a number of players have suffered […]

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